tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39582454035014119212024-03-05T16:02:30.764+08:00Dollhouse Diaries' ProjectsThis is a new blog created mainly for my convenience. I often have a tough time locating the post for certain project as I label my posts not by subject matters but by days or date (since it is a journal).
This blog also collate ALL my projects from the different houses that I am building or hope to build. This blog is like my workroom or scrapbook of anything minis or miniatures or dollhouse related.Sans!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07142349451568183257noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958245403501411921.post-16034305252481415482014-10-28T13:38:00.000+08:002014-10-28T13:38:08.661+08:00Art Running Route- Marina Bay <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks to the haze and my laze mainly, it's been almost a month since my last run with the boys. On Sunday, I decided to go solo round my favourite route at Marina Bay. </div>
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A cloudy morning and the constant threat of a drizzle made the weather a perfect one for a slow run. </div>
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I knew my run would be rewarding in terms of eye candies and I was not wrong. There was a series of bronze sculptures by a French artist called Julien Marinetti. </div>
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This is what the plague says about the artist:</div>
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"<i>Julien Marinetti is a painter, a sculptor, an engraver, someone creative to the upper tips of the fingers. He is essentially a visual artist and explores numerous facets of Arts. Full loving of the Quattrocento, he embossed his path in the melting pot of flamboyant classicism. </i></div>
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<i>Today his work goes back and forth, without losing itself, between neo-cubism and expressionism to show his famous syncretism of Arts. His sculptures- "Doggy John", "Teddy Bear", "Skull", "Duck" and now "Panda Ba" -are mediums he forms in the unique aim to paint them. His sense of "Panda Ba"- volume is insolently innate, however he confesses always "being in search of the absolute of architectural composition, balance in forms, in symmetry, in harmony" and that "he doesn't search likeness but existence". When he paints, he gives birth to his sculpture with rapid strokes, in a profusion of colours both instinctive and brilliantly mastered, and his preferred colours are perceptible." </i></div>
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It took me<i> </i>a terribly long 90 minutes to complete 9.75 km but that is all right. It is no longer about the running but the route. </div>
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We were really excited when we read about an unusual exhibition called <a href="http://www.fantasiabyescriba.com/index.html">"Fantasia by Escriba"</a> touted as a "magical wonderland like never before". Willy Wonker's Chocolate factory meets Cirque de Soleil, life size sculptures and giant wedding cakes made entirely out of pastry and chocolates by Christian Escriba and his wife Patricia Schmidt, samples and champagne, what more do I need for a day out, right?</div>
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Well, we decided quite quickly to see the Midnight Fantasia because they promised some tantalising "adult only" shows (but it was truly because the price of the tickets were about 1/4 of the usual day show). </div>
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There was the dreamscape that came to Escriba when he was sleeping one night.</div>
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A mad scientist waiting to explode a cake in your face but never did of course.</div>
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And a make-up artist for the moon.</div>
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There was of course the tallest chocolate waterfall standing at 8.5 m and free all you can drink chocolate shots from the fountain.</div>
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In the next pavilion was the circus of sculptures made from all manner of confections. </div>
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We had more samplings of chocolate lips and chocolates fries and took home many. </div>
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We were nonetheless a little disappointed as they closed off a big part of the exhibition for the Midnight Fantasia. It was the recreation of La Rambla with the famed confectionery, Escriba. We also did not get a close up of all the finer creations by Patricia Schmidt.</div>
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December 2006, I ran a full marathon in just under 6 hours. It was the most grueling race of my life. It was also my most exhilarating. I couldn't walk for 3 days after that and I stopped running for 2 years. </div>
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In early 2009, I resumed running again with a group of friends who have become like family. Thanks to them, I haven't stopped since. </div>
