The story is inspired by a little book I received in Sunday school some sixty years ago, on the very first Christmas after our family immigrated to Canada. The book was called Better Than Anything Else, written by Dutch, children's author, W.G. van de Hulst. I have always loved fairy tales and fantasy adventure stories, and the simple illustrations always spoke to my imagination.
Plus, the main character was a little Princess, and I didn't have any of the other Royal characters I'd need. But with the addition of the Iplehouse FIDs to my collection this past year, I had an entire court of Medieval Royalty, a castle interior, and lots of horses, so I thought now that I actually had all the characters, I might be able to give it a try. Then, as luck would have it, we had three gorgeous snowfalls the second week of December, that were perfect for all the snowy forest scenes.
The dolls in this story are playing parts, like characters in a play...
The cast includes.....
Nami, as Princess Elora | Monica, as her Mother, the Queen | Lawrence, as her Father, the King |
Coco, as Hans, a boy from the Village | Leona, as his Mother | Owen, as Hans' Father |
Santa, as Nick, the woodcutter | Narae, as Nora, his granddaughter | Shadow, as Max, their dog |
I'm really happy with the photos and how the story has come together, and I hope you will enjoy it too. So stay tuned.....