PrettyTiny Film Company -- Alliecat's crew (Jan. 28)

[Alliecat]

Aww, thanks so much! 
I'm thrilled to report that "On Our Way to the Rally" got first place in the PUDDLE photo category.  Funny cos I thought the 80s sisters had the better chance.  You just never know what judges are gonna like.

A few more pix of Abbi with the yellow flowers, from my pic-a-week shoot.  I had to mow the other day; some of the grass was a foot high and it was going to rain.  I did leave a few patches.
Blackflies ruin shooting outdoors.  I had to do these in kind of a hurry, and then gave up on more.

[fishy]

Very beautiful. Looks like calendar photos.

[davidd]

Very nice posing. There’s nothing “doll like,” all the poses look relaxed and natural.

The selective focus among the flowers has a cool retro 1970 vibe!

The costume and hat are extremely pretty and nicely detailed. Is that the stock outfit for this Dolly or did you assemble the perfect summery wardrobe for her? Is that a tiny cameo on her hat?

Congratulations to you and your little wayfarers for your success in the PUDDLE photo competition.

Did PUDDLE already happen, or will you need to go in person to bask in the honor and the glory?

[Alliecat]

Thank you both
Probably one of this set will get into next year's calendar.
Yes, it's Abbi's stock outfit, and it is indeed a wee cameo.  It has already had to be glued back on once, and fortunately did not come off outdoors.
PUDDLE was at the beginning of June.  It was fun the 2 times I went, but it's really ex$pensive for just a weekend so at the moment it's not too likely I'll go again soon.  Wish it was closer.

I sure haven't been taking many pictures, and even the one-a-week has been a struggle lately.  I haz a funk 
But Yuki arrived this week, brightened up the tough slog and gave me a mental-health afternoon out.
Welcome to the PTFCo crew, Yuki!


"What's this?"
"I dunno...  Do you hear something...?"



"Whoa!"
"Um, hi."



"Look, she brought a pet."
"There's another critter in here too."
"That's nothing -- there was a SPIDER in MY box when I arrived."



"I'm Samantha, and this is Red.  Welcome!"



"We got a sister!!"



"I wonder what adventures I'll have here."








Teaser for adventures to come:

[davidd]

 Oh, that's right, there was a spider that accompanied Red in her shipping container! That was so funny!

Yuki is a cutie; if anything, she has more of a scowl than most Dals, although her scowl makes her look fierce rather than grumpy!

I see Yuki has already passed the "first test" to become a permanent resident: balancing on the porch railing without falling off and cracking her head open!

Once she learns she's been adopted in to a den of pirates, I suspect Yuki will be delighted with her new home! Let the mischief and mayhem commence!

[Alliecat]

I see Yuki has already passed the "first test" to become a permanent resident: balancing on the porch railing without falling off and cracking her head open!

And falling over on the beach.  Several times, because it was windy.  I said, "Don't worry, Yuki, everybody falls..." 

Photodump!
Here are some more pix of Yuki from her first outing to the beach.


"Wow, look at this!"






"Are there dinosaurs here??!"









"Look, Rose, there's lots of room to run."



I think it's hilarious that the fierce warrior-girl has a floofy pink poodle as a pet.















Found a snail.



She didn't come with her stock weapons but we have plenty of swords!

[davidd]

Perfect weather and a sunny day and no other people on Dinosaur Beach! Looks like a great day to me!

Plus -- swords!

Yuki looks to be quite an accomplished adventurer already, ready to stake her claim to her new island home!

Is this the "fifteen minute drive" beach, or is this one closer?

[Alliecat]

This beach is about 15 minutes away.  It's the longest one for walks/runs.


Some photos of Catherine with my only butterfly model for the year.
Her hair is such a mess, and she hasn't even been out that much.  I have so many dolls that need a hair-spa day.  That's just one of the things on The List for When Life Is Different.  Anyway, it was nice to get a few pix outside on a relatively quiet day with relatively few mosquitoes.  Quite a challenge with really fast-moving late light between the trees.




















Robyn was supposed to be posing with the second hatchling, but he was ready to go as soon as I took him out, and he had quite a good long first flight up into a tree.  So here's Robyn anyway.  She kinda looks like she's watching the butterfly leave in the first pic!

[davidd]

Effectively posed "walking" pics with Robyn! Looks like a nice time, out gathering some of the last wildflowers of the season.

Butterfly No. 1 seemed amenable to posing! Although maybe it was hungry and was eyeing those flowers in Catherine's hair!

[Alliecat]

Things are a bit of a mess around here these days... I'm not even doing that many photos.  But when yet another day in a long series is a total writeoff and it's too late to even try to salvage it with any attempt at progress, you might as well make yourself feel better by taking some dolly photos, right?
Tess joined the crew in Texas in April.  She's only now getting her first photoshoot. 
I thought it would be nice to bring home a doll from the eclipse trip, didn't see any Pullips anywhere, passed over a very cheap Rainbow High in a Dollar General that didn't have the same articulation as the regular ones, and then went into this funny little storage-shed-thrift-shop place along the highway.  In one of the units she had a bunch of porcelain dolls, all way up on a shelf near the ceiling so I had to ask to look at them.  I was looking at a pretty one with a green velvet dress and thought she might be the one, but on closer inspection I found she had a broken foot as well as other damage, just a little more than I wanted to try fixing up.  Then spotted Tess, who is also porcelain.  She's not poseable and sits in an awkward position, but her face is so pretty.  She survived the trip home unscathed!  I tried to straighten her wings but they curled again.

