Planning Ahead for the Holidays - More Gene items for my Collection

September is here and August just flew by! I have been working on planning my dioramas for my Christmas cards this year and added two items to my Gene collection for one of those cards- Pink Snow Blossoms outfit I believe it is called and finally, - the Gene 'White Christmas' tree. I found one NRFB at an unbelievable price with free shipping included from this Ebay seller We-R-Toys  and they sell many items, including Barbie, collectibles, etc. 

I usually do two Christmas cards for two different message boards, Doll Divas and 

The Studio Commissary , which is a Gene Marshall doll related message board. Doll Divas is a 1:6 scale fashion doll message board and is the first message board I found that I stumbled across when I started re-collecting Barbie and then, found Integrity dolls. After, I found Gene and Tonner - and Ball Jointed dolls- and well, I was hooked on any type of doll to be truthful! lol! These two message boards do a group Christmas card exchange each year and I love doing it each year. I save my cards in albums with plastic sheets, so I can go back and look at them in my idle moments in the spring. I also plan my Christmas dioramas ahead of time. This year, as a nod to the Barbie movie, everything in both dioramas, will be pink and sparkly. 

But- I won't be using the movie dolls. I find them kind of ...plastic. I will be using a Poppy Parker in the 1:6 scale one, that is all that I'm giving away- pink and Poppy!

So onto the photos- So far my Gene Christmas tree arrived. I had already received the dress off of Mercari a couple of months ago at a really great price. I look for deals constantly. 

Here are the 'test' photos of what I am going for , but I am going to probably put lights on the tree and have a candelabra on the piano with some wine glasses, and widen the scene a little bit. It needs some pop. Maybe figure out a way to add a chandelier overhead. The larger Bespaq piano required alot of work and repair to get it to this point so I used a black lacquer finish on it. Trent looks quite the dashing maestro . I knew solid pink would look lovely for this photo with the black. 

More updates soon. More to come- Lisa 

Large Scale Bespaq alert

I browse auction sites frequently and found some Large Scale  Bespaq  on sale here May 22nd HiBid auction  the first lots end at 1 pm 

Lot 103

The first lot is LOT 103 A LARGE SCALE DOLL ARMOIRE  20 in t with mirror but it is actually a large scale hat vanity. 

LOT 130

2 pieces of Bespaq doll house furniture  is how LOT 130 IS LISTED, but it is actually a large scale Bespaq chair which I estimate would fit 18-22 inch dolls and a 20 inch cabinet. Very rare, not manufactured any longer

LOT 224

this item is not even labeled Bespaq, but it is. A very rare cabinet that can hold china, teacups , perfume bottles, jewelry. and has a drawer. 24 inches high

These are all on the auction site listed on the links above, the auction house will ship and they seem to have a good reputation. Right now the prices/ bids are not high. 

Happy Mother's Day...

                   Happy Mother's Day!

Not much to post today...but I wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day!

*I am also having a 10% off all fixed price listings in my Ebay store Pumpkin Hill Studios

As well as over 40+ auctions in our Ebay auctions of damaged, or flawed Bespaq large scale furniture.

20% off Hurricane/Halloween sale in our Ebay store

Just a quick note for everyone out there we are having a 20% off SALE in honor of Halloween until November 1st in our Ebay store Pumpkin Hill Studios - some items even have FREE SHIPPING!

I also have 1:4 scale and 1:3 scale items on this sale, as well as miniature carpets like the one pictured above, with free shipping! So shop now as the Countdown to Christmas has begun!