A Garden of Virtues

I can't believe it. It looks like the rusted gates to The Garden of Virtues are going to be laboriously parted by small articulated resin hands after all once more. I am glad that I am buying Lanie's Angel, but I am also a little sad. I remember disposing of Dresden along with my other dolls. I was in a vicious rage. I hesitated over Dresden's prone form, thinking, goodness, even I don't think of her as a BJD, is this really necessary? And then, blindly, cutting the strings. I can't believe I am actually talking about this now. I have not talked about it before. I regretted losing her afterward, because I did not really need to part with her. She was a sweet, special presence, a little woman. I have kept all of her eyes, wigs and clothes. Of course I will never forget the moments in which I divested all of my BJD's of their clothing, wigs and eyes. The other day Henry came around with a little velcro he had found and I grew faint, knowing that it had come fro

I think Victorian's new name will be Barnabas. Victorian is too beta-male, Barnabas is more alpha-male. I will need Box cutter Avocado green paint Wider paint brush Things Barnabas should have A French coffee press A chef's apron Gourmet coffees Laptop and laptop bag A trendy messenger bag too, maybe in orange Clothing must-haves A frilly white shirt An olive tweed suit Indian-pattern pajamas from my chartreuse scraps from the skirt failure Also need to Check out dollhouse books from the library Cross stitch Exotic floor mats, wall hangings Plastic canvas Need to get furniture patterns Have good basket pattern Color palette Deep brown Avocado White Occasional stripe Rust tones, tribal colors

Part of my ideas for the 100 things for dolly challenge. Inspired by Domino. Victorian has evolved into a modern man for me, a stylish interior-decorator type rather than a romantic 19th century vagabond. His house would be constructed of sturdy corrugated cardboard. I will decide what pieces I want to harvest from the recycling and preserve them. The exterior will be painted avocado green, the windows cut out with a box cutter. I will harvest his window panes from the hard plastic coverings from our electronics packaging. His rugs and hangings will be cross stitched. I can use my African or native inspired patterns for those. He will have lots of plants. I would love for him to have a rooftop vegetable garden and a solar panel. It will be really interesting if I can rig a small solar panel to furnish dollhouse circuitry with electricity. If not, he can do without electricity. His couches, bed, cushions could be made from my old clothes and stuffed with scraps. I could also try making