Mood:  bright

Ever come across something that makes you cringe, because it's been sitting around soooooo long, waiting ? A cute idea you had but didn't have a chance to finish, something you barely started ? And then it got buried under a ton of newer ideas and goodies. Happens to me all the darn time.

While cleaning out some stuff - mostly fabric - I found a pair of stretch corduroy slacks I made for Casey and Gracie, our customized My Size Barbies. They fit, but bagged a bit at the waist. I'd put them aside, intending to sew a dart or a hook/eye closure on 'em. And from there, they got lost.

Found them again when cleaning out a box of fabric. They got lost in the laundry sorter for a few months...that should tell you how long they've been knocking around waiting for a ten minute repair. This time, they got put into the 'repair/snaps' box that I bought last month. Today, I finally fixed 'em. Finally.

Also found a woven strip I cut from a purse strap. I was able to remove the part I wanted without damaging the purse, too ! It just had a shorter strap when I donated it.  I get a lot out of my 25c yard sale finds ! Anyway, that's been sitting around for a long time, as well, so after I got the pants done, I rooted through the baggie fulla second-hand clasps and buckles,  found a decorative piece salvaged from a 'Free' box dress... a few minutes of hand sewing later, Gracie and Casey have a sweet belt ! I just sewed one side to the belt 'buckle', and the other one got snaps added, so I could easily take it off. I can even adjust it by adding another half-snap. It was a great idea, so I have no idea what took me so long ! Well, I just got the buckle about four months ago...

Man, it's embarassing how long those things have sat around. And now they're done, and belong to a doll. There's about six more pieces in the 'repair/needs snaps' box, so hopefully those will get done soon. Not sure how I'd react to that box being empty, though !

Posted by dorriebelle at 5:42 PM CDT

Updated: Tuesday, 17 October 2006 6:06 PM CDT

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Mood:  d'oh

I've put off doing anything creative today. It's just not been a good day for anyone I know - but I hope yours was good.

Rain all weekend, raining this morning. Overslept, van wouldn't start. Beloved Hubby's current job's hit a snag. Dearest Son's therapist is ill. Van dies again during busy rush at afterschool pickup. Everyone here has a headache right now, too. House is a mess, and I barely got the groceries put away. (sigh) It doesn't sound like much, but it's been a tough day. Hubby and Son are napping. Maybe after I finish this, I'll join 'em. Hard to argue with anyone who looks as relaxed as they do...

I did some doll stuff, although I didn't trust the day - or have enough time - to sew. Instead I ripped some more lace off that 'Free' box teddy, and cleaned up and stored doll clothes. Went through the Disney Princess/Mia outfits and donated 17 dresses. Most were cheaply made and didn't really fit them in the first place, and since they have lots now that does fit, no point in keeping the not-as-good stuff. Plan on going through the Barbie clothes soon. Ironed some stray ribbon pieces and got them stored, too.

Sewed yesterday, though. After making myself a blouse this weekend, I used the cutaway scrap to make a blouse and matching pants for Crissy. There was just barely enough...and those pants are *tight* !  I hope to get that photo up, and the conclusion to the Fall Ball series, tomorrow.

I also have to write my piece on Room With A View. You may remember that it was my birthday present this year from Hubby and Son, but it's been completely absent from the site. I've repeatedly chosen to use Dollar Tree poster backdrops and chairs instead of it in photos. There's reasons. And they ain't good... Right now, it's on top of a dresser, and it's been the doll clothes repository for the last two months. So today, I cleaned and redid it, so it looks a little better. In any case, I need to write up that one. Quick take : If I had that $120. back, I'd texture and paint a foam-core tryptic (they sell 'em for school science projects), and glue cheap molding on. Then I'd spend the other $100. on Hubby and Son presents, 'cause I don't know why they put up with my nonsense sometimes. 

I'm looking around for more old National Doll World magazines, too. I can even tell about when I'll stop liking them. When the pages go from newsprint to slicks, and the masthead font changes, pretty much. In the meanwhile, I got plenty to scan and try out. Crissy's blouse is from one of the Doll Design ones. 

But for now, I think a nap is about the best outcome of this long day. Laters ! 

Posted by dorriebelle at 5:49 PM CDT

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Mood:  a-ok

Sorry, sorry. I had every intention of keeping up last week, but it was frantic. Dearest Son had numerous appointments, Beloved Hubby was sort of down. I had the messiest house ever from the previous week's migraine and tummy troubles, and I don't think I've really stopped for a minute since.

No time for dolls at all. About all I've been able to do is de-lace half a damaged teddy from a yard-sale 'Free' box, and sew half the snap back on the vintage Barbie 'Day At The Fair' blouse I got from the junk shop last week. Then it was back to work or whoever needed me. I'm not gonna tell you how big Mt. Clean Laundry got this time. It's too humiliating. 

Bought a lot of old doll magazines from eBay, my first purchase off there in months. Just couldn't resist - eighteen magazines for $8., shipped. And it was a bonanza ! Old National Doll World and National Doll World Yearbooks, a few Doll Design issues, and a Dollmaking one. All from the late 70s and early 80s. You know. Back when no doll company made dolls for adults - and there was no eBay or internet to help you find the doll you couldn't forget from your childhood or the antique that would become the diamond of your collection.

It was an amazing experience, leafing through these old magazines. Stories of how that one doll got into this person's home - today she'd just charge it to her credit card after a BIN off eBay, but then she had to hunt doll shows, write endless doll shops, and build up a 'butter and egg money' nest-egg when/if she did find it. Endless patterns - often six or more in each magazine, for dolls claimed from a child's neglectful care, for dolls that were popular just ten years ago. No belly-wear, just nice clothes made simple, without dripping lace or dangling Swarovski crystals. Directions on how to make dolls from scraps and discards...imagine that.

It made me think of what we gained online, and what we've lost. There's darn few doll magazines left, so why share a pattern you've created when you can sell it on eBay ?  Yes, it's easier to find what you want, especially when there's so many manufacturers tailoring their product to what they believe we want, but...there's not much to create a lifelong memory from in online megastores and credit cards. Why fix anything when it's available brand-new in a box somewhere as near as your mailbox next week ? 

Believe me, I don't want to not have email and eBay anymore. But it seems as though we don't have to be happy with what we have when there's always more coming down the pike. I doubt the folks who wrote these pulp-paper articles were always happy, either. Yet, I look at slick Haute Doll and all I see is 'Buy More' and "You MUST own this if you call yourself a (Designer's Name) fan !" Make Tyler a dress from socks ? From (gasp !) DOLLAR TREE socks ?!! I think that'd make some of the Haute crowd faint. 

One creative idea fosters another. Or another twelve. And those ideas often return to the original idea and inspire anew. I just don't see anything inspiring lately. Except this old lot of newspaper-type doll magazines. I felt as though I were...coming home, somehow. That my ideas weren't so radical. They were around 20 years ago, just not now.

It's a lot easier and less time-consuming to just buy stuff. I used to wonder, when I was a kid, what the Chinese folk who made all these Garfield erasers thought of them. Another trinket for overseas. Each culture has its own silly knick-knacks and tchotchkes. But sometimes now, I wonder what the Philippine girl making Matt O'Neill blouses thinks of us at the end of the day. 

Posted by dorriebelle at 5:10 PM CDT

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Mood:  lazy

Never again will I wonder : "Is this just a bad sinus/tension/whatever headache, or might I have migraines ? " Now I bloody know. I had one for two whole days, and I'm here to tell anybody who doesn't already know, that if you have migraines, you darn well know it ! If the headache goes away on its own in a few hours, nope. If you can gulp down a couple ibuprofen or acetaminophen and it goes away, no. If, after six hours of throbbing, nauseous pain wreathing your head, you're wondering who you can borrow a gun from, so the pain will go away, then you probably have a migraine. 

I already know what caused it, and why women have 'em more than men. Don't wanna squick anyone out with too much information, but remember, I'm 40. While I'm not yet in that 'certain stage of life', I'm in the 'gearing up for it' sequence, definitely.

That was Tuesday and Wednesday. Friday, my eyes weren't quite focusing right, was still hypersensitive to noise and light, and was exhausted. Beloved Hubby made sure I got to lie down during, but you'd think I'd be well-rested by the time it wound down and thoughts of weaponry started to fade. Nope. Luckily, Dearest Son had Friday off, so we could take it easy together. In fact, I think he enjoyed Mommy being sick a little, because he snuggled with me the whole time, telling me more about his school and days than he usually does.  

