MyRealitty

                               
                     Bonjour from Paris! Here I am eating soupe carrotte. I think I look chic because the light is dark. I am grateful to be here in my friend's loft in the 11e arrondissement. She is home visiting her family.
My best friend Susan came through marvelously from her proceedure in Toronto. Now she is coming to join me for Christmas in Paris. More good luck. She too is an old Paris hand (sorry about the old) so we do not have to slam our visit but take it leisurely and visit favorite haunts.

 I am going to stuff her with good food which is everywhere!

           Here is the 11e City Hall decorated for the Holidays. Yes I almost got run over. 4 times.
Merry-go-rounds are free for Children in Paris at Christmas. I am thinking of my little assistant but she is busy with her first Christmas song fest at her school where the most important lesson is to not fall off the bleachers. Her mama went and today she gets to go to her Grandfather's office Party in her best dress.

When Susan returns to Toronto it is to a regemine of chemotherapy.
What a world we live in. What a wild ride.

Wow! This was from a year ago when Colette was still with what's his name...  wonder what happened to him. I heard he was last seen in Indonesia. Here is a photo of her daughter with the miniature modern dollhouse Oese made. Mini Villa Sibi. Love it.

This year my favorite present is books about dollhouses from Shale. The Diane Villner one about dollhouse advertising is especially useful and I found the manufacturer of my mystery chairs in the CH house.

Well my little assistant is really interested in the Christmas Book, "Big Susan" by Elizabeth Orton Jones. It was first printed in 1947 and has illustrations of dollhouse items from that era. I learned about it a year ago from Redrickshaw. WE read it numerous times last year but NEVER once all the way through. It is about a Christmas miracle.  So far we have read to page 13 four times.

This has become my favorite Christmas book and I REALLY know the first 13 pages well!. My little assistant knows this is her picture from a year ago, but eyes it suspiciously too. C

YUM YUM! Maybe a day late but SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO worth it! C Good night! (and we havent even had pie yet!

Well, if you look closely there are deli sandwiches on the plates. What happened to the turkey and all the fixings?

Yes we took it out to defrost from the freezer in the Trellis room and Jessy put it in the refrigerator part, BUT it was 34 degrees here last night, very unusual for California, and as that is a  semi outdoor room the turkey was hard as a rock this morning, Frozen solid. So we brought it into the house and are cooking it tomorrow.

Jessy doesn't care, she has her ring and Andrew who comes with it! So really, to them it is the best Thanksgiving dinner ever!

Alberta from the 1920's Tudor house
called the kids to the kitchen to dye Easter eggs. The kids were excited.
This was a hurried shot.


Strombecker sink and icebox.
Nancy Forbes table, chairs and buffet, antique plaster German cakes,
vintage plastic glasses,
various baskets,
not sure what kind of rubber dolls these are probably from the 1950's. It has been suggested they are Shackman.
Alberta's apron made from paper.


Alberta sends the kids out to play.
1920's Tudor house by the Louis Rich Company with shingles added at a later point. Renwal plastic toys.

OK COCKTAILS! Dieting so light dinner.. then truffles.

Returning home tonight from my daughters... so will be able to play with my own houses not just drool on Flickr. xoxo C

Lunch...

Well... it says tea time! I want these... C

Breakfast! I want this with my coffee!Oooooooooooooooooooooo!

Be sure to send roses to your dollhouse too! Like these from the mouse market!

Oh wait, We don't do that for Valentines Day. Well If WE DID, here's what I'd get.
Oh wait... I don't have true love...
Oh wait... this isn't reality, it's REALITTY... so I do.


So gorgeous by Dollhouse Kitchen!

OK this is more timely.
Ever had a love/hate relationship? I do with chocolate.
I am at my daughter's house without my toys so I'm browsing Flickr. There is ALWAYS something there to amuse. CM also known as M2V.

And we have a winner, and I mean that. This handsome fellow generated the most comments in the "Dana's bride needs a groom" post.

Needless to say this fellow is not ready to settle down any time soon, so he's available for a good time on New Year's Eve if you are!

He heard there were all kinds of gals out there in Dollhouse (is that the show or the blog) land.

He's especially interested in this one Pubgal who he heard was really good with her leggos...

So no need to sit alone, all you single ladies...When that clock strikes 12 O'clock, put a ring on it! Pacific Standard Time!

(If I had the ability I'd have Beyonce's song "Put a ring on it playing".) Well hum it then and get up and DANCE! xoxo CM

So the inspiration for this post came from Dana Mocan. Go to her site listed below: Miniaturi de colectie. She has a video to a Nat King Cole song that has incredible camera work. (It's kind of sad so watch out) but I had wanted the same for my guy here dancing to Beyonce. Well that's not happening but some day! Oh P.S. for some reason I can't reply to comments right now but I just want to say "OK Pubdoll, Amy and I are beating a path to your pub's door with this guy in tow!

Credits: Couch and doll listed below. Backdrop, Hallmark cocktail napkin, Corona beer bottle, rement.

Everyone stopped and looked at Colette's daughter who would not stop shrieking with joy!

butler by Deborah Hammond, ringbearer by Heidi Ott, other dolls Horsman. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (in house) by Peggy Nesbit

Custom dressed made by A. J. Rowan CDHM
Furniture Shackman

On the 12th day of Christmas
a Christmas wedding took place, (in the Colonial Dollhouse)
the Flower girl wore,
red toile and white lace.
This is a very old picture before I started looking at photos on Flickr.
My daughters LOVED the Matron of honor and Flowergirl's dresses and decided red toile was for their weddings.
OK so far we had a summer wedding, and the next one may be ON the beach... Red toile bikinis for all! That could be you if you're in town...
Yes. the Matron of honor's head kept falling off, yes it looks like the violinist's head is the ornament on the top of the Christmas tree.... I wouldn't do that NOW (maybe)

Hanukkah Blessings Happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish friends!

Peace on Earth Good Will Toward Man

On the 10th day of Christmas it is a strange year for Santa. My daughter tells me her peediatricians say avoid Santa Pictures in Malls due to the H1N1 Flu. My granddaughter is afraid of Santa anyway. So when it came time for their Christmas Party I thought should I leave my Santa roombox alone in my empty house, or bring it? OK, I did remove all valuable antiques... (I like how the baby doll in the highchair made it through it all...)

AFTER