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Smiles for Today

4/30/2020

 
Reading to her friends....
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Apple blossom Fairy....
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Yvette in the Scillas

4/30/2020

 
After giving up with Grace's crazy hair, I wanted to try some photos with Yvette. I'd brought her along as well thinking her blue gown would look beautiful in all the blue flowers. I was looking around for something interesting, and Mikey suggested by some 'trees', so I chose a spot with her back to the sun....
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I was going to change my position and put my camera down. Mikey picked up my camera and took some closer up photos of her....
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I love them, and was actually feeling a bit jealous that I hadn't taken them myself....
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I tried a new position, and was caught setting up....
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This time Yvette was facing into the sun, and I had to be careful to have her face either all in shade or all in sun - definitely not with branches shaded partly over her face.
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Problem was, with her pale 'normal' resin, she just seemed so blown out in the sun....
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Close-ups in the sun did nothing for her...
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So, after picking her up out of the 'woods' I took a few more with her back to the sun....
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Much better!
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Under Construction

4/30/2020

 
After deciding that Lawrence and Monica would have a bunch of kids, I needed to make some child size Medieval costumes. I had chosen a girl and boy in both KID and BID size.  Problem was, I only had a suitable Medieval costume for Nami (and similar sized BID friends) The only other ones I had are Fantasy Adventurer outfits which really wouldn't do for royal children at home in the castle. Which meant I had to make some.

So first up would be the KID girl gowns.  I chose two different fabric combinations. I figured I might as well make two right away, so Paige would have something to change into, or she could have a friend to join her from time to time.
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The sleeves were made first, and then they were sewn into the bodices....
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After sewing the underarm seams and hand-stitching the linings inside the bodices, the next step will be the skirts.  I wasn't really paying attention to 'fabric drape' when I chose the various fabrics. They are all super flimsy, synthetic brocades, all cut from used clothing from Value Village, and are proving very challenging to work with. I chose them because they were 'thin', but they are very slippery and fray like crazy.  But I'm determined to push on and make them work.....

A New Helper

4/30/2020

 
I had been extremely disappointed, that with Jan not being allowed to drive, there weren't going to be any photos in the scillas along the townline this year. I had been trying to build the courage to ask our son if he would be interested in going, so last week I finally asked, and he was game.

​Mikey has always been supportive of my doll photos, and is a photographer himself. He works in the film industry developing software for special effects.

Problem was it was a bright sunny day with really strong winds - two of the worst things when taking doll photos out on location. The flowers were past prime as well, but I set up anyways, with Jan watching.....and Mikey took photos with his phone...
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Taking the dolls out and putting them on their horses....
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Grace and Baron on horseback....
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The wind kept messing up Grace's hair....
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I tried fixing it, but the wind was just too strong....
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Then I took Grace off her horse...
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....and tried a different pose with Grace walking beside her horse....
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But by this time her hair was a mess and totally out of control....
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Mikey, who was holding the box lids to bounce light into her face, did step in to try fix it...
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But in the end it proved just too windy....
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..and I gave up.

Smiles for Today...

4/29/2020

 
Lots of stripes.....
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Autumn beauty....
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Smiles for Today....

4/28/2020

 
Two fairies.....Aeran & Narae.....
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Under the umbrella.....
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Smiles for Today...

4/27/2020

 
Melody Mouse's birthday....
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Dreaming of going on adventure....
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Coco the Entrepreneur...

4/26/2020

 
After social distancing restrictions had been lifted some, and the children were finally allowed to go to summer camp, Coco decided to take advantage of all the toilet paper he'd hoarded a few months earlier, and set up a sales booth beside the park outhouse....
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The kids were lined up with their lunch money, waiting for their turn to buy some....
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"I'd like a roll of two-ply Charmin, please.."
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Effie and Erzulie already had their rolls and were waiting their turn at the outhouse....
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"What's up with Ringo over there?"
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"Looks like he only had enough to buy a couple of sheets..."
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"You can have some of mine..."
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"You know, we should have all done that....chipped in and shared just one roll all together. We are all going to need just a few sheets each, and then what are we supposed to do with our rolls for the rest of the day??""
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"You don't suppose he'd take some rolls back, and give us a refund??"

Smiles for Today

4/26/2020

 
Miki and Layla....
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Miki and Cinnamon at the Zeedo Zoo....
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Smiles for Today

4/25/2020

 
Today it's all about birthday pictures...
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Smuzhka can't believe the size of the cake they made for him....
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Cookie's cake.....
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Jan says his favourite doll is Cookie, because she reminds him of me when I was little....
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    Martha Boers is an award-winning Canadian doll maker and costumer specializing in fantasy and historical-style costumes.
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