Barbie in Red....

Yes, I did I did- I caved and went to Target this morning. With all the talk about the Barbie Basics paks- I had to, especially while looking at the new Barbie Target basics in red BLACK Label. She's stunning, and now I want another basics in red pak and another one like this- to keep in the box, and to play with. I got to see the Barbie Basics #10 in the black dress, and she is cute- so think I will also add her to my collection. I think this one is going to look great with my BBC Mad Men Roger STerling--she looks like she needs a Sugar Daddy!

Will have some pics next week- this Sunday is the Va. Fashion Doll club meeting- at one of the members' houses in Williamsburg, and I am so psyched. I will be taking photos of Minuette and my Dixie bloggin' chick who like to hang out in my purse, and of course the dolls!

The MOUSE is in the HOUSE!.....

Well, my MOUSE is in the House! Dollfactory Bobo 2nd edition has finally arrived! Sheis so adorable. I like the 1st edition as well, the newest one..hmm. She is very moveable and has such a melancholy look on her little face...sort of like Ellowyne. She already has a name, until the rest of the Mouse family arrives..
Her name is Minuette de la Fromage...en francais translates to Minuette of the Cheese..lol.I am thinking of ordering a Senior Bobo for her father, to help run Mickey & Minnie diner...that I so desperately want to build. I have a thing for mice.!
Not having any clothing for her, I swiped a dress of a generic Big Lots Kelly doll. Minuette has ridden in my purse this weekend. Not sure that she likes it yet...but she does hang out with my tinies..who love her ears. Minuette will make a great Doormouse for the Alice In Wonderland diorama I want to do in 1:6 scale, just have to find some red heart material for her outfit, and a hatpin, and also maybe create an eyeball for her side trophy. Oh what a frabjous day!
Speaking of the Alice diorama, I found by accident in the local walmart the new Moxie girls that have come out...and one was dressed like Alice! They also have Rapunzel, Snow WHite, and other storybook charachters. I loved her outfit, and she would work as a temporary Alice because her head is a little large. But wacky is what I'm going for in my diorama, so if not, her outfit might look great on Pillow Talk Poppy.
All fornow, more pics coming later with Minuette and the rest of the dollies!
~Lisa

Brunch with the Barbie club...& De-boxing of the Red Queen!

I recently posted about some housecleaning in the dollhouse, and have just got around to cleaning up the pics of Brunch with the Barbie club members. One of our members, Marcia is moving to another state, but will still be participating in club when she visits Va. That is one of the great things about the Va. Fashion Doll Collector club- we may move away, or leave, but we always, always come back for friends and dolls!
Here are some pics of the One Sixth Scale Dollhouse (aka Maison de la Royale) before the club members visited the shop for picture playtime, and the de-boxing of Karon of Va's (Karon Monatague) (on doll Divas) IFDC Red Queen.

with the garage door closed



with the garage door open, & the thunderbird out for a spin-



But first we gathered at Feathernesters, the tearoom & boutique of my friends Tony & Mark next door. It is a simply marvelous brunch on Sunday- brunch is buffet style, and omelets are special made, and included in the cost if you wish an omelet! Served with either orange juice, iced tea or raspberry tea, coffee, the brunch was marvelous- ham, bacon, sausage,  casserole of egg, sausage and cheese, fruit, tea cakes, homemade donuts- and more. Yum! While there, after brunch we also had brought Dolls! (like our President Debbie said- Duh! bring your dolls for the table!LOL!) boy we had fun, especially with the folks watching the ladies in pink put on the Feathernester hats for a photo op. Our president, Debbie, is a photographer, which means we always have good photos of us- and great photos of the dolls in our newsletter...



my friend Sandra



Jody & Debbie talking about hats-



Marcia eating- I caught this pic at a bad time-



photos of the dolls-













The dolls were holding little banners wishing Marcia a safe trip and good wishes. After we had had brunch, doll photo fun, and hat fun at Feathernesters' it was time for the fun of de-boxing a gorgeous doll!Karon Montague, (my Luchia and Agnes are wearing little chemises bought from her at a club meeting) generously brought along some boxed Jason Wu ladies- the Red Queen and gasp! (my holy grail of dolls- Queen V from Dollybird)  We opted for Red Queen (who I really really need......lol)

here are the pics of the De-boxing...Karon is fuzzy because she was moving too much....

















