Dolltown.News 2015

dollygood.news Sept 17/15

Where it says "Read More"...there's nothing more to read!

What's New on Hiya Dolly....

This past week...

*Two new blog posts on the home page

Sept 11 Change Their Eyes

-Some dolls' eyes can be changed out-fun!

Sept 15 Waiting For Noddy

-Noddy's Ellowyne buddies wait for her to arrive but she is still waiting for her body switch procedure....

Bandy and Noddy are heading into different stages in their lives!

This post, with a photo slider story and also accounts of both Bandy and Noddy's serious decisions for change.

So Dolltown's Start Ups now have their own Blog and stories...

Please add comments!

*Additions to the Doll Talk page!

The bjd girls got new day dresses...

*Additions to the Doll Gallery!

-The Little Darlings have a picnic at the beach...

What's New in the Doll World...

I spent my Saturday morning reading dolly blogs. Fun and informative!
"Sharon in Spain" is a lively blog.
From Sharon's site:
"I'm a Brit living in my adopted country, Spain. This blog is really to share my hobbies, which include dolls, sewing, reading and chatting with friends...amongst other things!"
Sharon collects a variety of dolls, from bjd's to Little Darlings. But I definitely enjoyed her focus on Sasha dolls.
My family always had Sasha dolls in our book and gift store. And all 3 of my kids played with the boys and girls,and baby Sasha's. I liked how multi cultural they look and found it easy with them to teach my kids about different parts of the world.: "Sasha dolls were created by the late Sasha Morgenthaler, a Swiss artist and artisan. She was also a humanitarian and a keen observer of all the world's children. Her vision was to create dolls that represented and reflected the spirit of children of all races and cultures during their age of innocence."; Sharon gives information about her different dolls and shows her sewing other useful skills, and recently offered a tutorial on How to make a lambswool wig for your doll.....photo heavy!; Thanks, Sharon, for the photo and for a good read! I'll be back!; Also...; I joined the directory at, Doll Chat and have several more subscribers through them.; Welcome new subscribers! Interesting where people come from!

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What's New in the Fashion World at Dolltown...

The bjd dolls got their dresses from Pachom today.

What was great was the 3 DIFFERENT styles for them. I was just expecting one style so I was really happy with Pachom when she sent these.

For better photos, keep your eye on Hiya Dolly this week. There's one already on Doll Talk. And more to come...

Also, the Little Darlings had their last beach picnic on the Labour Day weekend early in September. It was hot here so the bathing suits and shorts were still in use.

So, now it's school clothes time. Stay tuned.

Miley's Musings...

Hi Everyone!

Well, You Know Who posted another captioned story this week. I thought for a week or two that we were going into silent photo stories.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...every photo tells a story.

The new story is about the Ellowynes waiting for their friend Noddy, who is planning to switch out her body with another Prudence Ellowyne, Bandy...

I am waiting to hear what happens.

I haven't even met Noddy and yet there's quite a buzz about her decision to go flat footed. And Bandy...well, that's another story. But I don't know if we'll see much of her here in Dolltown if she moves to The City after her body change!

We'll see what happens!

Chat soon!

I am who I am.

That's all for now!

Check the site hiyadolly.com this week

for new posts, photos and stories.

Thanks to my loyal email subscribers!

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More Christmas Dresses

For more photos see my Flickr albums.

And my hiyadolly.com Pinterest board.

And our new Hiya Dolly Facebook Fan Page!

What's New on Hiya Dolly....

This past week...

Most of my time this week was spent adding Disqus comment codes to the Hiya Dolly site...we are on the brink of success!

*1 blog post on the Home page:

Nov 23 Dolltown Community Dolls

A slideshow of several of our Dolltown dolls...

Add comments to the blog post! Thanks!

*Several Captioned photos on Doll Talk

*New Photos on the Gallery page

Ana's Alphabet Book A to Z live on Amazon...

Dollies in an Alphabet Book

A for Ana...Z for Zoey

Read More on Hiya Dolly!

What's New in the Doll World...

This week, I explored puppets with my Constructive Criticism Director. We researched hand puppets but especially marionettes.

Marionettes, basically puppets on strings or wires, have been around for a long time, at least as far back as 2000 BC. in Egypt, Greece, Italy, and others.

They are made with a lot of different materials.

We saw marionettes of all sizes, made out of cloths, woods, resins, and clays.

We watched videos of marionettists with their puppets, amusing crowds on streets and in theatres on elaborate stages.

Did you know there are full length ballets and operas enacted by casts of elaborately dressed puppets?

Serious to funny, these puppets are a source of fascination as soon as they come to life...

Just looking at them, the ideas for stories start flooding in.

They look like they would fit right in here in Dolltown.

We want one. Or more.

Now, if I could persuade our CC Director to manipulate those strings...

I'll get him one for Christmas.

Now, should I choose the jester? the witch? the ship's captain?

We'll see!

What's New in Fashion in Dolltown...

Christmas dresses!

The girls are changing from the cute jumpers made by Kalen at kalendesigns on eBay, to some festive clothes for a special Christmas photo shoot.

We have some great doll dressmakers to talk about this next week!

So be sure to visit Hiya Dolly to check the links for jumpers, Christmas smocked dresses, cozy tights, and knit dresses!

Click here to see Hiya Dolly's fun dolly book about letter sounds.

Ana's Alphabet Book A to Z

What's happening in Dolltown?

Miley's Musings...

Here's our Director of Constructive Criticism himself, wondering what to do with the dolls that sneak into the house and take over the chairs.

Dolltown is set in a corner of The Garden. But there is a constant stream of dolls going back and forth to the house, for clothing changes, informal photo shoots, social events, TV watching, and overnighters.

(And the closer you are to the front door the more likely it is that you'll be taken for a car ride.)

You Know Who has been so focused on her Hiya Dolly web work, talking constantly to Support people about new comment streams for our Dolltown site, that CCofD has had to dollsit. And that means he has had to move the dollies from place to place all week just to make a space to sit down himself....

He had no idea how much work it is. He's just glad he doesn't have to cook for us all! He has a lot more respect now for You Know Who...

His constructive criticism has...softened slightly. His tone of voice, when talking about us, is...warmer.

I even heard the two of them talking, collaboratively, about puppets. What?

Can't wait to hear more about that!

A real marionette in Dolltown?

I'd kind of like that ship's captain myself. Quite dashing!

Chat soon!

I am who I am...

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Lula.Star...Instagram Page!!

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Season's Greetings!

For more photos see my Flickr albums.

And my hiyadolly.com Pinterest board.

And our Hiya Dolly Facebook Fan Page!

And now our Instagram DolltownInc page!

And Lula's Instagram page... Lula.Star

What's New on Hiya Dolly....

This past week...

*2 blog posts on the Home page:

Dec

Dec 20 Books at Christmas...with Dolls!

Some favorite authors and books

Dec 21 Lula Star in Australia!

Lula has her own Instagram page!

Add comments to the blog posts! Thanks!

*Lots of Captioned Photos on Doll Talk

*Lots of new Photos on the Gallery page

*Disqus comment capabilities have been added to most posts on Hiya Dolly!

Ana's Alphabet Book A to Z live on Amazon...

Dollies in an Alphabet Book

A for Ana...Z for Zoey

That's all for now!

Check the site hiyadolly.com this week

for new posts, photos and stories.

*****Thanks to my loyal email subscribers!***

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