Inspired by what I watch

Hello pixies!

I've been updating my Etsy store since last week as I got some new stuff up for sale. All of them are for ball-jointed dolls.

 

Anyway, two out of three of these ear flap hats I made were inspired by some characters most of you probably saw on film. If you know Despicable Me, then you know what is a minion.

So I saw this free crochet pattern online and I made some adjustments so that I can convert it to a doll-size hat. The original pattern is intended for human-sized.

Most of the patterns I actually have are fit for either adults or babies that's why whenever I download it, I need to put little or big adjustments depending on what size I'm making it for.

Another bjd hat I made is inspired by one of Marvel's popular heroes, Captain America. This is actually my own pattern. I based my design on the hero's color and his famous shield.

Voila!

I love how it turned out as it's my first time creating an ear flap hat based on my own idea and imagination. I visualized it first then applied it by using my previous knowledge with making bjd aviator-style caps.

And oh.... do you love my model? He's my first boy ball-jointed doll.
He's handsome right? My friend Mari did his face-up.





I also made another sock monkey hat based on the color requested by one of the buyers in my etsy shop. It is a light blue-white and navy blue combination.

Aside from these items I put up, I also made an ear flap hat for one of my girl dolls. I decided not to sell this item because it's something that I just tried for the first time.

I got the inspiration from Frozen's Elsa. I chose a turquoise for the actual hat color and light yellow for the lining. I searched for some snowflakes pattern and added it as an additional touch.

I gotta admit, finding a snowflakes pattern is hard, not because I can't find anything - I find lots of it, but are way too big for the hat. Luckily though, after hours of searching I find 2 patterns that looks right.

For those who have ball-jointed dolls, would you buy this Elsa-inspired hat if I'm to sell it?





So I guess that's it for now, I'm currently searching for other possible patterns I can use so i can improve my etsy store's list of items.

Have a good day!

My Etsy Store

I created an Etsy store a year and a half ago. I uploaded a couple of items but didn't get a sale until last week. However this first sale has a huge impact to me that it boost my passion once again to create more stuffs to sell.

The name of my shop is The Winking Fairy. My shop name was inspired by my love for magical creatures especially fairies, pixies and elves. The "winking" was just randomly added - I thought of an action word that can represent cute yet sweet gesture of a fairy and so that's the word that came across my mind.

For this shop I'll be focusing on selling BJD-related items. BJD stands for ball-jointed doll. I'm a bjd collector and I want to incorporate my hobby into business by selling accessories for bjd in my shop. But, I will also sell some items that a person could use. I started putting up mobile phone cases like this one shown below:

And since, my first attempt in doing a sock monkey hat for bjds was a success (see previous post), I made another one this time in a different color which I am also selling in my store:

Hopefully my online store will have a more number of views and sales for this year.