My Blythe family is complete – there will be no more Blythes unless I trade one of my dolls for another doll. However, when I look at the girls and think of selling one of them – for let’s face it, we can always use the money and Blythe collectors sell their dolls all the time – I can’t conceive of letting one go. I am too attached to them. I would feel like a mom selling one of her kids!

But I did get a wee little girl. She’s a BJD – a ball-jointed doll – and she’s made of resin. BJDs are articulated with ball and socket joints. They’re incredibly posable. There are all sort of sizes out there, but this line – by a dollmaker in China – is very popular with Blythe collectors. That’s where I first saw them. The dollmaker designed two dolls called Dudu and Wuwu. As is often the case with these resin dolls, the dolls are offered for preorder with only a limited amount of dolls made. I missed out on all of that with Dudu and Wuwu because the preorder happened right before I fell into the rabbit hole of Blythes so I was blissfully unaware of them.

Long story somewhat short, I managed to snag a pre-owned Wuwu doll and she arrived the other day. I love both Dudu and Wuwu but I’m on a strict budget so I went with Wuwu who has a sad little face that I can’t resist.

This is how she looked when she first arrived, with the clothes that came with her.

See that adorable sad little face?

Then, in a little dress that was made for her.

She’s now named Wren, by the way, after our Carolina wrens.

And then, in an experiment yesterday in which I tried to show the difference in size between Blythe and the BJD:

Hopefully, this illustrates the difference in size.

And what I’m most excited about is that I managed to prop the girls up so they are standing by using a wooden skewer that is pushed into one of the seams between floor boards and extends to the doll’s back. The trick after doing this is to shoot the photo from an angle that doesn’t show the skewers.

And it worked! I was quite pleased with myself.

Endless photo possibilities ahead.

I call this photo “Sad Sacks.” Both of these girls have sad little faces and just as I am drawn to bittersweet, sad, and minor tones in music, I am drawn to sad faces. And to faces that are maybe a little ticked off or haughty or sweet but not smiley. For instance, I love Sophie’s slightly sullen, yet beautiful, face.

That’s my doll update.

As for the present, we have a partly cloudy day ahead. Tomorrow and Thursday will be quite rainy.

I’m well into Old Filth  and love it. I read a big chunk of it this morning. I deliberately didn’t turn on my phone as I am wont to do. I simply sat here with my cup of coffee and the book. That’s the best time for me to read. The ‘world’ hasn’t yet entered into my consciousness. Time enough for that later.

Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday.