Dollhouse Tour Anyway

We decided to film a dollhouse tour as sort of a "before and after" for when we eventually have a better dollhouse. Also, surprisingly, we still don't have a camera, so we filmed the tour in one minute sections as my phone said "out of storage" repeatedly. Because of the bad lighting in there, we had to use flashlights for the darker corners. That was kind of funny, but hey! Problem solving. Click here to see our dollhouse tour!
Additionally, we started filming our first contest entry. That's pretty exciting and I really hope we win because the prizes look really cool.

Doll House Dilemmas

Our doll house is two shelves in a badly lit closet. We don't really film in there (with the exception of Time Travel) because of the bad lighting and lack of decoration. I hope that we can find either a better place for the doll house, or find some way to give it better lighting and accessibility.
Filming without a doll house means setting up doll sized rooms around the house whenever we need to film. It's not a terrible option, and we've been doing fine, but it will be nice to have a good quality doll house set up eventually. We'll make a doll house tour when we do!
In the meantime, check out Stopception... It's like inception because it's a stop motion within a stop motion. I made it with my friend Alexandra from AGSM International. We're really proud of it and hope you love it!

Good Lighting

While filming our collab with AGSM International (watch here) we were deciding where to film. In one room, we had two background options that looked similar. We took test photos to decide which was better. Here is they are!

As you can tell, the second photograph, is much brighter and clearer. I'm glad we did a light test because it made sure that our video was well lit.

Collaboration Videos!

For the past few days, we've been working on a mini-movie collab with AGSM International. One day, we had the idea to start it, and the next day we were costuming, writing, and set designing. With more hands available, we were able to film more scenes at a time. This made us think as a team and be way more productive. We used a large variety of settings and I think that made the video more dynamic and interesting. I'm super excited to publish the video, but unfortunately, we won't be able to for a week because of travel. In the meantime, check out our latest video here! And we'll be back with you in a week!

We Made an AG Pinterest!

This pinterest will have links to free patterns we've used and loved (complete with descriptions of how they turned out for us), patterns we plan to use, crafting tutorials, doll care, and much more! Check it out and follow us here!

Fixing Doll Shoes

We've had Sonali since 2009. Her meet outfit shoes are one of our favorites and they've gotten a lot of wear and tear. The blue coloring was starting to chip off and look dingy,  so I decided to touch them up and this is how I did it.
Steps:
1. Clean the dirt off with a wipe or damp towel (don't rub too hard!)
2. Mix acrylic paint to the exact color that you need
3. Use a very small paintbrush to neatly paint over spots that have faded or chipped
4. Let dry
Here's the before and after shot of Sonali's shoes!