#letter doll

[yeoldenews]

"Charles killed my favorite child the other day" may be the single greatest phrase I've ever read in a Dear Santa letter.

(source: The Jackson Daily News World, December 20, 1916.)

[lucky-draws]

(transcript + some notes/explanation under the cut:)

i feel like the context of this is maybe only apparent in my own head LOL so basically ive kind of imagined an au where, based on the rebirth ending, james has succeeded in bringing mary back to life, but also maria, and also james gets killed in the process. so it's basically just maria and mary alone in the townTM trying to figure each other out. and this is a letter maria sends mary at some point basically. transcript in case the font is annoying to read:

Mary, You’ll have to forgive me if any of this sounds a little weird. I haven’t written anybody a letter in years, and I’m not sure if I have much of a way with words. Though I’ve been spending a lot of time in Ernest’s library lately, so hopefully some of his great literature has rubbed off on me. Somehow, I had this idea that I never liked reading much - that it wasn’t really my style - but I ended up getting kind of hooked. His dusty old books sure aren’t the worst company in this town, at any rate. I wonder what we really are, you and I. I used to think of us as two music box dolls: dancing side by side, spinning in perfect unison to somebody else’s tune. Like a pair of clocks keeping the same time. Two parallel lines, and an impossibility for us to ever intersect, to face each other head-on without some kind of disaster.

We’re not completely identical, though. If you looked closely at me - if you could bear to do that - you’d see all my imperfections. I lack your fine details. The paint on my lips is messier, my joins are showing, and there are bits of sprew left between my fingers. Pick me up, and you’ll feel how much lighter I am - I’m missing a lot of internal parts, you see. I’m a knock-off - we were cast from different molds. You were born of nature, while I was born from your very own killer. But I suppose I don’t need to tell you that. Do you hate me? I understand if you do. Or maybe I’m not so important - maybe you can only think of him. Or perhaps you’re trying not to think of anything at all when you sit by that lake for hours on end. I don’t know how you can stand it - going to the lake every day. It's so quiet. No ducks, not even a single bird. I’d go crazy, I think. That’s why I like to stay at the bar: there’s no one here either, of course, but it feels easier to imagine there might be. To pretend that we’ve only just closed, that those drinks on the table belonged to the last customers, and not to me. I’ve been so restless lately, sitting in the bar all night. I wonder if - no, I guess I’m hoping that - something’s going to give, soon. I think I’m losing the beat  - I’m spinning slower than you are. I think it’s because I keep getting distracted, always thinking of you. I don’t know what it is. Perhaps it’s simply because you’re the only thing in this dreadful town that’s not a monster. But I think you must be as lonely as I am. Much more so, probably. And I can’t help but wonder what it would be like if you’d only reach through the mirror and touch me. I’m full of missing pieces, I know - but I have this notion that between us, we might just be able to come together into something like a real person. You know, some days I feel I hardly know who I am; but other times I feel so sure that I’m beginning to dance to my own beat. It’s no fun dancing alone, though. Well, I guess you know where to find me. I’ll be waiting at the bar tonight. I always am. I’ve waited there every night - for something, someone, anything, anyone - for what feels like forever. But these days, I’m just waiting for you. See you around, Maria

[eraofelizabeth]

sun printing 🧚‍♀️

[dollyswan]

[pr1ncessk1tty]

[simdertalia]

🔮 Altar Set 5 🔮

20 items | Sims 4, Base game compatible.

Type “Altar Set 5” into the search query in build mode to find  quickly. You can always find items like this, just begin typing  the title and it will appear.

Always suggested: bb.objects ON, it makes placing items much easier. For further placement tweaking, check out the TOOL mod.

Use the scale up & down feature on your keyboard to make the items larger or smaller to your liking. If you have a non-US keyboard, it may be different keys depending on which alphabet it uses.

I hope you enjoy!

Set contains: -Brass Jar | 7 swatches | 1208 poly -Captured Spirit | 4 swatches each | 306 poly -Flower vase | 5 swatches | 818 poly -Love Letter | 9 swatches | 722 poly -Love Letter on Stand | 27 swatches | 1016 poly -Magic Circle BGC | 1 swatch | low poly -Moon Statue | 7 swatch | 514 poly -Pedestal (slotted) | 8 swatches | low poly -Pitcher Plant (wall) | 1 swatch | 2138 poly -Book | 10 swatches | 350 poly -Book (upright) | 10 swatches | 350 poly -Skeleton Key | 5 swatches | 554 poly -Spell Bottle | 1 swatch | 758 poly -Spell Bottle Empty | 1 swatch | 594 poly -Spell Bottle with Key | 5 swatches | 1138 poly -Tarot Card Stand | 18 swatch | 324 poly -Tia Dalma Doll | 1 swatch | 3524 poly -Wall Necklace Key | 30 swatches | 718 poly -Wooden Trivet (slotted) | 3 swatches | 80 poly -Wooden Trivel, small (slotted) | 3 swatches | 80 poly

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-Altar Set 1 (water) -Altar Set 2 (air) -Altar Set 3 (earth) -Altar Set 4 (fire)

[shiftythrifting]

1. Elmo the weave seller

2. An empty Chilli jar?? Is there a market for this???

3. Haunted doll

4. Haunted mouse

5. Klub Sluts

6. Seashell dude

Various goodwills and antique malls near DFW

[stupid-interrupted]

꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦ Feeding Frenzy Martin ! ꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷

(;´ρ`) My first ever custom doll !! And it's Martin from Feeding Frenzy, this took a few weeks but I really love him lol

I hope y'all like him, my sewing skills are still very amateurish and working on a doll was harder then I was expecting hehehe but I think he came out rather cute and now I have a lil freaky guy sitting on my shelf !

