Miki the day she arrived, back on March 9th, 2011.... *More Photos
Unfortunately she had a sealant disaster at the spa not long after, and she had to be repainted.
But I've always loved this photo.
But I've always loved this photo.
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It's interesting what photos show up on my Facebook feed, and today it was of Bonnie and Efreet exploring Carlsbad Caverns on a trip to the southwest back in 2014.....     This was in the days before I'd had assigned some of my dolls to permanent families. In fact I threw together a 'family' of dolls with Leona and Owen as the adults, and three children that I'd had trouble bonding with, in hopes that focusing on just them for a few weeks would help. The photos above were taken at the last stop on our trip, at Carlsbad Caverns. I didn't take the dolls into the actual cave, which turned out to be a good thing since they were so poorly lit. So I took photos of them inside the Visitor centre in front of huge murals, and with their 'sacrificial stalagmite'. Here's a few more of my favourite photos from that trip.... Leona with Bonnie and Efreet at Cameron Pass in Colorado....  Peach, Bonnie and Efreet at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs...  Owen and Efreet at 14,000' at the summit of Pike's Peak.....  Biking in Arches National Park...  Peach, exploring Santa Fe....  Efreet and Bonnie at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival....  Relaxing atop the dunes in White Sands....  It was my very first 'family trip', and by the next one Owen and Leona had their own children. Efreet went on to get a family of his own, but Peach and Bonnie have stayed 'orphans'.
To see their entire adventure - Starts Here I realized that I'd not taken any photos of Sena in the new dress her Mom had made for her, so took her, some puppies, and her sister out on the patio for a few pictures....  
   Into the night...  This photo was taken back in 2014. I had just finished a commission for a blue and green 'Jennet' style outfit (like my own red one), and I thought the three of them resembled the three good fairies in Sleeping Beauty (in their human disguises), so decided to take this photo of the three of them stealing away the baby Princess into the safety of the forest.
With my pinched nerve I need help with photography these days, especially with bringing stuff outside. It also helps having someone hold the white card to bounce light onto the doll, since the main light source - the bright cloudy sky - is behind her....  Another thing to take note of is that these photos were taken from above. At this angle the doll clearly looks like a 'doll', and the big urn behind her looks disproportionately huge......  Now the actual photo, taken at the doll's eye level, with a short depth of field....  The closer I get to the doll, the smaller the urn in the background becomes....  Best friends with birthdays on the same day... *More Photos  Since Iris' pink gown will be used for an FID Masquerade photo shoot some time in the future, I decided to just go ahead and make the mask now, while I still had the fabrics and trims out...    
  Cinnamon with some faded roses...  I love how the old, dried up roses look like watercolour paintings.
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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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