Guests Are Arriving to the Church (Photostory)

I am doing this as a photostory, but I really wanted to squeeze in an extra video.  I figured I might be stoned if the next video I posted wasn't of the actual wedding.  So here goes.

The guests have started arriving to the church.  

Harrison and Tina are making their way inside. 

"Wow, there are a lot of people here already."  (Tina) 

"Honey, Mikayla and I are going to the restroom.  We will be right back."  (Michelle)

Meanwhile, the sisters are taking care of their daughters.

"Now what happened to that bootie, Sophia.  I don't know why I bother covering your feet." 

"Taylor, are you sure you don't have to go potty.  I would feel better if you tried to go." 

"But mommy, I don't have to go." 

"Don't wait until we sit down and tell me you have to go." (China)

"Alright, munchkin.  Nice and dry now."

"Hi ladies."  (Michelle)

"Hi, Michelle.  Hello, Mikayla.  Are you guys all ready for the wedding?"  (Sylvia)

"Isn't it wonderful.  Everyone seems to be excited about this wedding."  (Michelle)

"Well, they make such a lovely couple.  It's hard not to be excited for them." (China) 

Adele emerges from inside the church.  She still doesn't know that her husband and daughter are there.

"There's your mommy."  (Mike)

"Mommy?"  (Sydney)

"Oh my gosh!!  What are you two doing here?" (Adele)

"Well we missed you, so we wanted to surprise you." (Mike)

"Honey, I was just talking to you a couple hours ago and you said you were going to spend the day with the boys." (Adele)

"Well that wasn't exactly true.  Your sister and I have been planning this for the past few days." (Mike)

"I should have known she was in on this."  (Adele)

"So how long are you going to make me wait for a hug." (Mike)

"It's so good to see you.  This wedding has been taking up all the weekends I was supposed to have with you and Sydney." (Mike)

"Honey, I know.  I just got so caught up and I couldn't let Danielle down." (Adele)

"I know how engrossed you get in your projects." (Mike)

"Speaking of projects, how's the house hunting going?" (Mike) 

"Well, about that..." (Adele)

"Wow, the church is filling up fast.  These folks aren't playing." (Sylvia) 

"Well honey, I am glad you are here, but I do have to get back to this wedding.  After today, you will have my undivided attention."  (Adele)

"I'm counting on that."  (Mike)

Oh look.  Lisa and Charles have arrived with their family.  Chad looks so cute.

Aww, and Chelsea is dressed in her bunny outfit.

"Mommy, I want candy."  (Mikayla)

"Honey, I think she needs a diaper change."  (Frank)

"Really?  I just changed her before we got in the car."  (Michelle)

"Well, smells don't lie."  (Frank)

Poor Chloe.  There's nothing like a smelly diaper.

There have been a number of out of town guests that have arrived, too.  You can see them on my Facebook page.  www.facebook.com/vansdolltreasures  You will see several large pictures and you can see the rest of the guests if you click on "SEE ALL"  in the Recent Posts section on the top right column.

The Husbands Have Arrived!

A few of my woman have been waiting for their men to come to town.  They are finally here.  I am only showing twoof them.  My Barbie Basic 2.0 #4, has had her husband the longest, but she hasn't let me take his picture yet.

First up is Jay Chou.  Good lawd.  I think I am catching Ebony fever over here.  He doesn't have his body yet.  He quickly borrowed a body, so he could quickly hug his wife, Barbie Basic 3.0 #5.  They have two girls.  The Only Heart Asian sisters.  Mom and Dad were too busy saying hello, so I couldn't bring the kids in.

Here he is solo, before his wife came charging in an grabbed him.  I can't blame her.  He is a Headplay sculpt from Ebay.

Next up is Michael Jordan.  He is Adele's husband.  He is actually going to surprise Adele.  She thinks he is still in Chicago.  She doesn't know the whole time she was talking to him on the phone earlier, he was at her sister's house picking up Sydney.  As you can see they are lurking in the halls at the church.  Adele has yet to see them.

He bought Sydney the cute bunny (Only hearts mini toy) for Easter.  Stay tuned to see what Adele's reaction will be.  I sure hope it's a good one.  She didn't seem to be too thrilled with the conversations she and Michael were having on the phone.  This is the newest Michael Jordan Headplay sculpt.  I couldn't reveal that he was on the way until I had him in hand.  The last time I told of something before I hit the buy button, it was gone before I could get to it.  So I have learned to wait.  

