Another late post, but here is my current doll diorama on display! Same scene, but a few less dolls this year lol. This time it features my two "Barbie on a Budget" Haunted Beauty dolls (ghost and vampire), plus two witches (I always tend to use that redheaded one lol). I do intend to tackle the Haunted Beauty zombie at some point; I just have to figure out how exactly I want to go about it, and if I want her to have old/dirty clothes or do a different approach. :D And of course, my famous little jars of various potion ingredients are included! I love those things!
"Barbie on a Budget" vampire inspired by the Haunted Beauty doll:
"Barbie on a Budget" ghost inspired by the Haunted Beauty doll:
Why yes, she is enjoying her goblet of blood :D
Mini apothecary jars and other witch items like books, candles, etc.:
Finally got my cauldron the way I wanted - with the green liquid! :D
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After a long time not being able to craft, I finally made a new crate bookcase for my dioramas. I wanted to make something simple, that wouldn't take me much time. Plus, I needed an excuse to use those Acrylic colors I got for Christmas. Link in bio for the full tutorial. Shelf is painted in "Desert cactus" by Americana Acrylics ( @decoart ) #Barbie #madetomove #dollfurniture #dolldiorama #barbiefurniture #miniaturefurniture #barbiehouse #dollhouse #americanaacrylics #dollcrafts #myfroggystufffanpics #dollphotography #barbiegram #dollstagram #ilovedolls https://www.instagram.com/p/ChR_Hl7onZI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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“Oh BHSindy (brown hair) I didn’t know you were wearing your polka dot dress today” “ Don’t worry” said BHSindy “it’s #twinningiswinningwithgrandma With @grandmagetsreal today so we will blend in nicely…. Have you seen the new Barista? he’s rather dishy” “Sit down ladies I’ll come over and take your order” said the Barista who followed them to their seat. The girls gave him their order and started to quiz him on where he came from and what his name was … he came from Mattel city and his name was Joey. He has lovely hair the girls decided, lovely hair and a Hollywood smile. BHSindy decided she would have a cake to go with her coffee but Sindy had a sneaky suspicion that it wasn’t the cake she was after. “CAKE!!!” Sindy had forgotten the reason she had come to Froggy cafe…she needed to order cake for all the lovely people coming to @Dollyconuk on Saturday… she had better put her order in before she forgot… Joey was charming and really quite funny as they started chatting about where Joey should visit now he had moved to Sindy City…… “If you two are quite finished there are people waiting to be served!” Said a deep voice “Oh I’m sorry” said Sindy who gestured for the long haired stranger to take her place. The man grunted without a thank you and Sindy sat back down telling BHSindy about her run in with the rude man. ************************ A big thankyou to @myfroggystuff for the printable downloads #myfroggystuff #myfroggystufffanpics . Joining @mydollphotography4 #mydollphotochallenge boys . The dresses were made by me my first attempt at shirring ever! . #sindy #sindydoll #barbieken #jacksparrawken #jacksparrow #johnnydeppdoll #jacksparrowdoll #dollstory #barbiestory #sindystorytime #sindystory #dolldiorama #dollcafe @dollyconuk #dollstagram (at Lincoln, Lincolnshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgeQGfxMM6L/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Inspired by the latest @myfroggystuff video I made a fold up star wars inspired room for the custom doll I'm working on... I may or may not have been procrastinating sewing her clothes. #fashiondollphotography #roombox #myfroggystufffanpics https://www.instagram.com/p/CMA-L7HDj1q/?igshid=1v66olysd9d01
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I did a thing... actually, I did several things. :D My ani-ME (anime doll version) needed manga in her house, so of course I had to make mini Inuyasha manga! I've done this before, but this time it's different... I didn't do miniature versions of the Viz BIG volumes. Nope, I did all 56 original Japanese volumes. Because ani-ME is in Japan, so she must have the original volumes!!! :D What a task this was - because the volumes are so old, it's hard to find high resolution pictures of them online. And even if you do, many times it's just the front, not the back and definitely not the spine. I found some, but then the front and back cover colors were completely different, some had text and graphics cut off from what was most likely a scanned image, the colors were inconsistent between various websites, some colors were clashing badly due to low quality resolution, etc.
