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Made a DIY Toxic Molly cause she’s such a cool Living Dead Doll but very out of my budget 😅

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Mend a hole in your sweater with a crochet hook

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Hey i’m a fashion design student so i have tons and tons of pdfs and docs with basic sewing techniques, pattern how-tos, and resources for fabric and trims. I’ve compiled it all into a shareable folder for anyone who wants to look into sewing and making their own clothing. I’ll be adding to this folder whenever i come across new resources

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16uhmMb8kE4P_vOSycr6XSa9zpmDijZSd?usp=sharing

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Ever heard of a Sexy Legs Cockroach? No? Ever wanted to see someone make an anthropomorphic cockroach? ...No? Well.

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Just wanted to let dollblr know that as of today (3/20/25) there’s only 13 days left to back the new Begoths on kickstarter!

Here is what the kickstarter exclusive doll looks like in regular light (left) and uv/blacklight (right)

There is going to be new and improved articulation! (On all of the dolls)

For $17 you can get a blank articulated body to customize or rebody your vintage Begoths! They also come in two new shades!

Here’s a little peak of what they are up to on their socials if you don’t have IG:

(I’m not being paid to advertise, nor do I have any affiliation with the company, I’m just a fan and really want this doll 😅 Sorry if you follow me on TikTok, bc this is essentially just a text version of my most recent post over there)

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You know what? nvm I'm actually going to need this whole line after all 😍 second outfits and hands sold it for me

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The blog has been essentially on hiatus for a while so there's an enormous amount of releases that I haven't talked about. As such, any kind of new release discussion won't be anywhere near comprehensive, but I do want to touch on a few things.

After some confusion about the release date, the Career of the Year dolls actually did hit shelves.

Turns out I was just wrong. I'm pretty good at that. But I also think they look cute.

Mattel are directly addressing the sizeable modding community with the release of the You Create Basics kits - designed by Carlyle Nuera, these are kits of mix and match articulated bodies, face sculpts, wigs and clothes.

I've seen a few people critical of the price point on these kits, but I think it's an interesting direction for Mattel to take.

The last recent release I wanted to talk about is Styled By Design #3.

The first two in the Styled By Design series were Suim Noh and Carlyle Nuera, but this one is brought to us by Bill Greening. It's a 60s mod look, hearkening back to Barbies and fashions of fifty years ago, but also has features that remind me a little of 90s Totally Hair Barbie, the top-selling Barbie of all time.

I'm not the only one seeing that resemblance, right?

Overall, though, Greening's design is really standout and eye-catching and I find it really, really charming. Plus, I love looking at pretty much any design drawings of Barbie.

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too many ppl who know nothing about Filipino folklore n culture r talking shit about my ate. she’s based off of the manananggal, which you can compare to the European vampire, if that helps you understand it better. although, i’m reluctant to mention that becuz some ppl, who choose to be ignorant, currently hold the view that she’s just an Asian-colored vampire mishmash monster. she is not. other than the fact that she manages to exist at all, here are some details i appreciate about her.

first, she has a face that looks like my family’s. that’s my lola’s nose. that’s my mom’s birthmark. shit, those are my uncle’s cheekbones. the headpiece features jasmine, our national flower. the translucent petals are cool.

second, you can display her in two pieces, split by the torso. its not just a “cheap gimmick” you ignorant pos. at nightfall, the manananggal severs itself in two, leaving behind a vulnerable lower half while its upper half hunts for nourishment - blood, raw hearts, livers, fetuses. the red fringe represents her dangling intestines, hanging loose as she flies after ripping her body apart. the string detail is on the skirt for consistency, but also, intestines are long as fuck? why wouldn’t they also hang from the bottom, assuming they also get split in half.

while we’re on the outfit, the top is an extremely traditional (Spanish colonial, ugh) style in both fabric and shape. i have attire that looks exactly like it, minus the monster high red foil pattern. the tiny, “woven” sleeve cuffs are a nice touch. the earrings and bracelets look to be woven palm too, but aren’t as effective in plastic. the bottom half skirt is quite a bit shorter than is traditional, and the heels higher. it’s a monster high doll.

