Exciting News!

Hi everyone,

 I recently heard that a doll company called Carpatina is making a colonial boy doll! It's truly a dream come true, since they are making him look historically accurate. He has the right hair, hat and everything:

(image from Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/James-William-inch-American-Colonial/dp/B075WCWZMM)

So, I didn't make a blog post about American Girl turning down my idea to make a Ben Davidson doll  (they couldn't do it since they said they aren't allowed to use costumer's ideas).

(image from Wiki, http://americangirl.wikia.com/wiki/Benjamin_Davidson) 

I was too upset at the time to even think of making a blog post. (I am not saying that I don't like AG, I was just was disappointed in them.) However, just after they got back to me, I found out that Carpatina had announced they were making a colonial boy doll, and I found it even more interesting when I discovered he had all the things I had wanted Ben to have. (Minus looking like how they portrayed him in Felicity's movie.)

I found this too exciting not to blog about. :)
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What do you think of the new boy doll? What is your favorite historical time period(s)? 

Love,
Quinley
P.S. Happy Hobbit Day! Today is Bilbo's and Frodo's birthday.

Deborah Sampson (A Photo Shoot)

Hi everyone,
I try not to do two photo shoots one after another, but I really wanted to do this one so...
in this photo shoot Sarah is dressed as Deborah Sampson, a woman who disguised herself as man, so that she could fight in the Revolutionary war:

I like the camera setting I did for this photo, it makes it look 

somewhat like an old photo. 

Now this in the normal setting, I like the way it looks. 

I like this angle. 

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Which Photo is your favorite? And who is your favorite historical figure? 

-Quinley 

P.S. I plan to respond to all your comments soon. ;) 

Craft Protect: How to Make Colonial Hairstyle for Boy Dolls

Hi Everyone!:)
Today I am going to show you how to do a Colonial hairstyle for boy dolls with plastic hair using yarn. I was inspired by MyFroggyStuff's Mal doll. Since you probably already know I love the Colonial era...So I thought why not do the Colonial hairstyle on dolls?


What you need:
Yarn (It has to be thick enough that it can be unraveled.)
A hot glue gun
A hairbrush (to brush it out)
A doll (with plastic hair)

                                First you start by brushing out the yarn  (until it looks somewhat like hair)
                               and then you glue it to your doll's head.

Continue until the first part of your doll's head is covered with yarn.

Then since you will have left over yarn in your hairbrush, use the left over yarn to cover 

the top of your doll's head. 

Some parks may be harder to cover than others. 

                                Here is what your boy doll may look like when you are finished.

This also works on girl dolls that have sculpted plastic hair (like Liv dolls, etc.). By doing this you can change the doll's hair color, as well as giving them textured hair.



                                                                       Before:                                    

                                                             After: 

This doll's hair ended up looking more like a powdered wig than real hair. 

Before: 

After: 

Where as this one ended looking more like it was real hair. 

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What do you think? Are you planning to try it? 

Love,
Quinley

Tricorn Hats & Buckled Shoes (A Photo Shoot)

Hi everyone! 

Today I thought was a perfect day to post a photo shoot, 

anyway here it is: 

I really like this photo of Felicity's necklace (that allows her to time travel).

I really like the angle of this photo. 

I really like how this picture turned out. 

                           I like this picture of Felicity's tricorn hat, because of the angle.

I thought this picture turned out well. 

Felicity suddenly decided to fall asleep during the photo shoot, 

so, of course, I took a picture of her lying in the grass in the sun. 

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                        Which photo is your favorite? 
                   And what is your favorite clothing from the Colonial era? 
-Quinley

P.S. This is a update on the doll colonial hairstyle project. I have the materials that I needed, and I think I will be able to work on it, and I plan to make it the next thing I post.