Toys and Halloween

[impy]

The answer to that question? No. No I am not. Anyway, I kind of wish I was one of those people who had the extra time and energy to go around and change their dolls' displays all the time. Or, even better, had actual displays. :P But I don't, so really... you get random insanity, which shouldn't really be a surprise now should it?

Mmmhmm.


This is my American Girl doll Army dressed for battle Halloween. Some of the costumes are obvious, some are not, depending on your levels of geekiness and familiarity with the line. Some of the dolls refused to be properly photographed, so we'll list their costumes here: Kirsten was a witch (she was thinking along the lines of the Worst Witch), HTA was dressed up in a dance outfit of the non-ballet persuasion for once, as it's Emily's Tap costume. Ivy is the black cat.


She's my avatar on Playthings.


Sonali is dressed as Alice in Wonderland. If I can find Mum's key, she'll have that for her pocket soon. Behold my mini-beanie-boo Ghost. The cute. It burns! On both! Also, hey paperdoll Frankie!


My #4, who is named Lane currently (it might change. I never know, and yes, we mean Lane like Gilmore Girls Lane) is a ghost. YES. Because she's been retired and is essentially dead. I am that lame/predictable/whatever. :p It had to be done though. I couldn't resist!


Kanani is, yes, dressed up in Molly's Hula costume. Yes. I did put the Hawaiian doll in the hula costume as funzies. She's borrowing Lane's glasses to complete the look. No, she's not all that much taller than Jess, but they're on different boxes. Jess is in the Ruby Ballet costume. I'm trying to remember if I've ever photographed them together before. *muse*


Felicity is Little Red Riding Hood. Yeah, you caught me. It's because she's a redhead. Also, Kirsten wanted to be something different this year.


Sam looks like arse, sorry!, but Nellie looked cute. Nellie's the Sugarplum Fairy and Sam was supposed to be taking time off from being Miss Lila Fowler every Halloween, but it's been pointed out to me that Lila would totally grab the best costume and go as a goddess...


Which leaves Lizbeth and Ruthie. They're dressed alike, but why? How is this a costume? You might ask these questions. You might not.


...Wait, what? That cannot be good.


Run, Elizabeth, Run!


Especially since I haven't bought a Julie or one of the lookalikes to play Jessica this year. No one will save you!



Yup. Lizbeth is Elizabeth Wakefield and Ruthie is Margo. Ignore the lack of fuchsia dresses (I missed out on them and haven't found the knockoffs) and the non-matching face molds and fine, yes, the fact that when Margo tried to off Liz she was blonde and contacted-up. It's more fun this way.

...yes. I did paint a plastic knife for Ruthie to properly get in the spirit.


See? Lizbeth is even wearing the AG version of the lavaliere of truth! (Yes. I know. Margo was wearing it at the time, but Lizbeth felt it unfair that Ruthie got a weapon and the lavaliere. I agreed.)

So yes. I dressed my doll up as a homicidal maniac for funzies. :D


Random picture! I like how they're angled so that they look like it's a bit of a broken heart shape going on. Go on, stare until you see it.


Hrmm. In order to share the other outtakes from the MH contest (yay!) I'll have to find the proper memory card. As it's a bit chilly up here now, that'll wait. You can have the finished product as well as the only other serious contender (well, fine, the one I saved to the computer.)








The problem with this premise is that these dolls are tiny and our house is not terribly even when it comes to flooring. So even Deuce had trouble standing properly. The real problem is that Frankie can't stand at all and Draculaura wasn't much better. They both had to be propped against the pumpkin in order not to fall over. Clawdeen, who you can't even see, stood up the easiest of the girls. Oi. Lagoona was also usually pretty good. It took for-freakin- ever to get everyone upright. And then my memory card was almost full. D'oh.

Anyway, that's stage one.