Button Me Up Photoshoot

Welcome to the Pikithins family.

Another photoshoot =). This was a spur of the moment thing. I felt suddenly inspired to paint stitch lines and place buttons on my face. This shoot was inspired by my dolls, so of course I have to take some pictures with them.

Sleeping away with my plush to protect me.

I'm dreaming of a plush prince to kiss me to life.

All photos were taken by Martha Ortiz. Outfit, make up, and plushies were created and dressed by me, Pikithins. I hope you enjoyed the small selection of images (since there were A LOT to choose from). Maybe I'll do another photo shoot with a similar theme sometime.

-Piki

Hail the Balloon Princess

Hail the Balloon Princess Baloosa! This creature wanders the earth, collecting balloons abandoned from the hands of children. She takes the balloons and etches them into her skin and clothing, where the balloon itself won't be afraid of popping from the world.

THIS was a project XD. I think what took me the longest was all the embroidering. I love how she came out though. At first, she was a guy, but then I changed her gender =P.

Her body is made out of shirting fabric and felt. I cut balloon shapes and embroidered balloon strings all over her body. Next, I made the hat out of felt and quilting fabric. I cut strands of yarn to create braided hair.

The cape took me the longest time to do! First I had to sew the four pieces of felt together before I can even embroider the back and add buttons.

This is the cape. I love how it came out. Remember those Ballook characters I created for cards? She is a Ballook herself! Her cape does come off. The next Ballook I am making is called...The Joker. (NO, not from Batman!)

-Piki

Progress Report =D

I thought I would show you all some of the progress I've been making on my balloon doll =D. This is his hat. I'm thinking I might add some hair, or little bead dangling from his hat.

This is part of his cape =D As you can see, I've been doing a lot of stitching. Soon, the whole cape will be filled with stitches like this =). Got to love balloon string.

Here is a sneak peak at some new doll pillows I created =O! The Alien Crescents are my favorite! That's the one with the fish eye =) Excuse the somewhat crappy pictures. I'm using a digital camera instead of the Nikon 300.

-Piki

Absence

It's been awhile since I've blogged about anything O_o....Er, sorry about the sudden leave of absence XD. I've been pretty busy in creating new dolls =O!

The one above is the newest one. Such a cute face with balloons! =D As you can see, he is still in pieces. I'm actually going to try an idea that I did a few years ago. I'm not telling what it is, mwhahahaha. It does involve hats and capes though =P.
Remember these dolls?

I'm pulling them from the shop. Why? They are all going under a revamp. They will become apart of the project I'm implementing with the balloon doll. Apart of the whole collection will be about...4-6? I'm not sure if I should bring Pepper into the collection =/. Something about her bothers me XD.

I am also revamping the shop a little bit. I'm retaking photos of some cards and creating new cards, I'm closing the charms section, I'm adding more doll wallets, crescent pillows, bracelets and cards.

I've been having trouble with new bracelet ideas =O. I ask for your assistance! Leave a comment with a cool name that would inspire a cool bracelet =). Someone gave me an awesome idea to do a collection of bracelets based on superheroes!

OH! One more important thing...I had a dream about Eminem last night. Apparently, him and I were good friends, conversing about the Smurfs over the phone. Our favorite character was Papa Smurf, but we like to call him Big Papa...lmao.
-Piki