Part III: OCTOBER HOLIDAYS at Swan Love Designs

Part III:  Winter Holidays ...

FEATURING .... OCTOBER .... HALLOWEEN !!!


BOO !

I have a supply of HALLOWEEN FASHIONS that are waiting to be sold and revealed this year ...

I have been working over a year on ALL my items ... THIS is just a little BOO!  dress and

spider web hat ... I have NOT seen another Spider Web hat anywhere for Blythe, which is why I created this one to sell .... I would NEVER sell something that has already been thought of, and/or already saturated the market.  THIS is my ORIGINAL SPIDER WEB HAT DESIGN :)

THIS is a little HALLOWEEN BAT dress ... complete with little BAT WINGS on the back ...

 THIS little dress is just SPARKLE BLACK flare style, but I added a little COLOR tulle petticoat, in all the HALLOWEEN COLORS ... Black, Orange, Purple, and Lime

 I added a little belt made from Halloween Design ribbon ... Ties in a bow in the back ...

THE NEXT TWO are just little BOO!  Designs ... on black ...

BELOW, is one of my little CANDY CORN design dresses ... of which I have a lot of !

 THIS ONE has a little CANDY CORN NECKLACE .....

 POUF !!!  A candy corn DESIGN .....

 A little CANDY CORN WENCH STYLE DRESS .....

 MORE CANDY CORN FUN ...

The little CANDY CORN WENCH dress, with black tulle petticoat ...

LITTLE  FRANKIE DRESS .... as in FRANKENSTEIN's MONSTER ...

 LITTLE GREEN WITCH FACE dress ... and VAMPIRESS DRESS .....

LITTLE GHOST FACE DRESS, and SPIDER WEB HAT !

TONS of JACK-O-LANTERN DRESSES !!!!!  Each one is different and UNIQUE ...

DIFFERENT COLOR DRESS .... DIFFERENT COLOR FACE ... DIFFERENT COLOR AND TEXTURE OF COLLAR ...

Part II: HOLIDAYS at Swan Love Designs

PART I:  Happy New Year ... Valentine's Day ... St. Patrick's Day ... Easter


PART II:  Cinco de Mayo ... 4th of July, aka, Independence Day (USA) ...

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Part I: HOLIDAYS at Swan Love Designs

HOLIDAYS, HOLIDAYS ... We are ALWAYS ready !!!

Here are some HOLIDAY FASHIONS that I created ... a lot of them are not to be sold, they are just for FUN ~  for little costumes when I do photo shoots ...

Let's start with JANUARY ~

HAPPY NEW YEAR !  WHAT better dress to wear than ... A TUXEDO!!!  YES !!!

Complete with a little matching TOP HAT

I made this dress in 10 different colors, each with matching bow ties and buttons on the bib part.  The buttons are little 6 mm animal eyes, that I painted separately, making certain they matched EXACTLY.

The little PINK/ RED ones above, may also be used for Valentine's Day, come to think of it ...


but FEBRUARY IS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY ...

And WHAT better way to REPRESENT.... THAN CUPID !  I made a couple of cupid dresses, but then I disliked them quite a bit as far as trying to sell them goes ... so they are now going to just be kept in my  STORAGE ~  for MY girls to play with :)

 THIS IS NENETL ... My little ADG ... wearing her little CUPID FACE Dress ... It actually has WHITE FEATHER WINGS on the back, although they are not that noticeable in this photo ...

 My TWO little CUPIDS ... NENETL and HOLLISTER ... Also my two little ADG girls ... Aztec Arrival AND Pleasant Peasant ...

Hollister's dress is white, and the accent color is SALMON ... You can see her little "wings" on the back in the picture below ...

HOLLISTER in her Cupid costume ... I was trying to play with the backlighting ... :)


Now .... on to MARCH !  ST. PATRICK'S DAY is MARCH 17 .... A truly IRISH Holiday .... the Wearing of the traditional GREEN ... but ... did you know that there was a time when the Catholics would wear green, and the Christians would wear ORANGE???  Yep.  Learned that in church :)

I made some little LEPRECHAUN DRESSES ... and now, my IDEA was good ... but the execution left a lot to be desired (in my opinion) ... They are just too bulky ...

The top part of the sweater is supposed to be the LEPRECHAUN's HAT ... the "belt" is supposed to be the BAND on the hat ...with the buckle ... the fluffy red/orange is supposed to be the Leprechaun's HAIR ... and then, the face ... 

 Now, in THIS picture, I totally FORGOT to put on Nenetl's BELT !!!  And I did not realize it until I had already RE-dressed Prudence ... so I just left it ...