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For some of us, we harbour dreams of running what we deem the most prestigious of all marathon races, the Boston Marathon. For me, the dream is a distant one as it is near impossible to make the qualifying time. Yet, I continue to harbour that dream because running a marathon is precisely about overcoming what we often think is the impossible.</div>
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Because a marathon is a race to celebrate a super human will and tenacity, it generates a goodwill beyond boundaries. It is not uncommon for people to withstand extreme weather for hours waiting at the finishing line to see their friends or family run in. Or for strangers to stand by at the half way mark, with bags of bananas, handing them out to runners swishing past. Runners who can probably only manage a fleeting smile and a single word of thanks and who they will likely never meet again. </div>
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What happened in Boston yesterday shocked and saddened me. It felt really close to home. In fact, I knew these people. They were the people I ran with in all those races, they were the spectators who cheered me on. I mourn their passing; I cry for their loss. </div>
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And that is why I will not stop running. In their honour, I will continue to run for as long as I can.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Every stitch, every fiber, every stroke, she painstakingly carved out of wood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her gallery, <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; background-color: whitesmoke; color: #555555; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span>呂美麗精雕藝術館 or The Mary Leu Fine Arts Carving Gallery was one of the highlights of our trip when we were in Yilan, Taiwan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Forgive me, Mary for taking these pictures but I hope more people will visit your gallery when they see them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">From Inside <a href="http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/the-gardens/attractions/flower-dome.html">The Flower Dome</a>, 24/6/2012</span></div>
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Very few things here make me love my country the way our Sunday morning runs regularly do.<br />
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It might be while I was witnessing a miracle of nature over the quiet waters of our most famous river;</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">and then behold, a 100 year old romance coursed through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">25m tall <a href="http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/the-gardens/attractions/supertree-grove.html">super tree grove</a> with a sky walkway- photo courtesy of MSNB</span>C<br />
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These are often how I feel while running with friends who have become like family in the many beautiful places in Singapore. This swelling of pride and sense of immense well being; a sensation I have come to recognise as <i>love</i> for my country, my home.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I don't think I have ever seen my housemate FaiZ as excited as he was 3 weeks ago, at the prospect of hosting a guest. It is after all the legendary, much loved and very respected </span><a href="http://www.blueskiescom.com/alumni/aug_sep_06/headliner_lee_gek_kim.htm">Mrs Lee Gek Khim</a><span style="background-color: white;">, FaiZ's secondary school English teacher. FaiZ attributed his As in Literature, a subject which might well be Greek to him to this remarkable but now retired teacher who has relocated with her family to Australia. To this day, many of her ex-students regarded her as their best teacher ever! In the short time I have known her, I have come to truly enjoy her company. </span></div>
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I was browsing the web to escape work for 10 minutes and ended up being here for almost 3 hours. I even ended up blogging but I just had to. You see, I fell in love with this work-in-progress animation "Rain". The illustrator lives in China and calls himself <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://ccillus.cn/anima.html">大菠萝</a> </span>which literally translates to "Big Pineapple". I have emailed him about this post but I am too impatient to wait for his reply. Maybe you too can understand why I just can't wait to share it with you.</div>
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This was a <a href="http://www.ntu.edu.sg/events/pages/newsdetail.aspx?URL=http://www.ntu.edu.sg/events/events/Pages/ChannelUinvitesstudents.aspx&Guid=dcf9e9a4-bdf0-4811-81b1-77be49732dd0&Category=Event%20Calendar">competition</a> <a href="http://snowfern-clover.blogspot.com/2011/07/another-competition-and-some-quick.html">Cindy</a> and I contemplated participating sometime in July this year. This competition called the "Chinatown Mid Autumn Festival 2011 Singapore Iconic Lantern Design Competition" was as its name suggested, a contest for the best lantern designed to the theme of Singapore Icons. Several discussions and one preliminary shopping trip (for materials) later, I decided I could not hack it. Too much work, too little time. I also remember feeling absolutely uninspired. </div>
