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Moomin dolls 1950-1969

sonny angels, enjoy the moment 

happy new year eggz ♡

running errands like kurt vonnegut

Using cardboard and black paper punch outs...

...I crafted two miniature shutters for my 1/12 scale Castle Tower dollhouse.

These shutters will eventually be situated near the two tiny windows of the small tower.

I used this Christmas decoration for lighting the small tower; see photo below, it temporarily decorates The Great Hall fireplace. I love it ❤️

These punches I used for miniature hinges and such for the shutters.

I love it when I use my craft supplies for different kind of crafts.

Work in progress: I'm building a Castle Tower dollhouse.

Happy New Year 2024!

♫ “Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

and never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

and auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my jo,

for auld lang syne,

we’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.”♫

Toy Sunday for the theme: New Year

Reference for lyrics above and brief article about the history of the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne:

Classic FM

What are the lyrics to ‘Auld Lang Syne’ and what does it mean?

We all know Auld Lang Syne from bleary-eyed New Year’s Eve renditions, but have you ever wondered exactly what the words mean?

Barbie is not the only character in the Barbie line to have received collectors edition dolls themed after other media. (I mean, Ken too, but this post isn't about Ken.)

Kelly and Tommy (before Kelly became Chelsea) featured in a variety of tie-ins, including in collections that also featured Barbie and Ken such as the Grease line-up, as well as in collections of their own.

Storybook Favorites, for example, was a line-up featuring Kelly and Tommy as classic children's book and fairy tale characters. I never grew up on Raggedy Ann and Andy and always thought they were just names for a line of dolls themselves, so it was only upon looking it up that I discovered the books came first.

I find the Hansel & Gretel way cuter, personally, but that's just my bias showing.

But besides the four in the Storybook Favorites Collection, there have been others. Some of these actually turn up on the secondary market bundled with Storybook Favorites, and I can see why, because they do look broadly similar in style and theme. For example, Kelly and Tommy as Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

I don't know how I feel about this one, whether it's cute or creepy or somewhere in between.

Or as the cast of Wizard of Oz. This one i am completely unreserved about in my praise. I think these are adorable. 10/10 design aesthetic. I mean, just look at Tommy as the Scarecrow above compared to Ken as the Scarecrow in the Barbie and Ken Wizard of Oz lineups.

Tommy does it better!

I made a tutorial! Hopefully this is useful to somebody out there. This method would also be useful for modding other “plug connector” heads onto much nicer bodies.

A Christmas Nativity

♫ “O holy night, the stars are brightly shining, It is the night of the dear Saviour’s birth; Long lay the world in sin and error pining, 'Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn;

Fall on your knees, Oh hear the angel voices! O night divine! O night when Christ was born. O night, O holy night, O night divine.”♫

Toy Sunday for the theme: Christmas

(Little Pullip and Little Byul dolls)

Baby Jesus

♫ “Away in a manger No crib for a bed The little Lord Jesus Lay down His sweet head The stars in the sky Look down where He lay The little Lord Jesus Asleep on the hay”♫

Toy Sunday for the theme: Christmas

(Little Byul doll)

A Sylvanian Holiday Gathering

Some of the families of Sylvania have gathered for the Christmas tree lighting. But where is Daisy Maple?

Popeye, Olive Oyl and Sweet Pea Inspired Barbies

Toy Sunday for the theme: Strong

♫ “I'm Popeye the Sailor Man

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man

I'm strong to the finich

Cause I eats me spinach

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man” (toot, toot) ♫

After Sweet Pea arrived into his life, Popeye decided that he wanted to be a good role model, so he quit smoking and decided to promote a healthy lifestyle of regular exercise and eating healthy (lots of veggies).

The Sound of Music Maria Inspired Blythe

Blythe a Day December 2023 for: The Sound of Music

♫ "The hills are alive with the sound of music

With songs, they have sung for a thousand years

The hills fill my heart with the sound of music

My heart wants to sing every song it hears

(Every song that it hears)

My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds

That rise from the lake to the trees (to the trees)

My heart wants to sigh like a chime

That flies from a church on a breeze

To laugh like a brook when it trips

And falls over stones on its way (on its way)

To sing through the night

Like a lark who is learning to pray

I go to the hills when my heart is lonely

I know I will hear what I've heard before

My heart will be blessed with the sound of music

And I'll sing once more" ♫

Mary Poppins “Jolly Holiday” Inspired Blythe

Blythe a Day December 2023 for: Mary Poppins

♫ "Oh it's a jolly 'oliday with Mary

Mary makes your 'eart so light!

