Made for Each Other

Whew... It's still February so this post is still relevant!  Love is in the air at SuperCoolDollHouse and we enter the SCDH TV stuidos to find a little of it.  What better place to find love?  One kajillion reality shows can't be wrong (yes the can)...  SuperCoolDollHouse however, prefers to go the classy route (is there such?) and bring it old school, a la The Dating Game.  Long before the Bachelor, The Dating Game gave us some innocent and not so innocent entertainment, back when there were .... gasp... three channels... 5 if you're sister was willing to hold the  uhf (vhf? I forget) antenna, and the higher channel (above 13) fine tube knob wasn't broken off.  This post has alot of parenthesis... (sorry).  

Anyway, Susie is trying to find love, probably in all the wrong places.  Seems like everywhere she turns, the male population of SCDH seems meant for someone else.  It's true actually, I buy very few dolls by themselves.  They usually arrive with a friend in tow.  Susie however came via TheRealDollNerd (TRDN).  I traded him a little resin boy for her.  Since she came to me, I've been in search of a mate for her.  Dang you R and D Dolls!  No proper boyfriend for Susie? Well, we'll soon see if a Love Connection was made :) -enjoy!

Susie:  Bachelor number one, what do you love to do?

Ken:  uhhh... Barbie Barbie Barbie

Susie:  What now?

Ken:  Barbie Barbie Baribe

Takeo:  Sorry Susie, sounds like he has a one track mind.

 Susie:  Bachelor number three, do you get stressed out easily?

Takeru:  Well, if I'm handled roughly I can fall to pieces.

Susie:  Oh that's a shame.

Takeru:  It's ok, my girlfriend is the same way.

Susie:  Why are you here if you have a girlfriend?

Takeru:  Beats me, but I heard something about a lack of diversity on the shelf.

Susie:  ooooookay then.

Susie:  Bachelor number two, what kind of stuff are you made of?
Coe:  Well I used to be a GI, but after that ended, I changed my body so it'd be more slim and nicer to look at!
Susie:  Oh my!  
Takeo:  Oh my is right Susie.  It's almost as if he was made for you.  

MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH and  good night!

Thanks TRDN for re-body-ing my clone Joe (Coe) for Susie!  This was another of my Christmas gifts!

Happy February everybody!

Brag

The Christmas season is long over, the decorations are put away, mostly (do out door lights count?) and the busy busy weekends have come to a grinding halt.  I love this time of year.  I get to sit back and enjoy the lovely gifts I received!  TheRealDollNerd (TRDN) really hooked me up this year :)  I have to do a little bragging and show off my haul lol.    

Above are my Violet Waters and OOAK Trent Osborn of the Gene Marshall world of dolls.  The little kids are my OOAK Mary and Mowgli from Kisch.  TRND gave these to me for my birthday, my birthday is soon after Christmas.


Around November, for whatever reason I was jonezin (for my international readers jonezin means obsessed to have) for a Gene doll.  Of course my one (ha! one of many) OCD trait that I carry is that my dolls always need to be paired, so I wanted a Trent as well.  Something about seeing matched pairs gladdens my heart.  It confirms my belief that every pot has a lid, every ying has a yang, every Lavern has a Shirley.  TRDN really outdid himself this year.  If you know Trent, you know he always has moulded hair (except for convention workshop dolls).  TRDN  took the time to sand his hair off and flock him!  Okay, I said one OCD trait, here is number two.  All my dolls must have real hair.  Flocking does indeed count.  Mary and Mowgli are also OOAK as their original hair has been removed and replaced.  Aren't they stunning? I"ll post their original pictures here.

These two cuties are Tiny Betsy Mccall, "Once Upon a Time."  TRDN knew if I got a Gene, I'd want to have a Betsy to be her little pal.  TRDN found this set and knew it was the one for me.  I believe these were slated to go with a Gene and Trent pair but as I was found admiring Violet Waters, I got her and the Kischs soon followed!  Don't worry though, they're not orphans... I took care of that with some Christmas money, more on that later though.