What kind of makes it funny, in a black humor sort of way, is that Tuesday, I had...well, again, since I don't want you to squick through TMI, I'll use the medical term - violent gastroenteritis. While I somehow got Son to school and therapy Wed. and Thurs., Hubby took him Tuesday, as I was in the midst of a full system expulsion at the time. I'd have been in the van if Hubby hadn't volunteered. Yikes.

Also bought another cheep pair of socks - I've stumbled on a new set of sweater-from-a-sock directions, and want to test 'em. These would have sleeves from another source, to either match or contrast the sweater chest, so that might be fun. Directions are from an ancient magazine I've had floating around, found several during Monday's studio clean-out. Maybe I'll have time to work 'em out tomorrow.

So, despite being absolutely miserable for most of the week, I was lucky and fortunate enough to have family who took wonderful care of me. It felt odd, because I'm usually the one urging naps and broth and warm blankies and cold washcloths. Hubby said it was his honor to return the favor, because just Monday, his legs were sunburned, and I made sure he was in a comfy space in bed, on clean sheets, early.

Another fun thing about migraines, at least the one I had, was that I could 'read', but words didn't make sense. It was like the 'imagination/visualization' part of my head was switched off. Words just washed over me without meaning. Weird.

But I'm a lot better now, and Friday evening, Beloved Hubby took me out for Chinese - I had Peking duck on a sampler platter ! He kept making A Christmas Story jokes about it, and I could barely eat it for laughing. I got to leaf through the latest Haute Doll and again left it at the store. Three Barbie-size patterns that I already have, numerous times, and the only Elphie project was a potting bench. It's nice, but I don't have space for more doll furniture. The rest was more stuff I either couldn't afford or didn't want, so that $10. went back into a pocket. 

Then I bought a few silly things at Dollar Tree. Dearest Son loves to get 'good job' stickers at school. So I got a package of them to give him at home. Amazing when you can buy 780 of anything for a buck ! I also bought a much smaller package of them for me, with a Disney Princess theme. Yeah, it's silly, but I liked them.

I also have a small collection of mirror ball decorations in my sewing studio. They all have real mirrors glued to spheres, and a cheap ornament-type hanger. Had two - a big one from DTree, a small one from the costume shop, and kind of wanted a third when I found a Christmas tree ornament set. It was three graduated sized mirror balls on a single hanger, sort of like a mirror icicle. Two of 'em in a package. So I selected the best one and it's already hanging up with the others. I love it. So pretty. Loved those things during the disco years, my skating years...always wanted one. Now I have several ! All I need now is a motor to turn 'em, and a few spotlights ! And I have a spare for the tree ! :) Yeah, they're tacky as anything, but they make me happy. 

Donated the big bag 'o fabric to our therapist. She marvelled at the different textures - that's where most of pieces are going. Some of the patients have fabric books, because touching the various textures is soothing. So, I'll do another clean-out in November, see how much velvet I can scare up.  And some fleece and tulle. While I've thinned out - and donated - that crap-catching fabric sorter, there's still too much in here.

So that's been my week. Missed you ! I wish I was somehow absorbing and dealing with the world's pain, but a migraine, while awful, wouldn't be nearly so bad as that. Hope your week was pain-free and fun !

Posted by dorriebelle at 2:00 PM CDT

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Mood:  celebratory

It's funny how a fix in one place ends up encouraging other changes. Last month, I bought this lovely small cabinet from GoodWill, mostly to liberate the fabric I couldn't access. It was all in two large tubs, and I had pounds of other stuff on top of 'em. Once I wrestled the 'new' cabinet inside, I had to redo about half the studio so it would fit. Whole studio's much nicer now.  Easier to access nearly everything, and I can see most of it from the sewing machine, too. Even freed up a bit of floor space.

Which just left one problem. Last summer, I bought a three-section laundry sorter at a yard sale. I was using it for the bits and pieces and scraps, and any new fabric would get thrown on top. But eventually, it became a crap-catcher. I lost more stuff in there ! School forms, the camera, my wallet, doll props, a hairbrush, you name it, it ended up in there eventually. And it was too deep for fabric storage, I could never find what I knew was in there. I'd have to toss half of it out so I could root around !

And once I got the rest of the studio redone, that laundry sorter was just in the way. Took away from the 'clean' look the cabinet gave it.  Just last week it got illustrated -  I knew the fabric I wanted to use for Fiyero's Fall Ball shirt was there, but it took 20 - 30 minutes to find it. So clearly, it had to go. But what in the world was I gonna do with all the fabric in it ?

