It had been a special gala affair, and Baron had booked dinner at an exclusive restaurant.... "Here's our table.." Baron was ever the gentleman.... 'Thank you. I really enjoyed the show this evening..." "...and this is such a beautiful place..." "It's going to be a little while before dinner is ready..." "Perhaps you'd like to go out on the terrace while we wait?" "Yes, that would be lovely..."
Today is 'Fathers take your Daughters for a Walk Day', so Lawrence took his two girls for a walk around the castle gardens....
A while back I wanted to photograph alley little Kaye Wiggs girls as fairies, but I didn't have enough costumes their size. I let one of the Mini girls borrow a KID fairy costume, which wasn't too bad if I overlapped the back and pinned it. But the tiny KW girls would not fit into a BID fairy costume, even if I overlapped the back. So I decided to make three new fairy outfits so all the girls would have one that fit properly. I chose colours that were different from the ones I already had....mint, pink, and yellow.... The dresses came together rather quickly, but the wings took more effort. I spent the last three days adding all the glitter, and carefully varnishing over it, so it would be nice and secure, and would not keep leaving trails of glitter everywhere. Then the top and bottom sections needed to be attached together with velcro to snap onto the backs of the fairy bodices.... I finished the three new fairy outfits today....for Lenny, Raillie, and Hope... So now I have a Fairy Rainbow....
It was National UFO Day, and David, Nami and Ringo were headed to the park to play some baseball.... Suddenly Ringo thought he heard something.... They looked up just in time to see a flying saucer zooming towards them.... They ran to hide behind a tree... "Look! It's opening up!" "And something is coming out..." A number of tiny, fierce looking, little aliens came out.... 'What do we do??" Then David got an idea... "Hello 911....I want to report an alien invasion!"
Today our American friends to the south celebrate their Independence Day, and since my dolls never want to miss any opportunity to celebrate, or send good wishes to someone else who is, they posed for some photos. Happy fourth of July!
Back when I was compiling the list of June Special Days that appealed to me, I saw that June 29th was International Mud Day. That brought to mind a photo I'd taken forty years ago.... The city had just laid the sidewalks, but the yards and boulevards hadn't been graded yet, so were still a giant mess of dirt, and then we got some heavy rain. I did my best for the first part of the next day to keep my two little boys (Chris who was 3, and Nick who was just 1 1/2) on the sidewalks, but as they got dirtier, I finally gave up, and just let them jump in.... Jan arrived home from work shortly after, and the two muddy little boys ran to greet him. Jan could barely get out of the car, he was laughing so hard. Well, I wanted to capture that same feel with Ringo, but without any risk to the doll. I stripped him, then wrapped both legs in double layers of sandwich bags, right up to his armpits, then put his coveralls back on overtop. It had been pouring rain that morning, and I expected there would be plenty of mud up at the construction site just north of us. Thinking ahead, knowing I was bound to get dirty myself, I took along bottles of soapy and plain water, washcloths and a towel, and plastic bags just in case. Then we headed to the construction site in search of the perfect puddle. I found it at the very first semi-paved 'intersection'. There was a huge puddle beside the pavement, with a big pile of dirt beyond..... I positioned Ringo and dribbled some mud onto his coveralls and on the top of his head. I never intended for the mud to actually get all over his face and arms, but it had dribbled down off his hair, and once it was everywhere I just took the photos before cleaning him up.... I pulled Ringo out of the puddle and took a few close ups while Jan held him.... I wanted to carefully take my time cleaning him off, so placed him on plastic bags on the drive home. Once home it was time to clean him up...but first I took a picture... The plastic bags under his clothes... His clothes went into the wash, and I wiped him down with a soft cloth. He didn't get any dirt or water into his joints. I shampooed his wig, and when everything was dry, put it all back on him, good as new.
Today is Canada's 154th birthday, and I thought this year I'd let some of the kids who've never had the chance before to pose for the annual Canada Day portraits. Well, all except Elin, who has had the opportunity before, but I had one extra red outfit, so she won out... It was Judith's first Canada Day.... Even though they've both lived here for a few years, it was also the first time Efreet and Aaron joined in.... Same with David, Olivia and Cookie.... Happy Canada Day!
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AuthorMartha Boers is an award-winning Canadian doll maker and costumer specializing in fantasy and historical-style costumes. Archives
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