So I'm not sure why this morning, but I went looking back through my faceup portfolio. I think it was because I saw my little "Temporarily Closed" commissions thread post and went looking. I've had some serious itching to work on a faceup since last weekend, but I've currently got too much going on that there's just no time. I'm thinking when/if I come back to doing faceups coming back under a new shop name.... I've been under high debates to change my clan and shop name from The House of Dreamless Sleep to Dreamless Noir. Dreamless Noir is the name I've been wanting to use and go with for when I get around to doing some other mostly non doll related projects, but it's like how those that know me/realize that I don't really go my mel-mel-chan anymore... DOA is the only place still existing that the name is used (well aside from all my doll company accounts). DOA was the last forum/social place I ever signed up for by that name because now I go by Komishika everywhere, even for cosplay I abandoned mel-mel-chan. So now I'm sort of thinking of going a different direction and abandoning the title Dreamless Sleep... though I think part of that can be blamed on doll hobbyist doa user that created some smart phone app that databases doll sizes and measurements and naming it "My Dreamless Sleep".... I'm like hey did you ever think of doing a little doll comm related research before naming it that? They claim they searched it and nothing for me ever showed up yet I show up on the first page of Google when I search the term dreamless sleep especially if I add bjd to the end of it... It was something that really in the end was innocent, but somehow it seriously fouled up my brain... So this has been a few months ago at this point, but yah.

Now back to what I had told myself I was going to say in this post. I keep looking back at my faceup work and the only thing I can think to myself is how hit and miss of a faceup artist I am. Maybe it's because of commissioners preferences that I feel this way but I look back and I love some faceups I've done (not just for me but for others as well) and then others I just sort of feel a bit embarrassed about and feel like "did they really like it?". I think some of my doubt may come from the fact that I know a lot of people I do commission work for are not people who take a lot of pictures of their dolls like I used to. Yah I've really not been doing a lot of photography lately myself, but I think it's cause I've gotten rather bored with my surroundings that I have. But for the moment for faceups I know for sure I'm closed all the way through June (with exception to a few friends), and I'm hoping after Akon which is right around the corner I'll be able to get back on my boat and do some nifty stuff for my newest little girls and a couple of the husbands kiddos. I think I just need to get my groove back...

But for now with Akon around the corner I'm on hard core cosplay crunch. In fact after I go grab some breakfast I'll be spending just about all of today sewing and things. Concerning Akon, DollAkon is happening, but you won't see me around there. Something happened that I was very confused and displeased about and I raised the concern that if that was the way things were going to be I didn't want to do my panel, and before formally quitting was dismissed from all obligations with a bit of a nasty comment to boot. I will be at Akon, I will have 1 doll that will spend most of it's time in my room and I will not be attending functions in relation to DollAkon nor making any donations or having my cards on the networking table. However I will be around and probably for most of Sunday and possibly part of Saturday talking some good sales pitches and helping out at the Baubles & Frills table in the dealers room. Doesn't matter what I'm doing/have planned cause at any con these ladies do that I attend whether I'm officially working with them or not I always end up working for them in the end... ^_^

So my most recent 3 dolls are 2 pullips and a blythe.

( follow the cut to see the pretties )

Will eventually post photos to go with the new dolly news, but for now I just want to talk about it since I do not have the pictures prepared.

Picked up 3 new dolls this weekend I purchased from one of our locals. I now have 2 more pullips and a blythe. Picked up Pullips Cosmic Mercu & Cosmic Jupi and an ADG Midieval Mood Blythe. I haven't picked names for them all yet, but for the pullips I'm leaning on the names Izam & Shazna (yes I am oldschool VK dork to some extremes)... for the blythe I just don't know yet....possibly Laila.

In addition to these 3 little ones I have also purchased from a DOA member a Kid Delf Jeong... I'm super excited for her (geeze why do I keep picking up MSD girls instead of my intended dolls). Got a super price on her and the seller is supposed to ship her tomorrow so I should probably have her this weekend. She however does need some work... She will probably get here and if I have the time this weekend, which I should, she will quickly be taken apart, cleaned, then oxi bathed. Will go from there after that, but she's nothing like the image I have for her in her current state. I'm really excited for her though because she was one of the kid delfs I thought was super cute that got discontinued. I'm thinking her name is going to be Sumire... at least that's her working name for now.

Anyways I've wasted too much time blogging tonight and maybe in the next couple of days I can get pics of the new girls up to show them off.

Attended 2 meetups this month and as usual have lots of dolly eyecandy photos for show.


2011.02.19 @ El Guapo's in Denton,TX


2011.02.27 @ Royal Buffet in Rowlette,TX

Pics from the local dollmeets from last weekend and this weekend.

DFW Meetup 2011.01.09


DFW Meetup 2011.01.15

As part of my Christmas present to myself this year I purchased a modded Taeyang. He used to be a jade but the customizer, Blair, sanded off just about all of his faceup aside from his eye lining and some of his eye blushing and carved his lips to have an open mouth with teeth. He's super cute and very charming. I LOVE HIM! I did however quickly change out his eyechips as I just just really disliked the older rubber chips that he came with since I did get the jade chips. I still want to get him in something green but those chips were annoying me too much so I replaced them with the last set of spare chips I had around the house. I'm waiting probably about a month for a leeke wig for him and will eventually make a coolcat order for some new chips.

This is Ryou. The only thing he's told me about himself is that he's a big flirt with the ladies (keeps trying to get Ms. Jasmine to go on a date with him, but she's been refusing, and he really loves sweets, especially chocolate. In the future I do still have plans to get a standard jade who will be his younger brother.

Last couple months I've done a couple faceups. Just a couple but they turned out really lovely...


Dollshe Bernard for Amaya De'Morte


Angel of Dream Qian for LoupGarou752

Been bad about getting pics uploaded from meetups, but now I suppose I'm just one behind.


Sept 19 2010 @ Royal Buffet in Rowlett


Oct 31 2010 @ Steak N Shake & The Harbor in Rockwall

Just reminding myself that I need to keep the LJ updated...I keep posting things out on flickr and they don't always make it here.

Got the opportunity to do 2 faceups for thakyuki. Thank you dear for giving me my first opportunity to faceup a pukipuki.


MNF Rheia


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