Paul Pham's Numina Nimbus

The latest Numina went live last week and sold out in about a minute.  She is an edition of 50 and cost $700. Paul's dolls are gaining popularity with every new release.

Here is the description from Paul's site: 
Pale skintone, blue-grey eyes with stormy charcoal shadow and matte nude lips. Long loosely curled strawberry blonde wig by Ilaria. Sky blue silk satin trench, lined in pale silver silk habotai with metallic sequin/beading detail at shoulders and pockets, belted with a pieced "leather" obi. Underneath is a soft pink chiffon and metallic lace slip dress. Completing the look, a pair of dark grey thigh high "suede" wedge boots.

 Photos by Paul Pham.

Valentine's Themed Doll Photos - Many Sources

Some wonderful photography was posted on Prego yesterday for the theme of Valentine's Day and Couples. I would have liked to post every one of the beautiful photographs. Here are just a sampling.

Photo by Adrian

"Raining Hearts" by Aquabluerose

Photo by Wilco in Holland

Photo by Cheryl in TN

Photo by Laurie Lenz ANGELS

"He didn't go to Jared and all I got were these lousy roses."

Photo by Sisen

Photo by Jackie_NJ

Ajuma is in the House!

Ajuma, Paul Pham's newest Numina (LE50) has arrived in time for the holidays. She has definitely cheered me up.

Her hard cap made by Chewin is beyond unique.

I've had several Numina and always wound up trading them for other dolls due to the difficulty I had with the knee joint. But a little birdie told me I could wire the knees which will firm them up and give me the stability I desire in a BJD. I'm going to have to do the same with my Ficon Leonie.

Pants pockets are trimmed with zipper teeth.

 I love the colors she is wearing.

Pink Suede Boots

 Numina have the largest feet of all my BJDs.

Fooling around with Photoshop.

Link: Paul Pham @ Dollcis

Annual Facets Picnic

The weather turned out to be glorious for the annual picnic put on by Marcia Friend at her home in New Jersey. This was our fourth time and although the skies ahead looked ominous for a while, it was a sunny and mild day to sit outside and mingle with other doll collectors.

A dense line of clouds appeared over the bridge.

If you haven't been to Marcia's let me just say that seeing her doll collection is like going to a modern fashion doll museum. The dolls aren't just hanging out in cases, they are arranged in artistic tableaus with the finest furniture and props. While most of her collection on display consists of 16" dolls, smaller and larger dolls are included as well. In fact, her Cissy dolls are just to die for.
You might get a tiny idea from these shots:

Don't forget that you can click on any image to enlarge it.

Guests are invited to bring dolls along to display.

Paul Pham brought a OOAK Numina to display whose photo I have previously published.   Paul was surrounded most of the time by admiring collectors.

 

Adrian brought two of his Numina.

And there was food. Lots of yummy food. Rudy was a good boy. He stayed on the cool grass, under a table in the shade.

A fun part of the afternoon is the "free table." People send and/or bring doll stuff for this event. The crazed collectors (yes, I am part of that group) are held back until the GO signal is given and a free-for-all ensues. I was actually pushed very hard by a man whose name I don't even know. Some people are very serious about getting their free stuff. :-)

Our hostess:

But wait; there's more! Door prizes galore. Many were provided by collectors and many were provided by Wilde Imagination.  The prizes were very generous and lots of lucky attendees went home with great stuff.

It's always a fun day when spent with other doll people.

Superdoll Abbe Lane on Sale Tomorrow

Marl announced today that "Wolf Whistles,"  a new creation from the makers of Sybarite dolls, will be available exclusively at marlbe.com tomorrow, September 1 at Noon, Eastern Time.

Here is the text of the announcement:

ABBE LANE from Superdoll!!

HERE SHE IS!  THE FABULOUS ABBE LANE!
Ruby clone: #1102 or #1103, sunkissed skintone!

