Merry Christmas!

to all my followers and everyone who visits my Blog, I wish you a peaceful and happy christmas with friends and family!

Welcome new followers!

For the first time from my new home : A very warm welcome to my  new followers,
Patrizia  http://lemagiedipatty.com/
La Duchessa http://la-duchessa.blogspot.com/
Marja http://marjabalvers.blogspot.com/
Gaia http://leparolesilenziose.blogspot.com/
Marita http://miparaisomitaller.blogspot.com/
Isabelle http://lapassiondisabelle.blogsot.com/
Carlolina Leonardo, I can`t find you Blog Carolina.
John http://john-merrimanpark.blogspot.com/
Sans DD http://sansdollhousediaries.blogspot.com
Simon http://miniatureenthusiast.blogspot.com/
Noelle Pettit Martin http://anadventureinminiature.blogspot.com/
Jamila Zolotnikova http://jamila-zolotnikova.blogspot.com/
Lea http://atelier-de-lea.blogspot.com/
Jennifer www.plushpussycat.com
Thank you all for becoming a follower and amaze and inspire me with your beautiful Blogs!!
Have a great day.
Margot

New home

This summer we moved to a house with a garden! During the hectic days of packing and moving, Ootje found refuge in this pink cabinet. There were moments I wished I could have curled up in there with him..

Ootje and Gloomy love the garden and exploring! Jan and I allready did some work in the garden, but as we had to do a lot of painting, peeling of wallpaper, more painting, and a lot of chores that have to be done when you move to a new home, the garden is for next year.

Welcome new followers.

A very warm welcome to:
Bryony, Mini, Sjoukje, Giac, Georgie Steeds, Melissa, Leo Leandry, Miniature Treasures, Riitta, Eliana Martins,
and Carla. Thank you for becoming a follower.

Two of my  ladies moved abroad and they were so kind to send me pictures of their new elegant home:
Thank you Catherine!

I dressed this lady by Miep Otzen in dark green and pink silk. and purple silk ribbons.

I dressed this lady by Sylvia Mobley in cotton with roses, silk ribbons and antique lace apron.

   

La Belle Brigante featured on Pocketchange website.

On the Pocketchange 

website there is a little article about La Belle Brigante, thank you Chrissie Bryant.

Welcome new followers!

A very warm welcome to all new followers and a big thankyou to everyone who left all those lovely comments!!
New followers are:
Ilenia y muanuanimales
Pilar
Paula Doeven
Francesca Martinez
Terefer
Kaya
Marta
Daphne
Eva
Catherine

Surprise revealed.

As you know Heather won my surprise GiveAway. . Now that she so kindly posted about it , I also can post a picture. The mannequin was a kit I bought from Hazel Dowd and covered in linnen. I made panniers and an underskirt with lace. The dress itself is made from very pale pink silk.

Welcome new followers and welcome Firefox...

After a very helpful tip I changed my browser from Internet Explorer to Firefox and now my followers are here again! Glad you`re back, I missed you all this week! A very warm welcome to new followers:
Gemma
Esperanza
Sls
Tuseiregina
Rosa Pitti
Marian
Las manos de Sca
Ana Camara
Rosanna
Kimmi Lou Miniatures
Elga
A. Bouwman
Teruka
Pinerose  This is Sylvia Mobley`s blog, she creates the very high quality doll-kits I love to dress.
Erica

I hope I did not miss any of you. I could not find all of your blogs.
I do wish you all a wonderful sunday!

The new AIM issue June/July is out!

GiveAway winner!

I want to thank you all that entered my GiveAway, and became new followers and left all those wonderful comments!!! I wrote all your names on pieces of paper and put them in a straw summerhat, Ootje became very curious and I asked him to draw a name and so he did...Of course he ran off with the paper and gave me a fierce "mine,mine,mine" look! Sweet natured as he is he eventually pawed me over the paper, and the winner is Heather !! Congratulations Heather, please let me know your address, so I can send the surprise to your home....that is, when it is finished. It is not completely finished yet...shame on me! I am going to start working on it right now!! 

