The Most Kawaii

I really want a Toffee doll, now.  Distributed by Huckleberry Toys, Toffee is a new line of super kawaii Japanese dolls from designer Riri Fukuju.  These plush body mixed-media handmade dolls come in several designs (including the limited edition Hellboy Fan doll with awesome kitty cat eyes), all of them cute and some of them slightly sinister.  They're a more traditional alternative to Asian ball-jointed dolls, and, with their big baby-doll type heads and tiny bodies, are less anatomical and more whimsical.
Top row, L to R: Marina, Sakura, Hazel
Bottom row, L to R: Lily, VIctoria, Pinky

Riri (pronounced "Lily") Fukuju has a portfolio of fuzzy animals with smooth white faces and hauntingl little girls with vacant expressions.  If I had one, I'd make a stop motion film set in some Mark Ryden phantasy.  Speaking of films, let's not forget this year's Alice in Wonderland.  Here's a little Alice by Riri.

A New Day for Dolls

 

(Above) A bag of beheaded Barbies who chose death instead of cake.

Sunsinuray and I are putting our plastic childhood nostalgia to good use.  We're making OOAK (one of a kind) fashion doll remakes.  Barbie repaints are nothing new.  You can bid on dozens of creations at eBay.com in the OOAK Barbie category and google some awesome original Barbie OOAK dolls made within the last two decades.  Everyone has their ideal vision of what the iconic plastic model should look like. 

 

Sunsinuray reroots a Superstar Barbie

doll with shades of violet.  

 

A work in progress.  I will probably name her something involving Greek goddesses, blood, and/or passion.  Reroot in hand-dyed merino wool.