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My Dolls' Favorite Photos of 2020
I worked on lots of detailed Dioramas this year.
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Lots of New Faces and Places!
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Some not so detailed, Remember when we ate out in Restaurants?
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Dinner out before Covid
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Eating in...even policemen walk around in their underwear.
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I finished the Hotel and everyone planned on moving in.
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An empty slate...ready for tenants.
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Excitement before opening...(the week before Covid shutdowns)
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Salon Jacquie ready, but didn't open with Covid down
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Sindy's Patisserie, essential breads and open for orders and pickup!
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Sindy and Jamie had to get creative in marketing and baking.
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Specialty Cakes created for events
that might not take place.
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PPE for everyone and limited customers.
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Spring was a time for planting...
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Trish's Blue Sprinkling Can Garden Center
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Shots only the camera can get from reaching around inside a diorama.
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Creating a Covid doll world, where can everyone congregate?
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SURPRISE...New Characters showed up I found my stories hanging at the end of the year...with Covid and election drama taking over real life, and myself and my dolls choosing not to participate.
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Emilie...grew in personality and possibly added a beau.
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Craig and a new family for 2020
and diversifying with lots of new and thrifted dolls.
I have consciously tried to expand my dolls, ages and ethnicity.
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Vanessa, Jacquie's daughter---was quite the dynamo.
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Mysterious Colette/Callie came upon the scene.
Sewing for her, this skinny. tall, and constantly opinionated and---picky doll.
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Midge also came back to Chicago...
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Jacquie tried to open a business in Covid
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Old businesses, had to improvise---Vickie's Sanitize station and limited shoppers in the small boutique.
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and Vickie's unprofitable Wedding department. Fall saw the entire shop become a Halloween Headquarters.
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Laundry gets done while Belle does prep work for teaching.
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And ACTION! Exercise in the park
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Catching things mid-air--that's Colette throwing her wig!
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And, Gerard/Gerry catching it.
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Chelsea fights loneliness and lockdown in the backyard
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Television interviews trying to make the NEWS normal.
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Heart wrenching Covid separations and reunions.
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Everyone tried to celebrate holidays...
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And, continue a sense of community during Covid with a tree lighting and food drive.
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My Dolls and I hope we all have a better year in 2021.
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A nice year in review Sandi, and I love that last pic:@) Here's wising us all a much better 2021!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lynn. I had a lot of photos and started to look for my favorites...and it ended up being this. Hugs, and yes, a New Year, hopefully. Hugs, Sandi
DeleteThanks, Linda. I know it was quite a year. Hugs to you in the new year, also!! Sandi
ReplyDeleteI love the tiny face masks! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm!
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks. I try to keep my doll world, REAL...!
DeleteLoved the masks and your story lines! I really enjoyed it. Got a 3" long red truck ornament (my obsession since last year) today at Dollar Tree in their markdown bin--.25! Think I will save it for a dollhouse rather than the real Christmas tree. Gotta take my treasures where I can find them. Also a package of sickly green glow in the dark beads--with a punched circle of silver or black paper, they will make great Halloween decor!
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks so much, don't know why this poppedup now??? in December! Hugs, Sandi
DeleteYour Grand Hotel looks great! My Grand Hotel has been sitting in the garage for years! You make me want to get it out and paint it along with my HSM High School. I love all of you scenery. It looks like you have you have the Hotel raised? What do you have it on?
ReplyDeleteHi, Ms.Leo --I did a whole series of tutorial blogs on doing the Hotel---You can search the entire series by using Grand Hotel as the search. In a nutshell, I did a 2x4 cut to specifically fit the the base and added pillars to raise everythingn else to the same level. Biggest complaint about Mattel structures as they are too skimpy in height and depth. Hope that helps---the how to's are pretty explicit! It's amazing what 1 3/4" air will do over doll's heads!
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