pine island dolls

photo c. 2005

name: Meep
松島美色布
date: 17 February 19XX
pronouns: æ/ær or ey/em
location: Tokyo, Japan

grail doll: Cerberus Project Delf Elf Shiwoo

BJD fandom history

discovery: July/August 2004 (Otakon 2004)
first purchase: October 2004
first arrival: December 2004 (Christmas 2004)
hiatus: c. 2011/2012 - March 2021
latest purhase: September 2024
latest arrival: September 2024

American Girl fandom history

discovery: c. 1996
first purchase: 1997
last purchase (childhood): 1998
hiatus: c. 1999-2021
latest purchase: July 2021

Licca-chan fandom history

discovery: c. 2020
first purchase: February 2021
last purchase: September 2023

… more: my history with dolls
100 questions for BJD lovers

photography equipment

camera: iPhone 15
photo editing: Adobe Lightroom (iOS), Line Camera (iOS)

Pine Island Dolls is my personal doll site off social media. Version 2 is called "Pandora's Toybox" after my old doll site (c. 2010) .

This site is part of Pine Island Projects .

I am a huge nerd. I've collected a bibliography of academic articles about adult doll collectors and of children's literature featuring dolls. (For more book recommendations (not all doll-related), visit this page .)

• nonfiction articles
• children's literature (fiction)

doll collecting resources

• Den of Angels the largest English-language forum for BJD collectors
• Doll Dreaming forum for anime-style vinyl dolls
• Getting Your First BJD introductory ebook
• How to Start an AGIG (American Girl Instagram) video

web design resources

If you're interested in making your own doll site off social media, here are some good places to start:

• Wix free WISISYG site maker
• Neocities free (+ ad free) web host
• Sadgrl's Layout Builder responsive (mobile friendly) CSS template designer
• smallweb friendly Dreamwidth community for web revival/HTML hobbyists
• web revival web revival resources folder (curated by me)

doll DIY

• doll shelf (2024/10/15 - completed )
• Finwë
• de-yellow
• face-up (smoltailordolls )
• string & assemble
• order wig (undyed teaswater locs )

• Ichīro
• new face-up (Angel Toast )
• new wig (???)
• new eyes (IntoX Asian Brown 16mm-L )

• write doll stories

site

• write doll fandom personal history (e.g., Vega's , hors's ) (2024/10/26 - completed(ish) )
• individual doll profile pages
• 100 questions (2024/10/19 - completed )