The Other End of My Flickr Trade; "Wonderful things."

  A few posts back you might remember I talked about a trade I was doing with a friend from Flickr. (For those of you who haven't heard of Flickr,it's a photo sharing site.) I showed you what I was sending her HERE. Well, I received the box from my friend,who we will refer to by her Flickr name,Odd Mod,last week. In this post we're going to look at what she sent me.
  First of all, if you want to see Odd Mod's great pictures of her amazing 1/6 scale dollhouse,you can check out her Flickr account HERE.
  Now,to get to my package. I was so afraid that nothing I was going to send was going to be good enough for Odd Mod. She has the coolest,most realistic looking dollhouse,and she has great versions of everything you could want for a dollhouse. Well when my package arrived I felt really awful. The box was HUGE,and filled with,as Howard Carter said the first time he looked into King Tut's tomb and was asked what he saw, "Wonderful things.". Not only were the things wonderful,but so many of them were handmade,some by her,some by her and her husband, and some by artisans she bought from at her local 'miniature fair'. (I think what she refers to as a miniature fair would be a doll show over here,as they have things in 1/12 dollhouse scale, and 1/6 Barbie sized scale.) Tammy World was so excited she unpacked everything right there on her front porch and dove in.

 All of the smaller items arrived in these pretty little bags.

There were stacks of books,made by Odd Mod herself.

Tammy was so thrilled to receive her own copy of the book Odd Mod made from her Flickr photo story starring the residents of her dollhouse,'The Retirees'.

She was even more thrilled to find that it had been signed to her personally by The Retirees.

Odd Mod must be psychic. I really wanted one of these books!

Tammy and I were also really excited to receive pastries from Ullanpulla,the bakery Odd Mod made that features in some of her Flickr photos. (You can see it HERE.)

 

"Yeah! Two bags full!" Uh,Tammy, you will remember to share those,won't you?

The white cupboard was handmade by a man who makes 1/12 scale miniatures.The cupboard is actually 1/12,but looks really nice in a 1/6 setting too.

The little shoe boxes are by another miniature artist.

This glass bowl,filled with pears,was handmade and purchased at the miniature fair. The framed saying and the 'Be My Friend' nautical decorations were handmade by Odd Mod.

 The rocking chair was also hand made.
 

Odd Mod made the mini doll boxes.

She and her husband made this ladder shelf just for me.

The rugs were handmade and purchased at the miniature fair,as was this beautiful little sweater. 

 It has embroidered flowers and real little buttons.

The little straw goat is called a Gavle goat,and is a traditional Scandinavian Christmas decoration.

It's all so nice! I love tiny books,and I am obsessed with furniture. All these beautiful handmade things have inspired me to get busy making things. I have all kinds of ideas. I should be making things anyway.For one thing, I think I owe Odd Mod a lot more to make us even. I didn't realize she'd send so much. It was so nice of her, but I feel I short changed her. I had a few other things I was going to send, but they wouldn't fit in the box,and I am collecting other things to add to them. Ken and Emma are going to England next summer. (It was supposed to be this summer, while Ken's place of work got remodeled,but the remodel got moved to next summer.) I'm going to pack a bigger box for Odd Mod and send it along to England with them to be mailed. It will be cheaper to mail from there, so I can send more.

Maybe Tammy will have read all these books by then.

Doll-A-Day 2017 #82: Masha

     I was going to continue the posts on my birthday dolls, but the rest aren't ready, so today I'm showing you a doll that came here all the way from Hungary. You may have read my post a while back on Cosima.(If not, you can see it HERE.)  I mentioned in that post that when I bought Cosima, the doll I really wanted was her  brother Cosimo.  Well, one reader sent me a message saying she had spotted a Cosimo, and would I like to make a trade. I took her up on the offer. With the way shipping is, it's often just as cheap to send a bunch of things as it is to send one. So we started adding things. She sent me some beautiful things.

Here are the non doll goodies.

Straight from Hungary!

A little ceramic tureen, or whatever you call it.

A hand painted wooden plate. It's a magnet.

I didn't realize it at first, but these little people are salt and pepper shakers.

This tiny pegasus was tucked inside the tureen...casserole...whatever.

Her mother made this doily for me!

 She also sent me Cosimo of course. We'll see him tomorrow. But first,the doll we're seeing today is the other one she sent me. Her name is Masha.

She's the star of the children's series Masha and the Bear,and made by Simba.

My trade lady sent me a link to some dolls available in Hungary, and Masha was one of them. I like her silly little face, and I loved the tricycle too, so I chose this one.

Please,nobody tell me this one is available here! (Because I know Masha is shown here.)

Masha is about 5" tall.

Her body is beefier then a Kelly or Chelsie doll, with a much larger head.

She has jointed knees so she can 'pedal' her tricycle..

The pedals turn as the tricycle is pushed. Her feet came rubber banded to the pedals.

Her tricycle is a great size for Kelly and Tommy sized dolls.

Her scarf is removeable,and luckily without untying it, because I am horrible at bows and knots. 

Her cute face is spattered with freckles.

Masha has short hair, pulled up on top in a small ponytail.

Her little ear is sticking out of her hair.

I like Masha, but I have a feeling her tricycle is going to get stolen by Gareth World...

  Bogi, thanks for everything! Here are the dolls I have for you, and there are a few surprises! Let me know if you want to kick any of them out. (They won't be offended!)

That's Pizza Party Chelsea in the middle. Her hair is still wet from her bath. The two Stacies are actually pretty different.

The two Kellys on the left are different,(The top one has arms that go out to the sides.), but the two on the right are identical.

Amusement Park Ryan has freckles, and cut hair.

Teen Skipper, Krissy, and Fox Kelly.

These two Tommy's have slightly different colour hair.

The girl on the left could do with a reroot. Melody is the first Melody made, and she's nice.

Chelsea is a little out of focus.

  Come back tomorrow to visit with Cosimo.