Back from Germany

This weekend we were at the 1:12 Show in Rheda-Wiedenbruck. We had a great time in Germany. We met lovely people, saw some beautiful miniatures, bought some miniatures...

The footmen by Sylvia Mobley and dressed by me in light blue silk, decided to quit their job and stay behind...they were muttering about how this is the 21th century, and I made them work too long and too hard..

This lady by Theresa Glisson asked me to dress her in a bright color so the young handsome footman would notice her. She was heartbroken when the handsome young footman decided not to come home with us...

I also wanted to welcome new followers in this post, but Blogger is not showing my followers for two days now. Also I can`t see followers on other Blogs, and I am having trouble leaving comments.
I do hope this problem will be solved tomorrow, when I do the draw for my GiveAway!!!

Welcome new followers!

A very warm welcome to new followers:
Fabiola
Norma
Marlies
Kate
Emily
Flora
Britt
Brujita
Ertal77
Rapo77
HaDa

Thank you for becoming a follower of my Blog.

Welcome to new followers!

A very warm welcome to:
Rosamaria
Mona
Karin Gutknecht
Carmen
Rosamargarita
Xandra
Chantalisi
Narina Napertaa
Anna
Pity
Maria Ireland
Plushpussycat

Thank you all for visiting and becoming a follower!

Tiny doll

Today Belen let me know that this tiny doll arrived safely at her new home in Spain!

GiveAway

This picture gives a hint what my, 200 followers GiveAway ,will be.... 

It is still a surprise. the draw will be wednesday June 1.Please leave a comment on this post if you like to enter in the draw and  you must be a follower of course! Have a nice and sunny weekend !!

Welcome new followers.

A very warm welcome to: Angeles, Maristella, Pasjonatka, Romantyczna Dusza, Andrea Xavier Carvalho, and Inagancheva. Now there are 200 followers, hurrah, time for a GiveAway!

Easter

Have a lovely Easter, everyone.
I hope you have time to enjoy the sunshine, the company of family and friends, and the outdoors.

Welcome new followers!

A very warm welcome to:

Jaana, Lesnuestrescoses, Dave Williams, Dale Fluty, Sherry Saltsman, and Alienora.
I hope you enjoy my blog!

Almost 200 followers, I am thinking about a GiveAway..

The new april issue is out!

The new April issue out now!

Welcome new followers.

A very warm welcome to:

 Maria, Jaione, Ada, Victoria, Jeanette, Allison, Carmen, Grace, Irene, and Marina .

I hope you enjoy my blog!

Arnhem Show

We had a good time in Arnhem, met some lovely people, sold some dolls and bought some miniatures.
A workshop-kit for a little bed by Sylvia Lutje Boudel, some viscose and silk ribbon from Unicorna, silk ribbon from My Passion, fabrics and lace from Brigitte Lohrmann, silk ribbon and tulle from Hazel Dowd, an hourglass by Reina Mab, red glasswork by Gerd Felka, a rosebush on a stem and some old-looking little pots by Jan van den Doel, green glasswork from Ann High, a speculaasblik from Me and My Shadow, tiny mice bat toadstools crow by Georgia Marfels, a wicker flower-basket by Will Werson, silk tulips and a hertshoorn plant by Carla Zandvliet, a blue and white dish by Cocky Wildschut, flowers by Floras Blomster and a porcelain vase by Dineke Boektje.

Summerdress

Time for summerdresses and straw hats, at least in my miniature world...I used a light and flowery coton to dress  this lady by Sylvia Mobley.

The teenager by Miep Otzen has her own transport: a sedan chair by Christian Neugebauer. I dressed her in brocade, yellow silk and old lace.

Evening wear

More dolls for the show, a gentleman by Sylvia Mobley and a second lady by Theresa Glisson. I dressed them both in evening wear like Lady Peacockfeathers. They asked me what I was going to wear to the show.
"a pair of jeans, sneakers and a blouse" I answered. "Djeens?? What is that, and why you are going to wear two of them..?