Karon had also brought her Mini Gene in blue, another doll I have wanted..lol





Mini Gene is standing on our doll table in the shop, next to a walnut 1:6 Bespaq French table. She is truly exquisite...sigh.

Great fun was had all around, I had never had so much fun! More later on the one sixth scale dollhouse, as I just had more Mickey & Minnie Rement arrive! More progress on the Mickey Mouse diner/sweet shop later in another post!

~Lisa

Housecleaning in the One Sixth Scale Dollhouse...

Boy, do I have alot of things to post and tell! On Friday I had received an email from our Va. Fashion Doll club president that one of our members was moving to another state. So we decided to have brunch at Feathernester's which is right next door to my shop! Dolly people, especially Barbie doll collectors, cannot resist a 1:6 scale dollhouse made to fit Babs, so I offered some playtime after brunch at the shop, and after I closed on Saturday I pulled the dollhouse from its corner in my back office, and tidied up a bit. The kitchen was the biggest one that needed some attention. So I moved the homemade counter from the side to across the back. In order to install the Sindy oven unti I have to take out the foamcore floor that covers alot of the rough spots on this floor...and I used the Sindy stovetop and sink unit- it looks great with the Rement table and chairs. I put alot of Kelly's toys in a corner, to make it look like Learning to cook Barbie is taking care of the kids...with Becky as their babysitter, (by the way, she fits fantastic with the Rement table and chairs!)
Here are some pics of the dollhouse where I cleaned up and had some picture fun..




















Enjoy the pictures! I am still working on the pictures for the doll club brunch today, one of our members, Karon of Va on Doll Divas, offered to bring a doll to de-box in my shop- and it was the IFDC Jason Wu Red Queen!!!!!!!!!!!! (Dolly swoon here...and yes, she is stunning.....) Everyone had loads of fun, so I will work on those pictures and have them up tomorrow or Tuesday. Might even get some batteries and the tinies Dixie and Maizie might take a joy ride in the Bratz Jag in the 1:6 scale garage....
~Lisa

BBC Silkstone Mad Men Roger Sterling has arrived!

Well, he arrived LAST week, but I was too busy in the shop to take decent photos...these were done on the fly with what props I had on hand. Roger has decided that he likes the ease of a comfy leather wingchair in the library, all that is missing is his favorite book, martini and his after hours co-hort....lol & of course cigarettes, can't forget the ashtray and cigs...

This doll, is simply marvelous on the detail of his suit. If only Mattel understood that our dolls want men who DRESS, for cocktails, dinner, balls, etc. and not like 5 o'clock somewhere. Poor Ken...he doesn't have a job or a car, but my girls will go nuts over Roger....even if he is rather older with that molded vinyl hair!

I want to do a diorama scene in the dollhouse, using Uncle Giles, & Pierre, and whatever manly dolls are laying about, for a 'board' meeting with Agnes at the helm, and her cousin, Agatha. Should be quite interesting, with Roger watching someo f the assistant's with their tight sheaths, etc. lol...I hope to get that in gear soon.Enjoy the pics!

More Mickey & Minnie Re-ment....

My Rement obsession with the Disney sets had arrived after I got back from my trip...I am going to be slowly collecting this entire set, as I love the tiny cakes, pies, etc. This set is adorable. So I wouldn't cut into the cutouts that come with it for the signage, I copied them on my scanner on parchment paper and applied to the little sign holders. The Mickey figure is not Re-ment, something I picked up in my travels. I am planning a Mickey and Minnie diner/cafe with all of the Disney Rement, which is quite ambitious. I am thinking of doing it in 1:6 scale, since the little tables are in that scale and would look too large for a 1:12 scale cafe...but will go with my tiny bjd's just as well, they will just look like kids sitting in the chairs. My DollFactory Mouse Bobo 2nd edition is on layaway, so my Bobo will be head of the diner. Well, off to order more Re-ment!~Lisa