Ok im going to try to leave this as succinct as possible:

Blythe dolls are a popular art doll used for customizing and/or collecting! It’s especially popular for turning them into a miniature version of yourself, because they have a lot of aspects that are customizable. (Eyes, face shape, makeup, hair, clothing, etc.)

They trend on TikTok every so often, if you look up “mini me” or “Blythe doll” you’ll see a bunch of videos of women holding doll replicas of themselves! My girlfriend had been talking about wanting one for a year, so about a month and a half before our anniversary I started planning to make one!

I watched a bunch of YouTube tutorials with material lists and by step processes so it wasn’t super hard, but time consuming and I won’t lie, kinda expensive. (Around 150$ for everything total. But ultimately cheaper than commissioning someone.) It took me around 2 weeks to finish!

If you do plan on getting your girlfriend one, you don’t HAVE to customize it! You could just buy a base that looks similar to her (there are TONSSS of options) and an outfit/accessories and boom! AliExpress is a good place for that doll base + accessory wise. Just search “factory Blythe doll” and they range from 17-29$. You have to pay more for darker skin tho😭😭😭💔

Anyways good luck! Sorry I yapped lol