It's beginning to look alot like Christmas....

at LaBelle's boutique! I decided to go with splashes of red this year when I saw the red gown we received at convention. My immediate thought was this would be the focus of the stage in LaBelle's- with very dramatic packages around it, the Blood Dracula chairs, and different colors of shoes then- Christmas sweaters in the windows with trees. The Christmas sweaters are ornaments at Michael's craft store. Right now they are 50% off and I purchased about three. I have the other boutique window to do so the third sweater will be for that one. I hope to buy more to fill the armoire in LaBelle's with the armoire door open, and do a display in there. Worked on this window in between building a very important prop for another Christmas diorama that I hope will really pop. Might need more trips to Michael's, lol!
Enjoy!~Lisa

Back to LaBelle's-- the jewelry cabinet

I made much more progress on the doll room today. I got my other table in the corner near the window, purchased three or more plastic tubs to put dolls in, and also got the fake cafe storefront and fake boutique window set up on the large table display. My shelves are deep enough, but this morning I had planned to have two shelves for props and two for dolls. After prop placement, I figured out that I would need more shelves for props, hence the buying of bins for dolls. I don't want to put all of my dolls away- and I won't, but I have no choice. The town on the table is not as large, so I will have to have some dolls in bins when they are not in a scene or not in use.

Now to the jewelry cabinet. I did a great job on this- tidying up. I have had this Louis XV cabinet/curio in 1:6 scale for some time now. One of the most hardest items to keep track of is the tiny jewelry and purses of the FR dolls. I had previously kept these earrings, bracelets and necklaces in the bedroom of the dollhouse, but they were all over the place. So I decided to take some blue satin and line the glass shelves and do purse, shoe and jewelry and accessory displays. Here are some photos of the finished display.

Here Joan is shopping, probably hoping Roger will buy her something special and shiny.  I did a quick placement of the dress form to make the scene look complete. Hopefully will have more photos as I make very slow progress on setting the town street up.

Spring windows at LaBelle's....

Spring has come to Barbietown, as well as the windows at LaBelle's, even if it is still sleeting and snowing here. I have worked on the windows of LaBelle's , re-staging them and going thru accessories and props. Here is a little foretaste of what's to come in Barbietown at LaBelle's. 

Staging credits:
Green hutch & table- La Principessa, vintage Italian doll furniture from Ebay
yellow & pink dresses- ITBE Seasons 2012?
Chandeliers, pink , black and white zebra purse- Christmas ornaments
Porcelain, Ruetter Porcelain, shopping bags, Japanese figures, Re-ment
Purse hanging on yellow dress mannequin- made & embroidered by me
Center Stage display- pink coat, black and white bag- Poppy Parker, pink, black and white striped hatbox Rement
Mirrors- Jim Coates Miniatures on Ebay

Have a 'Haute Couture' Happy Halloween!

I have took a bunch of photos of the table and our goodies getting ready for trick or treaters. 

I used tealights for the effects, and it turned out great. Not a great deal of elaborate 

decorating, because starting in November, it is time to get the house ready for Christmas!!

I also lit up LaBelles' and some 'new' models of the undead fashionista sort decided to model Romain's new hauntingly lovely fashi

ons. The customers were thrilled with a Halloween debut of evening wear!

I used Haunted Beauty vampire as the main model, with the Countess and Mina on the sides with their lovely gowns. I have wanted to change them, but don't have the heart and those boots are extremely hard to get off!
Enjoy the photos and have a Happy Halloween!!~Lisa

Saturday Morning shopping at LaBelle's...

So it is Saturday...or what is left of it! I had taken some photos yesterday, of my Lottery W Club Buenos Aires Victoire Roux, and she's gorgeous. Posted them...and then I redressed the doll I won in July from the W Club contest on the W Club forum- Aerodynamic Vanessa. She's truly goth - dark eye makeup, long red hair in a severe ponytail, and those black lips. I normally hate gothic makeup/looks...(forgive me it comes from having a teenage daughter who did not/or would not- understand you mustn't scare people when going out to dinner...)lol... but that is the great thing about fashion dolls. What looks bizarre in public, on the runway or in the mainstream does not on a doll or miniature mannequin! So I can live vicariously on a fashion style I normally would say- yuck to, lol.

I also redressed Joyful in Japan and did some photos of her beside Victoire and she is very similar- it looks like a mother daughter type of thing going on. I just need to take some photos of the two of them with Walking Suit Silkstone. Today we had a severe thunderstorm watch so when I took photos I opened the door to let some light in and used the flash on some of these, which sharpened the picture up a bit. I need to get a tripod but right now this works. I did alot of redressing for me- the dress that Joyful in Japan (she will be known as Antoinette from now on) is by a lady who used to make these doll dresses in our club, I loved the color on this one. To the Fair Poppy is getting her hair gel washed out and I am picking out an outfit for her..

I am severely hurting today because of the sale at Barbie Collector and I am waiting on funds to come in- I very much want Roman Holiday- she will get a new body when she gets here when I get to order her. I also want the club doll, plus want want want the barbie basics look dollls. I am going to pay for my Young Sophisticate Poppy first before giving in to the Mattel hysteria sale.
So here are some photos of LaBelle's and the dolls are shopping on Saturday morning.

Aeroydynamic Vanessa is fast becoming a favorite doll, just like my Agnes in Concerto M, shown here wearing a sheath made by the same lady who made the one Joyful in Japan poppy is wearing. Maybe they are my favorites because I won the dolls on the W club in their contests on the forum. I never expect to win, and it feels so good to win an unexpected surprise, which for me doesn't happen very often. She is wearing her black tank top, High Tide Vanessa's shoes and a skirt I made from a cotton fabric, and Out Sass' Vanessa's hat, with a fashionista purse. I look at her and everytime I see her I want to dress her as the Red  Queen from Alice in Wonderland with a big black bow around the ponytail and an unusual looking crown. 

I have not sewed anymore sweater socks, have been working on a block quilt for the dolls and it is coming along ok. Need to sew some more rows of blocks and I then would need to add some border and back material to it too. It has been so long since I quilted as a child at my great grandmother's knee, I am slowly remembering how she did her daisy stitches and cut the remnants for her quilts. If you learn young, it never leaves you. She used to make her patterns out of cardboard or cereal boxes, anything she had at hand that could stand up to constant use. 

Enjoy the photos and have a great weekend!~Lisa