My last picture here shows a few gifts.  The rolling rack of dresses was gifted to me because TRDN and I somehow got sucked into watching the Miss Universe Pageant a few months ago.  I may have mentioned to him that I'd do a post with my gals in a pageant.  TRDN scoured ebay for these gowns, five matching sequence covered awesome-ness!  I can't wait until pageant season to do this post.  Wait till you see them on the girls.    I think Perk Colette is considering the gold one pageant director Lucas has chosen for her.  To pull all of this together I added my Fashion Royalty chairs (also a gift from TRDN), a beautiful miniature oriental rug ( a gift from a past year) and some bits and bobs.


-enjoy!

Sinter

So Santa went to the doctor for his millenial physical.  UH OH, hypertensive, pre-diabetic, high LDL, low HDL, and we wont' even mention the triglycerides.... ugh...  So Santa and the Mrs go on a diet, make a lot of healty changes and get a new PR guy.  This year, he comes out as the new and improved Santa, re-branded as SINTER.  A new jolly fellow for the new jolly age.  Ain't that just sexy! -enjoy

 Sinter reviews the naughty and nice list.

 Slim fit jacket and fedora, the man about the office look.

 Isis Claus gets her man ready for the big night. 

Isis loves Christmas Eve.  The one night she gets some "me" time!

Sinter on his motor cycle "Sleigh-er."  Ever hear of horse power?  This machine boast 8 reindeer under the hood.  Isis makes sure he wears his helmet.  Safety first!

...AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!  MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SUPERCOOLDOLLHOUSE!

thanks to all the members, I hope to give you more in 2012.

-Mark

Petra Noir

If you poke around the interwebs you can find some very interesting things.  For instance, many cultures out there have Santa AAAAND Santa's antithesis.  A character who travels with Santa and punishes the naugty children.  This link here will tell you of a few.  I've always been a fan of balance, ying and yang.  Light and dark, good and evil, sunshine and rain, Midge and Francie etc.  So here I present Petra Noir,  a play on the name Black Peter, one of Santa's unloving companions.  It's just two photos, but it's enough.  All the little Kellys and Skippers of the doll world better "watch out."  -Enjoy

 Petra Noir and her assistant Krampoint.0 review the naughty list that the nice man forwarded her.  Krampoint.0 reads the handwritten list and Petra cross checks the digital data base she keeps.  Evolved from her predecessors, Petra neither whips the naughts or even eats them for Christmas dinner.  She just hacks into their new e-toys and crashes them.  She also delivers a traditional lump of coal for good measure.

E.L.F.

Happy Festivus!  The uber PC, slightly naughty term used to celebrate all the winter holidays!  "Gearing" up for the big night is a certain someone's E.L.F. or Electronic Labor Force!  

-Enjoy

Scanner on the left scans and inventories the incoming goods from the many retailers  that  the 'man' sources from across the globe!  Gone are the days of meat elves complaining about long work hours, and insurance claims.  Toys are ordered online now, sent to the North Pole and distributed among the nice children of the world.  Spanner on the right is in charge of logging each outgoing present and makes sure each deserving child is on  the "list."

 Que-cee does that quality control.  This E.L.F.  makes sure no toys are broken as they leave the north pole.  Que-cee also makes sure that outgoing goods meet the North Pole's health and safety standards for toys.  The highest standards globally!

Dragger is in charge of off loading the freight containers that arrive daily.  Bagger is in charge of getting each gift that has been secured for delivery to the correct loading area for delivery.  It's very important to get the correct gift to the correct magical bag.  They are interchangeable and versatile, able to switch jobs as the incoming and outgoing activity varies from one time of the year to another.

Some things are still done by the 'man' though.  He manually looks over the naughty or nice list, and informs his E.L.F. crew as to the status of each child.

Hustle and Bustle

... and so it begins again. Full of turkey and a chill in the air. I've been in retail my entire professional career, 16 years as a Visual Merchandiser, and I'm always excited to see the crowds poor in the doors and really get the Holiday mojo going. I am not however excited to be in the crowd. Having Black Friday off is a rare treat, but I sort of do miss seeing the excitement of the official kick off to the holidays. To pay tribute to all the people keeping the economy going, and giving me something to smile at I give you a Super Cool Doll House day in town. Belated Happy Thanksgiving! -enjoy

behind TJ are two of my newest models Viktor James and Collette

Hey there!

