This dollhouse doggie is so sweet... he poops cupcakes!

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If anyone's interested, this is how you make mini donuts from polymer clay. First, get something you can measure equal amounts of clay with, such as a toothpaste or in my case acrylic paint tube lid. Press some ecru clay into the lid and scoop it out, roll into a ball, press down into a rounded disc, and then insert something pointy, like a knitting needle.



I've neatened the icing, which is just clay made very thin and placed on top, by using part of a dismantled pen to cut uniform circles of clay, since it's the right size.



The pin and earring back are what I used to cut small circles of thinly rolled clay. Even splitting those in two, though, still made for pretty huge sprinkles. Here are the variations where you can see the graduation in size:



I do want to get hold of coloured sand or something like that. I want teensy sprinkles, demmit! *mini stomp*

There are lots of good tutes on how to make cupcakes out there. I like to make the cups first of all, then add toppings later.



And I've found it's easier to swirl the icing neatly if I blue tac the cupcake base to the table.



The end results taught me a valuable lesson about use of colour, because some of them would fit right in at a Halloween scene! lol. Next time I'll stick to the more appetizing colours than neon orange and yucky glitter-green.

I also tried my hand at making mini taters by rolling ecru clay (still lots left over from mushing up my failed banana canes) around in some crushed coffee, then baking and sanding.





I like how they turned out. I went and lost one though... Both they and the cupcakes are easy to knock onto the floor and the potato has vanished. Gah!

Lastly, I used resin and tiny transparent beads to create the effect of a sudsy kitchen sink.



Much better, I think!

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Blythes! That's the word I couldn't remember. They're all the rage, aren't they. :) They have the most intriguing expression, as if to say "It's so weird being here, being your doll... ho hum..."

$300 though?! Geeze.

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I know...but one of my friends who runs a toy store on ebay found two vintage ones - never out of the package - when they first came out by Keener in 1972. I think he paid about $15. Those people did not know what they had. Not every model is in that $300 range though...it usually depends on how limited the release was.

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Ahhh, that would explain it. Your friend got lucky! Vintage stuff can be a real goldmine.