vrijdag 29 april 2011

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!

zaterdag 23 april 2011

Easter

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

woensdag 20 april 2011

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..

vrijdag 1 april 2011

The new april issue is out!

The new April issue out now!

woensdag 30 maart 2011

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!

dinsdag 29 maart 2011

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.

woensdag 23 maart 2011

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.

maandag 14 maart 2011

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..

donderdag 10 maart 2011

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!

zondag 27 februari 2011

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.

zaterdag 19 februari 2011

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.

vrijdag 18 februari 2011

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.

dinsdag 15 februari 2011

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.

woensdag 9 februari 2011

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.


woensdag 2 februari 2011

Welcome!

A very warm welcome to new followers:
Thank you for following my Blog.

maandag 31 januari 2011

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!

maandag 17 januari 2011

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.

zondag 16 januari 2011

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.

maandag 3 januari 2011

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.