Happy New Year 2025!
Countdown to Christmas- Christmas Day! Day Twenty-Five! Merry Christmas!
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year- and may all of your dolly dreams come true under your tree!
Countdown to Christmas- Day Twenty-Four- Christmas Eve!
Today's featured photo is new- Madra Lord, is opening her Christmas cards at her elegant Bespaq desk. This is a new photo I took that I hope to use for next year's card. I do my Christmas cards a year in advance and if I get a new idea, well I have back up photos.
Countdown to Christmas- Day Twenty-Three!
Today is a blast from the past -photos of doll dioramas for Christmas I have done, Christmas Shopping at LaBelle's Boutique (a diorama I greatly miss) the Poppy Parkers decorating the tree, Gene in her holiday splendor, and Poppy & Chip in the snow, as well as Santa and Happy Holidays Barbie in front of the Gothic Mansion
Stay tuned for more Countdown to Christmas!
Countdown to Christmas - Day Twenty-Two! Today's featured past Christmas card I did for the Studio Commissary was last year, 2023, and I prepared for this starting in October/November. I had decided to use an idea I got from the Barbie movie and wanted Gene's outfit to be in soft pink, and use the Gene Christmas tree which had the soft pink ornaments. It took me a while to gather all of the required elements I needed to stage this scene. The central part of the scene was the 1:3 scale Bespaq piano- the only one I had left from my stock when I used to be a dealer and is part of my personal collection. This one was broken and one which I repaired. It was so badly broken it would have been possible to see the repairs in the legs so I decided to repaint it a glossy black and it turned out fabulous for what I wanted in my photos. I also used lit candles and had the tree lit. Trent of course, is playing the piano and illusion is that they are in a grand ballroom or music room on Christmas Eve/ Christmas Day.
Countdown to Christmas- Day Twenty-One! Today's featured past Christmas card is one I did a few years ago for the Studio Commissary. It features Gene ice skating on a 'pond' surrounded by lit up trees. This was a fun scene to create, and when I had just joined the board and was participating in my second year of the Christmas card exchange. The doll I treasure because I won her in one of the Christmas game parties.
Countdown to Christmas- Day Twenty! Today's featured Christmas card is one I did last year for Doll Divas message board. It features Ginger coming down to the staircase to carols on the record player, and the tree decorated with presents. I really loved doing this diorama and it was harder than you might think staging everything just right for the camera.