I missed the sunshiny part of the day because reasons, but was able to brighten these up a bit.











She has lovely blue eyes.






I didn't even realize till I got home that she lights up!

[fishy]

Pretty. Especially with that cheerful blue background.

[davidd]

She lights up! How fun! How does that work, a little battery pac in the wings? Or is it her actual hair that lights up, like with fiber optics?

It sounds like you could use a guardian angel these days, so maybe Tess is stepping in to take on that role.

Ah, so she is porcelain, which answers a question I posed on the other post.

I fully understand not getting around to photo-shoots. I have an unopened parcel that arrived over a month ago that is a pre-order figure I purchased over a year ago. I have another parcel with an ineensive "novelty" camera lens I felt compelled to bid on a while back that is now just sitting here. I'm having trouble finishing even the easiest of projects. I don't know if it's me, or circumstances, or some kind of cosmic shift in the flow of time. I'm going with the cosmic shift theory for now, because seriously, nothing gets done while time seems to evaporate!

I think maybe light-up Tess is suggesting that you start on your Christmas holiday decorations now so that maybe you'll be able to finish some Christmas pix before Christmas!

[Alliecat]

WTF has happened to my links?  A bunch of pictures are showing as broken links, although if you click on them they go to the Flickr photos.  Augh!!!  I have re-pasted them, and... same result. 

Pretty.  Especially with that cheerful blue background.

Thanks   It's a kimono, that I got someone to alter into more of a bathrobe because I didn't like the long dangly sleeves.  Got it for a few bucks at a thrift shop ages ago because I liked the pattern.

She lights up! How fun! How does that work, a little battery pac in the wings? Or is it her actual hair that lights up, like with fiber optics?

She's sitting on a battery pack, which is basically in her bum.  The little fiber-optic thingies are visible in the closeup between the layers of her wings.


Happy Dolloween!
The crew managed to get their pumpkins carved and a pineapple too, despite the difficulty of our surroundings.  First year I haven't done it out back on the picnic table, but, no privacy out there anymore.  It was really cold anyway.  Yeah, that was why.  It worked not too badly on the counter but I should've taken a picture of the mess from one end to the other!






"Um... Yuki.... ...."
"What?  This isn't how you do it?"


"It's OK, Magenta, we always get the littles to help out in the tight spaces."



"Done!  Yay!"



Yum!!
Time for my annual exhortation to not waste pumpkins.  Sooo many go to waste, when you can make great muffins from the guts, soup and pie from the flesh...






And the J-Dolls wish everyone a Happy H'aloha'ween! 

[Alliecat]

Only 2 photos in the above post are showing for me.  I wonder if anyone else can see the rest. 
Oh well, let's try again.
Here's Aya.

Aya & lights 9209 s by Alliecat09, on Flickr


Aya & lights 9222 s by Alliecat09, on Flickr


Aya & lights blue 9195 s by Alliecat09, on Flickr


Aya & lights 9197 s by Alliecat09, on Flickr

...great.  On a preview, I can't see any of these.
Anyone...?

[Alliecat]

Pere Noel's been on my wish list for a while, but since I refuse to pay "new" prices or most resellers' prices, I didn't really ex-pect to get her anytime soon.  Thanks to a couple of posts on the FB Dolly Kingdom, I ended up browsing Dollyteria, and they had several, for a bizarre range of prices.  And here was this girl, NIB, for a price I was willing to pay on a dreary yearend-letdown sad-ish Boxing Day. 
She came in barely 2 weeks -- I just got back in time -- despite backups from the postal strike.  And NO duty/tax!  Yay!  I am excited enough to post a bunch of bad mini-camera snapshots.



She's only my 3rd NIB full-size Pullip.  She was sooo neatly and precisely packed.  Unlike Amazon throwing stuff in too-big boxes, for example, I feel like someone took their time and wanted to do a good job.



I don't know if the "Christmas promotion model" is just the "2012 version" you hear about, or something else.  But that was what they all were.



Few enough that this is a bit of a novelty, and now that I've unboxed a couple of Rainbow Highs, this is WAY better.




"Oooh, you're sooo pretty!" 



Her fingernails are painted!



Auwe!!  WHAT am I gonna do with THIS.  WHYYY can't they make sure the dolls' hair is tucked down neatly when they package them!!!! 



Well anyway, here she is!



Twelve years in a box??  Geez, I feel ya, girl.  
I wish someone would open mine.






Well, looky here.  There is someone like her here already!









Awww!!

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Bonus pic just for fun.  Lexie & Tony.  I'm pretty sure I didn't do this.  I swear I just found them this way