The Latest Wedding Video

Well the new video is ready.  I am only showing one picture.  I want the rest to be a surprise.  This was one of my favorite pictures because I didn't realize how well I captured Julian until after I was in edit mode.  This was sort of a blind shot I took because of the angle.

Double click on the YouTube logo to see it Full Screen

Do You Have Doll Families Attending the Wedding?

If you haven't heard, there is a wedding in our midst.  Can you feel the excitement in the air?  Well today I am shooting the next video, which will feature the ladies and the rest of the wedding party getting dressed for the big event. The actual wedding will be the next video, scheduled for next week.  For all you Julian fans, he and his 'suit', as he put it, will be appearing in the new video.

Due to the excitement, several doll enthusiasts have stated they are dressing dolls for the big event.  Chynadoll Creatisons and Hey It's Muff  are two that mentioned it.  You can actually see Muff's dressed doll, her dressing room dio, and behind the scenes dio tips by clicking on her link.  It's really cute and well done.  So this gave me the idea, last week, to let people post their pictures to my Facebook page of their dressed dolls attending the wedding.  I'm sure Rod and Danielle would love to see who their out of state guests are.  Please let them know what state or country your doll resides in.

Share your wedding guest photo on my fan page .

The facebook interface just changed, so it's a little confusing.  The status and photo upload is on the top left side.

Happy Easter from Morristown!

I was able to get a few of the families, that came to the church early, to take some pictures.  Keep in mind they haven't completely pulled it all together yet.  Jewelry is missing.  Hairbows are missing.  In some cases, shoes are missing.  

This is me and my husband.  In true form, my hair isn't done and I am missing my jewelry.  Even though my husband Keith is unarticulated, I love him to pieces.  

"Honey, wait right here, I'm going to get the kids." (me)

My husband messed up this picture, but Alicia and I are looking pretty nice.  Oh yeah, she said, "check out her purse".  I couldn't find my son Tyler.  No telling where he is.

Here are the Trotts. China, Darren, and Taylor.  Look at Darren trying to look all dapper.  Taylor is sporting her new Tigger dress (an Ebay find).

Pictured here are Tina (psychiatrist), her daughter Shantavia, and her grandaughter, Jada.  Tina and Shantavia had to swap dresses.  Tina was too old to be wearing that short dress.  See that fashionista dress doesn't look so bad out of the pack.  It would have looked better if I had gotten the lighting right.  I sure hope they plan on fixing Jada's hair. 

Chris and Kara Judd.  They will not be performing at the wedding to my knowledge.  I probably should check the itinerary again.  As I was looking through my clothes stash, I found the shirt that Chris is wearing.  I bought it 8 yrs ago.  It is vintage and I had never taken it out of the pack.  I knew one day it would come in handy. LOL!  His sweater is one I made.  Kara's dress is from Stardoll.

Their daughter Jolisa, insisted on wearing pink.

Here's Michelle Robinson and her daughter, Mikayla.  Her husband, Frank and other daughter are around somewhere.  I just saw these two coming from the restroom and I grabbed them for a picture.

I found a few stragglers meandering about.  There's my son Tyler, Zahara and Nikaya Taylor, and Chad, Lisa and Charles' son.  I made Tyler's pants yesterday while making Julian's tux. Nikaya is wearing one of the new Bratz dresses.  Oh, I see some more kids coming.  Hold on a minute.

Ok.  We're back.  Oh, I see the Lees are here already, too.  That's their daughter Ming on the right hand side.  It was hopeless trying to get all the kids to look at the camera.  You know how short their attention span is.  Let me get them back to their parents.  I don't want anyone mistaking me for a babysitter.

"MOVE TAYLOR" (the gang)

There is always one ham in the bunch.  Like I said, let me get these kids back to their parents.

I noticed these two when I took the other kids back.  Jessica and Sophia.  These are Sylvia and Christopher Redmond's kids.

The baby is wearing a new outfit.  I didn't notice the booties were leather until her mother put them on her.  Would you believe she has lost a bootie already.  I forgot to tell her mom to secure it with a little sticky stuff.   These babies are just like real babies when it comes to socks and booties.  They must kick their feet when I'm not looking.

 HAPPY EASTER!