CLEAN OUT !! D@mn, didn't I just *do* this a few weeks ago ? Nevertheless, it was time to do it again. The few people clothes I bought second-hand to remake that hadn't been picked apart yet got donated. Some fabric got reconsidered, and a Mart sack of scraps got set aside for Dearest Son's school or therapy, whoever wants it. Another sack of damaged, tiny bits got trashed. Ended up getting the whole thing down to one small tote and two milk crates. Whew.  Milk crates were left from the 'L & L Show', they've been in the backyard since those days. Quick aside - we have another 'big trash day' coming up. And I don't have a darn thing to put out this time. JOY !!

That gives me a total of 9 milk crates, one tote, and two former zipper bedding-bags fulla fabric. The bedding bags are mostly fabric for home and me clothes projects...but still, that's an amazing amount. Is it any wonder that I didn't read the latest Hancock Fabrics' ad that came out last week until today ? It helps that the milk crates are only half full - lots of air circulation - but still, that's a ton. I need to stop looking around at more ! What else can possibly be out there that I don't already have ? 

Whatever it is, I'm sure to find it eventually - and knowing me, I'll probably buy a half a yard, just in case ! Just not anytime soon. Every time I go on a cleaning binge, I end up going on a shopping one three months later. But for those three months, I can remember every thread of what I already own. And you won't find me anywhere *near* Hancock's, Hobby Lobby, or even the fabric section at the Mart, unless I need one very specific item. Like a precise shade of thread or something. I have pounds of every other notion available !

Next project is to store all the patterns I've used. I got 'em scattered everywhere. There's some Fiyero pieces on the sewing machine table, and Mia and Elphie's are all mixed up with the directions from one of mine. Love having 'em nice and neat and stored, easy to find and great for ideas...just hate storing 'em. Go figure.

Had fun taking our beloved Matriarch shopping this morning. I think she had fun, too. We'll have to do it again sometime. Since I didn't buy anything, I treated Dearest Son to an Icee and a snack after school. That was even more fun. Our neighbors include a boy who's 9 - he gave Son a box of cars he didn't want anymore. Talk about a happy boy ! I know our neighbor likes Teen Titan Robin, and I know this place that has large-size action figures... :)

So it's been a 'happy all around' day. Hope yours was, too !  

Posted by dorriebelle at 1:50 PM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 October 2006 4:49 PM CDT

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Mood:  happy

I have a bad habit of leaving my dolls in their poses well after I've taken the photo I wanted. I did that last night, and woke up this morning to find that Fiyero had leaned over a bit more, and it looked as though he was about to give Elphie a kiss on her temple. She looked rather unsure about how to react to that...

There's a new photo on the home page - Happy October ! - of the dance. I ended up taking two photos I liked, so here's the other I actually prefer :

You can just barely see her earrings, they're made from the same trim as  the hem of her dress. I used two bead strands that partially broke during sewing, threaded and tied to silver eye pins, with a bit of Fray Check to anchor the knots. I then bent they eye hole to a 45 degree angle until it rested flush with Elphie's ears.  Barbie had similar earrings in her earliest years, but I didn't care for the eye sticking so far out. Very easy, quite cheap. I'd do a 'how to', but it's soooo easy. I might do it anyway, just for fun.

Also scanned another Doll Reader pattern, this one for Crissy and Cinnamon. It's been knocking around a while, about time I got that done so I could put it away. 

Tomorrow, I'm taking the family matriarch shopping while Dearest Son is in school. So I'm not sure if I'll have any doll time - her daughter can shop me under the vehicle any day of the week !

Took Dearest Son out today - Beloved Hubby was working - and told him he could pick out the Thomas the Tank Engine toy of his choice. Since he already had all the engines/whatever for his larger set, I thought he'd choose a new piece for the smaller 'Take Along' magnetic set. We wanted to get him something special - last night, he took one of the discarded cardboards from the poster-backdrops and started writing his alphabet on it ! He got all the way from A to F when I noticed, and continued on his own to M ! I guess he got tired, because he then did 'X' 'Y' and  'Z' and was done. Wow. We're so proud of him !

So, off to the Mart this morning. The magnet trains didn't enchant, but he found a new piece to the plastic Ultimate set - a crane that lifts errant engines back onto the tracks ! He was making up stories about it in the van, and has been happily playing with it all day.

