IT'S THE FIFTH SO DOLL PHOTO DAY

 August ! The eighth month of the year, it's fair whizzing by !! But at least today is the fifth, so time to share all those dolls photos.

So lets get this day started. . .

We start off with this young lady from up north ! Seems her name is Tuesday ! Looks like a girl who knows what's what ! And any innocent young lads would be best to steer well clear !! 

Her sister Bronte by contrast, seems a lovely serene young lady much more Johnny's style , him being such a good lad.

Here , that cheeky Toby and Zak are trying out the monkey bars dad's in the process of making , for the Chat n Snap playground display !  I told them, they still need sanding down and finishing but Toby reckons they are saving him wasting time if their no good ! 

Over at RoRoPo Rick is checking in with the garden gnomes, he knows they like a good gossip and know everything that's happening in the surrounding gardens.  " . . .  . . and Gustave along at number seventy seven never saw it coming ! " 

"Really !" exclaims Rick " Fancy that ! By the way who is that gnome over there , I don't remember him "  " Oh Him, we don't talk about him !" They exclaimed moving away .

Rick decides to check this new lad out " Hello Sir, I'm Rick and you are? "     The Gnome just stares ahead with a stern look " Frank " he mumbles 

" Oh hello Frank nice to meet you "  Rick says cheerfully , Frank continues to ignore him " Is that a chainsaw ? "   Franks stares, " Best not cut down anything without asking Mum or Nan !" Rick warns him, Frank just ignores him " Well I have warned you " says Rick starting to walk away " Mum might let you off but Nan oh man ! Nan will . . . . "

Over the pond in Gregoropolis, it's Harriet and John Martin's birthday. Daddy Steve is in the doghouse though, he forgot to get them a birthday cake ! He tried building a pile of Oreo cookies and adding a candle ! His ears are still burning from the kids comments . . . . 

Pretty in pink are two of Gill's babies , ready to enjoy some summer sun while it lasts.

Many thanks to everyone sending in photos, always time for a few  more.

Dee

A PROPER SUMMER SUNDAY

 In that the weather is nice, not too hot , not too cold, a bit of rain here, a cool force nine gale there and a burst of sunshine just so you remember it is summer . . .  perfect ;)

Now It won't be long until the Chat n Snap arrives !! now just under three months. So Paul's started making the props for the display.  

Percy of course, had to try out the swings, while I was checking if the backdrop I'd found would work with the playground , I think it does so now have to find one to go next to it on the left ! Will not be an easy task !

Naturally I tried another doll out with it , while it was up.

I can see this being a great prop for the dolls in the future. Like everything it will be down to finding somewhere to store it.

Elizabeth is our headliner today, wearing a gorgeous smocked dress kindly gifted to me by Shelley a wonderful craftswoman .

On the dolls front, I've sold a fair few clothes and a couple of dolls. But now we are into August I will not be sorting anything else out.

After the Fifth , doll photo day, I will be taking the rest of the month off, so won't be posting unless it's something I have got ready and is scheduled to be appear on a certain date. Then I'll be back on the first of September . 

 So have a lovely happy healthy August, don't forget to send in a photo or six to keep us going until September.

Dee

STUDIO DOLLS AVAILABLE

 So here are the Studio dolls that two friends are selling.

First one is 

Called Alice by her present owner, she comes in this beautiful outfit made especially for her.

a closer look at her lovely face.

Mon, 28 Jul at 00:59

She is a BIII late 50s /60s Studio Doll in beautiful condition.

 

She retains her original stringing which is in good order, and her original human haired wig.

 

She originally sold on Shelly’s site for 5200 Pounds.

 

Tiny repair to her thumb which is hardly noticeable.

There is also an original Studio dress available for her

 

Her price is £3800 to £4000 depending on which outfit she is sold with

If interested please message and I will give you her contact details. I have no part in this sale, I am purely 

showing these photos on behalf of the seller.

I will post the second doll once I get the details 

YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HAT ON !

 

So I fell in love with Ginny of A Passion for Sasha's shorts, shirts and bucket hat sets.  I had dressed Robin in a darker blue set but it made him look too dark skinned.

So I asked Ginny if she could make me a pair of pale green shorts and a bucket hat to go with the Zoo shirt. However how I'm wondering it that's gone the other way and is too pale for him !!

Now the dark blue set is being worn by Erik with Ragnor in the Mid blue set ! So do I play musical outfits and swap Ragnor's with Robin's ? or do I go back to Ginny for a darker green/ teal set ? 

But meanwhile that lad's are happy to have some new clothes for summer ! and are forever out in the garden , asking each other if the hats keeping the sun off ? or how hot do they feel under their hat ? Who knew hats were so interesting to boys !!

A PROPER BRITISH SUMMER SUNDAY

 

That's right, the really hot weather has vanished into just a memory and we have settled into the standard British weather of  cloudy days , cool breezes and the odd burst of either a shower or sun. What I call workable weather. 

I have spent most of the week looking through my Sasha clothing etc and listing things for sale, here , there and everywhere ! Always best to cover all bases. 

