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Faking a painted wall for a roombox: Using Photoshop to paint a wall

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 →

Building rooms for dolls: A place for my 1/3 scale Dollmore Manuier doll

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 →

Building a room for Rosie

In Rosie’s doll house, the central element in the room is the bed underneath the casement windows – this is where most of the adventuring begins and ends.

My Doll Adventure 06: Rosie’s Doll Adventure, Part 1

Rosie’s first real adventure begins, quietly enough, with trains, dolls, and a bedtime story. and then . . . to be continued in about 4 weeks when we return to Rosie’s story. First, great news! I managed to reattach the… 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 →

On not knowing anything

I learn for a living. I used to learn how to use software, and then write about it. More recently, I learn how other people use hardware and then report on it. I’ve become comfortable with not being an expert…. Continue Reading →

My Doll Adventure 01: Daisy’s adventure begins

Unlike the other dolls’ stories, I wanted to start Daisy’s adventure off slowly, with a day in the life. She’ll get her call to adventure soon, but right now she’s just a young women in a small town going about her day.

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