I realize I could have added a little more detail in my last post about how to create a painted wall for a roombox, but I’d gotten pretty far through the post before I realized I should write about it,… Continue Reading →
My 1/6 scale dolls all have sets, although some of them are in pieces currently. Daisy has her room with the pale pink wainscotting, bookcases, and the window seat. Rosie has her blue room with the casement windows that let… Continue Reading →
At almost two years into learning to create photo stories, and reshooting the Among the Flowers storyline, I can start to see what I’ve learned over these years. It started with Camellia’s episode, which launched the series. Although I left… Continue Reading →
In our last episode with Daisy, she was starting to dimly recall memories of her early childhood – a day taking pictures at the lake and a dark shadow falling over her. We join her again a few weeks later…. Continue Reading →
***** Fern is now my official representative in the 1/4 scale dolls. I love Willow’s quiet grace, but I am neither quiet or graceful. I love Olive’s take charge spirit, but that’s not me either. Fern, little as she is,… Continue Reading →
One of the hardest parts of creating an action adventure with dolls is that they’re, by nature, immobile. And, often, somewhat difficult to pose. So, how do you get them to look like they’re moving? I mostly start with seeing… Continue Reading →
It’s seems an odd reminder to someone whose hobby is photographing and creating stories around dolls, but I seem to have forgotten all about playing with the little things. I got so caught up in the posing and the photographing… Continue Reading →
I did a little playing around this last week animating the littlest sister in On Our Own. I’ll never be a stop motion animator – mainly because I haven’t the patience, but also because my dolls’ movements have so much… Continue Reading →
It seems I often find my dolls like this, sitting in chairs (or benches, in this case) waiting for their adventure to begin. In Fern’s case, she’s about to start a grand-ish adventure, if I could just figure out what… Continue Reading →
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