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Yesterday I ordered a new batch of Blythe dress designs from Spoonflower, and to wile away the time as I impatiently await their arrival, I'd like to share some of the Blythe photos that have inspired me as I worked.

I've always found fashion to be a wonderful art form for self-expression, and I enjoy the freedom that comes with creating clothing for a small doll, since the materials are so much less expensive and the construction need not be so perfect. However, my recent foray into Blythe fashion definitely has piqued my interest in sewing human clothes, a task I hope to take up again sometime in the next few months.

How about you? What sorts of things inspire your own sense of fashion?

Blithe Spirit photo call at Northern Stage in White River Junction, Vermont, on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.

Copyright 2015 Rob Strong

Shaun Carroll and Diahanna Davidson in Jewel Theatre's 2012 production of Blithe Spirit. Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo, Westside Studio Images www.westsidestudioimages.com

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Photo by James Cooper - Greengrass Photography

Jewel Theatre's 2012 production of Blithe Spirit. Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo, Westside Studio Images www.westsidestudioimages.com

Photo by James Cooper - Greengrass Photography

Jewel Theatre's 2012 production of Blithe Spirit. Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo, Westside Studio Images www.westsidestudioimages.com

Blithe Spirit photo call at Northern Stage in White River Junction, Vermont, on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.

Copyright 2015 Rob Strong

By The Stone Arch Players, NH

Jewel Theatre's 2012 production of Blithe Spirit. Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo, Westside Studio Images www.westsidestudioimages.com

September 29 - October 15, 2017

Meek Auditorium

September 29-October 15, 2017

Meek Auditorium

Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Communications

Jewel Theatre's 2012 production of Blithe Spirit. Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo, Westside Studio Images www.westsidestudioimages.com

2008

Yeah, dude. You're toast.

The two-thirds dead Condomine household: Ruth, Charles, and Elvira.

"Blithe Spirit" final dress rehearsal, Suffield Players, Suffield CT.

September 29-October 15, 2017

Meek Auditorium

Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Communications

Jewel Theatre's 2012 production of Blithe Spirit. Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo, Westside Studio Images www.westsidestudioimages.com

Jewel Theatre's 2012 production of Blithe Spirit. Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo, Westside Studio Images www.westsidestudioimages.com

September 29 - October 15, 2017

Meek Auditorium

Bert Lyons, Jennifer Dorrell & unknown

Photos by Douglas McBride

By The Stone Arch Players, NH

Reading - I should say listening too. I downloaded Little Princes by Connor Grennan and am throughly enjoying it while knitting Blithe.

Knitting - Blithe of course by Kim Hargreaves. I'm over halfway there with one front and almost the back done.

Jewel Theatre's 2012 production of Blithe Spirit. Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo, Westside Studio Images www.westsidestudioimages.com

Blithe Spirit photo call at Northern Stage in White River Junction, Vermont, on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.

Copyright 2015 Rob Strong

Photo by James Cooper - Greengrass Photography

Jewel Theatre's 2012 production of Blithe Spirit. Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo, Westside Studio Images www.westsidestudioimages.com

Blithe Spirit photo call at Northern Stage in White River Junction, Vermont, on Wednesday, February 18, 2015.

Copyright 2015 Rob Strong

Melissa Smith as Mrs.Bradman, Anthony Fusco as Charles Condomine, Domenique Lozano as Madame Arcati, René Augesen as Ruth Condomine, and Kevin Rolston as Dr. Bradman in Cal Shakes’ production of BLITHE SPIRIT, directed by Mark Rucker; photo by Kevin Berne.