July 2020 – Mid Century Phicen

I did a photo shoot some time ago featuring Ice Blue Poppy and Head’s Up Readhead Poppy that I called Fire N Ice. I showed it on my Flickr but not here. I recently did a second photo shoot with Fire N Ice and so am posting both photo shoots together here.

First, a couple of shout outs:

Fire wears the That Girl Outfit from designsbyjude who sells on Ebay.

Next is this very hip and very cool jewelry ensemble from our most favorite French doll jeweler Isabelle from Paris who also sells on Ebay.

Finally, there are more hints of some Annie Morrison purchases with her 1:6 scale Mid Century Modern Fireplace used in Fire and Ice shoot 1.

That brings us to Our Story Thus Far:

While the other Poppies were hanging out and looking cool, Head’s Up Poppy was so hot that she’d burn the place down! But Ice Poppy was just was too cool for that to happen!

Ladies and Gentlemen, please enjoy Fire N Ice…Twice! (with musical accompaniment if you wish).

Today’s photo shoot is a potpourri designed to showcase some new acquisitions.

First is the new Hello, New York! Poppy Parker doll from the 2020 Model Traveler Collection. To make a long story short, I fixed her hair so it looks like the promo photos.

Next is a furniture piece I’ve been interested in for some time: this Danish wingback lounge chair. At a mere $3600, I decided to forego the original and instead make a miniature of it but it was beyond my skill to make.

After seeing some of her amazing miniature furniture at Beds By Star on Etsy, I asked Star Higgins if she would give it a try. She agreed and I was awed by her bravery! When I saw the final piece I was even more in awe of her skill! Here is one of her work-in-progress photos. A major intention of today’s photo shoot is to show off Star’s amazing and wonderful miniature recreation of the wingback chair.

Another showcase piece for this photo shoot is this absolutely wonderful mid century wall clock by Ronda Valleo at Miniatures from Avalon on Etsy.

There are also a couple pieces that have cameo roles that also merit attention.

The first is this super cool mid century console TV by Beth who sells her great miniatures at The Atomic Doll on Etsy.

The next cameo piece is this Chippy Heath style telephone chair by none other than the illustrious and divine Annie Morrison!

Moving on to the outfits…

I have to thank a very creative Flickr artist, Du Didier, for the inspiration. Du posted some shots of Poppy in this outfit and I had to copy him! (Something about imitation and flattery…how does that go again? 🙂 ) The outfit and doll is Tonner’s Tiny Kitty Collier Fashion Forward.

I also picked up the Style Avenue Tiny Kitty outfit for Poppy.

I have a couple purple pics that seem detached from the main photo shoot but really aren’t because I used the same set up as the other shots. In the purple photos, Poppy is wearing the 2011 Barbie Stardoll Fallen Angel dress.

Purple Poppy is wearing the amazing grape-colored boots from CCS (10AW) Momoko BOTANICAL GIRL Flowerbed Snow!

Finally, a shout out for some new plants.

The first is a wonderful pair of large floor plants from one of my all time favorite mini plant makers, Erika, who sells them at Art And Minis By Erika on Etsy.