Tammi Lyn- A Christmas Card For Daddy!

Some might think that send someone a picture of yourself might be a little self centered, but in this case, it is not!  Tammi Lyn is sending her father a picture of her taken at the Magnolia Tea.  This tea was founded by the female members of his family and the last grand hostess, the women in charge of this event, was his mother and her grandmother.  She watched in the distance as a young girl and this is the first time she was old enough to go.  Tammi's mother doesn't like this types of events or living in the South!  She didn't want Tammi to attend.  Tammi didn't mention to her mother when the event was and that she wanted to go.  She saved her money and attended it quietly...or so she thought.

Tammi is send this picture to her dad because she knows how much it would mean to him too!

Dearest Daddy!

Have a Merry, Merry Christmas!  I wish I could spend it with you.  Mother and her new friend are taking me with them skiing so I will not be able to see you for the holiday. 

I have enclosed the Tea Photo taken of me at the Magnolia Tea!  Can you believe it, I am finally old enough to go to the tea!  I used the money you sent me for my birthday and my babysitting money to buy my dress and pay for the picture and ticket.  I even had my tea flowers preserved. 

I sat with Miss, Willie Mae and Miss Sara.  They were friends of Big Mama for all of her life.  They told me great stories about her at the tea!  They said having me there was like having her there!  I really miss her so!

I was so proud and happy to be there.  Please don't tell mother that I went. You know how she feel about those things. 

I hope you are able to come down to see me when I get back from Christmas break. I really want to talk to you.  See you soon.

Love Always,
Your daughter Tammi Lyn

Here is the picture she sent.

 Close-up!

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Hight School Musical House/School!

I know I told you with the purchase of my last large house that I didn't need another but I got one any way!  I just couldn't leave it at the thrift store. 

 Not for this price!

 It has some nice features even if I take it apart to use.  I have see this entry in many dioramas.  I have even seen it repainted. 

 I would like to use it as a office building but it might even work well as a school.  Who know what I can do with this.  I will have to remove the stickers!  You guys who have done this, please give suggestions.  I don't want this project to sit for long.

This is a very large sticker.... it looks like it will be some work!

I guess this side was the gym?  The brown and beige floors make not painting them easy and the gold accents are nice too. It has a formal feel.

So the read curtains will go...they might make a cute outfit for one of my dolls.  I have been inspired about recycling items after some things I have seen on flickr!

From what I have seen the doors might be a challenge.  I think that they will be brown! That color might take better than other colors.

I am not sure what this is or if it even belongs to this set.  I will play around with it. 

These I believe belong to a table to the set but the top was not at the thrift store with the house.  Since they are not gold, I will use them somewhere else.

Gold detail I like and red detail that must go!  I have a sheet behind the house just in case you were wondering.  It makes the details of the house stand out.

The doors go here! This could be a really nice entry way!

Because I purchased this house I felt OK about selling my Happy Family Smart House to a fellow blogger!  You know who you are.  I don't plan to do that much painting to this house. Like I said,  I will paint over some of the red but that is about all with the painting and I will remove the sticker too.  I will be looking for formal scrapbook paper to add to the house. Because of its' color it will combine will with my Moxie Jammaz House facade and Cali Girl Hawaiian Hotel Resort. 

For that reason I am giving it the

#10 spot

on my best doll related purchases for 2012!

I know the design of this is very similar to the Grand Hotel and it too will go up for sale!  I don't want to have to paint over the pink. The VVictorian house is still up in the air!  This is a more manageable project and may be where I need to start.

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The Winners!

Hey Gang! 

Jenna is here to announce the winners of the Sweater Giveaway! Woo Hoo!

Jenna:  Hi everyone!

Jenna: OK! So the winners are:  From the US.....limbe dolls!  Yay!!

And from out side the US is Marta!  Yay!!

Ms. Leo: Jenna and I would like to thank everyone who participated in the Giveaway!   Limbe doll, I think I have your email and I will contact you.  Marta,  Please provide me with your email address in comments.  I will not publish that post.

Jenna: Keep watching for more about me in the New Year!

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Gift From Brini!

Hey Gang! 

I wanted to show you what I received as a giveaway gift from Brini at Brini's Doll Domain!  Dominique is in town and agreed to model for this post!

Dominique: Hello Everyone!

 I received this lovely purse!  It is black knit bag.

 Dominique:  Black goes with everything!

 I also received this purple one too!

 Dominique:  I think this one goes well with this skirt!  These bags are extremely well made!

 She was soo nice to include these flower pots too! 

Dominique:  Ms. Leo that is so good for you knowing how much you like to garden.

She also sent a wonderful Christmas card.  It is not pictured but  I love it too!

Thanks Brini!

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Holiday Giveaway!

Hi Gang!

As of today I have 141 followers. Happy Holidays my followers! I learned a few things from my fellow bloggers and one of them is that the holidays are good time to reward your followers! To my followers I am offering a holiday giveaway! I am offering one of these Holiday Sweater! You get your choice of the Snowflake Sweater or the Stripe Sweater. The sweaters fit most 12 inch Barbie size girl dolls. I am offering one to my US followers and one to my followers from outside the US!

Here are the rules:

You must be a follower!

If you are not a follower, you can follow now.

You must post in the comment that you would like to enter the giveaway by no later than 12/16/12 by  11:59 pm EST.

You can only post/enter once!

That is it! A winner will be picked randomly on 17th of December from inside and outside the US. At that time, the winners will be asked to email me their address.
Don’t feel sad if you don’t win. You can purchase a sweater from me on thedollpage.

Here is my rebodied Skipper now called Jenna wearing a sweater.

Jenna: Good Luck Everybody!

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Fully Articulated Skipper!

Hi Gang!

I just wanted to show you my fully articulated Skipper doll.  She is a leg swap doll.  I will have to create a new label for leg swaps because she is my second.  I guess I will call it leg transplant for now.  I do a lot of head swaps.  Look for them under the label HSD. 

If you remember a while back I posted about the Barbie Sisters 2Paks when they came out. That is my most viewed post!  In that post I showed you my Barbie 2 Pak Sisters Skateboard with Skipper and Chelsea. 

When Mattel did this new version of Skipper, they gave her only articulated knees.  What a bummer!  She was a new head sculpt, so I had to have her. But wit he fashionista dolls out I longed for a skipper with more articulation!

Recently Mattel has released a new Skippers with articulated arms one of which is Hula Dance Set. This only made me want a fully articulated Skipper more.  I had seem some pictures on flickr about it remove the legs of the older doll and putting them on the body of the newer doll. Thanks Alrunia! I purchase that set in hopes of one day doing it. When  I met up with Cyano we talked about it too and I was told that it was pretty easy!  So with my new found courage, I tried it!  Here she is!

I put the other legs on the older doll.  She is a complete doll now and will go on my dollpage for sale.

I am inspired by all you other bloggers out there!  You may think that no one care about what you do but we all do!! You send good vibrations into the universe!  And whenever you post we are the happy recipients of your love of dolls!

Thanks For Looking!

Ms. Leo

For Sale! At a great Price... On TheDollPage!

Hey Gang!

I am offering this Happy Family Smart House for sale on the dollpage!  This and much more are for sale on my dollpage site!  Please check me out! Are your dolls looking for a new home for Christmas?  This is great for an OOAK project too!

Thanks For Looking!