FIRST OF THE ABBE LANE COLLECTION™ "WOLF WHISTLES™"
A leopard never changes her spots… why would she when she looks this fabulous?!   The divine Abbe looks cool and refreshed for her impromptu beach front press call. 'who called the press? Indeed!'   Simply side parted wig in a twisted updo, matching leopard corseted swimsuit, chiffon waist slashed wrap and leopard stilettos! Yes! Stiletto heels on the beach!  Course weave hessian beach bag with chain straps and divine hand embroidered detailing.  Includes doll stand and applied eyelashes. Please note: this doll comes in 2 face sculpts. She will have either a closed or open mouth! LE 50 each

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I prefer the closed mouth, but I would have to see her in person as it is hard to tell from the pictures. I read that the Abbe doll does not use the current Sybarite body.

I am perplexed as to why there are still nearly 40 Neurotica Sybarites remaining. (No it doesn't say that on the website but there is a way to figure it out.) I love mine. She is gorgeous. Her fashions is stunning. Her face is divine. Perhaps people were put off by the tattoos or the unusual hairstyle or the high price of $820. (EEK) I'm thrilled to have mine.

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It was a very busy week in the 16" fashion doll world. Today Ajuma went on sale. I scored one. How could I resist? She is just magnificent. 

Look for me in the Poor House but at least I will have my dolls.

Numina ALERT!

Dollcis/Paul Pham sent out a newsletter informing collectors that Ajuma will go up for pre-order this Friday, August 31 at Noon Eastern time.
Here is a partial text of that letter:

LE 50 AJUMA
$700

For PreOrder this Friday August 31st at 12pm US Eastern Standard Time at  http://dollcis.com/

50% deposit to hold the doll with the balance plus shipping once shipping begins the last week of October.

Dark skin with deep shaded cherry lips, dusky cerulean shadow accented with gold lids and caramel eyes in a dark royal blue silk shantung collarless jacket with gold sequin detailing at the hems and sleeve ends.  "Peachy Clouds" print silk charmeuse bodysuit underneath, and metallic gold brocade cropped jodhpurs with zipper edged pockets.  Around  her neck, a raspberry drop bead necklace and at her feet, a pair of raspberry pink and black suede platform boots. Lastly, a Dollcis designed/Chewin made "african venus" wig,  complete the look.

Note: She is now sold out. She went very fast.

OOAK Numina by Paul Pham

Today Paul posted these photographs of his new OOAK Numina, Dusk. He described her as a "pale skin Devon in a OOAK beaded and sequined lace and chiffon dress with a silk organza wimple and OOAK suede ankle boots."
She is the first in a collection of 6 one- of-a-kind dolls. The next up is Dawn who is currently in the works.

You can contact Paul by going to his website Dollcis.

DATURA: OOAK NUMINA "Ajuma" doll by Paul Pham

Paul Pham's dolls keep getting better and more highly valued. The eBay auction for Datura ended early Sunday morning with a winning bid of $2,101.00 
 The link to the completed auction is here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160849299327&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123

Congratulations, Paul. She is worth every penny. Everything about her is stunning and unique.

All photos are Paul's from the auction page.

Ajuma by Paul Pham

OMG!!

This doll is drop dead gorgeous.

A new Numina doll is on it's way towards the end of this summer. This tease was posted yesterday by Paul. She will fly the minute she goes on sale! Specifics re: price and exact date are not yet available.

PFDF Numina and Barbie

Sherryl from Arizona posted these two pictures on Prego earlier of the event Barbie and Paul Pham's new Numina.

Barbie is called Le Belle Epoque. She is a vinyl, non articulated doll LE 375. I'm sure there will be quite a few floating around on eBay shortly.

Paul's doll has been mentioned previously on this blog. She is gorgeous as is her wig and fashion.
I do not think you will find this on eBay - ever.

Atropa LE 5

Paul Pham has posted a photo of his latest Numina, Atropa. She is a LE 5 for the Paris Fashion Doll event.

http://dollcis.com/

New Basic Devon

My new Devon had some time in front of the camera yesterday. She's dressed in a little fashion from Emilia Nieminen's "Torn" collection. The platinum wig is by Cheryl Wood.

Here she is in her original wig which, by the way, is way too large for her head. Even with a wig cap, it doesn't stay on.

The Numina have amazinly beautiful bodies; however, their stability needs to be improved. The joints at the hips are loose and the knee joints bend from side to side making posing quite a task. In the full image above, I had to put her on a stand and Photoshop the stand out of the picture.
I don't know how to wire a BJD to control this type of problem. Perhaps a reader can offer information because I want to keep her. I have many gorgeous fashions for her to model.