The new guy on the block.........

I've had this guy for a while, just never gotten around to taking his picture. Since I do love the mandolls, when I saw Tonner had done Russell in the Jac skintone I knew he would have to come live with me eventually.

When I caught him on sale right after the first of the year, I bit the bullet and bought him. I have to say, I really do love this skintone for Russell. The hairstyle makes him appear a bit harsh in head on shots, but in person he's not as harsh as he sometimes appears in photos.

A favorite couple..........

This weekend I began dressing my doll families for Christmas. Since I have several doll families now, it takes a while to get them all ready. While also getting out some of my Christmas decorations for the house, I decided to get an early start on my doll family Christmas pictures this year.

One of my favorite couples is Friday and Russell. The Friday Foster sculpt is so beautiful. She's my favorite AA sculpt that Tonner has done to date. I wish he would bring her back and incorporate her into Tyler's world somehow.

Warrick..........

Still keeping with the coat theme, here's a couple of pics of Warrick (a fabulous Russell repaint by Deborah Ruth of Doll Me Up) wearing Tonner's sealskin coat. I don't see very many pics of this coat, but it's one of my very favorites that Tonner has done for the guys.

Friday Foster.........

One of her with hubby Russell................

Have been meaning to get a few pics of Friday by herself, and finally got around to it today. She's mom to Anjali and Mowgli here and all the pics I've taken of her to date are with her family. She really is one of Tonner's best sculpts IMHO. I hope he continues to use her somehow in his lineup. I would love her sculpt to become incorporated in the TYler line so she would get some up to date hairstyles..........

Dolly family Christmas pics.........

Took the second round of dolly family Christmas pics today. Thought I would share Mary and Jessamyn's family here for the day. Dad is Quinn, a repainted Russell by the fabulously talented Sonya Giddens. He's had a bit of resculpting work done too. Sonya really has a knack with the mandolls. Wish she had time to do more! Esme was enhanced by Gena Claire as I didn't like her original lip color. The girls dresses were made by the wonderfully talented Janice Mundy.