A couple of friends are selling a studio doll. I said I would share them on here and forward any enquiries on to them.

When I get the photo's I'll put a post on with them.

Meanwhile.. . 

Today's headliner is Robin, who is wearing a lovely set by Ginny of A Passion for Sasha , I already had the shirt, so I asked for some shorts and a hat to match them.

On the sorting clearing out side, it's been very productive this week with a steady stream of items leaving , however a smaller stream of items have also arrived so not quite so good. But a change is as good as a rest, so the saying goes.

But things are moving mostly in the right direction !

So I will wish you all a happy healthy fun filled week ahead 

Dee

A RAINY SUNDAY

 

Yes, we in the UK are finally getting some decent amounts of rain after so many weeks of none. Naturally its arrived with a bang . lots of heavy rain causing the usual problems of the ground being so dry the rain runs off to start with causing flooding. But the country is so in need of the rain, we should not complain! well not yet ;)

So the week's been hot but also the odd shower before the proper rain that lasts hours arrived Saturday.

Now if you see the previous posts, I have been spending part of the week going through my Sasha/ Gregor / Toddler/ Baby clothes drawers. 

I am always amazed at just how much clothing there is ! So it was long over due to be culled. At least now there is more space in the drawers. Mind you there could still be some clothing hidden away in a bag or two around the place. I have a bad habit of leaving clothes around in small piles when I have changed a doll or two and then days or even a week or two later putting them , along with other items ,that need putting away in the studio, in a bag and then just dropping it off in the studio and repeating that process many times more !

So I land up with multiple bags of dolls things, spread around the doll studio waiting for the day I finally get fed up with the mess and decide to sort them out ! I found a pair of my Rosie Bloom shoes just sitting at the top of a bag just yesterday, so I stopped and put them away !.

I have listed the clothing I no longer required on my sale page, then on the bazaar , then finally on ebay.

So I am pleased to say that I have sold on a fair few items and now have some decent space in the two drawers I have been through so far.

So today's headliner is Lucas ! Yes he was happy to show off his brand new dungaree's set by the fabulous Ginny of A Passion for Sasha.

I have to confess I had seen these sets of Ginny's site but not actually looked at them properly. I was searching for a baby outfit and so had a look at them and realised I'd almost missed buying this gorgeous outfit with the dragonfly detail. You only have to look at the background of the photo to know the colour combo of green and blue would appeal to me !

It even comes with a matching pair of underpants ! 

One of the things I found while sorting out the clothing is that poor old Lucas rarely gets anything new to wear and since I'd made some money I could spring for a new outfit for him.

So  on the dolls front, well don't ask  ! lol.  

Lots of clothing has gone to new homes buts some still waiting to go. A few small doll items have also gone, so little by little pockets of space are appearing.

Today I intend to go through the knitwear and sell on some of that, it's one of the two half drawers at the top of the chest but is full to the top ! If I can reduce it by half I will be very happy and even happier if I can sell it all on.

So that's what I've been up to most of the week, loading up the postman when he comes to collected several large letters or small packets. 

I hope you all have a happy healthy week ahead filled with some doll play .

Dee

TODAY IT'S TROUSERS AND T'S

 Yes, I have moved on into the half drawer where all the t shirts/shirts and trousers etc are kept. 

b

40 pairs of needlecord trousers ? 25 plus t shirts and much much more !! So a deep dive's been done and items are now on the sales page and will be added to the bazaar followed by Ebay after.

DO THEY REALLY. . . . .

Need so many clothes?

I decided to see just what I had in the big chest of drawers in the doll studio.

So these photos are of the clothing that's been put in piles like, winter dresses, summer dresses, trousers , tops, etc.

this is all from just one drawer.

so some things really need to go to new homes.

So now do I count how many in each pile and then reduce by at least half? or be harder or softer? I'll know once I actually see what's in there. Some things have to stay and there may be more in some piles to keep than others.

The sales page will be updated once I've sorted some things to go and then after that onto the bazaar before finally in a day or so ebay.

SUNNY SUNNY SUNNY SUNDAY !

 

So the UK is having it's third heatwave ! Yes that's what i said number three ! In a usual year we would most likely not even see one ! But we have had three almost back to back , well apart from that lovely down pour last Sunday when we had some Sasha friends round. However it was not cold and there were dry spells, where as this week it's been so hot, if last Sunday had been this hot we'd all have been melting and trying to find some cool air ! Of which there was none ! 

This was the temperature under the gazebo on Friday, it actually reached 36.1 at one point, with Saturday making it up to 33 and although 3 degrees lower it did not feel much cooler.

So a couple of days where people need to stay out of the sun from 10 am until 3 / 4 pm. Naturally the doll studio is like a small oven in this heat so can only go into early or much later in the day.

Today's headliner is the lovely Ginny wearing a Betsy May outfit with Rosie Bloom shoes which match quite well.

On the doll front I managed to sell one small non Sasha doll and a few pairs of shoes, to cover some dolly debts. But I still need to get more in for more dolly debts. I need a nice big doll to sell or lots of little pieces but may have to wait until after the school summer holidays before anything like that happens.

