CHRISTMAS with MY GIRLS ... 2011

Merry Christmas Season !!!

So many MAGICAL things have been happening this year ! I would like to HOPE that I had at least a part of the * magic * that is happening, in that, I have been WORKING my a** off, all year ... not only at my job, but at my ultimate goal of getting to a point where I have enough inventory of items to open my etsy shop!

WHICH I DID ... in November :)

I opened my shop with my awesome TURKEY DRESSES FOR BLYTHE ... which no one purchased.

For some reason, I am not going to take this personally ... I mean, these people don't even know me  ... YET ... and I must be patient, and just keep plugging away, little by little .... Keep in contact with as many as possible on etsy ... on this blog ... on flickr ... and maybe some day, I will list just that "right" fashion that will catch on ... THEN, I can re-offer my little Turkey dresses ...  I did not offer them for SALE, at a reduced price, because I worked really hard on them, and .... there is always Thanksgiving 2012 ...

I then listed my CHRISTMAS FASHIONS .... Little Santa Dresses with full ice-skating dress type skirts, and little belts in black shiny pleather, with gold or rhinestone buckles ... and little Santa Coat styles ... and Angel Dresses with real white feather wings (which I made into PINS, because I thought if I attached them to the dress ... the customer would not be able to wash the dress, OR be able to use the dress again, and SINCE the Angel Dresses are ALL WHITE ... again, using the basic dress over and over again, adorned with any sort of Holiday colors, the possibilities are endless.

I think that would be the attraction of ALL my fashions ... my little TULLE BOW dresses, can have so many different possibilities AFTER they receive them!  They can put ribbon through the buckles, and different colors of tulle ... I even offer them to the customers ...

Made a couple of visits back to PALM SPRINGS, to visit my Mom ... who had complete knee replacement surgery!  She is such a trooper,and I am proud to be her daughter, coming from such strong stock and resilient genes!  Our other sister had brought her a Christmas Tree, a small but beautiful flocked one, SO, I took advantage of that photo opportunity,and posed a few of my girls "under the tree" ...

 L. to R.  Nenetl Nenetl;  Lena LaRosse;  Bertha Belle;  Hollister Harmonica
ALL wearing SWAN LOVE DESIGN dresses
Knee-Thigh socks and lace ankle-socks:  from ebay
Hollister is wearing a special little Holiday Mini-Dress I made:  Angel Face Dress with Angel Wings on back;  Her lacy leggings are made by me :)
All shoes are also "made" by me:  Stock mary-janes, painted and/or glittered;  Stock Barbie boots that I attached fur trim and white satin ribbon/bows.

Hollister Harmonica, my ADG Pleasant Peasant

 Nenetl Nenetl (ADG Aztec Arrival) and Bertha Belle (my Little Big Eyes) ... wearing their CHRISTMAS RED Party Dresses :)

LOVE these little LACE EDGE SOCKS, and the Ruby Slippers I made :)

Little BERTHA BELLE and HOLLISTER HARMONICA 

December 2011 ~ UPDATES !

LAST POST:  November 4, 2011 ...

I finally opened my etsy shop ... YAY !!!

I have been busy with photo shoots, listings, a few sales, and even more CREATING!

I have also received a NEW GIRL!!!  I got her for such a great price, and of course, I LOVE HER!!!


She is an Ashton Drake Galleries (ADG) Pleasant Peasant, with the most gorgeious BLONDE HAIR, with a right-side part.  She is probably NOT going to receive any customization from me, except PERHAPS a gaze correction ???  We shall see .....

Introducing:  HOLLISTER HARMONICA

She is just SO BEAUTIFUL !!!

I have to admit ... I DID add a row of eyelashes to her stock plastic ones, that seem to bug me ... the way they just jut out, straight, no personality ... And I didn't even glue them on ... I just sort of "placed" them there on the top of her existing lashes   (thus, in some pictures, you can see where they have slipped ... oops!)


In all these photos, HOLLISTER is wearing MY DESIGNS ~  Available now at my little etsy shop, named "Swan Love Designs".

I have made a lot of simple little dresses, but added a silver or gold-tone buckle (metal, not plastic) and added a length of coordinating or contrasting TULLE .... which I make into an OVERSIZE DRAMATIC BOW ... which could be worn in the front, or the back .... and also, the tulle can be replaced with different color tulle, AND/OR ... even ribbon!  The possibilities for these dresses to change their appearance is ENDLESS!

HERE is Hollister with her ADG Sister:  NENETL  (ADG Aztec Arrival):

(They are my etsy girl models, of course !)