SindySnap!

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So I was thinking that Sean need some bagpipes to go along with his kilt!  Didn't know where I could get them but a came across a post on Facebook that showed them in a photo and I ask if they were made or purchased?  She said that she made them! 

Her name on Facebook is SindySnap. I always look for her new post because I think for a little over a year, she has be posting about the bad potholes in her area.  (As a resident of Phila. PA, you know I feel her pain!) So she started stages her dolls in scenes at the potholes.  They are quite funny!  

Photos courtesy of SindySnap!

 I guess what is not so funny is that she finds so many of them to use in photos! Last year she had so many photos that she made a calendar and it sold out on Etsy!

 Some of the calendars she had left before they sold out.

She also makes a lot of things for her doll and made them bagpipes.  

I love his whole look!

I ask her  if I could I share how she made them with you all and she said yes! Here it is!

Her words in white!

Thinking of the bag shape I remembered a broken Peacock Christmas decoration that I'd recently thrown away...a quick delve into the rubbish bin ...perfect!
You can use anything that can take a hole to make this shape - cut up an old bath sponge if you haven't got any polystyrene.

Looking at reference photos from the internet, I needed 5 sticks to represent the 3 top pipes, the mouthpiece and flute pipe ( apologies, I don't know the proper names)
They all have different lengths and positions on the bag.

Thin strips of duct tape wound around at intervals to show the sections (don't look too closely I may have missed one or two)

Taking the pipes carefully out of their holes I covered the bag with a scrap of stretchy black fabric and glued it secure at the back, then put the pipes back in their place.
* I didn't have any tartan cloth but that would look great if you can find the right small scale print

A bit of paint - yes I could have done this while the pipes were lose, doh!

Painted the pipes black between the silver duct tape, which is their traditional colour.
(Or I could have painted the sticks all black first before I added the duct tape strips)

And there you go! I'm going to make mine and try to have it ready by St. Patty's Day!

So check back then for my post and Sean !

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Jin and Joycelyn!

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Jin and Joycelyn are becoming fast friend!  They like a lot of the same books, movies, art and activities!

There might be some chemistry too but they aren't acting on it.  They are walking home together.

Joycelyn: So my sister just texted me about this exhibit in New York.  She wants to take the train up there to see it!

Jin: Your sister always keeps up with the coolest things!

Joycelyn: Do you want to go with us?

Jin: Do you think that she would mind?

Joycelyn: No! She likes you!

Jin: OK! I'll have to check with work. If I'm off, yes! The keep walking!

I have all of the BTS dolls but have only broken out two of them...Suga and Jung Kook. Now Jin comes out to play. I wanted to give them fashions that look more like what they might wear. I had to dig through my clothes to find this outfit for him and her. I don't even remember when and where I got the orange pleather bag.

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Last Purchase of 2021!

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These guys were my last purchases for 2021!  I got them for $3.00 each plus shipping from a great Facebook seller Barbara Wilkenshoff. 

They are Disney Descendants male dolls.  I purchase them nude but I put short on them because I didn't want to offend anyone right off. 

Jay

Carlos

I got them as much for their bodies as their heads.

A while back I purchased Ben and I used him as a body donor of Norio

Jay will join Na'ilah as a couple on my blog. You might remember that I got Na'ilah(DC Superhero Bumblebee) a while back. Jay and Na'ilah will be styled and will appear later this year.  I am looking to style them like these dolls for Veronica Prince of Doll of a Darker Hue.  This her picture.

The are a great couple .One of my favorite Facebook couples Rex and 

Warning Nude dolls!

They both have articulated elbows and knees. They both have at least one painted on glove on their hand.

Where Jay is a nice brown the color of many Barbie males like AA Prince Dominque or Fresh Squad Daniel.  Where Carlos is an odd complexion with a gray undertone.  So I don't see body swapping in his future.  He will probably stay on his body.  Maybe he may be a nice friend for Roxie

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Rehearsal! Chinese New Year-Part two!

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Simon and Lewis are out on patrol in Chinatown today.  

Lewis: Great there is the ATM!  

Lewis: I need to get some cash for my date wit Xia.

Simon:How much are you getting?  Where are you going?

Lewis: Dinner and maybe a movie.

Simon: Hey, it looks like they are preparing to the Dragon Dance over there.

WOW! They are bad!  

You might have to radio for help!

OK fellows! Let's try it again!

Hoa: One,two, three, four,one, two, three, four! And....

Blaine: Move right and move left!

Blaine: You are starting on the wrong foot Mark!

Mark: Oh!

Mark: The ground seems slippery!

Blaine: Maybe you need to try this in shoes or sneaker!  Sandals aren't working for you!

I am hope to feature as many of my Asian dolls during the Chinese New Year as possible.

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Connie and Jack! Chinese New Year!

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Connie and Jack are a power couple!

Jack Chan is an entrepreneur specializing in entertainment! He owns theater movie theater for play and stadiums for sports events.  He is part of Trio Entertainment.  I will go into Trio Entertainment later.

Connie runs a political campaign management company called Forward. 

The role of Jack Chan will be played by my Jackie Chan action figure by Playmate!  He was based on a cartoon that Warner Bros. did called Jackie Chan Adventures back in 2001. There were three action figures made. This one, one in black outfit and one in a white and red outfit.  I purchase him when the Toys R Us at the Cedarbrook Mall went out of business.  He has been sitter around here doing nothing.  He has known for a while that he would be Connie's husband and was all smiles about it!

 one in black outfit and 

one in a white and red outfit.  

I purchase him when the Toys R Us at the Cedarbrook Mall went out of business.  He has been sitter around here doing nothing.  He has known for a while that he would be Connie's husband and was all smiles about it. The only sad part about this figure is that is that his boots are made onto the feet.

Warning--

Nude smiling action figure! So this is what he looks like out of his clothes.  The boots don't come off. And if you ever had a man put his booted feet in your bed, you know what Connie must think about this!

I have also found action figures with this type of body tend to break in the middle. So I was in searching for a new body for him. For now he is on a Disney male doll body. Which was an easy find for now.

I will have to do a family photo shoot with Connie, Jack and their children altogether. You have meet two but...

Bracken

Fern

 not the oldest Reed.

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Count Down to the Chinese New Year!

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Count Down to the Chinese New Year!

I added live action Mulan to my collection after finding her for $8.00 at Ollies.

She is by Hasbro and it the one store in stores other than Disney.

She need a articulated body so she got one of the Liv doll bodies I have around.  I have heard that the Disney store doll has an articulated body.

The great thing about the Liv doll body is that it is pretty close to the size of original body

of the live action Mulan. So here she is in the Mulan costume.

She is here for the Chinese New Year!

She will be showing Asian swords and weapons!

Her name is Ara.

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