Just In Time Ellowyne Wilde

I took these pictures a while ago and then never got around to posting them!  This is "Just In Time" Ellowyne by Wilde Imagination.  Her outfit is so fun and steampunk-y.  She comes with the goggles and the hat.  The goggles are on an elastic band, and can be worn by the doll, or draped over the hat as decoration.  She looks so funny with the goggles on, so I had to show you a picture.  (They don't really have lenses, though.)  The hat also has an elastic band you can loop under her chin, so it stays on her head quite nicely. 

I haven't undressed her yet, but I can see she has a cream-colored blouse on underneath the jacket.  The jacket fastens in front with snaps. 

The original promo pics of this doll showed her with green eyes, so that's what I was expecting, but mine came with blue eyes!  I was astounded to see the surprise eye color, but she was so pretty that I didn't make an issue of it to the company.  Since I bought her, Wilde Imagination has since changed the listing to say "blue eyes" instead of green, and photoshopped one of the promo pics to change her eye color.  LOL! 

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Independence Day shoot, Part 2

And another Independence Day picture.  Just 'cause.

These are "Dark and Stormy Night" Amber and "All Good" Lizette, from the Ellowyne Wilde doll line.  Aren't they cute? 

The Atlanta Gone With The Wind event, June 2014

Over The Top Ellowyne Wilde

I was lucky enough to have been able to attend the Tonner Gone With The Wind Event in Atlanta, Georgia on June 7.  It was only three hour's drive from my house, so no $$$ airplane tickets!!!  Yay!  It was quite literally my first doll company-sponsored event.  I found the whole event very charming!  Robert Tonner was there, and I got to see him in person for the first time.  (And then promptly was too shy to actually speak to him. ... LOL.)

Unfortunately, the mini camera I decided to bring was not my usual camera (which is big and heavy).  My mini camera took absolutely terrible photos.  They all came out dark and grainy, so I won't even bother to post them here.  So disappointing!   Instead, I'll post some pictures of some of the dolls from the event, taken with my better camera once I was home again. 

The jewel of the event (in my opinion) was "Over The Top" Ellowyne, a convention exclusive.  What a beauty!  The dress is very detailed, and made from the same gorgeous embroidered silk(?) as the gown from "Love Is Blue" Sydney.  I must really love this fabric, because "Love Is Blue" was actually the second Tonner doll I ever bought, way back in 2003, I believe.  (Brenda Starr was my first.) 

"Over The Top" has a full hoop skirt on under the gown!  Her shoes are exquisite, too, and made from the same material as her lovely 19th-century dress. 

 

I didn't get the table centerpiece doll, which was a pretty Scarlett O'Hara in a white and black gown called "Lost Honeymoon."  The table gift was a wonderful Scarlett called "Shame."  She wears an alternate color version (emerald green) of the dress Scarlett wears to Ashley's birthday party.  This was the original color for the dress, as written in the book. The movie studio decided they wanted the dress to be red instead, so they asked Margaret Mitchell if she minded if they changed the color for the movie. She gave them her permission. 

"Shame" Scarlett.

There is actually an original costume sketch of this dress in green, done by the costume designer for the movie.  He later re-did the sketch in red. 

The dress on the doll seems to be velvet, and each of the rhinestone accents are hand-sewn on individually.  I haven't deboxed her because I'm not a huge fan of the Scarlett O'Hara dolls, although I adore the movie.  If I can't sell her, I'll be really tempted to put that gown on my Wonder Woman 52.  I'm sure she'd rock that look.  Wonder Woman in emerald green velvet, with feathers?  Sure, why not.

Another table gift was a small porcelain Scarlett.  She is literally a Southern bell.  LOL.  That is, there is a bell clapper under her skirt, so you can use her as a bell and ring her.   My 6-year-old thought this was wonderful, and promptly went around the house ringing the Scarlett O'Hara bell.  Hee hee!

They also held an unexpected factory sale right there at the event, where they piled bagged dolls on a table for cheap wholesale prices.  I only got one from that sale ... "All Good" Lizette.  I figured she'd go nicely with my "Raindrops and Roses" Lizette that I got recently.  Sisters!  The two are sitting together on my computer desk right now, looking adorable together.  Their eyes are actually different shades of brown.

All Good Lizette, left, with a re-dressed Raindrops And Roses Lizette.

Anyway, thanks for looking at my pictures!  As always, you can click on the photos to see them larger.

Review of Raindrops and Roses Lizette

Raindrops and Roses Lizette finally came home to me!  She's part of the Ellowyne Wilde line of dolls, and is marketed as Ellowyne's friend.  I think she manages to steal the spotlight from Ellowyne sometimes, though! 

I love both the doll and the dress.  She looks like a girl dressed for a wedding, or a fairy princess, or maybe just a girl playing dress-up in her froufiest getup.  (Is "froufiest" a word?  I've decided it should be.) 