 Here is NENETL with the entire dress AND BELT ...

PRUDENCE, my lovely little MRB ... Mademoiselle Rosebud ... I LOVE her so much!!! 



OKAY, so now comes SPRINGTIME .... Time for Gentle Breezes, Warming Up ... Little animals coming out of hybernation ... and EASTER!!!  Time for NEW BEGINNINGS ....

We have all sorts of EASTER / SPRINGTIME fun fashions ....

EASTER BUNNIES, with little cottontails included ...

EASTER CHICKS ... in shades of Sunny Yellow and textured for fluff ...

EASTER SHEEP / LAMBS ... and YES, even a BLACK SHEEP !!!

Little EASTER BUNNY FACE dresses ~

Each one has its own little BUNNY TAIL on the back!

Second GROUP of BUNNY FACE dresses ~

Some "miscellaneous" Easter Spring Fashions ...

#1 ~  Molly is wearing a little "Novelty" Charm Dress in Pastel Easter Egg colors ...

#2 & #4 ~  Hollister and Nenetl are wearing mohair-blend pastel color dresses, featuring little "necklaces" with Easter Mofit charms

and #3 ~  Prudence is wearing a mauvy-pink tone mini dress with separate Ivory Lace petticoat, which matches the little Ivory Lace bow embellishment on the shoulder.

ahhhh, my LITTLE CHICK-A-DEES !!! 

Two of these have little "wings" on the back ....


and FINALLY .... the LITTLE BO PEEP funny faces dresses .....

(gosh, doesn't Hollister look positively GREEN in this pic?  THAT is the ADG "feature" ... using that term loosely.  And my OTHER ADG, Nenetl, far right, well, SHE looks like she has spent her Spring Break in Mexico, she is so tan !!! )

I think ALL my little dresses are WAY cuter in person .... but when I get my new camera, we shall SEE how awesome they look ... I have EVERY confidence that is going to make ALL the difference!


END OF PART I:  HOLIDAYS at Swan Love Designs

UNIQUELY SWAN LOVE DESIGNS ... DEFEATED, DEPLETED, DONE

EVERY SINGLE TIME that I decided to MAKE A BLYTHE FASHION, I do EXTENSIVE research into ALL things Blythe ~  on all the sites.  It takes MONTHS, indeed a year in some cases, to be SURE that WITHOUT A DOUBT, there is NO ONE out there offering what idea that I have thought of, as far as dolly fashions. 

I  started out thinking "HOLIDAY FASHIONS" ... but things have evolved . . . Some of my ideas were not only impractical, but just not worth the effort.  I also began making OVER-SIZE fashions, thinking it would compensate for her HUGE HEAD ... but NO ONE wants that!  They WANT those tiny little postage size dresses ... so .... I CAN do that.

ALL of my ideas have been ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE.  I have not listed ANY item without THOROUGH investigation to see if anyone was offering the same .... and so, here is what happens:

THESE were offered LAST THANKSGIVING.  These are my little TURKEY TAIL dresses, and I thought they were AWESOME!!!!!

However, the customers told me otherwise, i.e., NO ONE bought one.  Not one.

Okay .... so, OFF those went, and ON TO CHRISTMAS !!!  SURELY they would LOVE my little CHRISTMAS ideas .....

Little "SANTAS HELPER" Dresses ... in Red, Green, Ice Blue, Pink .... which also included a little TULLE underskirt ...

CUTE?  um, NO.  NO ONE wanted these either.  NO ONE.

I even added SHINY BLACK pleather belts, to look JUST LIKE SANTA ... with little RHINESTONE BUCKLES for extra Christmas sparkle ... but ..... NOPE.  NO ONE.

 I even made some cute little SANTA CLAUSE - STYLE COATS ... that could be worn as a DRESS... or over jeans .... or over a dress .... with or without belt .... but NOPE.  NO ONE liked these either ...

NOW .... I DID manage to sell a FEW of my "ANGEL" dresses .... but I think it is BECAUSE:

They are made out of angora-look yarn ....

AND .... BECAUSE SHE HAS HER EYES CLOSED.  THAT seems to "work" for some reason. .....

AFTER Christmas comes ... CELEBRATION OF A NEW YEAR !!!!!  So..... AGAIN, after searching high and low, in every place possible ....I could NOT for the life of me find ANY Blythe wearing a TUXEDO DRESS !!!  (There were tuxedo print tee shirts, and one most auspicious Blythe wearing a tuxedo for a professional photo shoot, but nothing that the average person could purchase) ...

SO ..... I MADE SOME TUXEDO DRESSES!!!

