Posted by Jane in the UK |
- I just love these two. Truely a favorite couple of mine !!!
Posted by Frank on August 7, 2009, 4:10 pm, in reply to "It will be alright"
--Previous Message--
: The problem of the present recession has even
: hit the residents of East Leake Hall and
: James and Mai, well mainly Mai really, have
: decided that more paying guests at the Hall
: will be the answer to the present cash flow
: situation.
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:
:
: Mai: James….please don’t worry
: James: *stiffening*
:
:
:
: James: But it will mean much more work…..
: Mai: *interrupting* No it won’t! We always
: had this as a wild card and a back-up to
: help us if times got hard….
:
:
:
: James: *Also interrupting* But most of the
: work will land on your plate!
: Mai: No it won’t; and even if it did I am
: not afraid of hard work!
: James: Mai I am not having…..
:
:
:
: Mai: *eagerly* James! This is going to be
: fun! More rooms opened up-more paying
: guests. What can go wrong?!
:
:
:
: James: *pulls her closer*
: Mai: *happy*
:
:
:
: James: What would I do without you?…..
: Mai: *thinks* Give him five minutes and it
: will all be fine…….
:
:
: Really the inspiration for this story is for
: me to have an open door policy to any doll
: that I fancy to join my storyworld without
: them having to have a connection to someone
: already in the story.
: Now I can buy to my hearts content, they can
: all come and live at the Hall…*big smile*
: Shame that I won’t have the money to buy all
: those guests…*bother!*
:
: Originally I was going to shoot this story
: in the kitchen set but I decided to set it
: in the caravan just because I had time to
: make it one day, it rained an awful lot when
: I was on holiday.
:
:
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- Thank you Frank you are always so kind about James and Mai
Posted by Jane in the UK
on August 8, 2009, 11:47 am, in reply to "I just love these two. Truely a favorite couple of mine !!!"Thank you so much 
- I love the raindrops on the window behind James and Mai. >>
Posted by Clara
on August 5, 2009, 6:40 pm, in reply to "It will be alright"And I just love the picture where James has his face in her hair. You do such realistic and loving poses with these two, Jane.
--Previous Message--
: The problem of the present recession has even
: hit the residents of East Leake Hall and
: James and Mai, well mainly Mai really, have
: decided that more paying guests at the Hall
: will be the answer to the present cash flow
: situation.
:
:
:
: Mai: James….please don’t worry
: James: *stiffening*
:
:
:
: James: But it will mean much more work…..
: Mai: *interrupting* No it won’t! We always
: had this as a wild card and a back-up to
: help us if times got hard….
:
:
:
: James: *Also interrupting* But most of the
: work will land on your plate!
: Mai: No it won’t; and even if it did I am
: not afraid of hard work!
: James: Mai I am not having…..
:
:
:
: Mai: *eagerly* James! This is going to be
: fun! More rooms opened up-more paying
: guests. What can go wrong?!
:
:
:
: James: *pulls her closer*
: Mai: *happy*
:
:
:
: James: What would I do without you?…..
: Mai: *thinks* Give him five minutes and it
: will all be fine…….
:
:
: Really the inspiration for this story is for
: me to have an open door policy to any doll
: that I fancy to join my storyworld without
: them having to have a connection to someone
: already in the story.
: Now I can buy to my hearts content, they can
: all come and live at the Hall…*big smile*
: Shame that I won’t have the money to buy all
: those guests…*bother!*
:
: Originally I was going to shoot this story
: in the kitchen set but I decided to set it
: in the caravan just because I had time to
: make it one day, it rained an awful lot when
: I was on holiday.
:
:
:
- Oh thank you Clara. It did rain an awful lot while we were there!!!!
Posted by Jane in the UK
on August 5, 2009, 11:56 pm, in reply to "I love the raindrops on the window behind James and Mai. >>"
And thank you for the comment about the poses looking natural, I really appreciate that as I work with very doll-like dolls compared to others; and James is not only stiff as a character but he is really stiff as a doll with his original factory CH stringing from 2003!!!
- Everything definitely will be alright...>>>
Posted by Jill in WV
on August 5, 2009, 6:04 pm, in reply to "It will be alright"As long as these two are together. They can make anything work.
Jane: I loved the reprise of the caravan setting. It reminds me of last year and your travels with your favorite couple. - Oh thank you Jill. Wales has become James and Mai's holiday place now I think
Posted by Jane in the UK
on August 5, 2009, 11:52 pm, in reply to "Everything definitely will be alright...>>>"I did consider taking others but this year it just seemed 'right' to take these two.
My idea was for them to revisit all the places they went last year but they proved to be impossible. Rivers were in spate, ugly fences had been constructed and it rained every single day so I really didn't want to take outdoor photos really
- What a shame about all the rain...>>>
Posted by Jill in WV
on August 6, 2009, 4:33 am, in reply to "Oh thank you Jill. Wales has become James and Mai's holiday place now I think"I'm glad you took your two even so, since I bet they were good company for you, and helped you not to miss the others too much. - I always like to take at least one doll away with me-even for a weekend break
Posted by Jane in the UK
on August 6, 2009, 12:39 pm, in reply to "What a shame about all the rain...>>>"And you are right just having a doll stops me missing the others so much
And rain doesn't really bother us, we are used to it by now
- What a great idea to have the extra rooms available for when those new guests arrive. :)
Posted by Ivy in MA on August 5, 2009, 3:41 pm, in reply to "It will be alright"
--Previous Message--
: The problem of the present recession has even
: hit the residents of East Leake Hall and
: James and Mai, well mainly Mai really, have
: decided that more paying guests at the Hall
: will be the answer to the present cash flow
: situation.
:
:
:
: Mai: James….please don’t worry
: James: *stiffening*
:
:
:
: James: But it will mean much more work…..
: Mai: *interrupting* No it won’t! We always
: had this as a wild card and a back-up to
: help us if times got hard….
:
:
:
: James: *Also interrupting* But most of the
: work will land on your plate!
: Mai: No it won’t; and even if it did I am
: not afraid of hard work!
: James: Mai I am not having…..
:
:
:
: Mai: *eagerly* James! This is going to be
: fun! More rooms opened up-more paying
: guests. What can go wrong?!
:
:
:
: James: *pulls her closer*
: Mai: *happy*
:
:
:
: James: What would I do without you?…..
: Mai: *thinks* Give him five minutes and it
: will all be fine…….
:
:
: Really the inspiration for this story is for
: me to have an open door policy to any doll
: that I fancy to join my storyworld without
: them having to have a connection to someone
: already in the story.
: Now I can buy to my hearts content, they can
: all come and live at the Hall…*big smile*
: Shame that I won’t have the money to buy all
: those guests…*bother!*
:
: Originally I was going to shoot this story
: in the kitchen set but I decided to set it
: in the caravan just because I had time to
: make it one day, it rained an awful lot when
: I was on holiday.
:
:
:
- Thank you Ivy. I was pretty pleased with the idea myself
Posted by Jane in the UK
on August 5, 2009, 11:51 pm, in reply to "What a great idea to have the extra rooms available for when those new guests arrive. :)"
I wonder why it has taken this long for me to come up with it?!!! - What a sweet story. James and Mai are such a wonderful>>>
Posted by Patrice S on August 5, 2009, 9:57 am, in reply to "It will be alright"
And it's a very clever way to be able to bring in new dolls. - Thank you so much Patrice. It leaves me wide open to invite many in……..>>>>
Posted by Jane in the UK
on August 5, 2009, 11:00 am, in reply to "What a sweet story. James and Mai are such a wonderful>>>"….but to be perfectly honest I can’t see it happening much.
(I’ll bet those are famous last words!!!)
But as I said below I already have two more CH dolls to introduce; so I have more than enough dolls here already
- I keep telling myself that and somehow I keep ordering>>
Posted by Patrice S on August 5, 2009, 12:45 pm, in reply to "Thank you so much Patrice. It leaves me wide open to invite many in……..>>>>"
more.
- Famous last words. Let's see; 4 this year but who is counting! LOL!
Posted by coleen on August 5, 2009, 2:55 pm, in reply to "I keep telling myself that and somehow I keep ordering>>"
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- LOL! Well the 4th one may not arrive until 2010 but my resolve>>>
Posted by Patrice S on August 6, 2009, 7:13 am, in reply to "Famous last words. Let's see; 4 this year but who is counting! LOL! "
not to order any more dolls until the fall kind of fell apart.