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Win's entry- <a href="http://sgstampers.blogspot.com/2010/09/stamp-fact-of-day-20th-september-2010.html">Singapore Merlion</a></div>
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I had however coaxed my brother into submitting a design and he did with this 3D replica of the <a href="http://sgstampers.blogspot.com/2010/09/stamp-fact-of-day-20th-september-2010.html">Singapore Lion Head icon</a>. The fact that it was an exact replica caused him to lose points on creativity, I suspect, but he got top marks, in my book, for execution. This was not a cheap lantern. Just the paper and printing alone cost S$250.00. He had wanted to make it collapsible but due to the lack of time and resource for experiments, he gave the idea up. Although he did not win any prizes, his was one of the top 10 entries. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1st prize entry- Vanda Miss Joaquim by Ivy Yeo</span></div>
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The 1st and 2nd prize went to MarG's mum and niece respectively. The<a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1148290/1/.html"> local media</a> dubbed them "the grandmother-granddaughter pair" . Auntie Ivy's lantern was made entirely with recyclable material and powered with rechargeable batteries. This is what one of the judges said about the lantern: </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><i>"There're a lot of great lanterns around but Mdm Yeo's lantern really stood out," said Mr Mitsuru Iguchi, managing director of SANYO Energy (S) Corp and one of the five judges. "Orchids are indeed very representative of Singapore. We are impressed that all the materials used are recyclable as it meets the contest criteria, given Singapore's limited resources." </i></span></div>
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Some of you may remember Kriestel She <a href="http://sansdollhousediaries.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-maharajahs-palace-day-79.html">taught me how to make the tiniest origami crane mobile for my Maharajah's Emporium almost 2 years ago</a>. I am really proud of her. She made the satay (skewered meat) with foam board and I thought they looked just like the real thing. </div>
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This piece stood out for me. I regarded it as a work of art for the ingenious use of material and the skill involve in its execution. The dragon was made almost entirely from aluminium cans but I can see why it was probably more suited as an installation rather than lantern. This piece had no bulbs and could not therefore be lighted. It also did not really fulfill the Singapore-Icon criteria. I believe however that it came in 3rd.</div>
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The orchid motif painted on the lantern in the peranakan style was down by the maker himself.</div>
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This piece would have made quite a funky lamp.</div>
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I believe this piece was to assimilate a <a href="http://www.stockphotopro.com/photo_of/joss/A8YHD4/many_burning_joss_sticks">burning joss coil</a></div>
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An easy way to showcase Singapore Malay Costumes. </div>
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No matter what my views are of these entries, I applaud each and everyone of the participants for doing what I could not. One thing I am sure, everyone of those lanterns will bring someone some really special memories.</div>
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Sans!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07142349451568183257noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958245403501411921.post-75559253031537109142011-08-19T23:05:00.000+08:002011-08-19T23:05:42.932+08:00Gifts, Swaps & Thrills-Flora's Mini Dollhouse Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_skBSvZvmHOvLaac_r_AkV36GFxB9ARoYCIrleTFdkcDlfKrI5kLm8aFFySYG1bqQyiLwTqVmi7BeII8hHDWox84NNH_P1oaAFqw8sZ7r2Zwl90cLUCIeYJDQOwURnkWEdEZGw-oAuRI/s1600/FloraBks-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_skBSvZvmHOvLaac_r_AkV36GFxB9ARoYCIrleTFdkcDlfKrI5kLm8aFFySYG1bqQyiLwTqVmi7BeII8hHDWox84NNH_P1oaAFqw8sZ7r2Zwl90cLUCIeYJDQOwURnkWEdEZGw-oAuRI/s640/FloraBks-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>On the 19th of April this year, Flora organised a <a href="http://lacasadellebambolediflora.blogspot.com/2011/04/400-e-give-away.html">giveaway </a>of a set of her adorable dollhouse books to celebrate the joy of having 400 followers , some of whom (like me) are so ardent in our following that we almost never miss a post at her blog, <a href="http://lacasadellebambolediflora.blogspot.com/">La Casa delle Bambole di Flora</a>.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This is my comment on her giveaway post:</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #660000; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have acquired many a dollhouse books , so many that I did not have the opportunity to even open some of them so they are still carefully wrapped in yellowing plastic, collecting a firm film of dust :). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">But can I resist if I see more ? Of course not! You have made books close to my heart, dear Flora :). Please count me as one of your faithful follower, hopeful and thankful for this chance to win your books.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>So here they are, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>Flora and all of you who love books on dolls' houses, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>these are mine, as at 18th August 2011.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;"><i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Part of the <a href="http://sansddprojects.blogspot.com/2010/08/sandra-morris-colllection.html">Sandra Morris collection</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">More of the Sandra Morris' Collection with newer how to books.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The DVD ,"Creating With Kiva" was a gift from Kiva Atkinson.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">My very 1st book on dollhouse was "Classic Dolls' Houses" by Faith Eaton, </div><div style="text-align: center;">bought way before I fell in love with dolls' houses.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Books that I have yet to read.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And those still wrapped in yellowing plastic, bought at the Miniature Museum of Taiwan.</div><br />
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</i></span></span></div>Sans!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07142349451568183257noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958245403501411921.post-64847408316123929502011-06-22T00:49:00.000+08:002011-06-22T00:49:10.151+08:00The Doll Affair 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5X43VTvsuY_EhxejVzhVYp59f6V7FG8z856ssx2BMl93oLgTc7KAoFAuEJX8iNaEPk3DaHGaWD5jZ7elMgBzftRwtooX03Bl6apqrM5zZDi9H94g9vmUP1-b0O9gW04MnWSxlfQ2wtZ4/s1600/DA2011-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5X43VTvsuY_EhxejVzhVYp59f6V7FG8z856ssx2BMl93oLgTc7KAoFAuEJX8iNaEPk3DaHGaWD5jZ7elMgBzftRwtooX03Bl6apqrM5zZDi9H94g9vmUP1-b0O9gW04MnWSxlfQ2wtZ4/s400/DA2011-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">I attended <a href="http://thedollaffair.org/">The Doll Affair 2011</a> last Saturday on 18 June 2011 held at the Singapore Conference Hall. Started in 2007 by 2 enthusiasts who were collectors of BJDs or ball jointed dolls, it was a small but well attended event. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Most of the attendees were collectors themselves and many brought their own dolls to the show where they would spend most of their time discussing related topics with other collectors and taking pictures of their dolls.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I attended the fair mainly because<a href="http://snowfern-clover.blogspot.com/2011/06/tda-recap-now-that-im-little-more.html"> Cindy</a> and <a href="http://asukas.blogspot.com/2011/06/tda-2011-aftermath-report-3.html">Asuka</a> were exhibitors and because this was a BJD event, most of their work for sale were mainly 1:3 or 1:4. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hardly any of the vendors sold dolls, just BJD accessories like clothes , shoes or wigs. I believe both my friends did well and I was really proud of them. Their creations were very popular. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I took mainly pictures of the dolls </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">because they were such a good looking bunch.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't she beautiful? I found her sitting on the floor amongst bags and other dolls..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Drop dead gorgeous even when somber, I can now see the obsession with these dolls.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">For these dolls, all their clothes were made by a lady clothier in Spain. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The price tags were for the dresses. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Settings where collectors displayed their dolls for photo taking. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The show and gathering was over all too soon </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and for many of these dolls</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">they would be going home to be tucked away in their boxes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">They may be taken out once in a while for their owners to play with</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">but mainly these dolls live for the next Doll Affair or a similar event</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">where they will be shown off proudly again. </div>Sans!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07142349451568183257noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958245403501411921.post-26725094992653825822011-05-11T22:15:00.002+08:002011-05-14T04:40:38.902+08:00Gifts, Swaps & Thrills-Jollie, Glenda & Drora<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3bwr9rcOlSkHRK7nAyiTtl3_OBL9b-TJCUb5P0Rs3dNXDom94zVZliojxHG9AhqyU5ke4Cl0FMy-C5DNRqigb1J0zoAZi4ZdId7rDABHX5pCIPqEl1G_8Uv51P1IMazkGxwqK0nNJRA/s1600/Charms1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3bwr9rcOlSkHRK7nAyiTtl3_OBL9b-TJCUb5P0Rs3dNXDom94zVZliojxHG9AhqyU5ke4Cl0FMy-C5DNRqigb1J0zoAZi4ZdId7rDABHX5pCIPqEl1G_8Uv51P1IMazkGxwqK0nNJRA/s400/Charms1.