The Secret. A Traveling Blythe, 2011 Will Be Hosted by...

Up to now I have been keeping a secret that I was very excited about as I was keeping it a secret that I would be hosting one of the three traveling blythes customized by Frankie Darling, Gbaby and Sabrina Eras.  I feel very lucky, as while there are 60 spots, the North America openings are already closed.  I feel very honoured to be taking part in the Traveling Blythe group for 2011 and can't help but wonder which girl I will host.  As soon as I know which girl it is, I will let you know.   I am already thinking of some small items I can make the girl.  Of course I will want to know what she looks like so that I can make items with the appropriate colour, unless I am one of the first Blythe homes.  If I am first the items will have to be quite simple.  Why am I thinking of small items you ask?  Well I guess the trunks and/or suitcases of these girls in the past have become quite large when traveling to each host and at the end have involved an incredible amount of postage so the idea of keeping the items small is that the host's blythe girls can lend and share some of their dresses with the visiting blythe meanwhile keeping the cost of postage down.
I am excited to see who I will be hosting.  I will update you as soon as I know.

-rhubs

Please Open The Package???

Please Open The Package???
Originally uploaded by rhubs knit

I even have Momo asking me about the package now. Everyone in my Blythe family is curious about who has come from Junie Moon.

The package is actually now open with the help of maddy my little middie girl and vinter arden one of the older blythe girls


"Another box?" asked and stated Maddy all at the same time, a little frustrated...


Let's get this 2nd box opened okay Maddy? asked Arden as she looked at the bottom of the box and then around to the rest of it, trying to figure out best how to open it with Maddy.


"We have to welcome Lily to our house first Maddy!" says Arden


"But we need to get Lily out of this 3rd box first!" exclaims Maddy in a very loud voice for such a small blythe!


No sooner was Lily out than she started telling Maddy how Maddy needed to go shopping with Lily to get a haircut and styled, as well as, a new wardrobe.


All this while Momo looks on wondering how Maddy feels about these comments made by Lily and Lily wants only to know how to get to the shops...not thinking about how Maddy might be feeling. Was Lily trying to act so confident because she wasn't sure how she would fit into the family. Maybe I need to check in with each little middie to see how each of them really feels.

We Have A Package

We Have A Package
Originally uploaded by rhubs knit

The Blythe girls are wondering and in fact demanding that this package that arrived earlier today be opened especially since it is from Junie Moon. I know what is inside, but they don't.

Teru and His Buddy

Teru and His Buddy
Originally uploaded by rhubs knit

I love this fellow Teru and now his special buddy! This photo somehow shows how sensitive and gentle this boy is...!

The girls in my life

There use to be many girls and boys in my life when I taught.  They already use to enjoy my alter ego who was not becky my ball joint doll {see her blog:  http://rhubsknit-beckymyalterego.blogspot.com/), but at that time was a beaver puppet Bucky.  Why when I was going to talk about the dolls in my life did I start talking about my toddler/preschool class?  I know yesterday when I was on facebook I suddenly saw the girls I had taught almost all grown up and young women.  You can see the photo of them the preschool girls now all grown up done by Tanja Olsen one of the parents I had in my class who is a professional photographer.  The photo is at: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?fbid=485072582147&set=a.480844827147.261654.761777147  I am so glad that they all still get together now and then.

Now rather than using puppets for my alter ego or devil's advocate, I use dolls and no longer do I teach but I make jewelry for the dolls, knit and crochet items for them.  I actually started to really get involved in crafting at SWPCC where I taught those girls who have grown up by doing the crafts with them and enjoying them unlike at past preschools which were more involved in a pretty outcome so the child didn't actually make the items in the long run without the help of the teacher.  I loved Southwest Parent-Child Collective as they really supported my style of teaching and my philosophy of teaching which was Developmentally Appropriate Practice:  DAP as the children get to experience and learn from what they experience and the curriculum is based on their interests and where they need to stretch themselves.
Then today on facebook a friend Melanie of Melacacia Art Dolls on facebook, she was worried about talking to her doll momo a blythe doll about feeling bad about selling her on ebay of course now she is coming to me, but many of us let her know we all talk to our dolls.  I actually think it helps us keep our sanity and joy.  It reminds us of the child we once were and still are inside.

You can also find Melanie's dolls on a blog at this sight:  http://melacacia.blogspot.com/  The name of her blog is Art and Dolls by Melacacia.  I believe I refer to her blog at the side of this page although there are quite a few doll blogs I follow.

  

The last weekend I was suppose to go to a xmas ball joint meet. but it was up in Vancouver, the USA one, and raining hard so instead I stayed home.  I will try to make it in the spring, but I love going to the blythe meets here they are so full of life and after most people leave I will wait until we are down to four people and talk and wind down some before going home.  Above is a xmas card I made with picnik.  The actual photo to your right shows the photo that I took in low light with the iphone and added the shadows using iPhoto on the mac.  There were a few other photos I took, but so many of them were in low light that they really looked grainy.  I really wish we also had a momoko meet here, but of course that would be pushing it.  A friend I made online named Blue takes the most increible momoko photos another doll made in Japan.  You can find her photos if you are on flickr at:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-is-me/

I have taken very few momoko photos as I started collecting them a few years earlier than blythe dolls which I believe I started collecting in 2006 so I must of started to collect the momoko dolls before I had even a camera or phone that was digital back in 2002 or 2003.  So I only have a few photos of them.  Here is one of  my more recent photos with one of my blythe girls Vinter Arden and with my momoko Harvest Moon.  Both the girls just arrived.  One day I will take a photo of each type of doll family, i.e. my blythe family, my momoko family, my lati bjd. family and my Jaime family.  I have around 30-50 each, except for my jaime family of four, so I may have to break them up into smaller groups and make a triptich or use some other technique for the groups. As for my other dolls like the licca and maba barbies, takara barbies and the japanese mattel barbie family as well as the USA barbie family and other mattel offshoots made in japan and later other places; I won't even try to take a photo of  rather they may just appear in a photo.

These dolls though keep me human and remind me of the dreams of the caring child inside!

Mitten (with English subtitles). Варежка

Eliza Rickman- Black Rose

I love this video with Eliza Rickman singing Black Rose; it is one of the best blythe videos I have seen as it is very poignant...