Where'd I put that gas mask?

I've been having a pretty dire writing dry spell lately, so I'm trying to channel energy into my dolls instead. Mostly this has meant some pretty pathetic attempts at teach myself to sew (How do you sleeves?!), but I've also been trying my hand at customizing again with mixed results.

Recently another local collector came by for a BJD spa day. Restringing, cleaning, body blushing, and faceups kept us busy. She brought her Minifee Chloe girl, Mimi, who I had fun restringing and repainting.

Here's Mimi before:

...and Mimi after:

Can you tell I had fun with the freckles? Because they were SO much fun. I'm mostly satisfied with how she turned out. Clearly I'm in dire need of practice, but her owner was happy, which makes me happy!

There are a few local girls with blank dolls, so I may get some more practice sooner rather than later. I'm (mostly) looking forward to it. Sunday it was a little too damp for spraying sealant, so I had some fun with the big kids instead.

D's already in serious need of being re-blushed -_-; She could probably use a new faceup, too. But that'll have to wait! I've got a hybrid in the works for later this year, and I'm desperately hoping that Unoalchemy doesn't go and do anything crazy, like a tan run of the Unoa Elder boys.