First, of Leona making the cake....on my kitchen counter....
Some Behind-the-Scene shots from Sena's birthday story.... First, of Leona making the cake....on my kitchen counter.... I wanted a 'wardrobe', but the old jewelry box I had wasn't quite tall enough.... So Jan built an extension out of scraps of mahogany, to fit underneath.... After staining and varnishing, it was a perfect match.... The bedroom used the old Art Studio walls. For the bed, I pushed one of the Victorian sofas up against the fireplace to create a headboard. The rest of the bed is made of an old, acrylic, record-player lid, covered with a folded towel, and some print fabric intended to become a shirt for me some day. It was a huge piece, and folded inside out, but I was lazy, so just used with the more muted, wrong side out. Much of the furniture is 'heirloom', passed down from Victorian times, so to give the room a more contemporary feel, I hung up some floral paintings, as well as the needlepoint birds (passed down from Victorian Times), and tossed a pile of modern print pillows on the bed. To give the wardrobe a 'magical glow' inside, I duct-taped a string of Christmas lights inside.... Sometimes one or two lights showed in a photo, and I tried blowing it out with a 'lens flare', but I thought it seemed like too much, so in the end I didn't post any of those. The party scenes on the patio were shot a month ago, in September, when the garden was still nice. Like usual, I set up on the patio table, but I switched out the huge red begonia in the urn in the background, for my streptocarpus with the small purple flowers.... The scene set up on the patio, with pots of million bells around the edges.... The final, cropped-in photo, taken at the doll's eye level.....
KarenC
10/29/2020 04:08:04 pm
Whew! Looks like a lot of work, but also a lot of interesting fun! It seems like it would be very fulfilling when it all comes together so well!
Martha
11/2/2020 05:48:21 pm
It is a lot of work, and thankfully Jan doesn't mind helping bring stuff out, and cleaning things up afterwards.
KarenC
10/29/2020 04:08:40 pm
P.S. Jan's work on the wardrobe is beautiful!
Martha
11/2/2020 05:48:46 pm
Yes, he did a really good job matching everything.
Dorothy
10/29/2020 11:27:25 pm
I know you can't capture sound in the comment section but just know that I am "squealing" with joy because I am enjoying seeing the behind the scenes photos. I especially love seeing the garden shot and what it took to make that happen.
Martha
11/2/2020 05:50:38 pm
I try remember to take them, although sometimes it seems like it's pretty much the same thing over and over, since I shoot in the same places all the time.
Donna
10/30/2020 12:48:50 pm
I love your behind the scenes shots! Seeing how everything happens doesn't take away from the magic at all, it just adds to the delight of the final photos.
Martha
11/2/2020 05:50:11 pm
Thanks. That's good to know. Comments are closed.
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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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