The Redhead Connection presents: Strolling in Venice

This post has been long overdue, but there's a reason for this. When I planned it I was sure I could use some pictures of Venice we took some ten years ago, unfortunately after desperate searces in the pc and backups we found out we've lost them!

This was pretty bad, so it took me a while before I made up my mind to prepare this post anyway with stock pictures from internet.
As I was free to pick and choose the kind of images of Venice I wanted to use, I decided to show you a slightly diffrent side of Venice. No San Marco Square, no Lido, but little canals, calle and corti (coorts).

Venice is wonderful, one of its wonders is that you have to walk or take ferries to move around the town. Or a Gondola.

I finally managed to start working on a Poppy Parker's wardrobe, so Berenice is very happy to star in a post after quite a while! Furthermore she's here with Giacomo.

Calle de le colonete

Maybe you remember, or maybe not,  they are the "pretty couple" around here. They are just so neat looking!

Corte della Comare

I have to work more on Poppy's dresses proportions, the dress is acceptable but it doesn't fit as I hoped 

Giacomo is wearing mostly an IT outfit, I only made his jeans (these jeans are a favourite over here, I have to sew more of them!)

ca' Barnaba

Calle dei Botteri

The purpose of the  Redhead Connection is  to showcase my beautiful redheaded dolls, so here is our wonderful auburn haired couple: Vittorio and Emilia.

Calle dei Botteri

Vittorio has a new pair of glasses and, with a colourful tank t-shirt and jeans jacket, looks a bit less stuck-up.

Corte dei Preti

Since Margherita found her husband and children, Vittorio needed a girlfriend as gorgeous as he is! Emilia is his perfect match.

Murano - Rio dei Vetrai

Corte Sconta

Emilia is wearing one of Odette's floral dresses, it is a bit short but it really befits her!

Ponte del Megio

Of course as soon as the photosession was over he took Emilia on an extensive tour of Venice's historical Palaces and museums....

I must learn to photograph them always in natural light: they look awesome!

Our medieval trip to Venice is over, the girls loved it!

Mexican bar in progress

Back from our vacation, just a couple of weeks to sunbathe, swim and recharge us! Sorry for disappearing so suddenly but I was really burnt out and just had to switch off for a little while!

I'm not ready yet to write long posts, as I'm still in the "lazy" mode, but I can let pictures speak for me.

I haven't been completely away from dolls, in the evenings I've been working on the Mexican Bar, I took some pictures in the process:

And here are the finished structures, I still have to make the seats for the table, anyway on the shelf there is no room for the table so I'll have to come up with some ideas on how to display them!

Arturo is the proprietor of the bar, he's checking the height of the counter

The Bar partially decorated with bottles and food!

And finally the girls can throw their party!

in the meantime I added stools

Giulio and Pietro have now complete outfitts, I'm still working on the others, these two are part of the Tobacco Road collection

It looks like the bar is attracting a lot of customers, is a perfect setting for super fast photo sessions, it is not perfect but photographs well enough!

Now I have to prepare the walls for the rooms and I've some more diorama projects lurking around, and of course I'm sewing dresses.

See you soon

Kisses Billa

The Cover: treats for july

New Souls: Pietrina & Aurelia
plus: random posts about action figures and diorama progresses!

A new soul, Emilia

To introduce you to the next lady in the collection I asked Isaac Hayes to help me set the mood

Ever since I saw the first pictures of Adorned Vanessa I was in love with her. First of all she's got auburn hair, then she has a heartbreaking faceup! Those lips, and the eyes!!!
So, as soon as I took my decision to switch the collection to FR2 I felt free to go and get her!!

She's going to be the queen of the resident redheads, I'm still thinking who's going to be her guy....

I like her outfit, I like it so much that they both are going to star on the july cover!

Summer is here so there's a bit too much light to do her justice, but she is beautiful all the same!

The more I look at the dolls the more I'm convinced that 2014 collection was simply stunning! Maybe IT doesn't give so much value anymore  as far as accessories goes, but the dolls are wonderful!!! 

ps. the "fashion figures" are on their way......