Then, this evening, he snagged another cardboard and wrote his numbers, 1 through 11 ! I didn't know he knew that yet ! So forgive the heavy-duty bragging, I'm just really happy and proud of him.  

I hope your day was happy - and didn't have any derailed trains !  

Posted by dorriebelle at 6:52 PM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 9:46 AM CDT

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Mood:  caffeinated

Yet another 'special', just for you. I'm trying out a semi-new background. The ones you're familiar with are Dollar Tree posters, encased in plastic on their boards. Today, I got tired of 'flash bounce' and got two foam core sheets (again from DTree). Took all the posters out, glue-sticked 'em to the foam core, and the bounce is much subdued. So now, I have three backgrounds and one large white one. 

Still not sure how I'm gonna do the next photo I want. I may have to wait until dark for it.  Love how the dissimilar fabrics match, though. It really shows in that image. 

Not a lot else going on.  I'm thinking of going through some doll clothes tomorrow, weed out some stuff. Another donation coming up.

Well, Beloved Hubby and Dearest Son should be home soon. I'd best get my relaxing in ! Hope your weekend is the best of Fall !  

Posted by dorriebelle at 5:12 PM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 9:46 AM CDT

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Mood:  irritated

Made a slight correction to my Saturday (9/23) entry. I finally found the Belle doll that 'donated' her dress to Leia in the 'My Belles' photo. She's from Playmates' "Perfectly Princess" line, and there's one on eBay right now. Just look up "Perfectly Princess Belle", and it should show up. Tried to post a link, but it made my entry vanish three times, so I won't be doing that again. Just disregard the tiny ones from the same-named Hasbro line. Although, now that I think about it, wouldn't it be cool if an action-figure Leia could wear those clothes ? :) 

Fiyero's clothes for the second part of 'Fall Ball Follies' are finished, I just am too tired and frustrated to do the photos right now. I worked up his mandarin jacket once, only to be reminded after a lot of work, that I'd forgotten to alter some measurements in Doll Shop Deluxe, so the first one I had a great start on...well, there was no way it'd ever fit. Had to scrap it, print up a new pattern with the alterations, and start again.

The iridescent fabric is from a picked-apart evening gown I got at a yard sale for 50c. PITA fabric, that stuff. Like sewing paper. Frayed like you don't wanna know about, and was very difficult to handle. By the time I'd made the thing twice, I didn't wanna look at it anymore.

While both their formal wear for 'FBF' was made from discarded people clothes, sometimes I really question the wisdom of doing that. Sure, it's always good to recycle, but that gown had seams everywhere, and it took  a large piece of it for a darn small shirt, to avoid the darts, needle holes, and pressings. You'd think there'd be about three yards of usable material there, but there's actually only about a yard or so. And it requires serious attention and playing to use. Everything I took apart had to be immediately cheap-serged, lest it fray into strings while awaiting use. The gown broke down into eight pieces, and it had to be completely cheap-serged everywhere. Sometimes it's really not worth it.

So, while it's always good to recycle, I'd actually advise against it, unless you have something specific in mind, there's no other way to get that material, or it's sentimental. It's just easier - and often cheaper, time-wise - to just buy a half yard and go for it. The gown also had numerous water and other invisible-until-I-sewed-with-it stains.  

Anyway, to take my mind off the frustration, I made two 'banner' ads if anyone wants to link to the mess I call my site, they're on the Home page. I also added a link to a cool 'Dusty' doll page on Leia's, in case anyone had any curiosity about the doll I keep talking about when I go on about my Leia. So it's been a busy day.

I promise to have the next installment of 'Fall Ball Follies' up tomorrow. I'm just too tired to mess with much right now. :) 

Posted by dorriebelle at 12:01 AM CDT

Updated: Saturday, 30 September 2006 2:39 PM CDT

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Mood:  a-ok

I used a different photo on the Home page, but I actually prefer this one, so I wanted to share it with you here.  I like to save the good stuff for  you, when I have it. 

Anyway, as mentioned, a similar image is at Home, with a story. Don't worry, it's a happy ending ! Just hope I have time to sew it !

This was a women's blouse - or maybe a girls', it was darn small ! In either case, the nice lady only charged me for a kids' shirt, so that was nice. The trim around Elphie's ankles was already on it, but I took it off and redid it, to get the angle I wanted. I only kinda got it, but it was fun !

