Happy Easter! & Happy Birthday Gene Marshall!

Happy Easter- and Happy Birthday (April 17th) to our wonderful doll Gene Marshall!

I am late in my greetings as I had a busy Easter Resurrection weekend like most. No time to do my usual postings and photos. Here are some of my Easter Photos I was able to do ahead of the game.

Let's not forget Gene's birthday! April 17th!

I created a new birthday photo for her with Trent and Ivy wishing her a Happy Birthday different from last year's. 

This year I had a wonderful thrift store find- the Our Generation Girls' diner for only $25!! I am calling it 'Mel's Diner' in honor of Mel Odom, the creator of Gene and plan to add some tiles around the diner with tables and chairs and alot of food, and dolls as waitresses and customers. I want to mix it up- with Tonners, Gene dolls, even Franklin Mint dolls. The storyline will be this is the IT DINER to be after the movie premieres or the place the stars hang out. 

I have already done one of the photos in a noire technique in black/white and it looks kind of cool. 

Enjoy!

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 Happy St. Patrick's Day! I am two days late - I had been meaning to post these photos on Wednesday- but it was a VERY hectic day that day! 

And since we are still celebrating the wearin' of the green, why not? My dolls are! I love dolly holidays. It is so much work setting up for the photos, I hate to take it down. 

Enjoy! 

Happy Valentine's Day!

 Happy Valentine's Day!

Below are some recent and from the archives Valentine's Day photos of the dolls- and a recent one of my cat Fluffy wishing everyone a Happy Valentine's day!

                                          Enjoy!!

New doll- Barbie Extra Deluxe Doll

I gave in yesterday while shopping and purchased this doll. I have been impressed lately with the playline of dolls known as 'Barbie Extra' but I especially liked this one the most- Barbie Extra Deluxe. I have been eyeing her for a while and gave in to my wanting her . 

Warning- My Walmart had her listed for $34.99, but if you use the Walmart app scan code- she comes up at her original price $29.99. I alerted the clerk at the register while checking out and she changed my price to $29.84! I didn't argue since I was checking myself out. 

This doll comes with extra clothing and shoes and sunglasses and a cute little cat wearing a crown. She just really appealed to me. But the packaging was a pain to get into. Here are the photos before I starting cutting into all the plastic. 

She is held into that plastic by more plastic and elastic ties and string.

That hair had itty bitty little plastic ties that are hard to see that hold her head in place. Within the plastic dome is another plastic sheet in front of the cardboard that holds her clothing and accessories that holds the doll. There is some sort of thick plastic 'handle'?>? that keeps the whole package stable and from collapsing. 

Her hair is a little upset from the packaging, but she was the last one on the shelf and I think I can fix the few stray hairs. For now I am going to keep her clothing on that convenient cardboard wheel and it might look good in a boutique diorama. She is so cute in her stock outfit I don't really want to change her out of it. She also stands pretty well against something and is articulated; her joints work smoothly. 

Hope you enjoy the pics and review!