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.

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Challenge Meme

Seven years ago I issued a challenge to celebrate 20 years of the modern BJD, that I had also done three years previously. As things have be...

Wednesday

Heather's Credenza

Just completed this little credenza for Heather's apartment. She asked that I make it match her other furniture, which I did. Once it was finished she sat back and admired it while sipping her afternoon tea.

If you are interested to see how I made it, pop on over to Studio1283.

Now she's asking for a dining table and chairs . . . no rest for the wicked!

Friday

My Latest Project . . .

has been in the pipeline for a long, long time. I started thinking about building a 1:6 scale boutique way back in October 2019. My initial thought was to build a "Paris Boutique", but this evolved to become a Fashion House with Boutiques in LONDON, PARIS and NEW YORK.

The idea underwent many changes before it became suitable for my kids to go shopping there in London. 

Ivy and Heather are just window shopping for now.

Rose bought a bottle of perfume! Lily isn't impressed.

There's more to see in this journey over at Fleur and Ruban.

Thursday

Conclusion

In this wonderful world of imagination and play that we adults have come to enjoy, I've reached the conclusion that these kids could be anyone I want them to be. After all they don't live in the real world, they live in an imaginary dolly world, and if I see them as kids with the ability to dress as they like and do anything adults can do, or as Chiriann so aptly put it "be more adult inside than outside", then so be it.



Lily, Ivy and Heather arrived on schedule and for now they are dressed in temporary clothes. As I mentioned to Mia, this brings my kids up to eight and seeing as I prefer to have uneven numbers in each of my groups of dolls, I ordered another one to customise.

Nine barefoot kids is something I prefer not to have, so I have an assortment of shoes and boots on their way. Hopefully, they will all fit.


Here's the gang patiently waiting for the new arrival ~