As you can tell, it's a simple tube, angled at the ankles. The blouse already had elastic at the top, so I used it. Took me longer to get two good photos - that didn't reflect of Elphie's left eye - than it did to sew the dress. I really need to get her some plain black pumps. The ones here are OK, but sleek solid black would probably look better.

The chaise she's sitting on was also at GoodWill. I have no idea who it was made for, it looks like something Gene would have. Elphie's bare feet dangle about a half-inch off the ground when she's sitting all the way back, so it definitely wasn't made for the shorter Gene. But it certainly is pretty !

Packed a new-to-me case - it's a square see-through one, clear and silver, like a squared-off footlocker, with a handle - full of everything I'd need to sew snaps while I waited for Dearest Son's class-day to end. Got the needle all threaded to install snaps on Mia's jumper when - "Mraahiow ?". Tuna had hitched a ride and didn't let me know she was there until we got to school ! It was too late to take her home and come back, and one van window is permanently down now, so it was a tense few minutes. If she jumped out while I was getting Son buckled in, there was no way I'd be able to chase and catch her.

But I guess she understood that, because she curled up on a seat and slept. Son thought it a wonderful lark, and laughed about it all the way home. He wouldn't have been so happy if he knew I'd planned on taking him to Dollar Tree after school, and Tuna's presence required us to go straight home !

Did a few more snaps, and that was about it for excitement and doll stuff for the day. I hope to make Elphie's matching earrings and a second outfit for another doll - I wonder who ? - tomorrow. Hope your sleep is sweet tonight !  

Posted by dorriebelle at 8:31 PM CDT

Updated: Monday, 2 May 2011 9:45 AM CDT

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Mood:  chillin'

...but it's a good kind of hurt, the kind that's temporary, and was earned doing something fun. Just spent an hour and some more cleaning all the sixth-scale (i.e., Barbie size) dolls. The dust on Naru and Neffy was pretty thick, I noticed, so today, I cleaned everybody. Shelves, too. Last time I did that, I think, was the time Dearest Son got a hold of the cornstarch powder and applied it liberally to all my dolls ! 

 And I embarassedly (is that a word ?) redressed a few who were still in their issue clothing. Five of my seventeen male dolls were sadly neglected, especially considering that I haven't bought a new doll in that size in over a year. So, while I was cleaning, I was dressing, too !

Why the male dolls ? Well, unlike the over-abundance of second-hand Barbies, it's pretty rare to find used male dolls in good shape. So most of mine were bought new on markdown , or were bought off eBay, in pristine but no-box-cheap. And often, there's not a lot to change them into ! For every hundred fashion doll dresses, there's maybe one male outfit. It was this lack that got me into sewing - but women's fashions are almost always more interesting to sew ! So only Fiyero's benefitted, and that's because he arrived nekkid and I was too broke to buy him stuff.

So today, First Issue Happy Family Alan (2 for 1 TRU sale), First Year Cali Guy Ken ($5.), Ken as Shaggy from Scooby Doo (50c at a yard sale), and Stars 'n Stripes Army Ken ($6. shipped, off eBay) got new clothes. Generation Guy Blaine (First Issue, $4. off eBay) remains in his cool disco outfit, because I like it.

Got a few surprises, too - Alan's t-shirt and the one on top of it are separate pieces - it was hard to tell, as packaging threads still held them together, and Mattel's notorious for making two-piece outfits one piece. Cali Guy Ken doesn't have the molded brief hips - he's just like the Ken I remember as a kid. With 'the bump'. You know what I'm saying. Once the gunk got rinsed out of his hair, that odd cowlick of hair smoothed down, and he had jeans instead of those rust-colored corduroys, Shaggy didn't look nearly so goofy. While Army Ken was a used-only-once headmold on a standard 1991 Ken body, he somehow looked more buff than Cali Guy and the other Ken guys. 

It was satisfying to get everyone cleaned up. I really enjoyed it, and I could swear, I was seeing them all over again. Switched them around, being careful to keep couples together, but trying to give everyone 'someone new to talk to' ! I know it's silly. But it's also fun ! 

Also redid a bit of the Barbie page. You'll be seeing more updates there, now that everyone's clean and ready for their close-ups ! I also have to get everyone redressed for Fall - I don't like my dolls catching colds or getting overheated ! 

For now, though, it's dinnertime, and I still have to cook it. See ya tomorrow !  

Posted by dorriebelle at 5:49 PM CDT

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