I had a good 4th of July vacation and hope that anyone reading this did the same. Actually I painted a doll and just chilled out. I had to take a few more pictures of my dolls. Just had to.

I was in the dollar store and often I saw these little ornamental figures like elves and animals. I walked by them several times and wished I had one, but thought I have other things to do and don't need more things. One day there was one last dog figurine and I knew that It would be gone next time I stopped. I thought how good that would look with my Barbie Style. It was only a dollar. I bought it.

Here is a picture of the dollar store dog with Barbie Style. I had to do this and don't know what possesses me. I was so excited about fixing my broken Barbie I forgot that she does have pose-able feet and can wear flats too. I think this is what got me into collecting articulated and ball-jointed dolls. Dolls just weren't that good when I was a girl. 

 I love how the dog looks like he's posing for the photo. I'm not sure what kind of dog he is but I love him.

 The doll I painted was a 17 inch tall Madeline Hatter. I got this doll maybe a couple of years ago and she was pretty nice just like she was out of the box. I just wanted to practice painting dolls some more. I wanted to try the dress on my resin BJD too--doll chateau Elizabeth doll. Everything takes time and now I get around to doing some of the things that cross my mind when I am busy.

I pierced Madeline's ears too. She didn't come with pierced ears. I braided her hair to keep it back and because I didn't really like her hair from the start. I really like it braided, so when I get her dressed, I am going to finish fixing her hair and make her some nice jewelry to go with her purple and blue theme. I cleaned all the paint off of her but her mouth, I just loved the lip color. I had purple lashes to go on her but decided to stay with painted ones. I got so carried away with the lashes I am not sure the purple will work now. I sealed her with my usual Krylon spray and then a resin gloss to the lips and eyes. 

 Madeline has shorter legs and torso than Elizabeth.

 The dress is a bit snug on Elizabeth and too short but their body types are about the same. I experienced a similar situation with Monster high doll clothes on a doll chateau Zora. I like the hauntedness of the resin dolls and the cheerfulness of the Ever After High doll. 

 I have been hunting for a long time to get some doll prop for a 1/3 scale BJD. I found this used 16" tall bear chair that looked like it might fit. I was so excited when I put my Magical Angel doll in it and it suited her and the idea I had for her. She is pretending to be the Empress in the Ryder Waite Tarot deck of cards. She needs a costume really.  But I made her her own Book of Shadows, which is really just an art journal. 

 I got my hands on a bunch of antique doll wigs and tried one on her, since I like the more vintage look for her. It was perfect and not expensive at all. I was looking at some of my older pictures and realized she was my very first BJD made of resin. I learned that Magical Angel was a small company in China. I had visited their site online a few times and was excited to see the price of the dolls was not so high as all the other 1/3 scale dolls. Then Magical Angel became a part of Mirodoll. So the dancing dolls are still around but still not well known. I think my first impression was the best one. If I had it to do over, this would be my only resin 1/3 scale doll. I think. Hmm. I like them all.

 The book I made her is made from scraps off the back of office note pads that were about to be tossed. I did put some art paper in it to make it a realistic book. 

Then we drew some art inside it. To start a journal of our own.