Barbie Picture Frame

I worked on a dollhouse picture for a Barbie scale room. I had been hanging on to this picture for some time now, hoping to get around to it. I made myself stop hoping and just do it. A while back everyone at work was putting together puzzles and bringing in new ones. I bought these simple but lovely 3D puzzles from the local Dollar Store. And the front of each box had a 3D picture to help put the puzzle together. I cut out the box front after the puzzles were done and saved them for dollhouse ideas. Gave the puzzles away. They were just too much, since I am an artist after hours and have nowhere to hang another picture and too many hobbies. I made a frame from some balsa wood and left it open on the back to make room for adding a new picture and changing the scene. I used double-sided tape to hang it in Barbie's apartment room. I just kind of imagine Paleontologist Barbie collecting art from her many travels and this being one of them. It looks better than the TV, but it gives me problems photographing when the flash goes off. The flash causes a line of light across it almost every time I take a picture. Still I like it and it's Barbie's favorite for now. I painted the frame to look more like a poster frame with black acrylic.

 I found a really inexpensive Barbie knockoff doll for a very low price. I was really excited to see Barbie knockoff, because I have always believed it adds to the doll's friends. Apparently, it never hurt Mattel to have knockoffs of Barbie. This doll was under 5 dollars, has lovely thick hair and a fairly strong jointed body. And the real plus is she does wear Barbie shoes and can share Barbie clothes. I want to repaint her just for fun, so I got 2 of these. The Barbie shelf is in total disarray right now, because I went nuts with the Black Friday deals. Thank goodness I was unimpressed when I picked up the last doll last night. The things I liked were either gone or prices had returned to the usual.