The morning after.... *Story here
Art and needlework supplies for Lisa....*Story here
Just a kid at heart... *Story here
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Merry Christmas!  "This house always has the best cookies..." *Story here  Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!  Working hard to get all the gingerbread houses decorated....          It was Cinnamon's job to fill all the stockings.... *Story here  Setting up the Nativity scene....  Decorating their tree.... *Story here  This past weekend, we finally finished the gingerbread village we had started earlier this month. Our daughter-in-law, who is in our social bubble, asked if we could make one again for her birthday. So we got together three times, first to bake and glue all of them together, then twice more to decorate all of them. They ranged in size from small to TINY, so I arranged them like a little mountain village in my studio....  Part of the fun after making all these small gingerbread houses, is to see what creative ways I can use them in photos with my dolls. So today Miki and Layla had a go at it... ..decorating gingerbread houses in the kitchen...  Miki was challenging herself with some very fine piping....  Whereas Layla was just having some fun....      Chloe's photo with Santa.....*Story here  Stuffing Eeyore.... *Story here  Resting up for the big day.....  I wanted some tiny doll-scale nativity scenes, but didn't want to sculpt the figures myself, so searched online for some. A company in Italy had just what I wanted; little traditional figures that stood only an inch tall, and at a great price. So I ordered two sets, and they came pretty quickly. Then I had to make the stables. I looked online for a simple stable design and chose one that I liked, then took the easy route and cut the pieces out of thick cardboard instead of thin wood......  I pre-painted most of the parts before gluing them together....  The roofs didn't seem quite deep enough, but the bark I had was too thick, so I made tiny 'tiled' roof pieces, using two thicknesses of cardboard for extra texture....  Finished, with everything glued in place....  Looking so closely the figures don't have exactly the perfect paint job, but considering the standing figures are barely an inch tall, it's not too bad. Better than I could do.
Decorations for the tree....  Lawrence & Monica....  The North Pole Sewing Department....  |
AuthorMartha Boers is an award-winning Canadian doll maker and costumer specializing in fantasy and historical-style costumes. Archives
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