I did however have a small slip and bought a baby ! Yes I know a baby, I'm blaming the face book groups that have been showing off lots of nice babies and then what happens I just go for a look on ebay to see what's about and comeback having bought one ! 

A baby Sandy, although I will probably change that name. I could be traveling down a baby rabbit hole !

I'm blaming all those photos on the groups and also my friend Gill, whose babies always look so fabulous in a group.

But it's just too hot to really get much done ! So the temp is due to start dropping Monday, so hopefully I'll find some energy to get going once again with the sorting out. It is slow but it is happening.

Wishing you all a lovely breezy heathy fun filled week ahead.

Dee

SUNDAY SWEET AND SAVOURY !

 

Well what a day today, Sunday has been ! After all these weeks of incredible heat, today, when we had guest over to lunch and to see the garden Rain !! and not just a small shower ! We had thunder, no lightening at least, then long showers interwoven with very heavy downpours! The lunch was twelve till five , the rain started at 11.30 eased off around 1.30, so we were about to sit outside under the gazebo for lunch, then started again half way through lunch, then stopped, so we could walk round the garden and they could have a look round my half tidied doll studio before it started again and we sat chatting under the gazebo while it rained then hammered it down!

It only stopped around 4 pm ! and the sun was shining warmly as the last guests departed !!!

Alas some friends could not make it due to illness but there were enough of us left to be able to have a great time chatting about the dolls etc.

Naturally being me I totally forgot to take some photos of everyone's dolls, and there were some gorgeous ones visiting.

Only Dawn's two early NP girls got a photo taken. Which was a shame as they were all lovely and beautifully dressed, especially Jane's baby, which was wearing a beautiful smocked dress.

But time flew past and it was soon all over.

Today's headliner is the lovely Claudia who nabbed this new Petrana dress and teamed it with yellow shoes, I'm trying to get her to try on some red shoes but she's resisting! 

The sales are now very slow and If I didn't need to pay for a couple of things I would not bother until the end of the summer.

On the studio tidy, sort out, it all came to a halt while we got ready for our visitors. But I will hopefully get back in there this week make some more progress.

So I hope you all have a lovely happy healthy week ahead

Dee 

IT'S THE FIFTH SO DOLL PHOTO DAY

 Yes, it's the fifth already ! Time flies when you are having fun, so they say. So lets have some fun looking at all the lovely photos sent in.

We just had to start with Holly Belle from Gregoropolis, she insisted . . . I mean resisted ,but is glowing in a new multi coloured dress with bag. I just love the colours of her dress with it's toning smock detail and it really does start the day off with a bang.

Meanwhile her sister Meghan is happy with her new dress with apron in a lovely mix of pinks. A glow of a different kind but no less effective.

Over at RoRoPo, Otto and Julchen are checking out Granny's garden flowers. Admiring the yellows singing next to the blues. " Just like your clothes Otto ! " Julchen exclaims noticing his yellow top and blue trouser " You little flower you ! " she giggles and Otto joins in " Maybe you should plant me !" Otto giggles

" Or I could take you in and give you to mum and say I picked you in the garden !" They both find this hilarious and stumble back to the house making more and more silly jokes about Otto being a plant!

From Gill we have Billie and Anoushka insisting that pink is in fact the best colour in the whole wide world and they want a new law saying that everyone , even the boys have to wear pink! Mum explains that while pink is in fact gorgeous, only some people or in their case children can pull it off ! And therefore it would not be fair to either those unfortunate children/ people nor even to the colour pink if they made it look blare !  " Oh no! We cannot have people ruining PINK! " the girls cry out together and rush off to check for anyone wearing pink and no looking right! Mum rolls her eyes 

Ada, who was just outside rocking the baby in the pram, sighs having heard her sisters words. She calls out " Mum next time you see a sister you want to come live here can you check they have an IQ higher than a pigeon ? "   Mum doesn't answer but Ada is sure she heard her muffle a laugh. . . smiling she carries on rocking the baby.

It's lucky that Elizabeth , here in the village, did not hear those girls ! Since she is wearing a beautiful BLUE dress that was a gift from a very talented Sasha friend. Although Elizabeth loves all colours including pink, she loves blue the best.

I found an old calendar that I had made in 2012 of my dolls, so I thought I would share them today since I am so late posting this post.

Only three babies back then !

Only Violet still here.

Toby being the monkey he is !!

Little Zak 

Claudia, Violet and Sapphire still with me, dresses by a lovely American lady who sold under the name of Special Delivery.

I won't say how many of these blondes are still here , but hello Liberty . . . 

Again just two of these boys still here.

Back when Hattie's Hat's with Hattitude were a Sasha Sensation !

Gorgeous George 

Winter sweaters by Gill 

Hattie who still has that scarf and hat and those shorts ! 

Thank you to everyone who managed to get to this point ;) , and thank you to the lovely people sending in some wonderful photos for us all to enjoy.

Still time to be added 

Dee