Monthly Archives: December 2015

Christmas Creating is Finished for 2015

Last night I sold my last Christmas ensemble of the season and put away my Christmas fabric. I’ve been working on Christmas sets since… September 14? Is that right? Yep, that’s when I published this post here. I didn’t think I started that early! I did make one fall outfit in the middle of it all, but still three months is a long time to be working on Christmas things. I am ready for a change.

I made a little collage of all of my Christmas ensembles. This is way beyond what I normally get done in a Christmas season. My dolls are now all naked, so, by my standards, this Christmas season was a success.

If you’d like to see more pictures of each outfit they are all in the slideshow on my website’s home page. You can click on the photo in the slideshow and be taken to that individual outfit’s sales page. Here is my website.

Thank you all for reading my blog, keeping me company, and being such wonderful cheerleaders! I treasure you all!

“A Merry Welcome”

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Seriously everyone, this is absolutely, positively my last Christmas ensemble of 2105!

When I got the shipping confirmation number last Friday night for Linda Macario’s Penny I was in shock. It had been so long since I preordered Penny that I had stopped expecting her to show up any time soon. I didn’t think she’d be my Christmas doll, that’s for sure.

So, when Penny arrived on Monday I thought that she’s GOT to have a Christmas ensemble for her first Christmas. In between baking cookies, wrapping up boxes to send to long distance relatives, Christmas shopping, chauffeuring (school is still in session), and everything else, I managed to get something made for her.

Without further ado, here is Linda Macario’s new BJD, Penny. She is about 8 1/2″ tall and very chubby and cute. She reminds me of a Christmas elf. Luckily, I had a Little Darling Santa hat that I ended up not using for the Little Darlings “I Love Rudolph” set; Penny claimed it as her own when she saw it. She also took one of their wigs. And, … she took Talyssa’s beautiful green eyes. Now, that sounds grotesque, but that is the life of a BJD. I need to order more eyes.

It’s always a bit of a puzzle creating ensembles for new dolls, a fun puzzle, but it takes time to get it completely right. So even though there are some changes I’d like to make for Penny’s next sweater dress, I think she looks cute in her first. I also want to get a dress pattern made for her.

It was a cold day and quite windy so I only took a few photos of Penny outdoors before heading inside.

Thank you for helping me welcome Penny into the world. I think she’ll like it here.

For more information on “A Merry Welcome”, please visit my “Shop What’s New” page at cindyricedesigns.com.

“Winter Bright”

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Just in case you are in need of some winter cheer, Lucy is here to brighten up your day

As I was taking these outdoor photos of Lucy, I thought of how red cardinals stand out against the white snow just as Lucy stands out against the bare tree branches.

“No, Lucy, the ornament is for the indoor Christmas tree.” Lucy feels a bond with the cardinals because I told her she looks as bright as they do, so she wants to do something nice for them. I told her that we do help them by keeping the feeder full of sunflower seeds. “Oh, good,” Lucy replied.