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- I am not! But I do notice any new arrivals!!! LOL!
Posted by Jane in the UK
on August 5, 2009, 11:57 pm, in reply to "Famous last words. Let's see; 4 this year but who is counting! LOL! "
- What a great storyline; it allows the flexibility to add new >>
Posted by coleen on August 5, 2009, 9:02 am, in reply to "It will be alright"
characters as needed. And, who doesn't want to have a place to openly welcome new resin residents? I liked the caravan setting. The rain on the window kind of plays up James' dampened spirits. But you know with Mai that sun is just waiting to peek through the clouds! - That is so sweet of you to say that Coleen, thank you so much...........................>>>>
Posted by Jane in the UK
on August 5, 2009, 10:57 am, in reply to "What a great storyline; it allows the flexibility to add new >>"....... and you are right the weather is acting as the perfect background here.
A pathetic fallacy in action, I hadn’t seen that here at all I will confess.
Thank you very much
- What a darling way to have an open door to new characters! >>>
Posted by Darling Elizabeth on August 5, 2009, 8:44 am, in reply to "It will be alright"
I can feel your pain in not having the money to invite them, though! 
We kinda, sorta, have something similar. A group of our dolls share a large flat. Devon, Asia (and Kobay with her), Rio, Orlando, Sadie, and Savannah (who has been away at college, but her room is still waiting for her when she returns). But our drawback is that there's no more room "at the Inn". LOL!
Lovely pictures in your caravan, Jane. And James and Mai always photograph so well...always looking so tender towards on another....
- It was rather sneaky of me-wasn’t it?! ……………………>>>>
Posted by Jane in the UK
on August 5, 2009, 10:55 am, in reply to "What a darling way to have an open door to new characters! >>>"But apart from two unintroduced characters I really can’t see many resins taking me up on it….unless my friends over here do let me ‘borrow’ their dolls for a while, but to be perfectly honest I wouldn’t really be happy or comfortable about that 
And couldn’t you have some sort of extension built onto the flat that your resins inhabit? I am sure with a little collective imagination we could find away to bring in more space for them...….it is just the money part that is likely to be insurmountable
- Very cool! So you could have >>>>
Posted by Steph in ma on August 5, 2009, 8:34 am, in reply to "It will be alright"
visiting guests at the Hall, if they were inclined to travel. So you could have characters that show up as folks who rent rooms, who might leave... Love this idea!
*to dolls* "Hey, do any of you feel like taking a trip...?"
--Previous Message--
: The problem of the present recession has even
: hit the residents of East Leake Hall and
: James and Mai, well mainly Mai really, have
: decided that more paying guests at the Hall
: will be the answer to the present cash flow
: situation.
:
:
:
: Mai: James….please don’t worry
: James: *stiffening*
:
:
:
: James: But it will mean much more work…..
: Mai: *interrupting* No it won’t! We always
: had this as a wild card and a back-up to
: help us if times got hard….
:
:
:
: James: *Also interrupting* But most of the
: work will land on your plate!
: Mai: No it won’t; and even if it did I am
: not afraid of hard work!
: James: Mai I am not having…..
:
:
:
: Mai: *eagerly* James! This is going to be
: fun! More rooms opened up-more paying
: guests. What can go wrong?!
:
:
:
: James: *pulls her closer*
: Mai: *happy*
:
:
:
: James: What would I do without you?…..
: Mai: *thinks* Give him five minutes and it
: will all be fine…….
:
:
: Really the inspiration for this story is for
: me to have an open door policy to any doll
: that I fancy to join my storyworld without
: them having to have a connection to someone
: already in the story.
: Now I can buy to my hearts content, they can
: all come and live at the Hall…*big smile*
: Shame that I won’t have the money to buy all
: those guests…*bother!*
:
: Originally I was going to shoot this story
: in the kitchen set but I decided to set it
: in the caravan just because I had time to
: make it one day, it rained an awful lot when
: I was on holiday.
:
:
:
- Thank you Steph. I wish I could follow it through………………>>>>
Posted by Jane in the UK
on August 5, 2009, 10:50 am, in reply to "Very cool! So you could have >>>>"But I have neither the money nor the space to accommodate many more resins here.
However if you ever happen to be over here you know that there will be a place for your resins as well as you