What is this blog about?

Little Miss Sophie is a blog about Blythe dolls. Blythe was first manufactured in 1972 by a toy company called Kenner. These dolls were produced for 1 year and pulled due to lack of popularity. Later, a photographer named Gina Garen was given one of the original Kenner Blythes to use as a photography model to perfect her photography skills. The popularity of these dolls was increased due to her work and the Takara-Tomy was licensed by Hasbro to make New Editions Of Blythe (NEO Blythe dolls).

There have been several different face molds for these dolls so far (from Takara: BL, EBL, SBL, RBL, FBL; from Ashton-Drake Galleries: ADG, produced in the States until 2008).

I started my doll family in June 2009 and I currently have 6 dolls (click here to find out more). This blog is designed and maintained by me, Michelle.

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An introduction about me

Hello everyone! I’m Michelle, I’m a 20 year old girl from British Columbia, Canada. Web design and publishing has been a hobby of mine since 1999 (when I was 9/10!) but I was never very serious about it until about 2003. I got my first domain in March of 2004. ImaginarySunshine.com (where Little Miss Sophie is hosted) is my third domain and was registered in October of 2007.

I’m currently a university student and I’m aspiring to be a pediatric or geriatric nurse. I love writing and have participated multiple times in NaNoWriMo since I was 15. I also crochet (which is why the girls end up with so many hats!), sew (on occasion, I used to sew more but have taken it up again in order to have new clothes for the dolls without forking over a lot of money), knit (on occasion) and make jewellery (people-sized). Photography is a relatively new hobby that started up in January of 2009 when I received my first digital camera (Sony Cybershot W150), which is the principal camera that I use for taking photos of my Blythes.

Blythe & Me

I first discovered Blythe in 2004, sometime after Velvet Minuet was released. From 2004 to 2009, I would periodically “stumble” across them again online. And just remember that they existed. I couldn’t justify buying one (or two!) when I was younger because a) I didn’t have my own credit card so that made online shopping doubly difficult and b) I just wasn’t sure if I would really like them. That is, until I saw them in person.

I’m lucky enough to live within travel distance (just a few hours) from a small store in BC that sells Blythe dolls. The vintage ones fetch a very pretty penny, but they had a few of the newer dolls in stock. I was just smitten by them when I first laid eyes on them. See, I knew, based on what I read online, how big that they were supposed to be, but I honestly expected them to be smaller (despite knowing that they’re the exact same height as a regular Barbie doll).

I bought my first Blythe doll (Sophie, a Cappuccino Chat) in June of 2009 and she was promptly unboxed the very same day. I loved her enough to get a few more after that. You can read more about my dolls on the family page. At this time, my goal is to have at least 1 Blythe from each mold. I’m currently missing a BL (wanting Sunday Best), FBL (wanting Prima Dolly London) and a Kenner (wanting a wispy banged brunette or a redhead with bangs or sidepart).