This girl uses the "honey" skintone.  Wilde Imagination also offers another Lizette with a darker skintone they call "spice."  Raindrops and Roses has inset acrylic eyes that are beautifully detailed, with applied eyelashes.  Her hair is rooted, and is a very dark brown ... not quite black, but almost.  In real life, it's a shade darker than it appears in the promo pics on the Wilde Imagination web site.

The hair is soft to the touch, not stiff with styling product.  I don't know what would happen to this hair if you brushed it.  It'd either survive the brushing just fine, or turn into a frizzy mess.  I have no idea, and don't plan on finding out. 

Raindrops and Roses Lizette with Disquietude Amber.

I mention that she has rooted hair because two of the other Lizettes Wilde Imagination currently offers have removable wigged hair.  That is, they are bald, but each come with two wigs you can use interchangeably.  Very fun, but I prefer rooted hair, myself.

 

Anyway, the dress!  I never used to like pink, but having a 6-year-old daughter has given me a new appreciation for pink.  The outer portion of the bodice ... more of a lace vest, really ... is removable and separate from the rest of the dress.  I wasn't expecting that!  Underneath, the dress itself fastens in back with snaps.  There is a separate tulle petticoat under the skirt, which is layered in both lace and fine tulle.  She does not have panties, but her lace tights cover her adequately under the skirt.  (Well, mostly ... LOL.  They are lace, after all.)  The tights looked white next to her skin, but after I took them off I realized they're actually cream.

 

The rose headdress is on an elastic band, so you can slip it around her head or take it off as desired. 

She came with a simple necklace, which was the only part of the doll I found underwhelming.  The necklace is some cheap plastic beads threaded onto a thin ribbon.  Maybe they thought it looked like a necklace a little girl would wear?  Don't know.  It just seems a little odd placed with an otherwise high-quality doll. 

The necklace.  Meh.

Angelic face.

The awkward picture below was meant to show off Lizette's wonderfully-articulated arms and legs.  They hold poses beautifully.  She can touch her forehead, and sit nicely without falling over.  She shares a body with the Ellowyne Wilde and Amber Stanhope dolls, so can share clothing with them.  R&R doesn't come with this undergarments set; I just put it on her so I could show off her jointing. 

She looks so unhappy that I was trying her in goofy poses!  Hee hee.

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Later,

An Assortment of Ambers

Wow, it's been a while since I posted last!  Life happens, I guess.

Anyway, I've managed to acquire two more Amber Stanhopes by Wilde Imagination.  (Yes, this sculpt has a last name.)  All three of these are sold out at the W.I. site.  I adopted one from a friend, and another nude off eBay.  They are Satin Shimmer Amber (dark red hair, blue eyes), A Dark and Stormy Night Amber (light red hair, green eyes) and my Disquietude Amber from my last post (brown hair).

I've decided I really love this line. 

I had them model some clothing for you. 

I made the blue dress with the black lace overlay.  :)

I can't get enough of doing close-ups of their faces.  I think their eyes are very expressive.

And of course I love doing artsy shots out in my back yard.

Hugs,

Amber Disquietude

Well, I like to go back and forth between talking about Integrity Toys dolls and Robert Tonner dolls (among others), so today's Picture Candy is Amber Disquietude from Wilde Imagination, a Tonner company. 

She's from 2012 and sold out, so it'd be silly to do a whole review.  I have to say, though, she is the first Amber doll I've gotten, and I'm totally won over.   She's part of the Ellowyne Wilde line, which includes the peripheral characters Lizette, Prudence, Rufus and Amber.  Is it a crime I like Amber and Lizette more than the main character, Ellowyne?  LOL!  I'd love to get a Lizette one day, but for now, it's just mopey little Disquietude. 

 

There's something about this sculpt that looks sad.  At least a little bit.  Maybe she's depressed I don't have her friends here to keep her company.  Maybe I need to cheer her up by buying her tons and tons of clothes.  *Grin.*

I'm totally enamoured of her hair, which is photo-snap perfect from every direction.  Her eyes remind me of a Siamese cat ... they're that exact same shade of intense blue.  They look like they're made of glass, but more probably it's a glass-like acrylic.  Her eye style and size make her look a bit like a resin Asian ball-jointed doll, only the eyes aren't changeable and the body is not strung.

She shares a body with Ellowyne, which is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME for finding clothing for her.  I actually just ordered two outfits for her, so she may be doing a modeling shoot later.  I really dig the Ellowyne body.  It's aesthetically pleasing, the articulation and posing are superb, and I even appreciate the little things, like the fact the neck isn't too skinny.  With that flat chest and baby face, she looks to me like she's only about 14 or 15, though.  I have no idea how old these characters are supposed to be, but mine apparently just started high school.  She must be the best-dressed person in her class.

Later,