And in my usual style, I MADE THEM COLORFUL .... FUN .... oh, but I should have not wasted my time.  Maybe they would sell if I had made them grey and white, washed out colors ....

I even made matching little TOP HATS to go with the dresses .....

but again, I must be living in an alternative universe, because um, NOPE. 

Okay, to be fair, a lady in N.Y. bought 2 of these, but I have no idea who she is.  She is not on flickr, so no one knows they were purchased, and they were certainly not showcased anywhere to generage MORE sales .... so again, dead end.

Currently, and admittedly, I am selling my WHIMSICAL CRAZY FUNNY BUNNY Easter Collection, for relatively CHEAP, because i am admitting defeat.  I am admitting that I just don't have what it takes to be a Blythe doll designer, and I have no talent, and I suck as a creative person.  I will probably just either keep the rest of my fashions for my granddaughter (I BETTER have one !) , or donate the remaining fashions to the BlytheCon ladies so they can give them away, because apparently that is what they are worth.  FREE.  GIVE-AWAY.  For nothing.

My stupid FUNNY BUNNY Easter dresses, geez.

And I will keep listing my hideous ideas until they are expired and then ship them off.

THE END.

Swan Love Designs: Custom work for Customers

Although I am new to the etsy world, and the Blythe World ... I wasn't sure I would want to do any "custom" work ...


HOWEVER, things just seem to "happen", and the following are some 'custom' pieces I have made for a few of my customers  (I am not referring to customizing dolls ... this is just some Blythe doll fashion notes  :)

 This "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" inspired outfit:  Dress, Hat and Ceptor, were made for a very special etsy customer who loves the Alice. 

I made a special CHRISTMAS PACKAGE Gift Set for one of my friends:  Included 2 base white dresses;  Christmas Red, Green & White headbands;  Tulle bow belts; Lace Leggings;  Gold-tone buckles and Rhinestone Buckles;  1 pair of Green GLITTER Mary Jane shoes (large and flat for her LBE girl), and a pair of white bobby socks.  ALL items can be mixed and matched.

This is the YELLOW AND PINK Set I made for her also:  Included two little PASTEL MULTI-COLOR dresses; with ALL coordinating items in Pink and Yellow;  Sweater Cardigans with Rose Pins; Lace leggings; Headbands;  Even matching pink shoes and Yellow Shoes (specially made for her LBE doll which has large and flat feet); Gold-tone buckles and Rhinestone buckles;  All interchangeable.

 Customer wanted a "light brown" little sweater cardigan, with matching rose;  this one is made with a brown and pink combo yarn, in a mohair blend;  with matching Dusty Rose color pin.

 Little HATS I was planning to sell;  but when I sent this to my customer, she obviously did not like them, because I never saw them in any of her pics.  I just thought they were awesome, but apparently, I am so far out in left field, I don't know what Blythe doll owners want, unless it is an old sheet from Aunt Mildred's musty hamper, or a grey depressing color item; a hideous helmet; or something that takes 5 minutes to make, but made from angora. 

 TWO of my little Sweater Cardigans that I have on etsy, but no one wants them. 

 THIS little CHRISTMAS SNOWFLAKE DRESS I made for a customer, and she actually LIKES it, and she does feature this dress on her girls in photos. 

 Another hideous un-wanted sweater ...

 My little "TULLE BOW ~ BUCKLE DRESSES" that I thought were quite awesome, and again, NEVER seen ... but apparently, and as usual, I am wrong.  No one wanted these either.

 TULLE BOW ~ BUCKLE DRESS I made for my customer, SHE loved these so much, she ordered MORE ...

 Another HAT I made for Blythe ... A beautiful mint-green color;  with teal felt rose (those things are not cheap!), adorned with a feather .... but again, I am wrong.  No one likes these.

HAT # 3 ~ epic fail. 


I just obviously do not have the pulse of what a customer wants to buy.  Or, I do, but ... that is not me.  I LOVE color.  I LOVE whimsy.  I always figure that if I am going to SPEND MONEY ... WHY would I buy what EVERYONE on the planet is buying, AND be a cookie-cutter cut-out of everyone else!  Why???

That is why I TRY HARD, and I RESEARCH EXTENSIVELY before I make ANYTHING.  ONCE I am sure that NO ONE HAS WHAT I WANT TO PRESENT, and that I AM NOT COPYING ANYONE IN ANY WAY ... THEN I proceed.  But does that work?  Apparently not.  Maybe I SHOULD copy.  I can definitely make a 1 inch by 1 inch dress made from pure angora and sell it for $30.