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">It has been a most exhilarating and intensely emotional GE 2011 (General Elections) for me. I had only voted once in my life thus far and it is too tedious to explain why but thanks to the volunteer work I did during this election, I have never felt so involved with the politics of my country. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Live, Love, Inspire, Believe</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">How apt that Jollie should send me these tiny charms a couple of months ago. And that is not all, she gave me a little sachet filled with charms. Charms she thought I might enjoy because they reminded her of me and she was spot on. I love them all. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then she also made me this miniature magazine with lotuses on its cover. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was very moved when I saw how she had used ethnic themed articles for the inside of this magazine. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Thank you, <a href="http://alittlemoreminis.blogspot.com/">Jollie</a>!</i></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Almost at the same time, I received tidings from the shores of Israel. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">What better gifts than Mother Nature's Miniatures? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am thrilled that I now have seashells from Spain (Eva), Greece (<a href="http://alittlemoreminis.blogspot.com/">Jollie</a>) and Israel (<a href="http://drorasminimundo.blogspot.com/">Drora</a>). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you, <a href="http://drorasminimundo.blogspot.com/">Drora</a>!</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And then last month, I received these silk fabrics from Glenda.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">They are antique kimono fabrics from Japan. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I am overwhelmed. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Thank you, Glenda!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am high on LOVE now. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The love for my country where courageous men and women inspire and made me believe again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the love for my friends who constantly remind me with their thoughtfulness and generosity</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> that this is a life worth living.</div>Sans!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07142349451568183257noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958245403501411921.post-63570791730364596512011-02-17T12:40:00.000+08:002011-02-17T12:40:20.939+08:00Gifts, Swaps & Thrills-Fafa's Javanese Couple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5dRITu4fn3uHe3es_Q99hFt9yCgM-SkQSKoP74BPGQd4ovBfSGtXxOrO5fJah8hyphenhyphen-gvI6BzM9Ibn9Tict1FaGw5qmE5hKKavDHcRU8aJ3YDfcYE67elnWbs08-r2GgqNfkzqr1C5LUE/s1600/2011-JavaneseCouple-Front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5dRITu4fn3uHe3es_Q99hFt9yCgM-SkQSKoP74BPGQd4ovBfSGtXxOrO5fJah8hyphenhyphen-gvI6BzM9Ibn9Tict1FaGw5qmE5hKKavDHcRU8aJ3YDfcYE67elnWbs08-r2GgqNfkzqr1C5LUE/s400/2011-JavaneseCouple-Front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">When Fafa returned from her hometown near Jogyakarta, Indonesia, </div><div style="text-align: center;">she brought home many gifts. </div><div style="text-align: center;">One of them is this pair of Javanese husband and wife on an old bicycle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Measuring a mere 2 1/2" (base) wide and 2 2/3" high at its tallest, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it depicts the couple in traditional Javanese costumes. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The lady looks a lot like Fafa who is as pretty if not prettier,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and definitely just as voluptuous. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">The lady, wearing a long Indonesian batik sarong,</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> is holding dried edelweiss found in the Jogyajakarta mountains.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">The man, bare chested (very typical in our tropical countries) </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">wears his udeng (headgear) and loose checkered cotton pants.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">There are also edelweiss on the ground.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Fafa's gift is now sitting on top of my jewellery box from Sri Lanka.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Like a perfect little box topper. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I love my Javanese couple soooooooo much. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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Some of you may already know that I run regularly. On Sunday mornings, I run with a group of very dear and wonderful friends who often look for interesting routes so that we are motivated to wake up at 6am , sometimes, 5 , just to run. </div>
