Sky Blue for Skye...

At the weekend Skye reminded me that I'd not yet made her a summer dress as I'd promised, so I quickly sewed up this simple summer 'shift' type dress in two lovely blue and white fabrics that I recently bought.  I love blue and white, they are easily my favourite colours together, and I am happy with how this little dress turned out.  I think it goes very well with her eyes, bringing out the beautiful blue of the handpainting....she really is a very pretty girl, wouldn't you agree! :)

Introducing a new girlie!

A new little girl came to live here in Spain with us, she arrived yesterday and as yet remains unnamed but we have a few ideas up our sleeves, so it won't be long, hopefully, before she tells me her chosen name.

She is a 1969 girl with a short fringe which Shelly said would have been done by the factory, and she came wearing this sweet dress by Molly, but it needs a bit of freshening up...but because I didn't anticipate adopting her whilst we are down here at the coast, I don't have any spare outfits for her to try out, so for now she will wear this pretty dress. 

She has had a wash and I've conditioned her hair.  Unfortunately her hair was quite dry on the ends so I decided to cut it into a bob....I hope you'll agree that it looks really lovely and soft now, so although it was a bit 'scary' making that first cut, I'm happy that I took the plunge!

Oh! Her name just came to me whilst I was typing this.....it's Skye!  Sorry for so many photos of her, I couldn't choose, so decided to include them all!!!

Her hair parting is almost 'off centre' .... 

Here she is with Wren, my 1969 Kilt Sasha...another reason I wasn't too concerned about cutting Skye's hair.  They look very similar but different as well, if that makes sense!!  I think Skye's irises are more 'outlined'  and round, whereas Wren's are more oblate,  but I feel that both girls have equally beautiful eye paint.

A semi-profile to show just how nice and thick her hair is...

 A portrait in sepia....

Thank you for stopping by and welcoming Skye! :) 

Lyric tries out being a redhead....

Amongst all the fuss of the new arrival, Lyric wanted to try out a red wig.  She's a little put out that another 60s Gotz Slate Eyes Blond has arrived, so she wants to be different. 

I already had this particular wig, a synthetic mohair Monique Gold Geneva in Carrot Red, and decided to cut it into a short bobbed style for Lyric.  I do like the longer hair but because the Monique Gold wigs are so soft, they do tend to get untidy quickly.  I'm going to leave this wig on her for a while and see what I think because maybe I'll reroot her in a similar shade later on.

Ellory....

Today was Ellory's turn to get some attention, and along with that she got a new outfit.  Well a new kilt actually, as I'd already made the polo neck jumper and long striped stockings a while back, she'd just been waiting on the skirt.

Here she is looking out the window as the sun started to go down:

 

And here is her full outfit from the front.  She has teamed it with some lovely red leather boots by Ruthsdolls:

Unfortunately the kilt is slipping down a bit because poor Ellory doesn't have any knickers on.....she's a bit of an exhibitionist really....I don't know where she gets it from!!!!  But I will get around to making her some underwear one of these days, especially now that the weather is a bit cooler!!!

Ellory likes to 'travel', she is, however, just an 'armchair' traveller, but she enjoys herself all the same.  (I found this on a photo site, so thought it would be fun to use her photo on here!).

Changing the subject entirely, Santa Claus came early here again this year and here is what he has left for me!!!  A lovely new bike!  Well I think the reason 'he' comes here early is because my hubby thinks if he gets in early with a particular idea for me, I won't ask for another doll!!!!

Yes, it is a bike!!!  (in case you didn't guess!! ;) )  I've been wanting one for ages!  Well originally I had wanted a moped or scooter but we found that the insurance was really high, so a push-bike it is!  I also got a helmet and a gel seat!  I'm delighted with it all and will keep it down here at the coast as it is much flatter.  The bike is called a 'town bike'....or as my son called it "an OLD LADIES bike!"...blooming cheek!  But I know what he means!  When I look at it, I'm reminded of Mrs Gulch, the neighbour of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz....see what I mean?  (Please excuse all the fallen leaves that are waiting to be swept up....I don't even have the excuse that I'm in Kansas and there's been a tornado, do I!!!!)

Now all I need is a big basket on the back for the Chihuahuas!!!

Ellory models a new outfit!

Ellory wanted a new outfit more in keeping with her style.  So I made her this A line mini skirt with matching waistcoat and a brown tee shirt.  She added her brown leather sandals and wants me to make her a big, hairband and necklace....which I will get to eventually!  (Waistcoat is made using Ted Mentons pattern which is soooo easy to use!)