PrettyTiny Film Company -- Alliecat's crew (Aug. 29, welcome Lily!)

[Alliecat]

I got those wings several years ago from an Etsy seller who had a gorgeous collection, but she's no longer active. Glad I got several.

Is there an active doll photography community on Facebook, or is it friends and followers of your personal account who offer photo suggestions?

"Followers" LOL.  I don't post much anymore and I don't think anyone reads the few things I do post.  I think most of the small FB list unfollowed during That Weird Time when I posted a mere handful of political opinions 
There is a group called "Dolly Kingdom" but even that's not as active as it used to be.  
You haven't got sucked into the FB swamp yet, have you.


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PTFCo welcomes Lily!!
Lily joined the crew from the thrift shop, where I did my monthly shift on Tuesday.  They had these two porcelain dolls way up on top of a bookshelf.  I'd been kind of eyeing them all afternoon.  I only had a couple of porcelain dolls but recognized the box designs and knew one of mine was the same make.  Just before we closed, I climbed up on a chair to have a look.  No prices on the boxes.  Undecided, I put them back, "for now", "maybe think about it".  They had been neatly leaning against the wall, and I tilted the boxes back again.  Lily's box promptly pitched forward and would have crashed down to the floor, had I not caught her. 
Well.  That's kind of saying she wanted to come home with me, isn't it?? 







After some discussion about price, in which I said I didn't want to suggest a price if I was buying (I mean, it is a local-charity shop), the other worker called the boss to ask what she thought.  The boss said $5.  Sold!!


I thought Lily might be Pearl's sister; they look so much alike, and their outfits are so similar in style; some of the same material... 





... It turns out, even though they look quite different, Lily is Rose's sister, and both are from the "Vanessa Ricardi" collection.


...and both are from the same series, "2003"!



Now here's the funny part of the story....
I forget what year I got Rose, whether it was 2003, or 2004, or whenever.... Dad got her for me at a Christmas market where we were selling our art.  There was a guy from the mainland who used to come over to markets with a crapload of junky Chinese toys, and t-shirts.  That year, and I think the only time, he had a few porcelain dolls.  I looked at all of them but really only had eyes for Rose.  She was so different from the others.  Dad asked if I wanted her and I thought it was cute that I was an adult but daddy was buying me a doll.
Now I wonder.... was Lily among them?  Someone sent her to the thrift shop; this is a small place; did that someone get her at that market...?  So, have I seen her before????  Had we already met in passing????!  I think it's fun to imagine our paths crossed before, and now that I'm collecting dolls, here we are.



I mean, look at that face... I like to think she has a little magic.  She looks like she knows things 



So I think Rose is the older sister and she's inherently magic because she's an angel.  Lily... a little mysterious, and maybe a little magical.  I still think Pearl is related, the youngest sister, and looks like she's maybe a different line from the same company, but I can't find her box to check.  She came from a mainland thrift store.  Anyway, now it looks like that little family is complete -- and, perhaps, reunited. 





Thanks for looking!