PALM SPRINGS VACATION; Summer 2011 with my GIRLS

MY BIRTHDAY is in JULY, so I LOVE SUMMER ...

Took my GIRLS ... all of them ... on a ROAD TRIP to PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA !!!

ROAD TRIP !!!

I made all my girls "matching" ... but different" sundresses JUST for this trip to PALM SPRINGS

I had little toddler size sun-dresses that I got at the dollar store, in GREEN, BLUE, and ORANGE,

So I made each of them in different styles ...

Just some fun photo shoots we had ... Granted, at this time, I had not studied as much about the photography of my specific camera  ... Canon G10 ... so these shots are just not that great ...  Plus the fact that I felt "rushed" and hurried for these shoots ... and I do not like the way they look like "dolls" ... just stiff-limbed items placed in a frame.


HOPEFULLY when it comes time to sell my fashions, I will be able to do a better job :)

ENTERING PALM SPRINGS ... There is an awesome PALM SPRINGS sign
I just had to stop ....
even though it was about 110 degrees!
And of COURSE all the girls kept falling over ... It was quite horrible actually
but I HAD TO GET THAT PICTURE !!!

TOO, this is on the MAIN HIGHWAY with all the traffic going by ... !!!

My Little NENETL ...

PHOTO SHOOT

I took pics of all the girls together in their Summer White crochet dresses

and each one separately ...

This is my ADG Aztec Arrival Blythe:  NENETL

After her major hair cut, too.

I TRIED to get the "yellow tint" out of this pic ... but NOPE ...

This is MOLLY

(my Little Big Eyes; Grape hair doll)

This is KIRSTYN; 

She is wearing Barbie pearly-white ankle boots

My little LENA

in her new Disney Fairy body

(that is why her dress looks so huge on her ...)

 

BERTHA BELLE:

Little Big Eyes Lemon Hair Doll

EmAly EriKa:

At least I LIKE the way she is posed in this pic ...

(she is my 2nd Little Big Eyes Grape hair doll;

now wearing her ash-blonde extensions)

AshLeigh: 

Wearing a crochet mini-dress,

 over a tube skirt (which is actually a dime-store tube-headband, that I cut to size)

Jay~Anna:

Her hair looks SO BRIGHT in this pic ..

she, too, has her NEW Disney Fairy body.

She is wearing one of the "Bridesmaids" dresses I am working on;

re-purposed from a white lacy knit top; I added crochet at top and scallopped edging at bottom)

CAYLEE CAMRYN CANE:

She has the Blybe body now; 

I replaced her spindly limb body (CCE)

She is also wearing one of my "Bridesmaid" dresses

I am working on ...

 

MY GIRLS:

WHAT a weird picture ...

I was RUSHED at this time, trying to hurry and place them all...

I simply do NOT like the way they all look dis-jointed,

I have SO MUCH to learn !!!

 

AshLeigh

(with resin bulldog)

 

KIRSTYN

 

BERTHA BELLE

 

EmAly EriKa

 

LENA

 

NENETL

There was a cool TREE outside,

so I attempted more photo shoots ...

MOST of the photos I do not like, so am only posting a few ...

This one is JAY~ANNA

 

THE GREEN SERIES:

(I made all the girls little "matching" sundresses for this trip ...)

 

LENA ...

Crochet sidetrack

Inbetween trying to get my dolly "models" ready to be presentable with their little dolly make-overs, I do occasionally take little side-trips, when my friends and family have occasions to celebrate ...

Here are some of my crochet creations I have made specifically for each person, for their specific event so far this year of 2011 ...


My girlfriend's daughter had her Quincenera in May, so I made her this little mini-version of her ballgown:




It is a halter style dress, hanging on its own tiny little silver clothes hanger,
embellished with a floral motif.
(actual dress BELOW:)



I also have a friend who celebrated her birthday in JUNE, so I made her one of my copyright BIRTHSTONE CUPCAKES, featuring Birthstone for June:  PEARL

BIRTHSTONE cupcake pictured here with Little Lamb,
and with Jay~Anna, my Little Big Eyes (Blythe clone) DOLL

In APRIL, I made a little sweater ornament for my friend who LOVES red ... she just doesn't play with dolls like I do, so I made it "ornament style":

These too will be offered for sale for BLYTHE (and like) DOLLS,
another one of my original copyright Swan Love DESIGNS

This SHAMROCK CUPCAKE was created for my niece, who is our very own Family LEPRECHAUN, as she was not only born on St. Patrick's Day, but ... she has RED HAIR! 

She (my niece) also likes sock monkeys, for some reason ?, and at Christmas time, I told her I would make her one.  I think he turned out SO CUTE!  This is my own pattern:





WONDERING if perhaps I should offer these up for sale ...
I DID take a picture of him WITH one of my
Little Big Eyes dolls ... it is just about that size ... hmmm ?



Like an over-size stuffed animal for Blythe type dolls.


In February, my Daughter's Mother had a birthday, and I made her an "Amethyst Birthstone" cupcake:

The "candle" is just a rolled up piece of scrapbook paper,
and the "flame" is just a craft pom-pom  :)

FEBRUARY is also VALENTINE'S DAY, and since I am probably my only Valentine, I made these little pins to wear to work that day (they are a tiny bit over 1 inch in diameter):

I also have quite a few people in my life who celebrate their Birthday in JANUARY ... A male co-worker;  a female co-worker;  my nephew, and my new Daughter (okay, she is my "Daughter-in-Law", but I like the term DAUGHTER much more :)

I made this for my male co-worker:
It is my own copyright design;  a FOOTBALL (FACE) SWEATER
which I inserted a store-bought car-room-drawer freshner card,
so he could not only use it where he wanted to,
but when it runs out of fragrance,
he can replace it with his own preference.



This is the FRONT and TOP VIEW of the
JANUARY CUPCAKE I made.
GARNET is Birthstone for JANUARY, so I used garnet color yarn,
and I added little "confetti" sprinkles,
which are actually tiny little brads used for scrapbooking.
Added the face too, of course :)



For this little mini-BIRTHDAY CAKE, I used an actual version of a pattern.
It did not come out as well as it could have,
but I gave it to my friend anyway ;)
It is sitting on top of an upturned wine goblet stem/bottom.

NOW, I really must return to the business of INTRODUCING my newly made-over little models, and then start crocheting like MAD, so that I can open my new on-line storefront.  Hopefully there will be interest in my designs and items I plan to offer for (mostly) Blythe Doll lovers :)