June is for Brides...

Happy June 1st! June is for brides! I have some photos from the archives...I am still working on the setup of my 1980's Wedding day Midge and Allan set.. but for now, I will post photos from my past sets of brides...

 

And finally, these photos are saved from a collector on one of the Barbie Facebook diorama groups, he was an incredible vintage collector who had built this set . I have forgotten his name but I saved these photos for inspiration for my own wedding chapel set and felt they should be shared. They are not mine. 

I hope you were inspired for your own Barbie and Ken wedding with this set from this incredible collector, I have long wanted to build a chapel for my Barbies to have weddings and Baptisms. Just seems a wonderful thing with the clothing sets Mattel has done and I am hoping to do a great diorama once I gather the necessary items for the dolls. Enjoy!

Happy Memorial Day!

I am wishing everyone a Happy and safe Memorial Day. Not much going on here with the foggy and rainy weather. Here are some photos from the archives-- my hubcap and I are mainly planning for the Fourth of July 250th celebration- so that means lots of changing of costumes for the dolls! Here are some photos from the archives---

 

I hope you have enjoyed the photos. On another side note- no dolls for my birthday this year- but I enjoyed an absolutely wonderful seafood dinner planned and cooked by my husband, even down to the table settings and china. The china plates and salad plates were the pattern Le Richesses de la Mer and made in England, ordered off of Ebay, with scenes of Lobster, mussels, shrimp, oysters on the rim and center of the plates. The tablecloth was in a plaid pattern of red, white and blue with lobsters and scallop shells. He really planned it out- we had scallops cooked in garlic butter and shrimp steamed with old bay seasoning, both served with cocktail sauce. The lobster tails were also cooked with garlic butter and were served with melted butter and delicious- we also had coleslaw, french fries, and onion rings. Below are some of the photos of this wonderful dinner..

This is the lobster centerpiece- I think I purchased this at Hobby Lobby a few years ago..I display it on our cake plate 

Dinner plates & Salad plates side by side

there is one pattern on the dinner plate, and 3 or 4 patterns on the salad plates. 

                                                             

                          

Below- Salad plates

I hope you enjoyed the photos, and Happy Memorial Day!

May the Fourth be with You!

May the Fourth Be with You! In tribute to Star Wars (and us Trekkies too!)

 Also, today is a special tribute to Lewis Carroll- and Alice in Wonderland-

today Alice fell down the rabbit hole on May 4th, 1865.

Here is my little diorama from the archives with Alice-

Enjoy!