Happy New Year, Everyone!

May 2014 bring you many smiles and much good cheer.

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Candygears Rocks!

This is a new photo of Mr.Have and Clean Slate by Candygears.

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See Candygears solo San Francisco, California, art show here:

http://www.moderneden.com/collections/vergissmeinnicht

A Note from Redastor

Redastor, Yves Manning, is an Ozian Queen.  When one encounters her fabulous work, one is instantly transported along with the often strange creature she has created through the gates of far-off, hard to glimpse, Fairyland.  Yves is a master of whimsy and wonder;  she is a constant delight to me as a friend.

As I prepare for this year's UFDC  doll competition, I ponder Yves' words of encouragement. The other night, we were talking about making art for the masses.  We believe that our responsibility is to make it be thrilling and transportative.

As I hold it dear, I thought I would share her reply with you.

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There is just not enough fairy tale in this world, you and I QC are really story weavers, secret children still wandering in our magical realms of enchantment.
The blue hairs, the wrinkly stockings and even just the horribly oppressed need a hint of the possible otherworldliness to keep their souls from being eaten by the big black dogs of a very harsh planet, we just throw out our metaphorical violin cases while the pennies roll and the smiles creep to their faces and warm the cockles of wearied wizened tired old hearts.
It does not matter if it is a card or a doll as long as it's Imbued with the dust of a thousand dreams.......

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Christy for the Dollshe Win!

Mr.Dollshe offered a doll of choice to the winner of his tenth anniversary essay contest.  Christy Johnson, who painted Weeener, has won.

Congratulations Christy! ♥

Read her award winning essay here:
http://irisshell.blogspot.com/2013/12/dollshes-10th-anniversary-decade-in.html

Baby Chloe's Spa Treatment

Baby Chloe has been visiting Lachlana for a complete re-do and freshening up.  When she left, she had long green hair on her head and shiny peacock feathers on her sparkly glass encrusted hooves.

Here is what Lachlana just sent me:

Here's a shot of the little one on one of her hoof-soaking baths today...

She wants me to tell you--no more glass gluing sessions.  LOL

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Find Lachlana's flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/100929788@N05/page1/

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Merry Christmas 2013!

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How to Wrap a Cat for Christmas

Turn of the Century Dolls in Denver

Showcase Jack in the Plucker

Read about the model here:
http://sergeantblackart.com/2013/11/21/showcase-jack-in-the-plucker/

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Banner

Use your mouse to enjoy this:
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/314/d/e/banner_website_v03_by_davedonut-d6tpi0q.swf

I found it way too amusing.

Dracula 2006

Watch the complete film here:

Thank you!

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Show Your Joe

Maleficent

The Story Behind Lobsters

“The story behind lobsters
is that they weren’t thought of as cuisine
until the 19th century. Before that 
they were considered peasant food, 
and most often served in prisons.

The story behind diamonds
is that they were just rocks until 1938
when there was a marketing campaign
that forever linked them with love.

The story about you is that you thought
I was so much more than I was.

The story behind art 
is that it’s never a masterpiece
until it’s already been sold.
Once it already belongs to someone else.

The story behind us
is that once you finally had me, you had
no idea what I was worth.”

— Clementine von Radics, “The Story Behind Lobsters”

International Doll Salon

In Moscow.

Alice for the ipad

For Leslie

Tumblr

Edgar, my pink poodle, is permitted to use my magic mirror so that he can keep up with his friends.  If you wish to view his adventures and spy on what he uses it for, please visit the Tumblr here:
http://catcara.tumblr.com/

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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Season premiere is October 10th, 2013 on ABC.

Bathhouse

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Dolphin

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Fairy

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Cottage Cheese Tomato Salad

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Snow

The Fox

Book Edge

Chinese Puppets

For Patty

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Cat Wearing a Shark Costume Cleans the Kitchen

Moth

A Venezuelan Poodle Moth.
Photo by Dr. Arthur Anker.

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A Gift from Rose

Rose is a fabulous miniaturist.  She made the box and all of its contents.

