Lattice Half-Hat; Dollfie

Hi everyone ive almost disappeared from the surface of the earth.
But anyway, i made a new hat!

Lattice is something like a netting and tts what i wanted my hat to look like- some sort of stiff netting.
Kind of a blessing in disguise that becca was late ytd so i went to daiso, randomly picked some white paper twine (yeah its PAPER twine! which explains why its so damn stiff, and gave me blisters while i made them ;_;) . The moral of the story is i should always bring my needle out so incase i need to wait, i can crochet anything… maybe even my hair ok no its too short.

And its a half hat cause i thought it might look boring if the brim goes all the way around. I actually like how it looks like a mistake, something someone has forgotten to finish. Mistakes are always beautiful because they cant be mass produced. i rmb once working for a toy fair and the collectors were SO anal over every small detail being perfect, and i was thinking how happy i would be if i got a defected one, itd probably sell for more in future too? hmmm.

oh, and theres a handle at the top, so the hat works like a lid. wouldnt do good if you have taller friends who have itchy fingers.

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Does anyone here actually know what a ‘Dollfie’ is?
It was really popular a few years back, when it was ‘hyped’ but it sort of died down.
I first got interested in this doll when i was in sec 2 cause it isnt any barbie, its entirely customizable. the eyeballs, wigs, makeup, body, etc. are all customizable and im rly a sucker for diy things and that it will end up being ‘the only one in the world with your personal touch yada yada’.
There was only one shop in Singapore then that sold these dolls, and they were called Domuya (located at Riverside Point, super out of the way for a sec 2 kid if you ask me lol) but i religiously visited the shop to look at the dolls like weekly or smth. The big ones were too damn expensive (could cost up to $1k for the readymade ones), so i saved like mad and paid a total of $110 for a dollfie PLUS which means, its a barbie sized dollfie but is entirely customizable, too.
Anyway, i have quite a number of dolls, including a Mini Blythe, and Kelly Dolls (which i received as gifts, because of duh, the name lol), a Molly head, but no i dont have that Bratz or Myscene rubbish. My latest buy is the Blythe X Littlest Pet Shop set OMG (UWGEIOHWJDFKSFMN its SO WORTH IT, only $19.90 and my Blythes soooo pretty. Im gonna photograph them soon i guess.

Anyway i decided to recustomise the makeup on my Dollfies face because it has been there since sec 3 lol and i didnt change anything. My art kind of sucked in the past so it actually looks quite bad HAHAHA. i rmb my classmates were scared of me cause they thought i was a witch (??) for keeping a ‘weird doll’ ha ha secondary school -.-

Started out with the horrible makeup, removed everything put on some ‘blusher’, drew in lashes, brows, and finally added the lips and coated w white glue for shine. oh inserted eyeballs and put on her wig. it was 2h work, not bad right, in sec sch i took like a day lol. (to produce that shit) but anw ive had feedback tt the new one looks hideous, but im fine with it. even thinking of making her matching clothes w myself so i can do a photoshoot with her!!

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Also, ive been working on ‘PA(C)KRAT’ to transform it into 5 small volumes instead of 1 thick one.
Each volume has 13 – 16 items and comes with 4 – 6 big transparent stickers, which, even if i must say so myself, is of good quality and something i would pay for… hahaha. heres a preview:

Once im done binding etc id do a proper shoot to show whats inside as well as this little folder im going to create in the back for the stickers. do look out for it!!!

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The last project im working on always takes such a long time, i rly dont have time to complete it. slowly trudging through tho, and will post pictures when im done.

k tts all fr now BAI