More info below if intrigued ᓚ₍ ^. .^₎

This is just more ramblings since this was a fun long project to work on - q -

His base was one of those bts dolls I got it for like 9 quid which i would say is a steal for decent articulation and a male base which are hard to find imo. I used air dry clay to sculpt him in places and some cheap acrylic paints, majority of my sculpting was on the body to turn him from a six pack to chubby but you cant even see that with the clothes lmaooo

The face was so small I had to use one of my syringe needles to paint it on, it was crazy but i think it came out kinda cute, I wish I could have added his dorky toothgap but oh well. His clothes are literally made from old clothes of mine asjdklsdjflk the sewing is really obvious in some places but i felt like i was losing my mind after a while and it stays on him so its a good enough job also the background is just a really old blanket I have lol i didnt want my weird apartment in the background but I dont really have a pretty set up to place him so yeah that was my makeshift attempt

I might do more of these, I think it'd be cute to have some mike counterpart, Carl maybe ? Who knows hehehehe thanks for reading my ramblings

[monbons]

WIP Wednesday

Thanks to @orange-peony, @rimeswithpurple, @blackberrysummerblog, @hushed-chorus, and @ileadacharmedlife for the tags. Your snips and art were all so good!

So, can I just say that everyone in this fandom needs to send @thewholelemon love. Make her some art or dedicate a story to her. Bake her some scones. Seriously. Having a sewing machine has been LIFE CHANGING!

Everyone has likely already seen baby bunBaz and his Simon (find him on my doll Instagram here). When I was going back and forth with @bookish-bogwitch about the dolls, she mentioned she had a Build-A-Bear bunny in her cart wearing the most ridiculous shirt. Only her bunny didn't look like bunBaz at all ... so of course I offered to make it for her when I got a machine. And I did!

Here is the work in progress so far. He is the softest most adorable bunny ever. I made a test bunny first, struggled with the placement of the eyes/nose and didn't like his fabric very much ... so then I made a SECOND bunny (below). Each bunny only took two hours from start to finish. By hand this would have been literally impossible!

PS. BunBaz speaks!!!

Hellos and high-gives from the doll factory! @cutestkilla, @raenestee, @roomwithanopenfire, @emeryhall, @shrekgogurt

@mooncello, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @youarenevertooold, @talentpiper11, @best--dress

@brilla-brilla-estrellita, @beastmonstertitan, @whatevertheweather, @thehoneyedhufflepuff, @larkral

@drowninginships, @valeffelees, @messofthejess, @iamamythologicalcreature, @aristocratic-otter

@run-for-chamo-miles, @orange-peony, @facewithoutheart, @ic3-que3n, @rbkzz

@skeedelvee, @arthurkko, @fiend-for-culture, @supercutedinosaurs

@martsonmars, @katatsumuli, @comesitintheclover, @fatalfangirl, @stitchyqueer

@onepintobean, @palimpsessed, @moodandmist, @theimpossibledemon, @letraspal

[textless]

Scenes from Brown Canyon Ranch. Cochise County, Arizona, July 2024.

[doll-princesse]

I made Anne some bloomers using Heirloom Doll Clothes for Götz by Martha Campbell Pullen, Ph. D, using the White Bloomers pattern.

I did alter the pattern by taking out 1/2” in the leg. I was worried they would be too long, but now I see they would’ve been fine as is. These bloomers have a higher back waistline than the front

All in all, it took about 2 or so hours to sew these up. I used an amalgamation of techniques, drawing on this book, my own knowledge, and the Mary Francis School of 1910’s Sewing including:

felled hem for the lace,

hand finishing for the inner leg seams,

increased the casing from 3/4” to 1 1/8” to accommodate the elastic I had on hand,

moved up the leg elastic placement,

stitched on top of the elastic, instead of not catching it (my machine stitch only goes to 3 mm width)

tailored the amount of elastic (from 5”/ 7” w/ 2” seam allowance, down to 4 1/2 with 1/2” seam allowance),

and added my own touch with extra lace trim above the elastic frill.

Anne is still borrowing Addy’s Semi-Historical Camisole Top, but I plan to make her this peplum camisole once I get some more lace trim… plus a petticoat with the same wide joined type lace trim I used for that lace camisole and Addy’s fancy pantalets.

[yeoldenews]

I know this is long, but I promise it’s worth the read.

Absolute literary masterpiece. Best thing I’ve read all year.

(source: The Macon Times-Democrat, December 19, 1901.)

[jils-things]

gently sobs to myself...

andrea campbell 🥺🥺🥺 (nickname andie?)

i didnt want to color her fully yet because im not sure what should be her dress palette be... but i had to color her face at least cuz i want yall to know how much of her mama and papa genes are distributed ueueu 🥺

[lollipopmixclo9]

T-Tarot Club | Lord of the Mysteries

I can't think of a quote for them but PRAISE THE FOOL! 🙌

[rosariumpartone]

full poem here ♡ 

[lovemarisolluna]

A is for Aaliyah who likes to make art