Tawny's Tiny World (2026)

21/05/2026

It's almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream. - Ben Williams

Which golden hour angle gives the best portrait vibe? This month's homework for with was to capture a model from various angles during the golden hour and compare the effect of the lighting. Eadan was a perfect model for this task! Can you tell which direction Eadan is facing in each photo? Look closely at the light and shadows to determine this, while remembering that the sun sets in the west. Swipe through for descriptions to see if you were correct.

Eadan stands in the east, facing west to the setting sun. The soft light directly in front of her gives a flattering consistent warmth to her face.

Eadan stands in the north, facing south. The sun to the west gives her a soft glow on the left side, while the right side is slightly shadowed.

Eadan stands in the south, facing north. This time the glow is on her right side while the left is shadowed.

Eadan is seated in the west. We are able to see the sunset behind her but in natural light without editing her entire face would be shadowed.

You see here the effect when I do not edit to lighten her face, because all light is behind her.

My conclusion: Facing west provides an even and very flattering lighting, facing north or souths adds more dimension and visual interest, and facing east requires editing to light the face, unless the focus is directed at the sunset rather than the model.

Thanks for this challenge Bella. It was a wonderful refresher on golden hour lighting. Happy Thursday dolls!

18/05/2026

Twilight drops her curtain down and pins it with a star. - Lucy Maud Montgomery

In this transition between day and night, Tawny transitions between city and small town. Still dressed in her city style she arrived in the small town of Haliburton just in time to watch the sunset. Skyline Park is the best place to watch the sunset over town, and although it's not quite a cityscape for on this it is as close as we get around here, and we love it!

Swipe to the end for a BTS of me and Tawny, and if you'd like to see some awesome overhead footage of this whole area check out drone video taken at the same time. We met this new friend while watching the sunset, and swapped hobby stories!

Tawny also joins for and for today. Happy Monday dolls!

15/05/2026

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable. — Donna Karan

Last Friday we kicked off with top hats and tails, and this Friday we continue the fun. I adore the juxtaposition of masculine with ultra feminine fashion, and fortunately for me so does my beautiful Diana. She was happy to model for me today in leather and lace as she slips on her man's leather jacket over her lacy lingerie and tails. She is feeling naughty-cal as she joins .plastic.life for along with and for with menswear muse.

We wouldn't miss another chance to party with for or join the with too.

Thank you for inspiring me to bring out all the jewels through your own beautiful mermaid posts! I usually do that but had forgotten this year until I saw your gorgeous images. All of the jewelry in these photos are pieces I've inherited from my grandmothers. They truly are treasures to me!

Happy Friday dolls! 🩷🩵 🧜🏻‍♀️ 🖤🩷

Doll photography • 1:6 scale • Mermaids • Ocean diorama

14/05/2026

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller

Do you remember when Saffron and Harbour got engaged last year? Well, their wedding is coming up soon and they recently had their bridal shower. Saffron and Harbour are inspired by two very special people in my life who've given me permission to share their real life shower photos. Swipe to the end to see my inspiration.

The shower was so much fun with lots of good food, games, and activities. One of the games we played is the shoe game. Do you know it? The couple sit back to back and are asked questions pertaining to the two of them. An example is "Which one of you said 'I love you' first?" Each partner holds up a shoe to represent the person they think it is. Then they get scored on how many times they both agreed, while the guests also get to vote and see who got the most right. Our real couple did amazingly well!

The real wedding is next month. We are so excited! I hope that I'll be able to re-create some of it for Saffron and Harbour as well. Either way, dolls and humans will soon be married! Love for the win! Happy Thursday dolls! 💜💚

and with

11/05/2026

"Dance with fairies, ride a unicorn, swim with mermaids, chase rainbows".

Anything is possible in an under the sea fantasy world, including our version of a sea horse - the elusive unicorn! Ioni is delighted to ride in today and share some magic with all our friends! She's making a splash in her very own way, with birthday greetings too!

Ioni joins for with her celebration T-shirt, and .plastic.life for with sea horse, for and .c.p.i for stories about dolls with imagination today! She sends birthday greetings to Carine for and Corinne for and Sara too! Sorry we're late to your party Sara, but we still wanted to wish you a happy belated birthday!

I apologize if we missed any other special events or birthdays. It's been so busy lately and sometimes it's hard to keep up. Please know I adore and appreciate all of you! Happy Monday dolls! 🧜🏻‍♀️🌈🦄

MerMay • Doll photography • 1:6 scale

09/05/2026

She is a mermaid but approach her with caution, her mind swims at depths most would drown in ― J. Iron Word

Ocean: “You can reel that line in now, big buoy… your catch of the day is already waiting."

Orion: “Hmm… something’s a little fishy here. What would a dazzling mermaid want with a washed-up fisherman like me?”

Ocean: “Oh please! Now I think you’re just fishing for compliments.”

Orion: “Guilty as charged. But can you blame me? I’m completely tide up in you.”

Ocean: “Careful, sailor… keep talking like that and you’ll have me in deep.”

Orion:“Too late. I was caught the second you smiled at me. Hook, line, and sinker!"

