Simply Gene Blue Bathing Suit

I recently received Ashton-Drake new in the box, 'Simply Gene' in the blue bathing suit yesterday. I found her on Poshmark in her original box with all of her paperwork, stand, etc. for a reasonable price. I already have Simply Gene in the pink bathing suit, I am attempting to acquire the rest of them- the yellow , lavender and black bathing beauties. These were some of the most wonderful dolls Mel Odom designed. 

While looking at the box, you get an idea of how carefully someone really took care of their dolls. This box even had the original sticker that sealed the tissue paper, and the original sticker from the original dealer the owner had purchased the doll from! Her paperwork had never been removed and neither had the doll been untied from her strings in the box! Such a treasure!

Here she is above with her sister redhead Gene, in their matching bathing suits. 

I love how they look so well with Trent in his tuxedo- this is a photo op I have wanted to do for a while now. May evolve more with more props later on. Enjoy!
 

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.