Serafina, the biggest bitch in town, has fallen. Fallen for a guy. She met Theo and got struck, as if Thor himself had thrown a blast at her. Good for her, Theo manages her temper and bad mood swings and actually got smitten himself. How's that for luck? 

Serafina got this new and fluffy coat. Fluff and yellow is NOT her thing. At least she claims so but she actually likes the warmth it brings her in this bad soon-to-be-winter cold we are getting. By god. Snow. In September? 

She takes her dog Lucifer and goes for a brisk walk to meet up with her honey. She brings him a gift... (and I say she has gone love mad. Not her usual behaviour at all!). 

Theo is her hunk in pink plaid. But with short sleeves... So this diva actually took out the knitting needles and made him a sweater! She MADE it! All by herself. Didn't ask Silly Milly the Midget to do it for her, thinking if that girl had set to it, the sweater would for sure have been adorned with love sick puppies or something. Nope. A plain gray sweater. That's it. 

~Awww, Honey. It's ehhh lovely. Not sticky and itchy at all... Love the... color.  

~Look! It even has long sleeves!! Now that's a treat worth a kiss. 

~Just wonder what's up with the neck line? Lucifer also took notice and keeled over, laughing himself to death. 

~Stop it, you silly mutt. I love it! And they go off kissing again.... 

~Well.... How much I love seeing you in that slim and muscle hugging shirt I also brought you a new tee. Maybe it will be better with that neckline. And by the way, I DO take offence to that. I DID make it myself.  Put in a lot of hard work and even drew blood. *hmmppppftttt* 

~Oh yes, I knew that shirt would look great on you. M-m-mmmmmmm. 

~Well, my Kitten, it happens so that I too have a gift for you. I found something that you can wear with your new coat. 

~Hey, what is that thing? You didn't kill a pup, did you? 

Serafina looks very suspicious of the furball he hands over. Well, it feels soft.... 

~No, Silly. Try it on. 

 But WTH? I don't do hats!! And this looks insane... Oh, well, I'll keep it. It does keep me even warmer.... 

Just for the hell of it, Theo tried it on, and just look at that guy. Whatever he tosses on he looks good. 

My Russian Bear. (only he isn't Russian)

 Ahhh, the things you do for love. 

Notes from the Editor: 

Sorry 'bout the lack of props and backgrounds. Not much green screens here and all the furniture and other stuff were tucked away when this photo story took place... You just have to go with the flow. 

Found a couple of really strange dolls in a store and just had to bring one of them home with me. We are getting closer to Halloween and these weird doll clones (think they are even clone doll clones) fits right in with the season to come. They have some similarities to the Simba dolls Mystic Girlz and yet not. They are "high school" dolls and spin off the Monster High dolls. Sort of. With a rock theme. Or something. Vampire High?  

Painted vampire teeth and spooky pink eyes. 

The logo on the box is similar to the Monster High logo. Not too close but obvious enough. 

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There were only the two orange/black versions, none of the ones pictured on the back. 

A bunch of the girls accompanied Ester and Ruth on their vacation trip - and got joined by Dionne during their stayaway time. They ripped the wardrobe apart trying to find the ult concert gear to wear. I think they managed quite alright and match each other equally well. Don't you agree? 

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... and then we have these two. What do you mean, party dress? What's wrong with our wardrobe?? 

 Well..... seems their meeting with the Fresh Prince worked just fine, despite their non change of wardrobe. 

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A closer look at the girls: 

Serafina

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Milly

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Ping

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Curly Sue

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Dionne

Sakis held a concert and the girls attended. 

(yahyah... lame writeup but I don't have any fantasy cells working)

Autographs will be given afterwards... 

 Ooops, what's going on here? 

Ester managed to charm a really personal shot out of Sakis.  

Yup, really personal...  

A fellow collector on Facebook had found a nude boy doll she wanted identified. She provided us with decent photographs and a shot of his neck stamp. We googled that and came up with Sakis Rouvas. Sakis is a greek singer that has competed in the Eurovision Song Contest, a couple of times previous decade. He looked interesting enough for me to widen the search and bid'n buy one on eBay. He arrived from Greece the other week and I took some shots of him. As he also came with me on vacation, my travel dolls have been on a concert with him! Sort of. 

The DVD had come loose during shipping but I reattached it to the liner - and also gave him back the microphone stand that has come loose from the rubber bands holding it. 

For some reason I got the impression the Sakis doll had molded hair. Even as he arrived and I saw the doll live, I still thought so. Then all of a sudden, as I deboxed him, I realized he has rooted hair - as well as partly painted details. Cool! Too bad I am way too lazy to find the time to fix my dolls' hair. 

He is wearing an authentic scene costume with black pleather pants and a white tee with the greek flag printed on the chest. I have yet to find actual photos of him wearing this, but the box piccies do show him in this gear. He makes a nice doll! 

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Some details: 

Checking my photo archives I came across these photos of my Lingerie #4. I was taking photos for a whole other reason and she got to be my model of the day. 

She has been one of my wish dolls for years but I have never really put an effort into buying her. Bob Mackie's dolls was very expensive when they were new. Today they are way too cheap - but I think a lot of the reason for this is their 90's makeup. Bob Mackie designed really out-of-the-world dolls once. Lots of embroideries and sequins. A friend of mine sold her Queen of Hearts and I was happy to finally be able to have her! Besides the red Queen I want the golden Sun Goddess and the gorgeous turqouise Neptune - the first Mackie faced doll. 

She is never removed from her liner - still attached by sewing thread s and that ugly tape. 

Bob Mackie's original sketch is included as a print in the box. 

She has heart shaped earrings!

Lots of pearls and sequins

OMG... She took forever to get here but today, the mailman left a parcel on my doorstep. Finally! She has been travelling dark and murky waters for seven weeks, shipped by Surface Mail. Slow boat from China? Via China maybe? Doesn't matter. She is here now and we can both take a deep breath of relief, the lady who sent her, and I. And my goodness, was she worth the wait? Absolutely. Definitely! Look at her! My Queen of the Night. La Reine de La Nuit. 

New Orleans 2013 National Barbie Doll Collectors' Convention doll, AA version. 

The guys behind her creation, are Edge of 17. 

OK, some better shots then: 

He box liner is signed by Raphael.

She is a Platinum Label Edition (<1000 made)

She has  ringlets in silver and black.

A sparkly nose stud. Flocked hair on the sides. 

 French Lily on the choker necklace. 

Stud adorned shoes and silver skull staff

 Black nails. I wish she had another type of hands with more refined nails. 

Utterly gorgeous Nichelle sculpt with icy blue and piercing eyes and dark blood red lips.