Ocean: You just said the magic words! Now there's no time like the present to float off into the sunset!

With that, Ocean and Orion will be left in privacy to join .plastic.life for with "hook, line, and sinker" along with for with a sunset party (I really wanted to do this outdoors during a real sunset but once again the rather refused to cooperate). They also join again for and .c.p.i for with imagination as they continue the with too! Happy Saturday dolls! 🧜🏻‍♀️🌅🎣🩵

MerMay • Mermaid • Doll Photography • Punny Story

08/05/2026

I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers. - Brian Selznick

Welcome, Welcome, WELCOME!!! (to quote the famous ) to the officially opening of our tiny town's MerMay festivities!! This year's special event ambassador is Aurora, and she's delighted you're all here! She's donned her top hat and tails especially for the occasion. No white tie, but she's added a trendy jacket for good measure. Of course the other mermaids join her as they all take menswear muse inspiration from and on this today!

This year's events promise you fun, humour, beauty, and most of all the thrill of as we also join too!

We look forward to seeing one and all at this with and we will be partying all month long with for as well! So let your imagination run wild with .c.p.i for and hang on for the ride! Happy Friday dolls! 🧜🏾‍♀️🧜🏻‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️

MerMay • mermaids • underwater diorama • daydreaming

07/05/2026

If you don't like what you got
Why don't you change it?
If your world is all screwed up
Rearrange it . . .

- Trooper (Raise a Little Hell)

It's the first week of May and the beginning of MerMay, and we've got parties to join! What's a doll to do when she needs to be in two places at once? Well, pull it all together and raise a little hell? shell? shelf?!! of course!!

Aurora, this year's MerMay ambassador, believes that we all rise when we lift others so before officially kicking off this year's events she joins .plastic.life for with raising shell(f) along with .barbie.girl for with our first submission - the fantasy shelf - which seems very fitting for Aurora!

I don't display a lot of dolls, because I tend to unbox and use all of them and then store them protected between uses. But I do have one bookcase in my doll room with display dolls. These are dolls that I would only use periodically but want to be able to see all the time. This is my top shelf. I call it the fantasy shelf. From left to right we have Bob Mackie's Goddess of the Moon, Tawny's twin wearing an exquisite hand beaded gown created by Naya, her friend modelling her original gown as Global Glamour Sorcha, Mackie's Holiday Angel 2024, Morgan le Fay and Merlin, and finally Mackie's Goddess of the Sun. These dolls all have a very special place in my heart.

My plan is to move down the bookcase one shelf at a time so come back next month to see the significance of the second shelf. But first, come back tomorrow to see Aurora officially open MerMay with her mermaid friends! Happy Thursday dolls!

Fantasy dolls • MerMay • Doll collector • Bob Mackie dolls

04/05/2026

I’m a bowling pin, even when I fall I’ll always stand back up. - Jay Park

Glory is a doll of determination and nothing keeps her down! She's just like bowling pin, so of course that's a sport she loves to play. She's become very skilled at it too! Glory joins for with sports today, and of course .mojo for too! She also joins for with this outdoor lawn bowling game, and for as well! 🎳

I got this little tabletop bowling set as a stocking stuffer several Christmas ago. I was so excited to use it for my dolls, but every time I looked at it, I couldn't think of how to create a bowling alley diorama. Then it suddenly hit me the other day that I didn't need a bowling alley at all and that this could just be a lawn bowling game! Sometimes it really is just about seeing things through a different lens. Have you had that happen too? Happy Monday dolls!

*Glory's beautiful track suit:

01/05/2026

May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive. - Fennel Hudson

It's May 1, and May Day magic is in full bloom, complete with a full moon this year too! This date is sometimes referred to as Beltane and marks the midpoint between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. Unlike the equinoxes and solstices, it is not determined by sun cycles, and has a specific assigned date. It is a celebration of spring fertility, and the return of life and warmth to the land, and much like Halloween/Samhain the veils between the worlds are thought to be at their thinnest.

Many cultural celebrations include a maypole dance, this being a traditional symbol of fertility. Aster prepares for the maypole dance as she joins representing several goddesses associated with Beltane, including May Queen (generic) Flora (Roman), Freyja (Norse), Artemis (Greek), and Creiddylad (Welsh).

Would you like to join the dance with her? It's not as big as some of the huge festivals around the world, but it still promises to be filled with fun! Happy May 1 and happy Friday dolls!

27/04/2026

Come sit on the porch with me where the drinks are cold and the friendships are free.
- Unknown

It was such a lovely weekend, and Kindle took advantage of the opportunity to get outside and start her gardening. She spent the day working hard, but of course she made some time to relax in her comfy patio chair. There's an extra seat here, would you like to join her? 🪑

Kindle joins for with chair, and for today. This is her with and her celebration with too! 🪴

Do you have any of this wicker furniture? I have four sets of it now because I can't resist it every time I see it come up on marketplace. But the latest that I bought, I bought strictly because it included the two shelves in the background I've never seen those shelves before. Have you? Happy Monday dolls! 🧋🪑🪴

1:6 scale gardening
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