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It has become almost a habit now that even when I run on my own, I look for places of interest (once I even diverted and shopped for 6 hours instead). Monday night, we hit jackpot when we ran to see the outdoor light installations by international artists along Marina Bay. I took my camera along and even though we ran for 2 over hours, it felt shorter because it was wonderful.</div>
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This is one of my favourite installations. I love the title which is a symbol for the backside. The description says "This installation is a functional sculpture which illuminates at night while allowing the public to use it as a sitting area." Cher Kuan, if you are reading this, I took the last pic to prove that I took the photographs . Yes, it is with the same camera that you own. Eat your heart out!</div>
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Giant can also be beautiful which is why I have decided that I will make this post here featuring non-mini things for the first time. </div>
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Thanks to my running mates, I have found so much more beauty in my country.<br />
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Sans!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07142349451568183257noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958245403501411921.post-34941974442474948072010-10-15T19:59:00.003+08:002010-10-15T20:04:29.814+08:00A Japanese Ningyo Doll<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfGlf5pqX5jPMax6lVOuKF63cgMf_vPKQOoE_OsYSIh99C0l-4npUfgms6XGReQ6YjGi_2RgGa_kE6u6FeX0Gt_0RIKrBGLg1uzrWhAdQBMGJmKzgZWWZwN1G3hh_4_DU_39KqlIBRhY/s1600/OldMan-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfGlf5pqX5jPMax6lVOuKF63cgMf_vPKQOoE_OsYSIh99C0l-4npUfgms6XGReQ6YjGi_2RgGa_kE6u6FeX0Gt_0RIKrBGLg1uzrWhAdQBMGJmKzgZWWZwN1G3hh_4_DU_39KqlIBRhY/s400/OldMan-1.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">I saw this Ningyo (human form in Japanese) doll at an Asian antique shop in Tanglin Mall when I was out running last Friday. The run started at 10am and I didn't get home till 6pm that day because I ended up shopping along the Orchard Road belt. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I usually do not go for traditional dolls especially the Japanese ones but this one caught my eye. It was supposedly 50 years old-the fabric does look faded and the details were quite remarkable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some of my friends who have read <a href="http://sansdollhousediaries.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-198-festival-of-dolls-at-tribal.html">my post on the Krishnanagar dolls on the other blog </a>will know how much I like hair on dolls. You can see why I am charmed by the hair on Ojiisan ("Granpa" in Japanese) .It's so neat! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But in the end, what really sold me was the fact that the doll is made of <i><b>plastic</b></i>! I did a double take when I found out. Are you surprise too? I had thought it was clay until I held it in my hands and it was so light.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I am an avid follower of <a href="http://la-cocina-alegre.blogspot.com/">Tomohachi's blog</a>. She was introduced to me by 2 other Singapore based miniature artisans, Cindy and Asuka who knew her from way back when. On 1st September 2010, Tomahachi organised <a href="http://la-cocina-alegre.blogspot.com/2010/08/notice.html">a giveaway</a> to celebrate her anniversary on blogland (5 for her Japanese blog and 2 for her English one). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">She announced <a href="http://la-cocina-alegre.blogspot.com/2010/09/winner-and-second-lucky-people.html">the winner on 8th Sept 2010</a> and 5 days later, my goodies galore arrived from Japan to Singapore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Firstly, there is this absolutely amazing strawberry container. They are made with perspex material for the transparent part and plastic for the cover. Just like the real thing. A neatly packed trio of macarons are tucked inside.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">She also made a charming country box with 2 bottles of olive oil, extra virgin and virgin with apples to match. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I believe she designed this mug herself and of course, she very considerately put in a bag of marigold tea and a paper crane for company. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Arigato gozaimasu, Tomoko.</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b><b>I will treasure your gifts, always. </b></span></i></div></div>Sans!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07142349451568183257noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958245403501411921.post-21272624590126512292010-08-31T21:40:00.001+08:002010-08-31T21:42:42.804+08:00The Sandra Morris Colllection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sometime in April this year, <a href="http://towerhousedolls.blogspot.com/2010/04/ex-libris-sandra.html">Sandra Morris of Dimunitive Dolls </a>made the difficult decision to part with some of her much loved dollhouse books, books which she had collected for the past 25 years. I wasted no time and made a beeline for them. I bought so many that Sandra had to split the parcels into 3 different lots. She is from UK and I am in Singapore. To save on shipping, I picked surface mail. I knew I would have no problem receiving them because my experience with UK surface mail is they come slowly but surely. I received Parcel 3 6 days after they were posted out. In Sandra's words, "<i>That's not just amazing, it's practically impossible! It must have gone by air instead of surface mail. Even if I'd got on a boat in England along with the parcels I wouldn't have arrived in Singapore yet!"