When the day is gray and ordianry

Mary makes the sun shine bright!

Oh, 'appiness is bloomin' all around 'er

The daffodils are smilin' at the dove

When Mary 'olds your 'and

You feel so grand

Your 'eart starts beatin' like

A big brass band!

It's a jolly 'oliday with Mary

No wonder that it's Mary that we love!" ♫

Mon diorama. N'ayez pas peur d'expérimenter et d'ajuster votre diorama selon vos préférences. L'objectif est de s'amuser et de laisser libre cours à votre créativité !

A Christmas Story, Ralphie’s “Pink Bunny Suit” Inspired Blythe

Blythe a Day December 2023 for: Christmas Bunny

Ralphie opens his present from Aunt Clara, revealing it to be a pink bunny outfit.

Adult Ralphie: (Aunt Clara had for years labored under the delusion that I was not only perpetually four years old, but also a girl.)

Mrs. Parker: Oh, isn't that sweet? Ralphie, go upstairs and try it on if you--

Ralphie: I don't want to!

Mrs. Parker: Go upstairs right now and put on that present! She went to all that trouble to make it, now go on!

[Ralphie runs upstairs.]

[Down comes Ralphie, clad in the bunny suit.]

Mrs. Parker: Ohhhh, isn't that cute? That is the most precious thing I've ever seen in my life. (Randy laughs)

Ralphie: Shut up.

The Old Man: He looks like a deranged Easter Bunny.

Mrs. Parker: He does not!

The Old Man: He does too; he looks like a pink nightmare. Do you wanna take it off? (Ralphie nods his head) Tell the kid to take it off.

Mrs. Parker: Alright, you'll only wear it when Aunt Clara visits; now go on and take it off.

The Old Man: Take it off!

Paintings of Archways, Doors and Windows, 2003 (oil on panel), Leon Morrocco

I am sooo back to making lil guys >.<

Sewn moss ball for froggo! Bulbasaur (shiny!) Recycle sign is another stamp I havent used yet but I have ~Plans~ Cacti terrarium 1 | 2 | 3

And Snoopy snowglobe!! Im really happy with this one!!

I printed this and this models together on a round base, painted house and details (so tiny! I think my paint job is getting better?) and put it in a toy capsule with micro styrofoam!

There's no liquid but thanks to static electricity styrofoam moves and sticks to plastic creating nice illusion!

I actually used this trick a few times before (without any centerpiece) both with big and small containers but now I can actually make proper snowglobes!! I just need to find more capsules >.>

Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Inspired Barbie

Toy Sunday for the theme: Shakespeare

“Titania is a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. In the play, she is the Queen of the fairies and wife of the Fairy King, Oberon.”

“Over hill, over dale,

Thorough bush, thorough brier,

Over park, over pale,

Thorough flood, thorough fire;

I do wander everywhere,

Swifter than the moon’s sphere.”

—Spoken by Fairy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

(Wrinkle in Time Mrs. Whatsit Barbie, 2018)

New doll diorama is up! I went with the Christmas morning theme again, complete with this year's Target sweater ornaments (they're too cute to be called ugly LOL). Plus this is a great way to display some of my mini toys - almost all of them are from Mini Brands! :D Lots of kids in here, so I'm saying some of the adults are in another part of the house LOL

Ryan got a new popper!

Someone is big into the OMG dolls :D

Nothing says Christmas morning quite like toys and wrapping paper scattered everywhere:

This little one is eager to show off her new toy to her mommy on the couch from her daddy's lap:

We have a Bratz fan!

Can't forget the Disney Princess dolls! We need mini Barbies like those and the Bratz... just saying ;)

Someone couldn't wait to play with his new car:

Toys galore:

Decorations:

The tree has real working lights in three different modes!

Happy holidays, everyone!

i want this so bad

sonny angel takeover ˚₊‧꒰ა 𓂋 ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

Found my long lost Lalaloopsy stash, lol.

A 1913 love letter that unfolds into a little art gallery.

Caricaturist Alfred Frueh (1880-1968) sent his fiancee Giuliette this letter, so that she could train for the "Gallery Marathon" she would experience when she arrived in Paris. It came complete with original works of art and a coat check.

Movember Inspired Kens

Friends Evan, Ming, Ted, Lars, Arturo, and Henry attended a Movember event. Some had grown moustaches while some had improvised moustaches.