dollygood.news  Little Darlings!  May 19/16

This past week...

*4 Blog Posts on the Home page! 

May 12 New Little Darling Jiyoon

Jiyoon gets to know the Dolltowners!

May 14 Little Darling Adventures

First up...Xennia and Tink

May 17 Maggie and Jiyoon

Climbing trees to see the birds!

May 18 The Ellowynes

A few photos with the Dolltowners

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And...

*New Captioned Photos on Doll Talk

*Photos on the Gallery page

I love the Dolls Magazine!

It is fun to read about the doll designers, dressmakers, and current doll events.

There are several doll magazines: Fashion Doll, Art Doll, Doll World.... I love Haute Doll, with its focus on fashion dolls like Integrity and Kingdom dolls, and its fashion forward photo shoots.

But right now,  Dolls  is the only mag I subscribe to.

The Dolls magazine covers a variety of dolls, from OOAKs to playdolls. The photos and articles are lively and well done. There is always something new to learn. Even the doll ads are great!

The current edition, May/June 2016, focuses on "Ball Jointed Beauty" and features Liz Frost, Sophie Louis, Judy Porter, and Henry and Zofia Zawieruszynski. Liz Frost's Ruby, is on the cover (not pictured here). Cute!

The mag reports on the North American International Toy Fair, held in February.

There is also a great article on eye painting by April Norton. One on Ruby Red Galleria's Four Kindergartners. And another on the felt Lenci dolls. 

Lenci! Now that's another story!

This magazine is available in hardcopy, with issues arriving every two months. And you can also receive a digital edition if you subscribe for the print version. Or ONLY a digital edition...

Here's the link to the Dolls Magazine site.

You can get past issues!

Outdoor adventures!

The weather has been so good the Little Darlings all got changed to explore in our garden and out in the lane, the best place for a bike ride!

Xennie and Tink were lucky enough to go for a car ride to Aunty M's for a work day, sorting and hauling boxes from one place to another. However! It wasn't long before they escaped the work trailer and headed out to the river, then the big tree...

You girls get away from the river's edge!

See more photos of these two!

Jiyoon and Maggie headed up a tree right here in our garden, where we perch little birdhouses just for fun. With these noisy dolls around, we really don't expect any birds to settle in them. But I don't tell the dollies that. It's too much fun to watch them check inside the little houses to see if a bird family has moved in.

Photo story of Jiyoon, Maggie, and the birdhouses...

 

Wow! Lots of adventures this week! The Little Darlings had so much fun!

Tree climbing, bird watching, lying by the river... Xennia and Tink even had to be rescued by You-Know-Who after they hopped into a wire tree guard!

All the darlings were called back to the house though, to get ready for a party...

You-Know-Who is a member of a Facebook group that is celebrating a first year anniversary. The girls were invited! And they came to don their party frocks only to discover...there weren't any! 

Well, not enough, anyway...

So we had a bright idea! We asked Willow, a Dolltown Ellowyne, if we could play dress up with the beautiful Ellowyne fancy dresses!

Oh yes, she said. And before long our little darlings were all dressed ready for the FB party! Fun, fun, fun!

But before we post those cute dressup photos, we want to show you the rest of our outdoor adventure photos...

Keep an eye out this week on Hiya Dolly!

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Another chance to check out...

Books on Making Felt Dolls!

How cute!

My Felt Doll: 12 Easy Patterns for Wonderful Whimsical Dolls

By Shelly Down

$9.25US Kindle

$15.99US Paperback

 

The eagerly anticipated first book by popular toy designer Shelly Down, My Felt Dollshows sewers of all abilities how to make adorable soft dolls using the most basic of materials and skills.

 

With just felt sheets and a handful of simple notions, you will learn how to sew the simple yet delightful doll pattern and then discover 11 imaginative variations on the design, plus over 40 accompanying accessories – from a mermaid to a witch, from a princess to a superhero and from a ballerina to a bride – guaranteed to delight little girls everywhere.

 

With no hems to sew and all the stitching done by hand, My Felt Doll makes a great entry point to sewing dolls for beginners and even children.

 

Full-size templates make life easy – trace straight from the page with no need to enlarge.

Dolly Dingle Anti Stress Coloring Books for Adult Relaxation and Dingle Paper Doll Cutouts Color

Therapy

60 pages/28 Themes

by Grace Drayton

$23.50

 

(Does not ship to some Canadian locations)

 

From the Product Description

It's time to be calm! This 'Dolly Dingle' coloring book invites you to relax and explore the intricate and exquisite world of stress mending circular whimsical art. Stroke by stroke, shade by shade, tension and worries fade away as you transform its black and white lines into your own unique, personal and beautiful keepsake art piece. Also, you can play with paper Dingle dolls after you finished coloring. **Grace G. Drayton was an illustrator who created popular period comics Dolly Dingle and The Pussycat Princess. She created the "Campbell Soup Kids" advertising campaign and is probably best known for her popular Dolly Dingle paper dolls in the women's magazine Pictorial Review.

 

 

AND Postcards to color!

Dolly Dingle Stress Relieving Coloring Postcards Set...etc

40 Postcards

$17.50

 

(Does not ship to some Canadian locations)

 

From a review:

What an amazing deal for the price...40 postcards plus 4 pages of stickers, a totally different idea to color and personalize set of adorable dolls. I have always loved the "Campbell's Soup Kids" with their innocent chubby faces, so this caught my eye immediately. The paper is of a heavier weight, perfect for laying down and shading both pencil and pen easily. The added stickers are a lovely compliment to further personalize each picture. I am thrilled with my purchase, just what I needed to help me get through a cold Buffalo winter. In fact, I loved this so much that I am going back and purchasing the other book of dolls and their accompanying outfits. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this set to both beginner and advanced artists!!

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Also, there are links to...

4 books in The Doll People series!

Little Golden Books

These are older books but are still worth a read...

• the Kindle program on your computer or laptop
• the Kindle App on your smart phone or tablet. (includes iPhone and iPad)

Please link to my site, Hiya Dolly to go to these books on Amazon.

(I am an Amazon Affiliate and I post books I personally want or have read...)