</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These are the books in Parcel 3 :</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>DOLLS </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Max von Boehn</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> GREENWARE PREPARATION FOR DOLLS HEADS with Eye Cutting Techniques</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Neva Wade Garnett</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXcNApRMGZbAgUTRdmQ7w__DY5h2EzHfJrQR6DB2T5I82B2x4fUbkovgh7AquMxHgHY6K9hyphenhyphenZUskJWSOrtMDHRb4VAL1Lt5WZhcieUQu0qQSpHOsf3GelourJ-hUpuSP0mfYdFG0l2wE/s1600/3-Greenware.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXcNApRMGZbAgUTRdmQ7w__DY5h2EzHfJrQR6DB2T5I82B2x4fUbkovgh7AquMxHgHY6K9hyphenhyphenZUskJWSOrtMDHRb4VAL1Lt5WZhcieUQu0qQSpHOsf3GelourJ-hUpuSP0mfYdFG0l2wE/s400/3-Greenware.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> DOLLS (The Collector's Corner)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Grange Books</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> DOLLS</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by John Noble </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>HOW TO MAKE CERAMIC CHARACTER DOLLS and their accessories</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Sylvia Becker</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>THE DOLLS' HOUSE BOOK </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Pauline Flick (pic of inside page)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>OLD TOYS</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Pauline Flick</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>DOLLS' HOUSES Furniture and Decoration </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Pauline Flick & Valerie Jackson (pic of inside page)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>THE LITTLE DOLL ARTIST</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Beverly Parker</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>DOLLS' HOUSE DOLLS 1850-1900</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Magdalena Byfield</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2 days later , on 29th April 2010, I received Parcel 2. Apparently everyone was surprised including the staff at the post office in the UK. Parcel 2 had the rarer and more expensive books:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>MINIATURE INTERIORS- Inspirational Interiors for Dolls' Houses </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Nick Forder</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>DOLLS' HOUSES -Domestic life and architectural styles in miniature </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>from the 17th century to the present day</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Olivia Bristol and Leslie Geddes-Brown</i> (one of my favourite)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Make and Clothe Your Own DOLL'S HOUSE DOLLS</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Ellen Bedington</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>JUMEAU -Prince of Dolls</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Constance Eileen King (Pic of inside page)</i><b><i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And then we waited and waited and waited. More than four months later , Parcel 1 arrived today. I am so happy because this parcel has my favourite: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>DOLLS & DOLLS' HOUSES </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Roger Baker</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>DOLLS' HOUSES -THE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Valerie Jackson Douet</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>DOLLS AND DOLLS' HOUSES </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Constance Eileen King</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>LETT'S GUIDE TO COLLECTING DOLLS</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Kerry Taylor</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Modelled on the frame houses of the early Dutch settlers around New York, New Jersey and Delaware, the Dutch Revival house is a common suburban sight. The style usually features a sloping gambrel roof which jutt out over the facade, and a second-storey front that rises from the roof like an oversize dormer. These revived Dutch Colonials enjoyed their greatest popularity during the suburbia building boom of the 1920s to the 1940s, but variations on the type are still being built.