The Dolly Crazy Tag!

I was tagged by Hailey at Hailey's Joyful Dolls. Thank you so much for the tag, Hailey. It took me a while to answer it, but it was fun. 

The Logo:

The rules: 

- Use the tag photo above.

- Answer all the questions truthfully.

-Tag 1-5 people.

- Link the creator/author, Viola Smiles

- Have Fun!

  What was your most embarrassing memory of your dolls?

I can't think of any. That is not to say that it hasn't happened...but I can't remember any particular time. I suppose I don't get embarrassed easily. I've had people walk past and glance at me when I am taking photos of my dolls outside, but I don't find that embarrassing. 

What do enjoy about your dolls/doll?

I like telling stories with them and taking photos with them. I like the unique features some dolls have: Carpatina dolls have detailed historical clothes, and Monster High dolls have cat ears or snake-hair. I also love the fact that dolls are something you can hug when you're upset and they don't judge you for it. 

What is your favorite memory of your dolls?

I remember looking at an old American Girl Doll catalogue for Sarah (the only catalogue I had, which was released at the time Felicity was retiring. At the time I had asked for Sarah, Felicity was already retired...so it was pretty outdated). And then I remember finding her and asking for her as a gift. 

Sarah was my first American Girl doll. 

Is there ever a time when you don’t like your dolls?

No, I haven't had that happen. I've had times where I worried I may dislike or give up interest in my dolls. But that never happened. 

Do you have a favorite picture of your dolls?

I'm going to cheat and answer with a few photos, since I don't have one favorite. 

This is one of my favorite photos of this doll of Legolas. (It originally came from this post.) I like it for many reasons: one is that I got this doll as a gift since I'm a fan of Lord of the Rings. (The obsession did not go away and instead morphed into me writing a novel about elves.) I also like it because at one point, a child of a friend of mine looked at it and said, "That's a real person." 

I like this photo also. It came from this photo shoot that I did for Halloween. I like the atmosphere of it. I had been playing around with camera filters at the time. 

And I also like this one. It was from this spring photo shoot. I like the angle that I took in this photo, and the portrait view it has. 

Has there ever been a time when you kinda forgot about your dolls?

There have been times when I forgot about my dolls briefly (but not purposefully, more that things were going on in my life). In 2020, I had so much happening that doll blogging seemed hard to do, so I only blogged seven times that year and inconsistently. 

When blogging about your dolls do you ever feel uninspired/out of ideas for the next post?

Yes, I have felt uninspired, several times. But I usually find inspiration by taking my dolls out for a photo shoot, doing a tag post, or something else along those lines. 

Off the top of my head I can't think of any active doll bloggers to tag who haven't already done this. So, if you want to do this tag feel free to do it. I'll be looking forward to seeing your answers. 😉

The questions: 

  What was your most embarrassing memory of your dolls?

What do enjoy about your dolls/doll?

What is your favorite memory of your dolls?
Is there ever a time when you don’t like your dolls?

Do you have a favorite picture of your dolls?

Has there ever been a time when you kinda forgot bout your dolls?

When blogging about your dolls do you ever feel uninspired/out of ideas for the next post?

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Do you have a favorite photo of your dolls? Do you have any favorite memories of your dolls? 

-Quinley 

What's Happening in This Picture #8 (+ Winning Caption)

Hello everyone, 

I am happy to announce the winner for this round's What's Happening in this Picture:  

Congratulations, Anonymous! You won this round, here is the caption: 

She is going to a garden party. She is excited as it is her first time out since the covid.

                                                         Now for the next photo to caption: 

What are Belle and the beast doing? What book is Belle reading? And where are they? 

Either leave a caption as to what they are saying, or write a description in the comments down below. 

-Quinley

What's Happening In This Picture #7 (An Unexpected Twist + Voting)

I love the captions people left on Spring is On Its Way (a Photo Shoot)! The funny thing about it is that I intended the captions to be left on this post rather than the photo shoot. But I definitely miscommunicated. 

So, instead of asking you to leave captions again, I'm going to work with this and have the captions be descriptors for a single picture from the photo shoot. This will be kind of like an Instagram caption, but not quite since these captions are in third person. 

Now it's time to vote: 

                                        Caption from Christine at Christine's Blog: 

Ana is going shopping, maybe grab a bubble tea at the mall too! Spring's her favourite season!

                                         Caption from Anonymous: 

She is going to a garden party. She is excited as it is her first time out since the covid.

You can either comment down below and vote for your favorite caption that way, or fill out this Google form to vote (your vote is anonymous in the form): 

-Quinley 

P.S. My hair style tutorial for dolls will be posted sometime soon. I have not gotten around to taking the photos for it yet.  

Spring is On Its Way (a Photo Shoot)

Hello everyone, 

Here's a photo shoot for spring. (Ironically, I took these photos in winter.) 

As a reminder you can still leave captions on this round's What's Happening in This Picture. 😉 No one has left captions yet, but don't hesitate to be the first. 

Let's begin:

I really like the photo above. I may end up making it Ana's profile photo. 

I really like this close up. 

I like the angle of this photo. 

I really like this photo. 

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Which photo is your favorite? And are you excited for spring? 

-Quinley