I Went Back to the Target Sale and Big Lots

Today is the last day for part of the Target sale.  So I am posting this just in case someone forgot.  I wanted to go back to Target to possibly buy the Stardoll with Chanel like jacket.  No intentions to buy anything else.  I always go to different Targets because they all carry different things.

I've been wanting this set for a long time.  Didn't want to pay full price and it has disappeared from MattelShop.com.  It was on sale for $17.98.  I don't think an AA set even exists.  This Shelley doll's height can change.  I bought it because I am rebuilding my pediatrician's office.  There is a new I Can Be Pancake turning set that I almost bought.  It was the AA set and the little girl is a new dark skinned Shelley version.  She is really cute!  Unfortunately, they gave this doll the colored legs, which do not move well.  I didn't think I had a darker SIS body to swap her to, BUT I DO! No, I am not going back to Target!

I wanted this set too.  I only had one set of skis and ski boots and needed a second set for the ski trip.  I really like those graphic type pants much better than I thought I would.  Yes, it was on sale.

This is one of the older Fashionista sets.  I was really surprised to see it there.  Back when it came out, I was so against these sets.  Couldn't stand them.  I have learned how to look at these sets with more of a discerning eye.  I had to let go of my "but they aren't Fashion Ave clothes" hang up.  That jean jacket was showing up everywhere on flickr last year. 

Now that I am better at the mixing and matching, I can see outfits in my head using certain pieces.  I really wanted these pants.  I thought the top was cute too.  Great little casual piece.  Last year, I'm sure that purple dress totally turned me off.  I am singing a different tune, now.  Laaaaa.

I remembered that Tina and Shantavia's daughter had already picked out purple outfits to wear to the wedding.  Voila, Shantavia will be wearing that purple dress to the wedding.  It looks kind of sad in the pack, but I think it's going to look nice on her. Tina's purple dress is from a Stardoll accessory pack.  The dress is really cute, but extremely short. If you are wondering how Tina got invited to the wedding, she is accompanying her new man, Harrison.  Who, if you recall, is Leslie's dad.  Go on Ms Tina.  Do your thang!

I now pay attention to the footwear in the packs, too.  I really like these boots.

Okay.  Now on the surface this pack looked pretty bad to me. Two things caught my eye in this pack.  I could picture the little graphic dress (the yellow one) looking really cute with leggings and a jacket.  And those boots!

These boots are killer!  I had to justify buying this pack just for the boots.  Watch me work.

So, the name of the pack is Tokyo.  This dress says I love Tokyo. Again at first glance not something I would choose to buy.  The outfit in the center was worse.  But that's because I had my own personal style in mind.  There aren't a lot of Vanessa's roaming around Morristown.  There are all kinds of people with lots of different styles.

Then I remembered Mari, my Asian teenage performer.  Both those outfits would be great performing outfits.  Problem solved.  I got my boots and Mari got her new outfits.  Now all I need is the Bratz stage.

Kara rushed home from the salon and picked out her dress.  Tell me she is not rocking this dress!  I love this dress on her.  So does Chris, her husband.  This is the one that is worn by Stardoll Bonjour Bijou 2, the redhead.  Yes, the Stardolls are on sale at Target through today.

She will not be carrying this bag, but this is one of my new favorite handbags.  Probably because I carried something similar when I was in college.  This is from one of the Stardoll accessory packs.  Yes, they are on sale.  I don't mean to be an enabler, just an informant. 

By the way, we got Melanie covered, too.  Chyna couldn't pull police duty for the wedding, but she sent S.W.A.T. (I don't have a doll that I think properly represents Chyna, yet.  Still looking).  You won't see them at the wedding.  They will have the perimeter covered and will be checking all cars as they enter to make sure she doesn't get in.

I stopped by a different Big Lots.  I always check for Power Team guys.  I saw only one and I didn't like him at all.  Looked at the rest of the toys, then headed to the restroom.  After leaving the restroom I decided to look through the toys again.  What is it with us addicted doll people?!  Low and behold there were two more PT guys that I somehow overlooked.  This was one that I really wanted.  I hope to name him Rain, but I have to get Ebony's permission first.  

One last thing.  These were $1 in the $1 section of Target .  I plan to use them to organize some of my doll projects:  one for woodworking, one for sewing, one for food, and one for furniture.

They have 4-5 clear pockets inside.

Whew!  I'm tired.  Got to go make furniture now.  I promise, no more posts until tomorrow.  Have a wonderful day.