I'm STILL NOT 

all the way moved in to my dolly den!

Sigh! It is taking more than a village to get this house put together. Did I mention that I'm never, ever moving again, long as I'm breathing? Well, I'm not. A moving company? Maybe. BUT I'M NOT!!!!

Okay. Got that out of my system. Now on to the fun stuff: Dolls and their accoutrements! Wheeeee!!!

I'm changing streams in the middle of my horses. No, really. I've been collecting the large Bataat horses, as I have mentioned before, in order to use them as Valkyrie mounts. I plan to make some doll outfits like the ones I have worn in the Seattle Wagner Ring Cycle (the first one, au Rackham) and make a flock of Valkyries out of some Jakks Pacific Teutonic (in looks anyway) maidens, with the impressive Bataat steeds for the mounted ladies to ride. In Die Walküre, the second opera of the four-opera cycle, there are five mounted warriors and three "groundlings" in the group, making eight warrior maids in total. So I have five of the horses and the eight maidens. However, I need one more horse because Brünnhilde has a horse as well, a white stallion named Grane. I have a white mare but hey, whose checking, um, details! Therefore, I need another regular colored horse for the fifth mounted Valk. And they are very big so the shipping is going to be the big expense there. Besides the one more horse, all I need is to make nine little Valkyrie outfits complete with spears, shields, the famous armor with hubcaps and helmets with wings or horns, i.e. whatever I can come up with! I have my original costume to use as a model and perhaps even the fabric, at least for the skirts. I'm sure this will be fun if I ever get started on it.

The Rhinemaidens will be a snap: swamp water green leotards and tights with all sorts of sparkly bits tacked on here and there, including their faces, hands and hair. There are only three of them after all! However, I'll need the new Itegrity Toys bodies or Vita bodies for them! The Vitas would work best because they have the ability to wear flats, meaning they can go barefoot! Not to mention they are able to pose in more come-hither positions.

 I'm hoping to get both groups done to sell during the summer festival season as mementos to those who like that sort of thing. Who knows what will happen? Maybe an opera company or two will buy one to auction off as a fund raiser.

My biggest happiness now is the 2011 Tonner American Model Basic Goth! I'm supposed to be a dedicated Gene fan...and I am! It's just that the AM is tall enough to be very easy to sew for—no itsy bitsy seams three stitches long but things that can be detailed without a magnifying glass and a microscopic needle!

Another big project—I know—but I just want to do it: As soon as I finish with the Valkyries and Rhinenixies, I'll start on the copies of my concert gowns for these big girls. One for me for my Goth girl out of the original dress, and then as many as I can squeeze out of the remaining fabric to put up for sale. I think the large ladies will be pleased for some stage-worthy finery. Think how it would look on the red carpets of their lives. Actually, I even have the red carpet, thanks to the Hollywood Gene Convention.

So you see, I've actually begun to think of this blog as a place to exhibit my wares. I should get started today! This morning! Okay, as soon as I finish my nap!