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Happy Anniversary!

11/1/2018

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It was eight years ago today that I started this website!  It started originally as a place to showcase and sell the costumes I made for my Ball Jointed Dolls, but eventually evolved more into a place to share doll photos and stories.

​Every year I've celebrated and taken a photo. The first year it was a cupcake with a single candle. Over the years the cupcake got bigger and bigger to accommodate the growing number of candles, and now that I needed eight candles, I chose my favourite...a chocolate mousse cake... 
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I dipped some strawberries in chocolate and gathered the last few flowers still surviving in my garden, in order to set up this year's festive little scene.....
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So, what are my plans for the coming year?  

Well, before starting anything new, I want to make two fancy doll dresses for a granddaughter's birthday next week. Then I'll be free to start on as many lace party dresses as I can in the month of November.

December will be for focusing on Christmas stories, and maybe something for myself.

Then come January, I want to focus on making Fantasy costumes for my Feegles, and the Dwarf King, who has still to arrive. There's also two DreamHigh Studio House Elves on order - a Fairy Godmother, and a Dwarf Knight - and they will also need Fantasy outfits . Hopefully making those will inspire me to make more Fantasy outfits for my bigger dolls as well. I've been saving up a lot of chain mail, and would like to use some of it for costumes.

I'm hoping that next year we'll be able to take a road trip again. Health issues have been such that we haven't gone anywhere the past two years. We've wanted to go back to Newfoundland at iceberg season, and to the Rockies in the fall. Hopefully next year we'll be able to.

Like usual I have way more things I'd love to do than I'll ever have time for. And I really need to make a dent in my giant stash of fabrics and trims.   I guess we'll see what happens.....
7 Comments
Donna
11/1/2018 08:05:24 am

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

Thank you for 8 years of delight and inspiration. Wishing you many, many more!!!

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Martha
11/1/2018 08:11:04 am

Thanks! Here's hoping!

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Audrey K
11/1/2018 09:43:58 am

Congratulations! I enjoy your blog very much. The photos you take are absolutely wonderful! The setting of cake and candles would make a beautiful still life painting..you are so inspiring! Thanks You!!

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Dorothy
11/1/2018 12:34:18 pm

Dear Martha, Happy Anniversary, Happy Blog Site, Happy Doll Dressing, Happy Photography, Happy Everything!
Thank you for doing what you do. I learn so much from reading your stories and listening to your photography tips.
Please know that we (your blog family) appreciate the time and energy you invest in this site. Here's to many more years at Antique Lilac!

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earthspirits
11/1/2018 02:26:43 pm

Happy Anniversary, Martha! And that's a lovely tea and cake scene.
As always, your photos are superb. : )

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Jane
11/2/2018 03:35:47 am

Happy Birthday to Antique Lilac.......my most favourite place to visit on the internet!

Life hasn't allowed me to comment anywhere near as much as I have wanted to this past year (aging parents and major health scares for me) but I have so enjoyed seeing all you do with your dolls. Thank you, thank you, thank you for being such an amazing creative lady.

Good luck with all your dolly plans for the up and coming months now xxx

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Jitka
11/10/2018 04:50:41 am

Dear Martha, Happy Anniversary. Thank you for another year you shared with us your amazing stories, pictures and dolly love. Good luck with all your plans you have for following years, we will be eagerly waiting for all your blog posts.

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