Big adventures in a small world

Month March 2017

Another emotionally exhausting week in doll adventure land

The doll who plays Cado was emotionally exhausted after his final take. Camellia came by to give him a little moral support. and finally young Daisy joined the group. I’m going to let the girls (and guy) chill and get… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 23, continued: Lily’s story

. . . Lily holds Camellia’s favorite picture of Daisy . . . and paints . . . Daisy in front of the Secret Garden shop.

My Doll Adventure 23: Cado’s story

What Cado sees. The fight . . . Camellia and the girls gone . . . Items washed up on the shore . . . A teddy bear . . . His letter to Lily , , , Nothing …. Continue Reading →

How much is that doggy in the (browser) window?

or how many 1/6 scale bulldogs does it take to fill a diorama? I’m generally pretty thrifty in my doll and diorama purchases. With the exception of the main character dolls, I get almost everything else on the way cheap… Continue Reading →

My terrible, horrible, no good, very bad photo shoot

The good news: Everything turned out OK (but not great) in the end. The bad news: I’ve never had more trouble doing a photo shoot Last week’s shoot with Camellia gave me a ton of false confidence about my ability… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 22 – Rosie and her bird adventure, part 1

Frank takes Rosie to a park to look at clouds and help her feel better after  Daisy’s departure.

Rearranging an Island, or how I moved Camellia to a smaller set

As part of moving every object in my house to a new location, I had to move Camellia’s set. Here’s the old set, on top of one of my workshop tables And here’s the new set, in the wire bookcase… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 21: Camellia and the gift

Camellia has successfully brought the half-drowned dog back to health, but, worrying that the nights are too cold for him, starts to build a shelter.

What I’m working on/thinking about

And  these last few weeks, it’s been much more thinking than working 🙂 My Doll Adventure: At 20 episodes, we’re about halfway through the story. These last weeks I’ve brought the stories together, which means that they need to mesh… Continue Reading →

Moving day

Without moving to a new home, I seem to have set off a cascade of smaller changes which resulted in every single object in my home being moved to another location within my home. Add to that that this morning… Continue Reading →

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