National Dog Day

I don't have a dog
But my dolls do.

Sam: "Help, I'm being attacked by a bulldog!"

Sam: "Oh no, he's got me!"

Sam: "Oh...ah...ew, man, in front of the ladies? Not cool, Marv."

Some like to pose dramatically with dogs.

Is that a dog, or one of the bears the guys were worried about? Um...Andrea?

 Happy National Dog Day!

I've been feeling really sick for the past few days, and it was fun to have a little photoshoot. I picked up Marvin the French Bulldog for Sam about a week ago. The other dogs have been hanging around my room and found their way into the doll menagerie for fun. My dolls always seem to be pet people!

A Few Updates

A brief moment in between storms

My doll time has gotten shorter as work gets very busy during the summer, and the next few months are going to be very busy indeed. We finally put in an offer on some property and it is exciting to think that soon I will have a place to put my little cabin-house! I've been living in a travel trailer for over a year, now, and it will be wonderful to have more space for myself and dolls and all of my projects. I am looking forward to it, and also hoping that the funds will come together. The property is definitely a fixer-upper (but that is kind of fun, too, seeing something so ugly turn into something beautiful!).

I did get around to doing Celeste's head swap onto a Made to Move body. The other body's neck was broken, so I temporarily glued the head on just so I wouldn't have a creepy body and head floating around the trailer. Oddly enough, Celeste's head is a great match (not perfect, but close enough) for the MtM but she is a little too pale for Celeste's old body.

























I also found Celeste a non-pink outfit for her chosen profession. It's a bit large for her, but that can be fixed. I love the reflective tape! Yep, she wants to be a firefighter.

Melody claimed a bunch of clothes from a Wal-Mart shopping spree, plus she begged me to buy her some black stockings. They're a little too short for the outfit, but I don't think Melody cares. She loves clothes and I love shopping for her. I think she might wind up being the most spoiled doll, closet-wise. It's funny how her funky personality just clicked.

Sam finally made it inside the house, by bringing food.

The dark blob is a hungry dog

I have also been attempting to make clothes. These are a few of my works. I don't work from patterns, so they generally turn out a bit...interesting.

Odd little shirt in progress, this is what happens when I make clothes while watching Deep Space Nine.

Stretchy "snakeskin" skirt

Not quite finished yet, just playing with an idea

This was a window dressing at one time. Now it is a sun dress.

I am also still gathering things, slowly, for building the nightclub. My fun funds got seriously depleted this month...but they will recover, I hope!