most accurate would be barefoot, tbh. but you guys would riot, and again, its a doll. actually, the shoes reference a lot from Filipino culture. the heel is a coconut tree overlooking a kubo, a one-room stilt hut built with natural materials such as bamboo and palm, and specifically made to be remade as necessary. the sole is “wooden”, also an accessible material of which some shoes were made with. it is attached by braid to what looks to be a straw strap. also not unusual for a shoe.

her fan and wings feature embroidery, and if you look closely at the latter, you will see a thin and delicate flora design in between the spider web pattern. this is extremely reminiscent of calado, a type of traditional hand embroidery akin to lace that is difficult as fuck. a dying art, btw.

i didn’t wake up looking to ride this hard for a plastic woman lmao. but if you’re gonna come for her, it better be because of the fluorescent green in her colorway and not because you don’t know what you’re talking about. honestly, a lot of Filipinos are just happy to be considered and celebrated. “wins” like this mean everything. maybe it’s not good enough for your collection, but now you know more about my culture than you would’ve gone out of your way to. and that’s good enough for me.

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Corazon Marikit~ Monster High releases a Manananggal Doll!~

She's a 2025 Skullector release

For context, there was a film released before called "Corazon, Ang Unang Aswang" Corazon, the first Aswang. Manananggals (Coming from the root word "Tanggal" meaning remove) are a subtype of Aswang.

Marikit, on the other hand, means pretty; usually referring to flowers or women.

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New Upcoming Monster High Designer Series: Corazon Marikit!!

She’s in the same line as Lenore! The price and release date are unknown currently, but maybe we’ll find out with the Mattel Reveal today!

Personally, I don’t quite know how I feel about her yet. I’ll have to see what her irl photos look like but I guess I’m a little…underwhelmed? The outfit and accessories are great, don’t get me wrong! I just wish there was more detail to the actual doll. She’s based on the Manananggal, which is a Philippines bloodsucking mythical creature who can separate the top of their body from their torso. I just wish we could have more details on that like a scar or something, but who knows! We haven’t seen the full body yet. Plus all the art I’ve seen depicting it made me hope that they would do more with the face.

I don’t know if I’ll be getting her yet. I have to watch the Mattel Reveal and see the irl photos to better grasp the design choices. I do have Lenore and I’ve always liked her, but the Mattel Reveal segment helped me better understand her so I’m hoping that’s what will happen here!

What do y’all think??

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Meet Corazon Marikit!

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BillyBoy* is or was a jeweler, socialite, fashion designer, artist, muse to Andy Warhol, and Barbie doll collector. (He is no longer all of those things, but he is in fact still alive and living with his husband in Switzerland.)

If you are not familiar - no, I did not put an asterisk there because I am making a footnote for later. BillyBoy* styled his name that way.

The famous Warhol painting of Barbie was actually titled "Barbie, Portrait of BillyBoy*" in honour of BillyBoy* - or at least, the version with the blue background was. Warhol created a second version of the painting with an orange background which was purchased by Mattel.

As mentioned above, BillyBoy* was an ardent Barbie collector - hence the painting in Barbie's likeness being a portrait of him. He drew the attention of Mattel with his 11,000 Barbies and 3000 Kens - and keep in mind, back in the 80's this was much more of an achievement, as there were significantly fewer dolls on the market. He also published Barbie: Her Life and Times, a book about Barbie, in 1987.

Between 1984 and 1990 BillyBoy* worked directly with Mattel on two tours called Le nouveau théâtre de la mode, which were showcases of designer outfits on Barbies, curated by BillyBoy*. He also designed two Barbies for Mattel - and in so doing became the first ever designer to be specifically credited on the box.

Above is first Barbie - Le Nouveau Theatre de la Mode Barbie from 1985.

His second Barbie, Feelin Groovy Barbie in 1986 has rather different vibes, but I have to say I like her a lot more.

I'm sorry, but she rules?

Amazingly when I saw Feelin' Groovy Barbie was being sold on the secondary market for a very reasonable price, I almost bought her on the spot but restrained myself.

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Capybara Stuffed Animal Sewing Pattern - PDF Digital Download by BeeZeeArt

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Hero (2008) by Silvia B.

mixed media on synthetic material, glass eyes, synthetic hair, eyelashes, bandage, underwear, 3-piece suit, pock

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Only the best pages from the 2005 Sears Wish Book (i would kill for that Bratz lamp)