Gene Marshall and Trent- I Do..

These photos of Gene and Trent in wedding attire are from the archives--I used a wedding gown from a damaged porcelain doll and tried it on Stardust Gene and it created the effect I wanted. I have always wanted to do a wedding party for my Gene dolls, with a teen-age doll like a Marley Wentworth as a bridesmaid, and some Madame Alexander Wendy dolls as Flower Girls and a ring bearer. Once I get my doll room moved and my 1:4 scale dollhouse set up for my Gene and Tonner dolls, I may just stage a wedding party in the 1:4 scale mansion I am planning, complete with wedding in progress in the parlor, reception, food, kitchen staff, maids, etc. There will be alot of sewing and doll collecting to do! LOL. And food crafting! I have so much large scale Bespaq and I have always wanted a large scale dollhouse to display it all, but there is no room in my current dollroom. Hoping to change that in the upcoming year or so. 

Enjoy the photos, more to come in the month of June, celebrating brides. 
 

June- the month of Brides...

June is the month of brides....so I thought I would save these photos of my bridal photos I have been gathering until I got the Fashion Royalty Elyse Jolie doll de-boxing post out of the way. 

 The first bridal photos post in June will be of my Integrity toys Vixen Gene Marshall along with Trent Osbourne . I had racked my brains (and my wallet ) to find a suitable bridal ensemble for Gene and just could not find one that was affordable for me at the moment. Then I hit upon my 'stash' (everyone has a doll stash of some sort) which when I looked through it- contained a boxed Kmart 16 inch porcelain bridal doll from the 1990's. I thought, this just might work. So I proceeded to strip said porcelain doll of her bridal finery. The dress was a little large , but with some tucking and pins here and there, Gene looked like the beautiful bride she is. Here are those photos. Enjoy. I will have more bridal photos of other dolls of various scales and other makers/manufacturers in the blog posts to come to celebrate brides. 

New doll- Ivy 'Vee for Tea' Jordan W club registration doll from 2008 has arrived!

I have totally missed posting more updates in July and now we are into August. 

 My post now has to do with a new doll I have been wanting to purchase back for a long time, one I had to sell a few years ago. Ivy 'Vee for Tea' Jordan was a registration doll in 2008 that I had when I first came into the W Club , one of three registration dolls I purchased that year with my membership, I remember being SOOO excited when the dolls came in the mail. It is so long ago- 12 years now- that I cannot remember if it was 2 or 3 dolls I received that year. I would have to go back into my folder and look at those receipts. 

I am slowly making an effort to buy back some of my dolls I had to sell, so now I am embarking on my next doll- which would be Careless Kisses. She was purchased in 2010 from the W club when they had a sale- and she was birthday gift to myself. For some reason I also sold her. One of the reasons may have been due to size- these dolls are 15-16 inches in height and I did not have anywhere suitable to display them. I want a Trent too, as well as a Gene, but I want to try and get my Careless Kisses back - I have a list of dolls that I want to buy back that I have deeply regretted selling. I have long loved Gene Marshall and the 40's and 50's era fashions- this is one reason why I love the Integrity line of East 59th line and the Victoire Roux dolls, they are far more stunning in my opinion, as well as the Katie Keene dolls. 

I got her on ebay for a whopping $76.99 Plus shipping so she came in under $98 !! That is so under what I paid for her. No, she didn't have her hat, purse and most of her jewelry- no brooch, and only one earring in her ear, but she did have her hangtag, the seller included her box which was a nice surprise, and her stand, as well as a beautiful coat which feels like real fur on the collar and cuffs. The seller did not wrap the box very well or cushion the doll in her box, one small piece of bubble was haphazardly wrapped around the middle of the doll box, and no paper or cushioning was in the doll box, which allow her heel to come off during shipping. The doll box was allowed to bounce around in the bigger box, so I believe a little paper would have avoided damage to the shoes. Poor packing in my opinion, especially when I was charged $17 for shipping and they shipped Fedex, and the tape was coming loose, only two strips of tape was used to seal the box. I contacted the seller, the apologized, and made some suggestions, but I was pleased with the sale and was able to glue the heel on the shoe. I was annoyed that the seller did not disclose she had only one earring - that was not apparent in the auction. She did have her original gloves. So I can't complain. 

Madra has offered Ivy , her friend, tea after her long journey, but Ivy is famished, and has asked for dinner. There was no suitable restuarants to eat in / or stop, and they drove for hours, dahling. 

Madra asks the staff to hurry along the dinner, they are already cooking, and clear the tea items and re-set the table for an early dinner. 

Dinner is served but the staff is behind with the vegetable course, turkey with mashed potatoes and gravy, warm biscuits, coffee, and desert are all ready. Miss Jordan is famished and ready to eat. 

'Madra it looks so good! It is so good to be home! I can't wait to tell you the gossip about Gene and Trent! Ivy exclaims

'Oh you must tell me now! Is it true- did they have that scandalous kiss during their last scene in that latest movie??' Madra asks...

And the two catch up on the latest gossip of Tinseltown over dinner ....

I hope you enjoy the photos...Lisa

More Ultimately Madra Lord.....

I decided to 'play' more with Madra, and was going to put her into another outfit I had on hand...so I went to undress her. Underneath her Pink with Envy outfit she was wearing....SQUEE! She was wearing her original loungerie with bra, panties, stockings, and garters!

                The shoes are from the Pink with Envy outfit. 

     

She is a gorgeous doll. Here is a close up . She has such a contemplative face.

Here is Madra adjusting those pesky garters and straightening her stockings. She is also going to have some tea/ or cafe au lait and a pastry before getting dressed. 

Ultimately Madra Lord doll- Ashton-Drake (Ebay seller sla2 )

Food created by me

Assorted plants came from Michael's

Picture on wall- Antique store find

Tea set from Tuesday Morning

rug- Dollhouse Miniature

Chair and Table in 1:4 scale- Bespaq, retired pieces, no longer manufactured

Some Bespaq items on Ebay...

I have been making room here at the house and the storage unit and found some treasures, which I am beginning to list on ebay. 

The first, a Bespaq french tea table in 1:4 scale, sold overnight.

The Bespaq highboy is in 1:6 scale and is in mahogany finish. It has slight flaws in the staining but is in otherwise good condition. $99 
Click HERE for Bespaq Highboy

Next up is the Bespaq 1:3 scale Louis XV armchair damaged 
Click Here for Louis XV Damaged Armchair auction

This is an especially large doll chair, a little larger than 1:3 scale. It measures 18 inches high, 9 inches wide and 7 1/2 inches deep. It is standing next to one ofmy 26 inch high porcelain dolls and is from my personal collection. I used it to display next to an antique child's chaise lounge like they were having tea. It would be perfect for overly large BJD's that are larger than 62 cm or are 70 cm. This item is up on Buy it Now or Best offer for $120. 
Click Here for Victorian doll chair

How to make Miniature Millinery by M. Dalton King & Pat Henry is also on Buy It Now or Best offer. $25 
This book is a tutorial on how to make various styles of hats for Barbie, Gene or Tonner dolls and is quite in depth with sources for materials, techniques. 
Click here For The Art of Making Miniature Millinery


I will be listing some other items hopefully today, and maybe some more 'damaged' Bespaq on auction. So please watch my listings. 
Lisa

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!