Cousins, but like sisters

Anouk and Padma are cousins and are really close.

Anouk is currentely 12-13 years old and is the only daughter of the younger sister of Padma’s mother, who left the Dorani camp to marry a Citizen (an outsider) and therefore cut all relationship with her family. There is a lot of prejudice between the Dorani (the Nomads) and the Citizens and therefore their marriage was really polemic. When her mother died during the birth of her second child who was a stillborn, Anouk’s father didn’t know what to do with her, since there was so much prejudice against her being of a mixed marriage that he brought her to Padma’s family hoping for a better future for her. She was 10 and that is how she came to live at the camp.

Padma immediately liked the little girl and seeing that she also was blessed by the Healing talent made her decide to take her as her ward and tech her the knowledge of the family. Anouk started helping Padma out during her rounds and her travels, making medicines and curing patients.

Anouk is still getting used to living with the Dorani, and though she really feels at home she still has a lot from her years living in the City. She is a shy sweet girl and therefore also hard to notice. But Padma protects and loves her as if she was her real sister.

Padma, the Healer

My beautiful Padma had some decent light camera time! Finally 😀

I have decided to start writing more about my characters and present them to you.
I started with Padma and Anouk (because since she arrived I have taken some photos with her that I want to share).

So let’s talk about Padma:

New dolls and new looks!

Hello everyone,

First of all I want to show you how Padma looks now. Since I got her I wanted to give her a new hair-do and accessories to make her more her character. Padma is a Dorani (Nomad) and her people is inspired by Gypsy and Indian culture.

I have worked on her a couple of weeks ago but I still hadn’t had the opportunity to take some pictures of her finished look. I gave her a couple of thin braid with some accessories and also two gold piercings (a nose and a sign on her forehead) and I think she looks so perfect now! Completely as I envisioned her 🙂

In other news though I have been on quite a doll buying phase of totally unplanned dolls. So there will be 3 new additions to my family soon. Ooops 😉 I actually got a small bonus this month and I ended spending it on dolls…but I guess it is justifiable if they make you happy, right?

The first one was a BJD British Cat from ElleoDolls on Etsy. I have been wanting a cat BJD for so long and I finally placed an order for this beauty! I wanted a “chubby” cat, not the usual siamese/asian style cats you see a lot, and I found this one so I was really happy, I could not NOT order it! I hope it doesn’t take long to get it home, they say it takes 6-8 weeks 🙂

[image from ElleoDolls]

The second one is the sweet Iplehouse KID Irene. I have been admiring the Iplehouse KID dolls for a while now and I have always loved Irene but I never had a reason to get one myself. I suddenly had an epiphany last week that she would actually be perfect for a character from Edenia. It’s not like it is a main character but she is a special one for me and she has a clear story in my mind so I thought it would be good to have her in doll form. Also I couldn’t resist Irene’s cuteness any longer and this was the perfect excuse to get her… so she is on layaway now in Peach Skin (I miss their PS resin) and with the type C face-up (in the picture), along with some clothes, shoes, a wig and eyes (as if it were a fullset) taking advantage of Iple’s current discounts 🙂 It will take long but I can’t wait for her to be home!

[image from Iplehouse]

And finally the most unexpected and surprising of all my purchases: She is a Volks DWC#2 head and was for sale in the MP on DoA and I couldn’t resist! She is soooo amazing! OMG I can’t believe I actually got this beauty!

I had been wanting a Volks Doll for such a long time, especially after I met WennieBJD’s Bailey in person! I hope to make an hybrid out of this girl but since she was completely unplanned I don’t know what I am going to do or who she will be. Any suggestions for nice bodies for Volks SD hybrids? I know the Feeple60 body works really well and maybe the MaskatDoll Body or the AprilStory body… any other options?

[image from the seller :Mia ^o^]

Padma arrived!

My Souldoll SoulKid Arina with Sandy Brown skin arrived yesterday and I finally had time to post this 🙂

She is so stunning, her default face-up is gorgeous!!! And I am amazed at her body ❤ I knew the old bodies were a nightmare, but I have to say the new NL body is quite poseable.

Her name is Padma Darzim and she is a character in Edenia (together with Arya and Alek). She is a Nomad (kind of a gypsy) and she belongs to a very old lineage of women healers. She is actually a really important character in Alek's past and she she is in love with him (but I will develop that further soon).

She is currently wearing an improvised dress and wig and eye combo. Everything I ordered for her ended up not working so she had to use things I had already but I have to say I like the result. I am not sure she will be keeping this look though. As for clothes I want to commission something for her as I did for Arya 😀

More pics:

Her video BO:

Unexpected doll!

OMG I am excited, I just saw this girl in stock at Think Pink and I couldn’t resist, I actually have the money from the latest doll sales so I indulged myself buying her 🙂 I decided I will wait a while to buy my SD boy since I want to receive my Feeple Chloe first and see how she and Ophelia work out and then I will decide which boy to buy.

[image from Souldoll]

She is a SouldDoll Kid Arina with Sandy Brown skin and she is in the new NL body. And she will be in my Edenia story (that is Alek and Arya’s story). I have been developing it lately and there is actually a couple of new characters I really love and she is someone that has been gaining an important role in their story, especially when related to Alek. I couldn’t resist getting a doll for her and when I saw Arina I thought she is perfect, I am just hoping she works with them as well as I envision! Anyways, more on her soon, since she was in stock she should get here fast 🙂