SUNDAY 1ST MARCH

 

Happy New Month to you all ! Well at last we are in March ! The month of Spring starting and no before time with all the rain we have been having this winter. Mind you there is no given that the rain will lessen ! But hopefully the days will slowly warm and the sun will be more in evidence than it seems to have been lately.

So another week has galloped by ! We , that's the royal one, are still working on the bedroom, so it's slowly coming along.  I'm also still looking for just the right wallpaper, if I'm going to give up on my old lady one. Although to call it an old lady one is to do it an injustice. It's really just a traditional style old country house one. Paul's delighted that I have decided to look for another one to take it's place but the older I get the harder I now find it is to make a decision ! 

Which means the search for the perfect wallpaper continues, which at present is not a problem with the amount of other things that still need to happen first , but I do like to know what we will be putting up and also pairing up the right paint to compliment it. Then lets not forget about if the bedding will still suit etc.

Now I have decided that there must be no more doll buying for the next three months, if not longer. You can stop laughing , I know I can constantly saying this or something similar ! But it will be happening.

I don't need any more Sasha dolls at this time, I have more than enough, since adding quite a few in the last few months of last year, along with a couple more since the new year. So I'll see how it goes, so do me a favour and don't be putting on any button nosed kids or No Navel's for the next few months.

 Today's headliner is my new Gotz Luisa, on her arrival. I have been after one of these Luisa's on and off for years. Normally they only come up in the US. So when I saw this girl come up in the UK and at a good price, well I just had to buy her.  My only issue with her is that she arrived with her hair looking as shown. I asked the seller if she'd recently washed or conditioned her hair , as it still felt a bit damp. She answered that she had conditioned it but didn't wash it as she didn't want to send her with wet hair.

So at present she has had it washed to hopefully get the condition out and is having it dried naturally while sporting a headband to help keep her fringe down. It's already starting to look much better.

So on the doll front three have arrived and one is leaving.

The three are Anika, Luisa and a baby I previously sold.  I bought the baby back because I sold her in a lovely Ruth Dolls smocked dress which I'd wished I'd kept and a lovely mohair wig. So although she's arrived home, the actually baby will be put back up for sale minus the wig and clothing. Which means I am counting it as two in but two out ! 

So I will be enjoying the dolls I have and not looking to add any others for a while.. . . . .

On that note I will wish you all a happy healthy fun filled month ahead and Happy birthday to anyone whose day it is this month.

Dee

PS Don't forget to send those photos in for doll photo day on the fifth please.

LAST SUNDAY IN FEB

 

Yes, that is correct, this is the last Sunday of February , although there is still six more days to go. The weather in the UK has been awful, grey and raining every day. Yes we have had the odd glimmer of sun fighting it's way through but only now and then. Today after a wet start it is at least now dry and although plenty of cloud, it looks much brighter than it's been.

So this week it's been a fair bit about getting in the wardrobes , then filling them with our clothes. We both still need to be hard and throw things out but for now we are just glad they are in. By putting in the second set of wardrobes opposite the first, we now no longer need to have the chest of drawers in the room, as each wardrobe has drawers inside.  

Naturally now we have changed the layout , the plans of what we were doing have had to be changed.

My 'old lady' wallpaper is now really not going to suit. So a search is on for another more suitable one. Samples have been sent for, so hopefully one will be right. Mind you, not that we are any where near being ready to paper any walls, but we need to pick a wallpaper in order to then, pick what paint colour we want to go with it. 

We did have a good result in that I sold one of our chest of drawers within a few hours of it going on eBay, so at least one set has a new home and will soon be out the way. I sometimes feel like I could do with a garage sale to try and get rid of loads of bits and pieces in one go , rather than a bit here and there! I may think about having one in the Spring if there are still things without homes and needing to go.

Being half term, we went to see our grandchildren and had a lovely time with them and their parents. We were lucky in that it was just a fine misty rain at first, so the two hour journey there was okay, the nearly three hour journey back due to traffic build up was not quite so good !

So still working on house things at present although I did start knitting for one of the dolls.

My swap doll arrived safely and I am so happy I did the swap. It's nice to get a 'new' doll which actually having to sell others to pay for it.

I'm looking forward to changing her outfit and including her in my doll photos.

I also cleared a load of photos off my phone onto the laptop, does anyone else save pictures of items they think would be worth making for their dolls etc. I am very good at saving the photos but actually putting the ideas into use is another matter entirely ! 

Although I did used to pull pages out of magazines and would on occasion land up buying the item shown for the house. I need to find that mojo and start making/trying out these ideas! 

Today's headliner is Paige, my first ever dungaree's girl, who I had for a long time but foolishly sold a few years back , yes another mistake , she was such a sweet dungaree's girl who had a very young look about her. 

I've been talking to a friend and she said we should stop buying fine and only buy wow ! dolls. which is true, we should only try to buy the dolls that are truly beautiful, at least to us, as we all have different tastes as to what is wow and what is just fine. 

There are a couple of dolls I would love to add to my Sasha collection and only time and available funds will tell, and of course them coming up for adoption ! Luckily I have never had a big NP need. I love some of them and a few have actually managed to make their way here but usually they then make their way off again within a few months! So at least that's not on my list ! 

On the doll front. I did sell a baby Sasha boy this week, so he's gone off to a new home. My layaway is nearly paid for, so she also should turn up this week. So a one in , one out week. 

Then I need to stop buying and start selling , something I seem to have trouble with lol.

On that note I'm off to redress a few of my poor Gregors, who are still wearing shorts !!

Have a lovely happy healthy week ahead 

Dee