My Doll Haven

Everyone Needs Playtime

In our hectic, modern lives, many of us focus so heavily on work and family commitments that we never seem to have time for pure fun. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we stopped playing.

When we carve out some leisure time, we’re more likely to zone out in front of the TV or computer than engage in fun, rejuvenating play like we did as children. But play is not just essential for kids; it can be an important source of relaxation and stimulation for adults as well.

There doesn’t need to be any point to the activity beyond having fun and enjoying yourself. By giving yourself permission to play with the joyful abandon of childhood, you can reap oodles of health benefits throughout life.

Sunday

New Things

A pretty backdrop, some knitted clothes for Amelia and arrivals from Fairyland.

I'm not happy with the way the armholes turned out so I will be redoing them later today, but I love the pastel colours on her.

Fleetfoot also flew in on Friday, with Ruggiero on his back. This hippogriff is one hell of a feat of engineering by Fairyland, it has to be seen to be believed! I am so glad I splurged on this one and I love the violet resin, it's so pretty IRL.

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. :)

Tuesday

Discovering

Yesterday afternoon, a parcel arrived at my home, thanks to Alasse's kind generosity. After carefully removing all the wrapping and very much to my surprise, inside amongst lots of other little goodies, I found this wonderful little white kitty. Isn't he just the cutest little puss? I just love his attitude, although at first I didn't know what to call him, I have since named him Renoir. I think he and Monet will become the closest friends.

AND I might add, I also have Alasse to thank for the introduction to Camellia Dynasty, where I found the most beautiful BJD horse! Fortunately I won't be paying for this one, hubby is giving me this for Christmas! (I've been told, if he arrives before, I am not allowed to open him until Christmas Day.)

Photo courtesy of Camellia Dynasty

The sculpt is Sage and he is 26cm tall with 16mm eyes, but I will call him Snowdrift.

Saturday

Dollmore Dolls

I haven't intentionally been avoiding you all, but ever since I purchased my Narsha, I have been engrossed in Dollmore's website. There are soooo many beautiful dolls on there which I had never seen before. I think browsing there could have been a big mistake on my part, because now I think I will have to add their Kid Grammy to my wish list.

Photo Courtesy of Dollmore

At first I looked at getting the Memorial Box Grammy, which I thought was really nice, but I really like the basic Grammy's very soft face up more. I do need a blonde in my doll family and this face up is perfect for a blonde, don't you think?

If any of you have Dollmore dolls (I know Carolyn and Niina do) I would really love to hear what you think of their posing abilities and see what you have done with them.