Here's my cheap and easy closed eyelids

Post by **Nunokodoll** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:13 pm

So, here's my first set of 'lids'. They may be a shade too dark for me. There was no light or neutral colors at the store Lemm went to, so I got this violet to see how it works. While he was there, I asked him to ask them to order several light colors. They said they should be in stock at the beginning of next month.

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Nunoko

add+8 · Post by **add+8** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 12:01 pm

Simple but with great results ... good work!

Ursa_Major · Post by **Ursa_Major** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:28 pm

Here's Valerica getting a little shut eye.

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Post by **Nunokodoll** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:42 pm

Here is a tan set that Lemm just made for me last week.

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bbuster · Post by **bbuster** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:15 pm

Excellent mod! I got my first TBD last week and added eylids. She seems so much cuddlier with her eyes closed

LovesBlackWomen · Post by **LovesBlackWomen** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:17 pm

I love that picture of her waving at the very beginning of this topic.

KarmaMusic · Post by **KarmaMusic** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:39 pm

AirDollPlushDoll wrote:i just wanted to share a picture of my girl sleeping with her eyelids. not trying to bother your thread. just sharing.

i did blue. i want to do a few other colors too. to match cute pajamas and outfits.

Really Nice ADPD! Nicole looks so sweet!

cuddly · Post by **cuddly** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:49 am

Even though some are close, I seem to be the first with the deep Bordeaux red:

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Still I have to improve them a little.
PLUS the felt I got is rather stiff, so they really barely hold on and also don't adapt the shape that well. Need to do sth. 'bout that, too.
cu cuddly

spitfire · Post by **spitfire** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:14 pm

Zang wrote:Good point about the marker, tchon. The black permanent marker I use for the eyelids is actually a laundry marking pen, which presumably makes it better for use on fabrics. I see I neglected to mention that before now... my bad!

How about I make up for it with some new doll pix?

After seeing how nice the babes on this thread look with a colored "eye shadow" felt, I now prefer that look a little more than the uncolored flesh-tone. The color seems to provide a nice color-balance to the vivid TB lips. It's good that we all have this option!

So for Jayna, I've now made a second set of closed eyelids, colored in a nice "caramel" medium brown, similar to the bit of brown atop the Jessica-model TB eyes... and with a set of store-bought self-adhesive eyelashes, too!
Here's a pic of both closed-eyelid sets:
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As you can see, these eyelashes don't span the width of the eyelid, but sets like these are the easiest to find. So given this shortcoming, I think they look their best when placed toward the outer corners of each eyelid, since our eyelashes are naturally longer around there.

The effect is still really pleasing, wouldn't you agree?
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Gotta say, I'm pleased how this easy little mod has caught on!

Amazing! I'm in awe!! Sweet hair, as well!
I've got to try this... if I can figure out where in seven hells I get eyelashes or felt, of any colour, lol. Sonya would be over the moon...

spitfire · Post by **spitfire** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:15 pm

Ursa_Major wrote:Here's Valerica getting a little shut eye.

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Sweet!

spitfire · Post by **spitfire** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:21 pm

cuddly wrote:Even though some are close, I seem to be the first with the deep Bordeaux red:
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Still I have to improve them a little.
PLUS the felt I got is rather stiff, so they really barely hold on and also don't adapt the shape that well. Need to do sth. 'bout that, too.
cu cuddly

Fascinating hairstyle. Can I ask how/where she got it?

dolldoer · Post by **dolldoer** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 9:04 pm

Here are a set of eyelids I made with a different type of material than felt. It is a craft foam sheeting which I got @ the Dollar Tree store along with the glitter paint. they sell a pack of different color 4" x 6" foam sheets and a package of 6 different color glitter paints. The paint is thick and translucent with very fine glitter in them. The top pair of lids have a bit different eyelash cut, and was my first attempt, but I wanted to show the foam without glitter paint.

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I cut the bottom part of the eyelids with a scalloped scissors and made small straight cuts between each of the scallops. I pressed the edge of a spoon on the top of the cut lashes to make a crease and bent the lashes up slightly. The eyelashes were painted black on the top with india ink, then gave a couple thin coats of the glitter paint. Blue all over and purple towards the bottom for a darker contrast. I put a strip of carpet tape on back of the eyelids to adhere to the TB eyes (the carpet tape can be very agressive so I used a very thin long strip, enough to stay on. It was very hard for me to capture the detail in a photo, but her is the result...

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Post by **Zang** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:05 am

Nicely done! They are just the right size, and that's a great job on the glitter effect.

tchon · Post by **tchon** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:51 am

Foam! I never thought about that! Great idea, I will look at my local homework store to see if they have this stuff, too.
Your lady looks happy and relaxed with her lids closed, not to mention very beautiful.

Meanwhile, Nelly is relaxing at day after having to hear me snore in her ears all night ...

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The felt is thin enough to hold on to her eyes when not moving, but I have to tiptoe around the house not to wake her up ...

JackieTreehorn · Post by **JackieTreehorn** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:47 pm

tchon wrote:The felt is thin enough to hold on to her eyes when not moving, but I have to tiptoe around the house not to wake her up ...

I've actually caught myself doing that without thinking about it, haha. Especially when she first got her eyelids and I'd usually just leave them on when I got up in the morning. After I came home from work if I had to get something out of the bedroom sometimes I would try to be quite or not turn on the light, then it would hit me and I'd realize how ridiculous it was. It was completely subconsciously; I guess she got pretty real to me, lol.