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Happy Birthday Erzulie!

2/19/2015

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Today is Erzulie's birthday!  It was two years ago today that she arrived to join my growing doll family. Like many of the other little kids here, she will be 'six' forever.  

I thought I better take some birthday portraits before her party begins later this afternoon.....
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Erzulie's dress was made from a beautiful piece of lace given to me by Charie Wilson when I went to pick up Coco and Holly. It's a lovely silver gray embroidered on beige mesh. After trying to match it with many different colours of fabric, I finally decided to pair it with pink. The dress itself is sleeveless, and goes under a matching pink satin, puffed-sleeve bolero jacket.....
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Her cake is a multi-media creation. The bottom tier is wood, covered with polymer clay 'fondant' (I had to use wood, since styrofoam can't go in the oven). The top layer is styrofoam covered with drywall compound, and embellished with polymer clay dots and big purple bow. 

I found the tiny '6' candle at the party store, but it burns up so fast that I was only able to take three photos before the top of the '6' collapsed.  Next time I better buy a couple of candles.
11 Comments
Babel
2/19/2015 04:00:13 am

The dress and the cake are really very beautiful, happy birthday Erzulie :o))

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Martha
2/19/2015 05:15:35 am

Thank you!

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Jane
2/19/2015 04:11:38 am

Oh wow, wow, wow!!!
Happy Birthday Erzulie....you look fabulous!!!

Martha you are amazing, I just love seeing your photos............your dolls are just so ALIVE in them!!!
And that dress is just so pretty *happy sigh*

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Martha
2/19/2015 05:19:15 am

Thanks! That's the whole fun for me - trying to make the dolls look like real little children in the photos. The only difference is, my little girls like to dress up for their birthday pictures (my granddaughters never do)

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Farrah Lily link
2/19/2015 06:53:53 am

Just amazing! The details in the dress and cake are wonderful. I love the little balloons. Your blog is so much fun. :)

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Martha
2/19/2015 08:27:46 am

Thanks! The little balloons are 'water bombs', and each store that carries them has them in different coloured multi-packs. They are the perfect size for my small dolls. So I've stocked up.

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Charie Wilson
2/19/2015 07:40:36 am

She looks stunning in her new dress pink works wonderfully with the grey.
Hugs Charie

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Martha
2/19/2015 08:29:57 am

Thanks! At your place the lace looked so nice with pale blue, but at my house it just didn't work as well. Must have been the lighting. The challenge was in finding something really soft and thin for an underskirt, and a matching satin for the jacket. So I ended up with pink.

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Babel
2/19/2015 05:04:35 pm

Is magnificent what you are doing :o))

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Brigitte
2/20/2015 01:43:45 am

Happy Birthday Erzulie. Your dress is beautiful and your cake looks very delicious. Have a nice day with your friends.

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Catherine Lewis
2/21/2015 06:14:28 am

Erzulie is one of my favs, but then its so hard 2 pick a fav :), What a beautiful outfit down 2 the smallest detail (her necklace). I thought the littlle dots around the cake were jelly beans, lol made me want some haha, Always so alive and beautiful Martha, every details is so amazing in the scale size. Love love the Bolero jacket.

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