Big adventures in a small world

Category Wildflowerdoll Rosie – “Rosie”

My Doll Adventure 25: Rosie’s bird adventure, part 2

In our last episode, a falcon appeared in the garden while Rosie slept. Rosie’s story continues. ***** All paintings from Gustav Klimt, who lends himself to birds :). I’d wanted to use Chagall, whose dream-like worlds fit the dreamy nature… Continue Reading →

Angles of motion and selecting in Photoshop

I’ve been working on the first photograph from Rosie’s bird adventure – the photo where she’s flying off with the bird. Here’s where I started. Just me, holding Rosie and the falcon above my head while I photograph upwards. For… 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.

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 →

Ester, my tiny tamer

The third member of my Underfoot cast arrived this week. She is Ester, from Maskcat dolls. In size, at 21cm she stands slightly taller than Buu (19cm). In shape, she’s most similar to the slender Rosie (who’s about 2cm taller)…. Continue Reading →

No dolls were injured in the making of these adventures

It’s been a traumatic few weeks here in doll adventure land: Rosie in tears, Camellia and young Daisy being assaulted, and Lily collapsed in horror. Fortunately, it’s just a story, and right now the dolls are relaxing happily between takes.

My Doll Adventure 19 – Daisy takes off

Daisy has finally put the pieces together, and now her adventure begins. She packs her things . . . waves goodbye . . . and as she pulls out of the driveway, someone watches from the upstairs window . …. Continue Reading →

Underfoot: A visit to the dollhouse

The girls start their adventure in a world largely in their own scale – a visit to Lily and Rosie on the My Doll Adventure set. They start with a visit to Lily Then Jinjur stays behind for Lily to… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 17: Rosie’s fairy adventure, part 2

In our last episode, Rosie was grabbed by the fairies. Her adventure with the fairies continues

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