"Hello, This is Iplehouse..."

"The dolls you ordered are on their way."  What a great email to wake up to on a dismal morning!  It's my "birthday dolls" that I wasn't expecting until sometime in the end of March, or even April (they did say it would take up to 90 working days)  Well, the dolls are on the way. 

I took advantage of Iplehouse's Christmas Special - "Custom Dolls for Basic Prices Sale" - and ordered a light brown BID Erzulie, and a KID Soa in real skin. I had had my eyes on both for some time, hoping to get them one day, but with the major savings offered during the sale - not to mention the huge savings in having two dolls shipped at the same time - I decided to go for it.

Here's their promo photos.   Soa will be painted younger-looking, to go with the new KID body so she can be Byuri's older sister, fitting age-wise between Byuri and Asa.  Erzulie will be light brown - not the dark ebony. Her photo does not do her justice at all.

So now I'll be flooded with new dolls - the four new 2013 additions, all at once at the beginning of the year: Butterfly Narae & Narin, Soa and Erzulie. Oh well, it's not like I'll have all four done, standing there wanting a costume all at the same time. Everything takes time. First they need faceups, and then eventually some special costumes. Maybe by my birthday one or two will actually be finished. Let's see - that's just over two months from now.  Sounds about right.