The Doll Room...

Many of you might have been wondering where I have been. Haven't been on Facebook either. Most of the time, I have just been hanging around watching the dollhouse real estate get sold off. The human is organizing, and one of her problems is she can't bear to part with any of us dolls...and she also can't stop bringing new ones home. Mostly those fashion dolls who do not eat very much...

so Maizie, Minuette and I are the only tiny dolls hanging about. Wren is around, but she hangs out mostly with Marigold and she has all the work of Finch Express to do each day.

Here we are in the big dollhouse- the Manor.  That's where we have been stuck a good while while our new house is made ready.

So here I am hanging on the front porch.

It's ok, but the reason we are going to be squeezed into the old one room school house is because I just found out our nice house that has been remodeled, will now be the home of the vintage Dawn dolls.

Say what??? But since the other two big dollhouses have left, the schoolhouse is where we are at. Luckily there are beds and tables in plenty, just not houses.

It looks pretty dusty in there...it certainly is on this front porch! And the door has no doorknob!Guess we just go right on in...

There's some leftover items, but we can manage. For now. But Lisa has agreed to let me take back over the blogging thing, to keep me busy and out of her way. She has felt bad about not spending that much time with me, and has promised to make it up to me by taking me to a fairytale place with lots and lots of picture takinglI can hardly wait!

1:4 scale doll food on Etsy...

I have recently ventured into a larger scale with my doll food- 1:4 scale (suitable for MSD bjd's, Tonner, Sybarites, Cissy, etc.) Yesterday I listed two 1:4 scale items in my Etsy shop Pumpkinhillstudios  a set of 1/2 dozen glazed doughnuts- with one doughnut having a bite out of it- my doll Gracie could not resist warm doughnuts! And a set of two biscuits ,one open with melted butter pat on one half. Both come with free shipping.

I am hoping to do more in this scale as well as experiment with materials for more 1:3 scale foods. Stay tuned and bookmark my store!

I now have an account on Instagram please follow me, I do follow back! I sneak peek alot of my private commission work, and items I am working on for Etsy, Ebay and King William Miniatures there!

Also, have a safe and happy Fourth of July! 

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More snail transport....

Another snail, and I think my sculpting is getting a little better. I decided to go with a real fairy theme and sculpted the saddle into the snail shell,and gilded it. Golden chain detail with creamtassels on the harness and saddle embellish this little lovely. 

$35 Email me if interested. Domestic first class shipping is free in the USA. International customers, let me know your location as first class shipping can vary country to country. I have not yet listed him on Etsy.

 

Snail Transport for Wren...

I finally finished one of the projects I have long wanted to do, but never had enough time to think it out, sketch, and sculpt. Sometimes the regular day to day grind of life can really suck all the creativity out of you.
Wren, my Realpuki SoSo, is a 'challenged' fairy as she does not have wings. I have always thought she needed some sort of transportation, for what kind of fairy doesn't have wings? In this way she is special...so I began today to play with the clay and sculpted a snail which for a first try is not bad if I do say so myself. He's a little rough around the edges, but I hope to make more of him.
He has a saddle of real leather, with real leather reins, attached to brass chains on his harness, and the saddle's pommel is made of plymer clay. I also added a little Egyptian flair with a tassel on the back of the saddle.
Wren is in love! Look at how she smiles! Now she and Marigold can deliver the mail of Finch Express more efficiently, no more walking. 

The snail also fits PukiPukis and Felix Brownies and similar sized tiny bjd's. but I think the snail is too small for a Latiwhite. 
This was my first try at sculpting the snail and I want to do more- I did this one with slays and pastels and findings I had readily in my stash.  I would love to do more snails and even birds and mice for the Realpukis.
Enjoy!

Annabelle continued....

Annabelle , my French fashion reproduction doll hasn't received alot of love lately. So today I decided to experiment with photos in attempting to continue a project put to the side a year or so ago- recreating a story with a doll telling the story about her magical doll world with photos instead of illustrations. My inspiration was A is for Annabelle a story using illustrations of a doll and her accessories by Tasha Tudor. 

I wanted to expand more on this theme. Haven't you ever wondered when you were a child if the dolls continued playing after you left the room and had to go to school or out? I did...continually. I would as a child set up tea parties with my dolls for them to enjoy while I was away at the drudgery of school and rush home eagerly, hoping to catch them where they were not as I had left them. I imagined all sorts of fun the dolls had while I was away at school during the day, and liked to write my own stories about what the dolls did sometimes. I suppose that is where the attention to detail came from, and if one item was out of place, I convinced myself they had all sorts of fun while I wasn't there. I still like to think of this sometimes, and it fits into my storyline I am attempting.
Here are some more test photos, hope you like them.

Photo credits:
doll is a French fashion doll reproduction by Sylvia Butler of Tarheel Creations out of NOrth Carolina
table- Bespaq
unknown- vintage chair, teaset, flower arrangement
portrait- Williamsburg souvenir shop
Annabelle's dress- purchased this at a doll show, cannot remember the ladies' name though I buy from her on a regular basis.

Large scale Bespaq auctions on Ebay

I have some large scale Bespaq listed on my Ebay auctions many are good for 1:3 scales and 1:4 scales. Below are a few listed on auction as well as in the Ebay store The curios measure 19 1/2 inches high, 12 inches wide, 4 inches deep. Various prices differ on ebay auction according to how much damage they may have. As you can see, they are perfect for fashion dolls, American Girl- doesn't Felicity and Rebecca look wonderful next to them? I use mine for Felicity's tea set as well as other china items, makes a wonderful china cabinet for the large scale dolls.
The 1:4 scale armoire is 18 inches high 11 inches wide and 4 inches deep. I have shown it with Ellowyne but on a stretch it could be used with American Girl or MSD sized bjd's.
All for now, thank you for browsing my auctions !