Blythe, Käthe Kruse and some chatter...

One thing is as clear as always: Life is what happens while you make other plans. I had some plans for this blog this year, yes I really had! But what should I say:

- I prefered to spent time with family & friends
without taking pics and documenting it

- I finally moved into my very own flat this summer and had a lot to do with decorating and to acclimatise

- I had a really busy time at work, too

All this made this blog fall into a deep sleep again. But I do not regret anything. It was a try and maybe when I am old & grey and will receive a pension, this thing here will develop to something constant and with a guiding thread?! I think that's okay, because the most time I have the feeling I am writing it just for my own joy and nobody else is reading it.

Now that I have more space in my pretty little flat at Ernst-Thälmann-Park and I picked up all my odds and ends from Minden, I bought this cool Ikea Fabrikör showcase and put it in my very long hallway. First it hosted the Blythe dolls, but I didn't like how they stood in two rows, so they moved back to the studio (yes, I really own a studio again!) and my Käthe Kruse collection moved in. 

These poor dolls slept in boxes in Minden for three years when I moved to Berlin. It was time to liberate them and after some days, where I asked myself why I have so many toys and dolls, and if I really want to be my flat a kinda toy museum, and if all this is true and for real... (yatter-yatter), I fell in LOVE with them again. Doll one (Puppe eins) is still my favourite doll and I adore this sweet little couple made with my mums hair. Also my cute tiny Herzelieb (made with a very small doll one head), with painted hair in its Little Red Ridinghood outfit, fills my heart with joy. 

So it could be you (unknown silent reader) will see more of Käthe Kruse dolls here again in 2019

I also rediscovered my love for vintage Käthe Kruse postcards. Fortunately I kept a few when I decluttered my little blue house in 2015! Here you see doll one (dressed as Michel and Margaretchen) arranged to a cute simple scene, how Käthe Kruse liked it. It says: How Michel cares for the future. 

I plan to hang some frames with postcards around the Fabrikör showcase...

As a last point here are two pictures from an afternoon walk with hot chocolate and Mischa my "So-called-Blythe" custom. We babysitted Pixi, my second granddaughter who arrived in July and enriches our life a lot. 

I wish you peace & harmony and a very good start into 2019 my dear silent readers and if you like you could leave a comment... I would really appreciate to hear from you, yours Nicola

Die hier verwendeten Markennamen/Marken dienen lediglich der Beschreibung der gezeigten Puppen, Puppenhäuser und anderen Dinge. Die Rechte sämtlicher in meinen Beiträgen erwähnte Namen von Marken, Waren oder Informationsanbietern bleiben bei ihren Eigentümern und werden ohne Gewährleistung der freien Verfügbarkeit wiedergegeben. Die Namen sind entweder eingetragene Warenzeichen oder sollten als solche betrachtet werden. 

The here called brand names are protected and are only used because they are part of the product features and quality.

Blythe Flat Lay - October

This months theme for the fb group was: "Trick or Treaters" So I made a quick last minute arrangement

I am sorry for my still ongoing absence! There have been a few nice occasions when I made pics but too less time to put them up here... I am hoping for November now...

Have a happy Halloween and lots of treats, yours Nicola

Blythe Flat Lay - August

This months theme in the Blythe Flat Lay Challenge fb group was: A day in the life. 

So I decided to let Wolkje be a little mini-me, made an IKEA polo for her (by cutting an original second hand shirt in pieces)...

 and let her be a little IKEA Sales-Coworker... That's what I do in my work time... Now, you know :D

Have a nice weekend, yours Nicola - Who is hoping to write more blog posts again in the future!

Teufelsberg with Rosa

Better late than never I wanted to show you some of the cool pictures from our trip to the Teufelsberg and the abandoned listening device on top of the man made hill. 

 For more information please follow this link because this location has a colourful past which could not be explained in a few words here on my dolly blog

I found so many interesting photo motives and spots! The whole place is full of graffiti and street art:

And Rosa was a perfect model among all the used things and rubbish which were a kind of art itself ;)

 Great, great view from top of the tower: Grunewald and Berlins awesome greenery!

If you ever come to Berlin don't miss to visit the Teufelsberg for its very interesting history and because it is such a fantastic abandoned & enchanted place!

