Happy Fourth of July!

           Happy Fourth of July!

Not all of my sewing projects for Fourth of July were done, still working on one for the Gene Marshall dolls. But got enough done for cute photos. 

The last photo is what is finished so far on my take of Rosie Riveter. I have finished her blouse and her headscarf, working on those overalls. I have so far finished four skirts and five blouses. alot of sewing so far. After Fourth of July I will be going through my stash and looking at Fall/ Halloween fabrics to get the Gene and Tonner dolls ready for those Holidays.

I will post photos of the finished Rosie later this week. I am repurposing an old worn out pair of my jeans for her overalls which I saved. Never throw anything away! lol!

Enjoy a happy Fourth of July! ~Lisa 

Christmas in the dollhouse

I had forgot to get these photos of Annabelle and Marie Terese in their dollhouse. I had found the lights at Michael's , and they were the perfect size for the tree. I have had difficulty finding the perfect size lights for this tree, especially since I wanted it to be a Victorian type of tree for these dolls. 

The little Santa in the sleigh on the hearth is very old, as are the Christmas trees on the table. The little Santa mugs on the table are actually mini Hallmark ornaments. 

I made the garland for the mantel originally for my Bespaq fireplace, and it looks wonderful on the Jim Coates fireplace mantel. 

This room is extremely small so there was only room for the tree, one chair, a table and the tree and the dolls and presents. I am really pleased how it turned out. 

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Merry Christmas from my dolls to yours!

A Late Post from Annabelle and Marie Terese- fourth of July!

I am VERY late with these Fourth of July celebration photos from Marie Terese & Annabelle. I know you were expecting more Poppy Looks A Plenty, but I need to get these up on the blog! 

I had wanted to do a very vintage/antique photo shoot with these two with these fabrics but because of real life the sewing did not get done on Marie Terese's outfit. I had found alot of antique photos on the outfits of parades, etc. and celebrations they used to do in the late 1890's and early 1900's and wanted to re-create those costumes for these two. Annabelle got a stars skirt. And they got Fourth of July cakes. 

Happy World Doll Day!

Happy World Doll Day!

I have been absent lately, but did want to get some doll photos in of some dolls and teddy bears that I don't usually share here. 

These are some special favorites you don't usually see together, some special bears with my Madame Alexander vintage Cissy doll, one of my American Girl dolls Rebecca, Annabelle and Marie Terese, and two Boyd's Bears, a 25th anniversary bear Sterling and a Friendship Key bear. Here is Rebecca with just the bears. 

I think bears and dolls have a timeless, childlike quality that never leaves us, no matter what your age. I have begun picking up a quantity of fine quality bears and bunnies. I have had these two bears for sale in my Ebay store but will be sad to see them leave me. 

I also took some photos of the 'crew' and redressed some of them. Starlight Poppy is redressed in vintage Barbie, and one of my Barbies, to my delight, was already dressed in patriotic gear to match Aiden. I re-dressed Pillow Talk in a cute Snoopy outfit I had purchased ions ago but never put it on her until today. 

I finally got pics of this little guy! One of the newest Chelsea boys, the blonde headed one. I had purchased him about two weeks ago but never got around to taking pics of him or Skipper's new bicycle from hobby Lobby. 

Also new-  Storybook Kelly Red Riding hood

I already have the Raggedy Ann and Andy that were my mother's, which I intend to keep in the box. I will probably de-box this one. I also wish to collect the others and de-box them as well. My intentions are to create a little storybook dollhouse for them all to reside in. I really want the Goldilocks and the bear one next. I have really fallen for the older Kelly dolls, especially for the storybook ones and want to create a little dollhouse for them. 
This one is really cute, she even has apples in her basket!

And last but not least- it wouldn't be world doll day without Barbie and Ken!