They have travelled extensively across the country, all the way west through the Rockies...
in A Road Trip to Newfoundland
Owen and Leona, and their four children, from the left: Lonnie, Coco, Holly, and Milo. They were the very first of all my doll families. Up until then I had just been focussing on my smaller BIDs and KIDs as contemporary children, and all the MSD size dolls I had at the time were unrelated Fantasy characters. But when I purchased Leona on the secondary market, her previous owner sent her with a contemporary outfit, and she became the first JID to appear in photos as a contemporary woman with all the children. She immediately caught the attention of Owen, who had been a Medieval Fantasy guy up until then. The two of them became parents to Lonnie, Coco and Holly, and then I ordered Milo to complete their family. They have travelled extensively across the country, all the way west through the Rockies... ... to Vancouver Island, in their Trip to the Pacific, 2015 They have also travelled all the way east to Newfoundland, both as a contemporary family... in A Road Trip to Newfoundland ..and as a rugged Fantasy family with Winston...In the Land of Icebergs Their family has also explored the US Southwest....in Desert Adventures 2016 But they are first and foremost a contemporary family..
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The final set of dolls inhabiting my Medieval Fantasy world, are the House Elves. Back row from left; Lilly, Larry. Middle row from left: Archibald, Nolan, Gino, Phairby. Front row from left: Willie, Every, Otto, Emily, Daisy Daisy and Gino are a married couple and they have twins: Avery and Emily. Daisy's mother Phairby also lives with them. There's also a few more House Elves in their community. From the left: Nolan, Otto, Archibald, and Willie. Willie has been a long time friend of both Winston and Baron... Even though the House Elves have a formidable little army... They have a treaty with Lawrence's kingdom, and can count on his protection if needed... The newest members of my House Elf family are Larry and Lily, who are a much larger scale, but I haven't figured out how they will fit in yet.
A few weeks ago we were hit with three snow storms in just one week, and we received a record amount of snow. But that didn't deter Alex, who was determined to help shovel it... The piles of snow were huge... ..but their kitty wanted to go for a sleigh ride... But the shovelling seemed endless.. "So, when do you think you'll be able to go with us?"asked Bella. "As soon as I'm done." "Which won't be much longer. I'm almost finished."
The Wizard is one of my favourite and most versatile dolls, and even though his original character is that of a Wizard, he has more ongoing individual personas than anyone else. In addition to being a Wizard..
He has been the proprietor of a Victorian Curiosity Shoppe. He is Santa Claus... ..as well as St. Nicholas... He has been a King as Lawrence's father in Somewhere in Time.... ..and as Aeran's grandfather in the Quest... He has been a Bishop, and officiated at Baron & Naomi's wedding... ...and he was a doctor in New Beginnings. He is everyone's Grandfather, regardless of period... ...and one of his greatest roles was as Nick, the woodcutter, in A Christmas Story...
February 27th was International Polar Bear Day, and I wanted to take some photos, but something different than in the past. The dolls were dressed and ready, and I was waiting for another fresh snowfall. But in never came. In fact the last snowfall might just have been the last of the winter, and with double digit temperatures coming this week, any snow we still had would melt very quickly. So I figured yesterday was my last chance, and I scrambled to take the photos...of Agnes and Matias as they took their daughter Olivia out to meet some cubs....
There are three unattached, single, Medieval Fantasy ladies. From the left: Soa, Isar, and Lily They don't have back stories of their own, and can occasionally appear as extras in other stories. Lily has appeared in the White Cat Sequel as the Princess whose husband was turned into a frog.. Isar went on a solo trip to the US Southwest back in 2012, the year she arrived - Isar in Canyonlands She has an ongoing role as tavern proprietor in the Quest, Somewhere in Time, and the White Cat Sequel, in which she also plays the Princess whose three brother were turned into Ravens... ..and Soa plays an older Byuri in her role as Little Beaver in one of the Quest Epilogues...
It had been an unusually long, cold, snowy winter, and the mice were in need of some more firewood. So Manny and Max headed out to get some... They knew where some branches had fallen during the last storm, and started cutting them up.. "I think that will be enough for now." So they finished loading the sled and started for home... But Max wasn't getting anywhere. The load was too heavy. Manny had been in the rear keeping an eye on the precarious load. "Looks like a two mouse job. I better come help." So he did a final check of the load... ..and joined Max up front to help pull the sled. And off they went...
These two are brother and sister and have ongoing roles as servants in the various castles. Narin is the King's personal secretary, He is also a very talented artist, and he occasionally plays support roles in various other stories. Like Prince Philip in the White Cat Sequel, and one of the servants in the Quest Butterfly Narae usually works as a maid in Miho's castle. She starred as Nora in the Christmas Story, Her biggest role to date was that of a contemporary art teacher in her Artist Narae story.
Sometimes when I'm taking photos with one set of dolls, I get inspired to do something similar with my Ruby Red dolls. That was the case with an earlier High Tea photo.
This time it was RR Sara who got to be all dressed up to enjoy a special tea... |
AuthorMartha Boers is an award-winning Canadian doll maker and costumer specializing in fantasy and historical-style costumes. Archives
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