Newer Candy projects

Well, I've been keeping busy making new items every day, some for sale and some for my own dolls. The biggest project still on paper and not yet started is a dollhouse/diorama for Candies and my other dolls that go with them. I need a better way to display my collection, but because these dolls are much larger than, say, Barbies, they need something custom made to accomodate them. While this project is still more or less a dream, I've started on the furniture and accessories that would go into the future dollhouse. Luckily, Hobby Lobby has a few unfinished wooden furniture pieces for larger dolls. I have bought a cupboard (yet needs finishing! Pics later...) and this chest of drawers which I finished in pecan varnish.

I found this cute whicker chair at an antique store a few months ago. In this picture is a little setup I made for one of my Candies's Valentine's Day display:

There is a cross-stitched oriental rug in the making - a lengthy project, but well worth the trouble when it's finished. Plus, I am almost done with a beautiful white bed for one of the 11 and 1/2 " children dolls by Madame Alexander who will join the Candies in their future dollhouse. Pictures of all these will be coming soon....




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Meanwhile, Eliza and Amber decided to head to a Fine Arts Museum to look at one particular painting of the two of them as young girls spending summers by the sea. (The painting is oil on canvas, painted by my husband ((nothing to do with the dolls, but I thought would serve as a nice prop for pictures)): http://edwardhilder.com ) He is also the one who created the lighting for these pictures and photographed the two dolls for me. The outfits in the pictures are made by me, so is the jewelry. Eliza is Bonnie Bride doll by Deluxe Reading who is identical to Candy Fashion, except she is not as poseable. There is more information about these dolls in links to the right. I made some changes to the Bonnie Bride doll by piercing her ears and replacing her hair with the wig you see in the pictures.

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I put lots of love into each item I make, and sometimes it is hard to let them go. But the idea that someone else is enjoying them makes me very happy. This is a couple of items I recently sold that I absolutely enjoyed making.


"Rosebuds" night gown & robe set:

"Lavender & Lace" earrings and necklace: