Carnival session

..and today thoughts about carnival or more likely 'last years snow'...
or simply January 2017 entry for doll's forum calendar with Carnivals of the World - Rio de Janeiro doll (straight from the envelope....) You can read more about her (((here)))

I'm still quite satisfied with this photo shoot. It wasn't very well received but for me this mixed textures collage looks rather picturesque:-)

classic improvised feathered costume

 shine!

...different arrangement...

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Spanish Barbie revisited

Knowing what i know now - I revisited my Spanish Barbie 1991...

She is still my only doll with a Steffie mold and although I am appreciating and understand fascination she is way way too sweet and too 'dolly' for me...

It was a quick not-so-makeover. She is so hairtastic you cannot do that much...
her earrings are huge and dated but i don't dare to remove them (just yet).
Her tanned skin is rather orange unfortunately and head is tiny...

Her brown, green and black eyes must have been something in her golden days but they look dead and dolly to me... there is really no light in them...she is never really looking at you - therefore she is not fun to shoot...

At first I just wanted to spanish-her-down with a casual set of clothes...

...using happy family Grandma cardigan, my vintage handmade corduroy bodice and khaki canvas skirt.

This obviously didn't work that well with her bend arms so I gave her even older piece - floral jersey skirt from my childhood. Made by my mum from scrabs after her clients. 

I was so old i had to change the elastic. Warning: blurry pics!

Kept her original white knee length socks and added horse riding boots - they are more fun and style than any purple high-heels I own...

and its cute!

tbc

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Doll No 27

What a great number for one of the livliest girls in my, ekhem, collection...

Yet another tanned brunette and a serious eye opener.

Cause how could I live not knowing that there is other 'Oriental' and sooo ethnic sculpt than the vintage Kira/ Miko or the modern (japanese-pale) fashionista... oh wait, half of them is looking completely Pacific & Oceania to me, other half like Latinas..or maybe they are all Middleeasterns LOL 

or maybe only Mediterraneans;-) - she is so universa, see?

Anyway - thanks to this beauty I have reached bottom of internetz yet again and came to the surface with a great affection for a new-found, perfectely ethnically fluid Lea/Kayla <3

She is obviously perfect and it seems many (collectors) share my opinion and feelings... 

Cinamone skin tone, shiny, straight two toned dark dark brown hair, amazing fashionable, modern fringe, closed lips with lovely smile and deer-like eyes...

I can't believe I have been so fair and kept her closed in box all those MONTHS! Only for not to look at her all the time and to give chance to other friends - which i did in a chronological order on this blog!

Only recently I got more than a name - got her head in a spares lot - she still had blue thread on her head...

her outfit is sooo dissapointing and absolutely not reflecting her beauty... Sporty blue and white screams Fashion Fever like nothing else, seriously? (2005/2006)

cool shoes tho...

Its gonna be such a pleasure to restyle and shoot her!

 

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