Ballerina

The Cats

he Cats By H. P. Lovecraft

Babels of blocks to the high heavens tow’ring,       Flames of futility swirling below; Poisonous fungi in brick and stone flow’ring,       Lanterns that shudder and death-lights that glow. Black monstrous bridges across oily rivers,       Cobwebs of cable by nameless things spun; Catacomb deeps whose dank chaos delivers       Streams of live foetor, that rots in the sun. Colour and splendour, disease and decaying,       Shrieking and ringing and scrambling insane, Rabbles exotic to stranger-gods praying,       Jumbles of odour that stifle the brain. Legions of cats from the alleys nocturnal,       Howling and lean in the glare of the moon, Screaming the future with mouthings infernal,       Yelling the burden of Pluto’s red rune. Tall tow’rs and pyramids ivy’d and crumbling,       Bats that swoop low in the weed-cumber’d streets; Bleak broken bridges o’er rivers whose rumbling       Joins with no voice as the thick tide retreats. Belfries that blackly against the moon totter,       Caverns whose mouths are by mosses effac’d, And living to answer the wind and the water,       Only the lean cats that howl in the waste!

Carousel Horses

Read this fascinating and informative account on the history of Carousel Horses entitled, "Where Have the Carousel Animals Gone?"
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/where-have-the-carousel-animals-gone-antique-merry-go-rounds-fight-extinction/

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The Sneetches

On Art

"Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul."
                                         
                                                                     - Edgar Allen Poe

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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

I based Silence off of one of the characters in this movie.  Watch the full film here:

Golden Park Program

If you are a New York State resident 62 or older, on any weekday (except holidays), you can obtain...

Free vehicle access to state parks, boat launch sites, and arboretums.

Read more here:  http://nysparks.com/admission/golden-park-program.aspx

Stars

Suiseiseki

Bring On the Dancing Horses

Cinderella

Watch the whole film here:
 

Pussywillows

Bad Apple

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Race Car

Spider

Automata

Jack

Brom's  character, Jack.

Paint by Lachlana.
Photo by Lachlana.

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Jack is a Simply Divine Thomas head on a Spiritdoll Proud  Version 1 body.

His hair is eclipse21.

Ever After High

Love Wins Over Glamour

La La Love

I Will Dance

Frog Time

A friend passed me these frogs.  I love them.  They were found here.

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Thank you, Lyn!

Amazing in Motion - 'Steps'

Doll Fanciers' Photos 2013

The pictures from the recent Doll Fanciers' Show are here:  https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/101531842926752824511/albums/5843028862030864801

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Capri, dressed as "Little Red Riding Hood", won a Blue Ribbon in her class and went on to win a ribbon as "Best in Show".

Capri was painted by Cheryl Austin/SDink.

Thank you, dear Doll Fanciers for loving Capri!

Orchid

Orchid in her award winning dress as she appeared in the Fabric Exposition.

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Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters

Old London Streets 1903

A Beautiful Little Doll for You

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Doll Fanciers Doll Show

The show is coming up on Sunday, January 27th 2013.  See the article here: http://patchogue.patch.com/blog_posts/doll-teddy-bear-collectible-toy-show-sunday-january-27-2013-patchogue-doll-fanciers-club

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Castaways Doll Forum

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Looking for a place to 'talk dollies'?

Find Castaways Doll Forum here.

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See the boots on the little girl on the chair?

Val Zeitler now has those in Dollstown18 size.

Yes, you can get them directly from Val.

My Best Day Ever

Doodle yours for Google.  Kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to participate.

She Creature

A modern mermaid movie in the 1950's style.  Watch the full film here: http://youtu.be/XR7v7Bw0MEI

Titanium

Nina's Antipasto

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Each year at Christmas time, Nina does a rather magnificent sit down dinner for twenty-eight of her cousins. Part of the tradition includes her antipasto salad. Her homemade dressing is the secret to making it scrumptious.  Crushed fresh garlic is the dressing's most important ingredient.

The dressing is prepared fresh and chilled and is poured on just before it is served.

What you need:

Salami
Pepperoni
Artichokes
Pickled mushrooms
Black olives
Green olives
Iceberg Lettuce

The dressing:

1 tablespoon grated cheese
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon basil
1 garlic clove crushed
salt
pepper
1/4 cup red vinegar
1/8 cup water

5/8 cup olive oil

Annie Chovy

FeralWorks did Annie Chovy. 

 This is FeralWorks' original photo of her.

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Find FeralWorks here:  http://feralworks.tumblr.com/

Happy New Year!

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