Some Chat n Snap purchases.....and gifts :)

When I was at the Chat n Snap, I realised that I'd concentrated more on the 'chat' part than the 'snap' part.....which was fortunate for my wallet, but not so great for my dolls.  Several times I headed in the direction of the stalls that I wanted to look at, only to get sidetracked and end up forgetting where I was headed!!!   But I have to say I don't really have any complaints,  it WAS lovely to meet up with people I've only spoken to on line before! 

So I made very few purchases, but what I did buy I'm very happy with.

Firstly I managed to nab one of Sarah's lovely Vintage Sasha outfits.  I chose this pretty coral dress and shorts sets and decided to team it with some striped socks (instead of the white ones it came with) and brown Ruthsdolls shoes.  I would like the dress with different coloured shoes so will need to invest in a different, more appropriate colour, at some point.  Even though Nuria attended the CnS with me, she still managed to be the first to try this outfit out for size :)

I bought this set from Dolly Doodles, Lindt tried it for size and is happy with the pale pink as she thinks it suits her colouring:

 

I also bought one of the DD gillets and a beanie hat, both items of clothing are being modelled by Emilio, who looks super in red and they go really well with his grey shorts and 'Granada' tee shirt:

 

I got some gorgeous pressies too from lovely Sasha friends.  I've not photographed them all yet but did change one of my girls, Millie, my first Sasha, into this lovely 'one off' Ruthsdolls set which was a generous gift from Steve.  Doesn't she look pretty in this!

I will hopefully take more 'gift' photos this week and share them asap :)

Connor gets a new pedal car....

Connor, my little Natterer boy, so wanted to take his new pedal car into the garden now that Christmas is over, but it had been drizzling over night and the garden was quite damp, so he had to play in the hall!  The other boys all wanted to admire it and even have a go at driving it, but unfortunately they are all a bit too big to fit in!

Everyone is standing around waiting for "the off!"....

L to R: Sylvia Natterer Ewe by Gotz, Jack, Alex, Connor (Natterer by White Balloon), Devlin and Emilio

New Year, New Hair...for Emilio!

Today my mum and brother went back to the UK, so I am now able to take the time to reveal Emilio's new hair cut.  As those who read my blog will remember, a couple of weeks ago he visited my hairdressers and she cut it up to his shoulders, but it was all one length and I wanted some layers in it, so I took the bull by the horns....or should that be "the doll by the neck"? and did my best to layer it!  I'm no hairdresser, as I've said many times, but I am quite happy with how it's come out....it's sort of boyish and choppy!  And despite what the photos look like, it is in fact level both sides!!!   I hope you like it!!

Lovely grey cable sweater knitted by my mum!

A trip to the hairdressers...

This morning I had an appointment at the hairdressers so thought I'd take Emilio along with me, just in case Loli, my lovely hairdresser, had time to cut his hair for me.  When she'd finished with mine and there were no other clients there, she made a start on him.  She was really nervous about cutting all his long hair off after all my work rerooting him, but I told her to go ahead.....what's the worse that could happen!!!  Anyway, her scissors wouldn't cut his hair that well, they're made for real human hair after all, but she did cut quite a chunk off.   I think I might try putting some layers in one day, but for now he is wearing his beanie and hoping that his hair will lay flat eventually!!!

Rerooting...On a roll!

After a very slow start yesterday, today I've been really working well with the rerooting of Emilio's head!  I put a few plugs into the fringe area yesterday but thought better of that, so today I've started at the crown and worked from there.  I'd say that I got about 20% done today, AND never broke any needles after the two I broke last night!!  This time I've been careful not to make the plugs too thick, and I have to say that's coming on nicely!  I hope it won't take me as long as it did last time to finish the other reroot!  The problem I have now is I just want to stop doing anything else and keep going with it, but I have so many other things to do that I'm going to have to be very disciplined with myself! :)  Oh and when he's finally done, the next challenge will be to cut his hair in a boy style.....I only know how to do one style, a bob, and that really isn't going to suit him!!!  I might have to take him to my hairdresser and see if she can work her magic on him for me!!

In the meantime, I found I had an audience whilst I was working!!!  I expect these two are a little worried that they're next, bearing in mind that they're both previously brunette wigged kids! 

Jack and Bailey