Dixie goes exploring...

I have sadly neglected Dixie lately....so I took her with me on a walk at Lewis Ginter Botanical gardens and took some photos. It is a fairytale place, with tons of nooks and crannies that pixies love to build their homes. I keep thinking when I walk there that I will see the Borrowers, or Beatrix Potter's characters, or mice building their little homes in roots of the trees...yeah- very active imagination I have!

These photos were taken on a 100 year old Elm Tree that the Gardens has preserved.

I have an account at Paperback Swap and recently acquired 'Midnight in the Dollhouse' which is a very good book for those that enjoy stories, any story, about dolls and dollhouses. I have quite a collection of books like this, and have enjoyed them all of my life, ever since I was a young kid sitting in front of my dollhouse creating and playing. My good friend Wendy of Norm's Dollhouse has a new blog- Midnight in the Dollhouse and this book is what I think her blog was named for- after she read the book. I saw her post on Facebook and got the book from paperback swap.

Paperback swap is a great place to swap out your old books in good condition, receive credits for books others have posted. You can even print postage from your computer on the site and it has directions for wrapping the books. I have a full bookshelf and am steadily cleaning out books I don't read anymore. I have belonged for a few years now and have found some great books. I have another book when the Dolls Woke and am looking forward to adding it to my dollhouse book collection. 

I will try to take some more pics of the tinies and hope you enjoy exploring Paperbackswap!

Introducing Hitty Darling...

I have been neglecting this blog, which I regret. So much has been going on in my over busy schedule, which is winding down now. October was so busy I was unable to do more than take the pics of the dolls as they arrived. Sadly, some of my 'quirkier' dolls such as my tiny bjd brownies and Hitty Darling have been very neglected. 
I purchased this Hitty over a year and half ago, perhaps 2 years ago. She came unfinished and I did her faceup and stained her limbs. I was actually going for a look of the real Hitty. Lately I have been connecting with other people on Flicker and getting active in the yahoo flicker group Hittygirls to 'get to know my Hitty better, you might say. 
I broke down the other evening and made her a simple dress of gingham, and stole an apron off of my Kirsten mini American Girl doll, and she is beginning to look like she looks as though she is settling in after sitting in the dollhouse.

Hopefully she will be having some adventures and more picture time coming soon....Enjoy the photos!~Lisa