So I literally made a template in Photoshop of the real size of the original manga (obtained via Amazon) and rebuilt EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. from scratch. I was able to find a site with all the original cover photos, and then I found the most high resolution cover I could find to duplicate the pattern that's on all books (colors vary), recreated the logo for each book (the character symbols and the gradients are all different for each volume), redrew the SS Comics logo that's on all books, and I even replicated each individual barcode. Because I'm nothing if not a consistent perfectionist. :D
For the backs, I used the images I found and just copied and pasted the characters and Japanese text, and for the teeny tiny characters I used the brush tool to trace over them. Even though I knew you probably wouldn't be able to see them in such a small scale, no way was I leaving them out! Consistency, darn it! :D
For the spines, I found complete sets on eBay and used a photo of the spines from those auctions as a template. I redid everything on the spine except the character head at the top of each, which is copied and pasted from the eBay files. They're definitely pretty low resolution, but hopefully it's not noticeable at such a small scale.
And the volume numbers? Try as I might, I could NOT find a font that matched them. So I got the most high resolution volumes I could find and made number templates... so each time I needed one of the volume numbers, I'd just use a color overlay on it and plop it where it needed to go on the front and spine.
Then the fun part - resizing them all to 1/6 scale. They're a little over an inch tall right now. And because they're not very thick in the spine, wrapping the covers around foam board to mimic pages wasn't working. So I had to make pages... for 56 volumes LOL. I just took my cover template, sized it down, and made it a blank white with a black stroke so I could see where to cut. I could fit 11 mini pages in one row across a regular sized sheet of printer paper (I used cardstock for extra thickness and stability), and I could fit like six rows on a sheet. I was able to fit 11 pages in one volume to allow the spine room, so 56 volumes x 11 mini pages each = 616 total pages I wound up cutting, then stacking and gluing together. But, of course, that wasn't a perfect fit, as the pages, despite being sanded down to be completely straight and smooth, poked out of the covers. So I had to wrap the covers around the pages, mark where they hit, and use an X-acto knife to trim the pages down before gluing them inside the covers.
But finally, I was done! It was time-consuming, but I love how these little books turned out. They don't open, but that's totally okay. That would be way too much work, and every time I make a book that opens, it never closes again. I did, however, manage to find some pages from the original first volume (in Japanese), so I printed a second volume 1 cover and glued those pages inside. So now ani-ME has an open book she can read too!
So there you have it! My mini, 1/6 scale Japanese volumes of Inuyasha - all 56 of them! I made that bookshelf just for them, but I intentionally left more room in case I want to add more manga later. But of course we had to have Inuyasha manga on the shelf - it's the most important! :D And the poster on the wall is totally a tag from one of my shirts LOL.
Showing off her new bookshelf stocked full of all 56 volumes of the Inuyasha manga:
Relaxing in bed, reading from the beginning:
Why yes, she is reading the Inuyasha manga on an Inuyasha pillow :D
All 56 volumes on the bookshelf:
What do you do with an Inuyasha shirt tag? Make an instant doll poster, of course!
Front covers:
Back covers:
Volume 1 pages (glued in order, right to left):
Size reference (shown with American penny):
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“Oh BHSindy (brown hair) I didn’t know you were wearing your polka dot dress today” “ Don’t worry” said BHSindy “it’s #twinningiswinningwithgrandma With @grandmagetsreal today so we will blend in nicely…. Have you seen the new Barista? he’s rather dishy” “Sit down ladies I’ll come over and take your order” said the Barista who followed them to their seat. The girls gave him their order and started to quiz him on where he came from and what his name was … he came from Mattel city and his name was Joey. He has lovely hair the girls decided, lovely hair and a Hollywood smile. BHSindy decided she would have a cake to go with her coffee but Sindy had a sneaky suspicion that it wasn’t the cake she was after. “CAKE!!!” Sindy had forgotten the reason she had come to Froggy cafe…she needed to order cake for all the lovely people coming to @Dollyconuk on Saturday… she had better put her order in before she forgot… Joey was charming and really quite funny as they started chatting about where Joey should visit now he had moved to Sindy City…… “If you two are quite finished there are people waiting to be served!” Said a deep voice “Oh I’m sorry” said Sindy who gestured for the long haired stranger to take her place. The man grunted without a thank you and Sindy sat back down telling BHSindy about her run in with the rude man. ************************ A big thankyou to @myfroggystuff for the printable downloads #myfroggystuff #myfroggystufffanpics . The dresses were made by me my first attempt at shirring ever! . #sindy #sindydoll #barbieken #jacksparrawken #jacksparrow #johnnydeppdoll #jacksparrowdoll #dollstory #barbiestory #sindystorytime #sindystory #dolldiorama #dollcafe @dollyconuk #dollstagram (at Lincoln, Lincolnshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgeQGfxMM6L/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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