Countdown to Christmas- Day 25!

 

                                           Countdown to Christmas- Day 25!

                               

                            Merry Christmas- December 25th, 2020!

                        We are at the last day of our Countdown to Christmas!

                   I saved these photos - Because Jesus is the reason for the season.

 I had so much fun a few years ago, collecting the dolls , building the stable, and sewing their clothing. I had my 'town' of characters put on a Nativity pageant /play . These are some of my most treasured photos in my collection and on this blog. 

      I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

                   And may all of your dolly wishes and dollhouse dreams come true!

                                          ~Lisa

Santa Poppy wishes you a Merry Christmas...

Yesterday while I did the Gothic Mansion photo shoot, I redressed Out of this World Poppy Parker and put her under my snow trees in front of the door of the mansion. It had a great effect. 

I am doing this post a little early on Christmas Eve, as I may be busy today and tomorrow. There's alot of news in the doll world I would love to post about - namely Robert Tonner's recent announcement and I will be posting about that soon. I have some other dolls I will be taking photos of and posting here to wrap up 2016 with. So stay tuned. Lots of photos coming your way!

                                 Merry Christmas & Have A Happy New Year!

                                         Lisa

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the One Sixth Scale dollhouse and I hope everyone has a Happy New Year! 

I have been a little slow in posting festive photos but have been very busy this past couple of weeks and today is the first day I got to sort through these. I haven't even had time to de-box dolls I purchased months ago! 

Merry Christmas from the Gothic Mansion!

Martha Stewart decorating tip: Always make your Egyptian sarcophagus display look festive with handmade knitted Santa hats. And that's a Good Thing. :) 

Enjoy! Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! ~ Lisa

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Currently have been up like an excited kid at Christmas, just like when I was small- at about 3:30 am or 4 am. Cooking the roast with mushrooms, onions, peppers and potatoes and a thin gravy, having breakfast, looking at presents. Drinking coffee out of Christmas mugs. I love that Christmas feeling, or joy de vivre, if you will. I don't know if I will be able to do more posts this week, so am leaving you wish some new pics of the GI Joes and their sons  Tommy and Darrin, opening what every GI Joe collector wants- the GI Joe jeep, helicopter or the tank!

These are two of my GI joes from my collection, I have about four or five. The one in the GI Joe shirt is the 50th anniversary Joe from the collector club. The little tank, helicopter, suv, and jeep were in a set for $3 at the family dollar and resemble perfect 1/6 scale replicas. It looks like Joe will have to share with the kids, much to his disgruntlement. 

Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!~Lisa

Happy Thanksgiving! And...a New video!

Happy Thanksgiving!
I have been working on the photos for this video of Christmas shopping in Barbietown , part 1 for a few days now. The video of the shoppers shopping early for Christmas is up and I hope you enjoy it!

Merry Christmas to all!

I would love to thank all of you who follow my blog and for all of your interest in my dollhouse. I started this blog a few years ago when I purchased this dollhouse for myself, at the same time I opened my doll and dollhouse miniature shop King William Miniatures. I never thought there would be so very much interest in a 1:6 scale 'Barbie' dollhouse, but there was as I created, and decorated for the dollhouse. With the storyline of the cast of characters, it is only natural the dollhouse should reside in a town and more dioramas and famillies should come to live in the One Sixth Scale dollhouse. So thank you to all- I wish you a very Merry Christmas and Have a Happy New Year!

And now a few pics from the archives of last year, when the doll town inhabitants did a re-enactment of the Nativity for their local church.

   

        "..and the angel said to them, Fear Not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 

       'For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.

       'And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger....'

"And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger."

Merry Christmas Dolls!

Merry Christmas everyone! Here it is Christmas Eve...this post may be a tad different than yesterday's! For One, I deboxed Jack Sparrow, aka Johnny Depp. My dolls were quite insistent that such a hottie should not sit on the shelf condemned to a ridiculous pirate outfit. So I thought it would be fun to have some 'fun' with Jack, and he willingly obliged.  Who couldn't resist Johnny Depp even in doll pirate makeup? I know I couldn't! 

Enjoy the Christmas hottie! Jack is reclining in my rare no longer manufactured Bespaq bedroom suite in the main dollhouse- Maison de la Royale, which belongs to my no. 1 doll Agnes Von Weiss (Concerto in M) who hasn't found her Christmas present yet!
Teacup is Rement, vase, found in a souvenir shop. Cat is from a miniature store. I made the little Christmas bag on the table.

day 23....Merry Christmas Laura!

I did this diorama very quickly, as I have been tagged by so many of my friends on Flickr with cute doll Christmas pics. It was one that has been on my list, so I broke down this evening and recreated it with odds and ends. 
The photo is from 'On the Banks of Plum Creek' by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and tells of Laura and her family going to church after Pa comes home from working in the East. And, there, Laura sees a Christmas tree with presents hanging from its branches for the first time! Not only that, but most wonderful of all...there is a small fur cape and muff! Better than that, they are given to Laura off the tree!

Here is the picture below that I attempted to recreate from the book. I admit to taking a bit of license with it, to make the story appear more real with the dolls from the text. 

Replicating this scene was a little special to me, as I could imagine Laura's pure joy at receiving something so wonderful and unexpected that she wanted so much! It is the simple things in life that make us happy...and after so much sorrow and hardship,loss,  the Ingalls ended up having a wonderful, full Christmas that year. I myself feel this year like I know how they felt, just a little bit. 
            I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas time! Merry Christmas!