It's All In The Accessories!

black wedges and tan bag , both made of real leather

light pink real suede leather wedges

pale grey, suede leather flat booties

gold anf black leather wedhes, gold leather purse

metallic gold leather and satin ribbon bracelet

golden leather bracelets and ring

metallic gold and black leather wedges, gold purse

white flat leather boots,white/orange backpack

beige suede wedge booties, birkin real leather bag

pale pink suede leather purse

pale pink suede leather purse/wedge shoes

black/metallic chrome leather wedges-black leather bag

black/chrome leather wedge sandals

fuchsia / lime,hand painted leather sandals and purse

golden leather cuff bracelet and ring

golden leather cuff bracelet and ring

black leather wedge shoes with bow detail in the back

metallic gold leather ring and cuff

As i was saying yesterday its all in the accessories. They can make or ruin an outfit. They are saying everything about the person who's wearing them. They can completely change the mood of an ensemble.

And a person's (or doll's ) mood too!  They correct the geometry of an appearance, add color, depth movement..Plus they are known and praised fetishes for many of us, dolls included!

A (sort of) Collection

Well, here i am with some better photos of my first mini collection. It has not an exact theme, rather some things in common,like the many mini dresses and the importance of the accessories. If it had a title it would be something like " it's all in the accessories" i think!

Have i told you i love leather? I am a jewelry designer, and for the past six years leather has been my favorite material.  It is amazingly versatile, it can be hard or soft, structured or raw in free forms, chic, ethnic,punk,cute, colored, painted, laced... Whatever one can imagine, it can be done with leather.

It was only natural for me to start using it for the dolls. 

So another permanent element in my doll work its leather. In form of  everything. Shoes and bags and belts obviously, but also jewelry, hats, clothes, swimming suits and dollhouse items.  

The collection photoshoot was another field of experiment (rather frustration!) for me.

I decided to keep it simple , with plain props, also because i could not deal with another creative project right now.. But i have plans! oh,well , i think it is working as  is for the moment...

Proud shop owner!!!

Its been a while that i am making things for my dolls, and recently i started making things for sale.

It was not official until now, i was not sure whether i wanted to commit to that or not, and i had to prove it to myself first. I know it may not making much sense, but ...well it is so,lol!

I am ready now,so i made the big move:  i opened an etsy shop under the surprising name...dollsalive.

Currently it only has one outfit for sale but thats a start,no?  There are many more ready, waiting to be photographed and uploaded. 

A great drawback to the whole decision was my ...market positioning. What i like more to make are the leather things. Shoes, bags, belts, leather jewelry, hats and more. But some of them i could only imagine with the right outfits. So i had to make those too.

 I couldn't  figure out if they had to be presented as a collection with a common theme or as many unique and irrelevant sets. And how? all together or one at a time? and where? ebay in auctions or etsy in fixed prices?

Phew!!!  too many decisions and too little progress!

Since i am not the most disciplined person , i find it much more relieving working on whatever comes to my mind. So the collection option was kinda off...

And since i already have an etsy shop selling jewelry (for humans!) it was easier to start there.

I only figured that out yesterday  after weeks and weeks of psycological torture!

so i proudly (??) present you        http://www.etsy.com/shop/dollsalive  !!!

The photos here are of some of the things that i have for sale.  they are quick crappy photos in an unfinished diorama,but i am an impatient soul and i could'nt wait to post the ...professional ones!

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