I explained what jeans are, thats it quite respectable in this century, still they were quite shocked: "you can`t wear trousers!!" "Well, I can and I am going to! You three can look pretty all day, while I have to crawl under the table plugging in cables and looking for boxes, bags, food, pens, spectacles... anything that`s going to get lost those two days..

Welcome new followers

Just to let you know I am working hard for the Arnhem Dollshouse Show March 26 and 27,
 my standnumber is D 53.

A very warm welcome to: Adriana Guedes, Evarh and to Angelique Hoekstra. Angelique will also be in Arnhem, her standnumber is D 34.

I wish all my readers a very nice and hopefully sunny weekend!

Welcome

Within minutes after my last post about Spring, the temperature dropped to freezing, the sun dissapeared, little snowflakes appeared in a dark grey sky and today it is raining, grey and stormy...

A very warm welcome to : Sharon and Frangipani I would love to see your Blogs but I can`t find them...
Also a very warm welcome to Claudia Lis.

Soon it will be Spring....

I love this picture by Cornelis Jetses, it is all about Spring and Summer, sunshine and fresh air. I found the picture on this website.

Honeymoon..

When I was dressing these dolls they made me think of my mother and father who went on their honeymoon on a bicycle. So I bought a bicycle in the Fair Trade shop, Jan painted it black and lowered the saddle ( actually he made a new leather saddle!) and the handlebars. My father was tall and had red hair and my mother was dark and petit. So the dolls look a littlebit like them...

I dressed Errol, by Sylvia Mobley, in jodhpur`s and a "tweed" jacket. The lady was made by Miep Otzen, a Dutch doll-artist. Miep now no longer makes dolls, and moved to lovely France. 

I dressed the lady in a "tweed" suit with bloomers, very convinient for riding a bicycle!

The background is the actual map my parents used in october 1942 of the area around Vorden in Holland.

New photos

Today I tried to take better pictures of the dolls, as I was not happy with the previous picture.

First I cleaned the lens..I thought it might improve the sharpness. Then I made a little studio with a black background. I don`t like using flash, so I used the natural daylight.

Because of the black background, the doll was over-exposed at first, so I had to adjust the aperture to under-exposing. With the

"french" doll I also used a little lamp, but not directly on the doll.

 I will keep experimenting, maybe I should try a tripod to help the sharpness.

A new doll.

I am dressing new dolls for the Arnhem Dollshouse Show .This lady is poured and painted by Theresa Glisson and dressed and wigged by me.



Welcome!

A very warm welcome to new followers:

Robin Andreae, Mieke, Oiseau deNim, Monique,

Universo Caballa, Lluna45, Cockerina, Minimariba and Sonyait68.

Thank you for following my Blog.

Cowgirls

Yesterday the ridingschool had an open day, all the classes did a 7 minute number in fancy-dress. In between Snowhite and the seven dwarfs and the Flying Nuns, we rode our figures dressed as cowgirls. Me and Inquesta are third from the left.  Banazorne on the right did his own pretty little dance...We had a lot of fun!

Thank you! and welcome new followers.

Thank you Ascension, Diny, Daydreamer, Patty and Margaret for your kind comments on the shop!

And a very warm welcome to new followers: Minna , Malu2, Elis, Judy, Karina, and Apasjonata.

The shop

I need my worktable to start dressing dolls again, so I will leave the shop for now. I am happy with the result so far. The front is all one color, in reality the color is  more yellow. The door is changed and painted black.I haven`t started on the appartment on top of the shop, but there allready is a staircase behind the cupboard, and some secret hiding places. When you come down the stairs, you can look in the shop, somewhere is a hole in the wall. It is all still a bit empty, but it will be fun to add more and more items.

Happy NewYear!

..a little late, but the Flu got in the way...

A very warm welcome to : Susi, Olga, Elamisk, Guadalupe, Manoli, Caroline, and Minna.