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There's not much of the late Elizabethan about the American suburbs - except for the rambling Tudor Revival homes of the early twentieth century and their later more modest cousins. Thee slate roofed, half timbered houses were inspired by the English Renaissance houses of the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and featured steeply pitched rooflines and rows of casement windows. Soon the style was adapted to smaller, more middle class suburban homes, though it made use of the same elements- steep roofs, overlapping gables, decorative half-timbers, or stone masonry and stucco exteriors. Tudor Revival was tremendously popular in the 1920s and early 1930s.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the 1910s and 1920s, when architects and homebuilders in the Northeast looked to the past for inspiration, they tapped into their English colonial heritage. But in areas such as Florida, California, and the Southwest, the heritage was Spanish, and the style it produced was powerfully Mediterranean in flavour. Thick, textured stucco walls, red tile roofs, arched windows and heavy wood doors are all hallmarks of the style, which continues to be popular today, lending design elements to everything from new housing to shopping plazas. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As American as a backyard barbecue, teh classic split level was born during the post war building boom of the 1950s and 1960s. With a single storey at one end (usually the living room and kitchen) and two at the other (sunken garage and family room below and bedrooms above), the split level was soon a familiar sight throughout the countries as cars opened up farmland to residential development.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>Following the patriotic celebrations of the 1876 Centennial, a new interest in American history inspired a revival of American Colonial architecture. Designs for houses for such fashionable architectural forms as McKim, Mead and White incorporated distinctive Colonial-era features, including the Palladian window, columned porticos, doors and windows pediments, and classical swags and urns. In its early phase, beginning in the 1880s, the Colonial Revival was limited to opulent, large houses in exclusive neighbourhoods and summer resorts. By the 1920s, it was the favoured style for more modest and suburban houses and has been popular since. The traditional colours for the early Colonial Revival houses was white, cream or pale yellow, with trim and shutters highlighted in a dark shade, such as green, blue, red or black. Red, brown, grey, blue and green have also become popular body colours, use any of these with contrasting trims.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">These plainspoken houses were built around the simple principle of the Georgian square or rectangular block, usually with a front porch and a sensible floor plan of four rooms on each floor arranged one in each corner. Foursquares were usually covered in clapboard, but there are certainly examples of the style in stone, brick and stucco. The style predominates in the small towns of the Northeast and Midwest, but at least one classic American foursquare can be found in most older residential estates.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Between 1908 and 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Company sold more than 50,000 precut homes- kits that included everything from blueprints to lumber and nails. The kits were shipped by rails, so most Sears homes were built in the Northeast and Midwest, the areas best served by rail lines. Styles were wildly eclectic -buyers paging through a Sears' "Catalogue of Modern Homes" could choose anything from a simple bungalow or cape or English or Spanish Mission-style cottage. Many Sears homes still stand today, particularly in the Midwestern farming communities that were once so dependent on mail-order goods.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">From its birth in the 1900s through its boom through the following two decades, Americans were crazy about the bungalow. These solid, snug, one or one-and-a-half storey homes fed the need for affordable, modern housing, and they became one of the most popular housing styles. The typical bungalow featured a deep porch, incorporated under a wide, overhanging roof; a long, low profile and a simple interior with lots of built-in cupboards and nooks. Cheap and easy to build, bungalow designs were published in magazines and sold through the mail. Their porches and shady interiors were intended for warm-weather Southern and Western climates, but the styles spread into far frosting regions before its popularity faded.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Inspired by the English Arts and Crafts Movement, the Craftsman style is closely associated with the furniture maker, and designer Gustav Stickley, who published numerous designs for modest houses and bungalows in his <i>Craftsman</i> magazine (1901-16). The style, which reached the peak of its popularity in the 920s, is also identified with the works of such California masters as the architects Greene and Greene, who rejected mass-produced materials and emphasized fine craftsmanship in wood and stone. The braod overhanging roof, deep porch, often sheltered by pergolas or trellises, and the horizontal lines of the Craftsman bungalows are the distinguishing features.The typical palettes incorporated natural greys, browns and greens to blend with the natural settings. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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