The newbs

[KiraKira]

Please pardon my crossposting--I've also spammed this topic on Dollchemy, one of my other haunts.

There has been some slight population growth of my doll shelves. Despite the overcrowding of my shelf, and my delusional self swearing that each doll will be THE LAST, I still end up with more dolls. So instead of lying to myself, I should just resign myself to the fact that I'll continue to obtain more doll residents and I should really be looking for a bigger shelving unit! XD

It's been a pretty tough year for my family ever since my grandmother passed in January. Since then, I just didn't feel like doing much of anything except read and play some videogames. It's surprising that my response to all of this wasn't just to rage-quit and sell all the dolls. I'm slowly getting back to normal, or the new-normal anyway.

Here are some of the new faces you may see in my flickr photostream...or not, since I'm not all that active on flickr anyway.


In late December/early January, I asked Janeen (Doll Angel) to give Zen, one of my Taeyangs a custom face-up. I have a thing for custom face-ups, and even more of a thing for Taeyangs with custom face-ups. She was quick with the "plastic surgery" and I had my Taeyang head with his awesome new face within a couple of weeks, all for a reasonable price. The only reason Zen wasn't in my photos is because he didn't have a suitable wig...until now.
Zen (MIO custom Taeyang) by KiraKira a.k.a. JustLikeWasabi (but you can call me Shann!), on Flickr

Zen (MIO custom Taeyang) by KiraKira a.k.a. JustLikeWasabi (but you can call me Shann!), on Flickr

You may have seen Mayumi (a.k.a. Mokka) before. She's a Nahh-ato with a custom face-up who previously lived with MissEdith and then Vanie. She's an island girl now (even though she loves wearing PaleAngelAccessories sweaters), and now that she's met Zen, she's not planning to leave anytime soon. Or Ever.
Zen and Mayumi (Mokka) by KiraKira a.k.a. JustLikeWasabi (but you can call me Shann!), on Flickr
(Mayumi's wig is getting on my nerves. I like the color, but it's seen better days and is very dry and frizzy. I see a new wig in her future).

Kei is the Pullip Fraulein head that I bought as part of a split. She was the good-natured volunteer in my Zeenie Dollz / Pullip rebodying eeriment. She enjoys towering over all the other dolls on her new body, and even more so in high-heeled shoes. While my preference is the older Pullips with the heavier, rounder heads/faces, I've got to say that this girl looks pretty good rewigged and rechipped.
Kei, the New Girl... (Pullip Fraulein) by KiraKira a.k.a. JustLikeWasabi (but you can call me Shann!), on Flickr

And last but certainly not least, this is Kyo. He had been hanging around as a headless body since I had sent his head on to Angeltoast to be given a pretty new face-up. I'm so glad that Angeltoast paints all sorts of dolls and isn't strictly BJD only. She told me that she has a Taeyang too so she's familiar with doing face-ups on them, and would be happy to give my doll a new look. While her price is quite possibly the most I've paid for a face-up on any of my dolls, I will say it was definitely worth every penny.
Kyo by KiraKira a.k.a. JustLikeWasabi (but you can call me Shann!), on Flickr

I had resigned myself to having Kyo being the only doll without a counterpart, but good thing for that split with Cornflower Blue, so I was able to get Fraulein's head. Kyo and Kei are hitting it off quite nicely...they keep each other company on my doll shelf.
Smitten by KiraKira a.k.a. JustLikeWasabi (but you can call me Shann!), on Flickr

Thanks for looking!