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My Doll Adventure 04: Daisy shoots the sky

Daisy continues her day-in-the-life with a quick bike ride along with her camera and dog. On the technical piece – I’m almost at the end of my have-to-be-photoshopped pictures and hoping to explore some new outdoor photohraphy techniques soon. I’ll… Continue Reading →

A casement window for Rosie

Rosie is the only doll who doesn’t get to travel the world – so I wanted to be sure that the world could come to her. In her story, it flows in through open casement windows. She sleeps under the… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 03: Rosie’s Adventure Begins

Rosie is my one “kid” doll, and she’ll have more kid-like adventures than my other dolls. That means both that I won’t put her in danger (no ocean journeys for Rosie) and that many of her adventures are pure flights… Continue Reading →

Dolls have destroyed my dining room

I used to have a dining room. You know, one of those standard rooms with a big dining room table, 6 or so chairs, and a low hanging lamp. None of that is left – the dolls took it. At… Continue Reading →

Finding a boat for Camellia

I started searching for a boat for Camellia as soon as I realized she was going to reach the island under her own steam, and not simply wash up on shore. It turns out, there aren’t a lot of boats… Continue Reading →

A sense of place

It turns out, from my cursory research, that the Isla la Tortuga is one of the few uninhabited tropical islands where my Camellia character can have her adventure. Tropical? Check (unlike just about any land mass off the US or… Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 02: Camellia’s Journey Begins

Camellia’s story starts mid-adventure, with a dark backstory that I don’t think I’ll everĀ  fully reveal. What lies in her future, only Camellia can say. While I create the storyline for the rest of my dolls, Camellia negotiates her own…. Continue Reading →

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