Ho there!

Power siblings Romain and Eugenia

Cape Henlopen

This passed weekend we got the heck out of dodge and went to the beach! Me and the real doll nerd packed up the car, the dog and a few dolls and headed down to the Delaware coast. My favorite beach is Cape Henlopen State Park. You can take your dog there. What would a Supercool getaway be without a few doll photos? -enjoy

World War Two era gun tower at Cape Henlopen.

At the base of the tower was an old rusted out door, perfect for a little shoot.

This is TRDN's Momoko.

I've decided that these two are my new travel dolls. Susie and Coe.

I wish I had taken a few more shots, but hey! I was on vacation : )

For more pics, visit my Flickr photostream! You'll see my doggie.

sooo....

... if one does not publish on the date one enters a post... the publish date will still be the day it is entered... not last edited... good to know... see below... I entered the text 9 days before, but did not publish with photos until later... is there a way to get around this?

Oh... the drama of it all....

I’m not a big fan of the theater but I’m a great fan of THEATER.

I love the concept of going to a darkened auditorium, and letting the actors transport me to another place… but the reality is, the whole thing bores me silly. Perhaps I’ve been and still am too poor to afford good theater, or maybe I’m a gen-x slacker who needs special effects and million dollar budgets in order to buy into the story presented. Possibly, somewhere out there, exist actors just waiting to impress me.

On the other hand there is THEATER, of life that is. You know the kind when you’re just minding your own business and you get a glimpse of someone's life... and you're all up in their cool aid? You can see the emotion between people, but you can just hear a bit and you can't read lips and you're like... What's that all about? No? just nosey ole me? … YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT… THEATER!

Anyway… I’ve been inspired. I’d been looking for a sky background for my scenes. I’ve been using plexi with the blue protective film still attached. It’s worked, but they’re in small sections and the blue is starting to peel. So, I ordered blue window film and adhered it to a large piece of clear plexiglass. When I had it all set up, it reminded me of my high school’s auditorium and stage, a clean crisp canvas where students would dance, or sing or put on a play. Well here’s a nice little place for some doll Theater I thought. And here it is. - Enjoy

At the beach. First date? Proposal? Break up?

At the store. Frenemies? Sisters?

At a restaurant two tables away. Why's he nervous? Is she crying or laughing?

At the airport. Brother in-laws? Modern family?

On a city street. What?!

Memories of My Mother

If you've been a reader of this blog you'll know that in the fall of 2009 my mother had open heart surgery, twice. After that her recovery was slow but hopeful. She eventually made it home on July 2, 2010. My sisters, brother, dad and I were able to spend some real quality time with her. No hospital, no doctors, no nurses, just us. The powers that be had other plans for our family though. Mom passed away early one morning near Thanksgiving. We saw through the darkness and recognized we were blessed to have what time we had with her, and true to the season we were thankful. It's crazy that all happened six months ago. Some days life passes as if everything is fine, other days the enormity of it all can be crushing, I'm pretty sure that's normal : ) So here we are at Memorial Day weekend, I thought I'd share a bit of my life with you folks. -enjoy

Mom was a nurse, she wore nurse whites and school cap her entire professional life, no scrubs for her. She was just the right lady to have a funny little son, she helped him grow up to be a neat guy, if I do say so myself.

Mom was a fan of comfortable clothes, but when it was time to be dressed to the nines, she was very well heeled. She also made sure her kids looked great too.

She came to the U.S. from the Philippines in 1957, bringing with her a strong work ethic. She had no problem working and putting us to work.

Even if she wasn't part of the main action, she always made her presence felt. I think I miss this most of all.

Where's the Tardis

So I've entered the BBC's Where's the Tardis contest. The Tardis is from the sci-fi show "Doctor Who" and is the Doctor's spaceship/time machine. Tardis stands for time and relative dimension in space. FYI. Just thought you'd like to know. It's a rehash of a past entry, plus a new photo! If you're on Facebook, be sure to like my entry. I'll post the link below. I sort of didn't follow the norm. Seems everyone posted the outside of the spaceship, like they asked, but I entered one of my interiors. Oh well... as they say... send it up the flag pole and see who salutes. This is very fun for me. Enjoy!

