Photo Shoot with Samantha!

With all this rain and cool weather, Samantha and I had to get outside during a break in the weather for a photo shoot! :)

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Fun Photo

Dolls Having Fun!

Hi! I took some pictures yesterday of my dolls enjoying their hobbies. I edited them today and thought I would share them!

Emily enjoys mixing different styles of clothing...she hopes to be a fashion designer some day. This is outfit she plans to wear on the first day of school.

Rebecca is busy practicing her part for a big production she has coming up soon. This scene involves a twirly dance.

Molly has been playing detective this summer. She has finally recovered the stolen autograph! (Anyone have a final guess as to who was guilty?) When she's not searching for clues, she likes to read in the barn with Midnight.

Samantha has drawn this pencil sketch of herself! She likes art, in this sketch she is drawing Kit's butterflies.

Kit is gearing up for soccer season! She is stretching out as a warm up for her next game.

Ellen is working on her photography a lot this summer. Love this photo of her!

What hobbies do your dolls have?

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Edits

Hi! Rebecca here today! You haven't heard from me since my challenge ended, so I thought I would post today. This is a random post of photos I edited of myself. Wait til you see, some of them are VERY funny.

This one is kind of OK.

This one is lovely!

Woah.

NEON!

This one is SCARY!

This is called "Poster." But, they can't seem to get my nose right. (some of you Tangled fans are supposed to be cracking up.)

I made myself this virtual online dress! :)

This is what I look like inverted! LOL

Comment below and tell me which one you like the best!

Beach Dress

So, this afternoon, I felt in a sewing mood! So I asked Rebecca to help me make a beach dress. I got this fabric in a big Goodwill bag of fabric. I didn't like it at first, but after I made it into this cute dress, I love it! I didn't use a pattern, I just sewed and came up with it on my own. (Hint: Some of my best outfits have been out of my own head!)

Here it is. Not very exciting is it?

So,  I added this cool button and ruffle. But something is still missing, don't you think?

So, I added a top strap!

I thought it kind of looks like something Kanani would wear.

It's a wrap style dress, it hooks in two places!

Do you like it?

New Dress!

EXCITEMENT!!!!

I got a new doll dress!

You can see it below. These are all really parts of a stop motion I was working on, but I stopped because for whatever reason windows movie maker does not convert for portrait photos (and the whole thing was pretty much portrait photos, so it would all be sideways!) I DO plan on making a stop motion here in the future, so keep an eye out for it.

It comes with a white jacket.

I just love the color.

Had to throw one of Sam in there!

Dressing Civil War

When it rains like this all the time...I have trouble thinking up things to do with my dolls. Sorry for the length of time in between posts!

I've been reenacting this month...and this coming week I will be doing a Civil War day! This of course, is making me in sort of a "Civil War" mood. It's even being reflected in my doll play.

So today, I'm going to teach you how to dress your doll in Civil War costume!

This is the "shift." A lady wore this all the time and rarely changed it. (perhaps once a year.) She wore it like her skin, but it also served as her nightgown.

In the morning, first come the bloomers. The shift is stuffed into them.

Next comes the tightly laced corset. This ensures that a lady sits up straight!

After that comes the hoop, for added fullness to the skirt. (these are normally covered in cotton. Mine is not.)

After the hoop, a few petti coats are added.

Then, a cotton dress.

Dress the hair, and add a bonnet to keep the sun off.

Wool socks and boots complete the look.

She's beautiful!

PS. The hoop was fairly easy to make. I used 3 embroidery hoops! Tie them together with some cord. You can always take it apart when you're done!