I wish you a nice sunday, yours Nicola

P.S.: And like always - there are much more pics here in my flickr album :)

Blythe Flat Lay - June

Show us your chic side

Even if Annabelle & Lola just walk the dogs they never forget to be on the chic side (what also means: never go without an underskirt ;) )

Have a nice weekend and good start into July, yours Nicola

... busy, busy...

Hej, dear peeps I just wanted to say: I am still here and so are the dolls ;) But I have been real busy with my non-dolly life lately and so the poor dolls are very neglected at the moment

But I made some pictures of my lovelies and the dolly shelf last sunday:

Mischa, Indigo and Andrea - Three of my own "Dollily" customs (the name of my brand when I made customs and fashion for dolls)

Tilda my sweet Pretty Peony and one of the latest beautiful additions to the Blythe-Berlin doll family

Fee, Tilda and Imina

Jette & River

Nele, Leni and Mischa

I hope I will be back for more soon... like Flat-Lay-Challenge... we will see :)

Yours Nicola

Bythe Flat Lay - May

And a photo for the Blythe Flat Lay Challenge again: Summer dreamin' in Berlin... laying in the gras with your favorite toys, planing your upcoming holidays, with a nice book and of course a bottle of water ;)

Have a nice Whitsun break, dear dolly-peeps and readers, yours Nicola

Fill the closet - Part III

Let's have a close look again at all these awesome little things I purchased for the spoiled Blythe dolls: 

I am a big fan of "Grumpy cat" and this funny dress made by "Little drops of rain" was a must have for little Indigo who is a grumpy cat herself somehow. The dress is really well made and I can highly recommend Andrea's shop on etsy!

If you follow me at flickr you know I LOVE hats & helmets for my Blythe dolls. Big heads need cool hats and so my collection is growing... I bought this sweet lamb helmet on the fb second hand market and unfortunately don't know the maker. If you know her/him, please tell me :) I also ordered the tiny Mary Janes from the same seller, because you can never have enough pretty shoes for your dolls, can't you?!

Another lovely "Button Arcade" dress purchased on the *bay this time. With "Button Arcade" dresses it's the same as with hats... you must have more... and more :D And they also fit Susie sad eyes so well!

These awesome helmets were reworked by Ruth, the owner of EuroTrash and I am so absolutely amazed at what she did with them! Here is a before picture:

I just told Ruth I wanted the blue one with something cloud-themed and the red one should be something with skulls... Just awww! Thank you so much Ruth for doing such a great re-styling job on my helmets!

Here is little Andrea wearing the one with the skulls. It suits her so well

The tank top Andrea wears in the picture above is from a special Hello Kitty collection with liscensed fashion separates made by Barbie this year. I found three tops here in Germany and the fourth one was a little present my daughter Cosima bought for me during her New York trip this Spring. There are some more with, for example Care bear and other cuties on them, and I hope I will snatch some more in the future!

The fit is a bit loosely and oversized but I think all tops are really nice for Blythe dolls, too. I will do some combinations with the other shirts soon and show you how they look...

That's it so far with the Blythe fashion show ;) I'll be back for more that's for sure :)

Yours Nicola

Eichwerder Moorwiesen with Indigo

This month really past by too fast... So this will be a kinda throw back blog post: 

We went to Eichwerder Moorwiesen at the beginning of April when the nature started to burst and the lovely Spring flowers started to bloom

It's the fluvial valley of a stream called Tegeler Fließ and it's located next to Lübars, which is at the edge of Berlin. Very interesting because of the nature and the West- and East-German past history

We took Indigo, dressed like a little sheep, matching the Spring feelings ;) with us. And she had a great time discovering the lovely surrounding and unspoiled nature with us

"Do I have to walk or will you carry me, giant?! 

Just a little green here in this picture... meanwhile the nature has exploded and Berlin is so green as you can imagine!

Indigo showing the rests of the border installations where once the western part of Berlin was seperated from the eastern part... You can find remnants of this boarder still everywhere around Berlin

"But now we can go where we want, giant?!"

After the long walk we had a lovely coffee break at Leselust - a nice combination of book store and cosy Cafe

I am wishing you a happy start into May! Lucky me is enjoying a bridge day and we will celebrate Walpurgis Night at Mauerpark with music & fire artistic

Yours Nicola

P.S.: More photos of our walk as always here at my flickr account