Where's The Tardis

Happy Easter!!!!!

OH EM GEE... I haven't posted in five months... It's actually an improvement over my last break... lol. Last time I went six months... this was only five, so I've improved! Winning. Anyway, it's been a busy time for me. I've experienced a devastating loss, yet in that darkness a bit of light has peeked through. I'll share more on this later. Right now I'd like to wish everyone a joyous Easter, a time for remembrance, revitalization and rebirth. Peace! Enjoy.

I Need a Doctor!

... here I am, with my tail between my legs... I know, I know... haven't been very active on the blog scene, but alas I'm here now ha HA! It's been six long months since I've produced anything, no real reason why, perhaps just a bit of malaise. BUT... revel in the dark as it makes the light so much more joyous or whatever... lol.

Anyway, came down with a nasty cold(thanks TRDN), and have been out of commission for a few days. As I lay in my chair watching TV, this diorama was giving me the evil eye as it's been languishing on the shop table for literally months. So, I got my little paint brush out and gave it a good dusting, added a few details and started clicking away the digital camera. I got a little inspiration for this this past Saturday when BBC America played the entire Series 5 of the modern Doctor Who.. and with this dumb cold, I sure could use a Doctor!

I was hoping to have made a tiny Tardis police box by now, but here we are. Enjoy

Flying the Tardis! SZhooVA...SZhooVA...SZhooVA!

Sonic Screw Driver!

Companions Suzie and Poe

What would the Tardis be without The Doctor?

It's bigger on the inside!

In case you were wondering: Suzie's wig: made by TRDN, Poe: A GI Joe Clone head on a Flava's body, Tardis Console: a pie dish, with a bud vase, and all kinds of doo dads hot glued on, lighting is from IKEA from assorted times, floor: IKEA shelf liner, coat rack: Gloria, painted, Chairs: off of ebay, and all kinds of things, but those are the unique things!

For more pics visit my Flickr site.

Eat your Cake and Have it Too... Isha (and Kiana) Take the Cake

Hey look at me... two months and two posts! Still been busy spending time with my mom as she continues her recovery. I was able to knock this up though. Here I get to show off some Re-Ment pieces I bought over the winter holiday. Additionally TRDN ooak'd the little wedding cake on the table. Here's a cute little bakery that Isha and Kiana wandered into one day. Perhaps Isha was celebrating Mother's Day. Isha can be very secretive about her personal life though, so who knows.... actually who cares, they're dolls, HA! -enjoy

oooooo, cake!

Visit my Flickr account for more photos!

April Showers....

... so I'm stuck in the house on this glorious rainy day, and I thought, hey don't I have a blog? Sure I do and why don't I get my lazy me in gear and take a picture or two... I hope my visitors and 63 fans haven't given up on me! 2010 has been a year of blessings so far. My mom is slowly getting better, I've started a new career path and I've decided to pare down my belongings to the essentials. Very hard to do when collecting teeny tiny doll things is your hobby of choice. Anyway, this door and outfit were some of my Christmas presents from the Real Doll Nerd! Just a little fashion photography to get me back in the saddle. The door is from the Buyers Choice collection of accessories, and the gown is classic Oscar de la Renta from the 80's. Just one photo for now...-Enjoy!

Happy New Year(late)/ It Runs In the Family

HI Everyone! Today, I finally feel like the Holidays are over, I guess I'm a month behind. My mom's doing much better and is making a slow recovery, but it's still a recovery! I've been spending a lot of my free time with her, so no time for blogging! Anyway, my sister hosted a really enjoyable Christmas lunch. I took some pics of her decorations. I thought these might brighten everyone's day, now that we're in the deepest darkest part of winter. As you can see, the love of dolls run in the family. Enjoy!

Snowflake suite.

Assorted Christmas Cuties

Reindeer Games

Gingerbread Cookie Coup

Babes in candyland

Please visit my Flickr photo stream for more of these holiday pics.

P.S. I just crossed my year anniversary of blogging! More than 6,000 hits! Thanks for everyone's support.