Big adventures in a small world

Category Wildflowerdoll Ruby – “Daisy”

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 →

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 →

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 20 – Lily paints disturbing images

Lily holds the letter she received from her son-in-law in the last episode . . . and again begins to paint. Exhausted, she collapses against the easel

Where it all started: Daisy taking off

Daisy was my first doll, and photographing her taking off was my first step into my doll adventure. I fell in love with the image of her lying in her bathrobe with her hair sprawled out behind her. And I… Continue Reading →

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 →

Posing comparison: Made-to-move Barbie vs. my 1/6 ball joint doll

Today I’m going to do a brief comparison between Daisy – my Wildflower doll on a made-to-move Barbie body – and Jinjur – a 1/6 scale ball joint doll from Aimerai dolls. These two (and Lily, who’s on the same… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 15: Putting the pieces together

And, with that, Daisy finally has enough information to begin her journey. She has a grandmother, likely in Italy, with what appears to be a flower shop called “The Secret Garden” Speaking of having enough information to make a connection,… Continue Reading →

The soul of a doll

I spend a lot of time staring into the eyes of dolls, looking for someone to stare back. For a doll to star in these stories, you have to be able to imagine what she what’s going on her head…. Continue Reading →

Plotting the central mystery

I’ve ripped out and completely redone the central mystery at least 20 times. Maybe more. Here’s the problem. Daisy is a young woman who knows that there is some mystery in her background. The premise of the story is that… Continue Reading →

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