First off, the new girl has finally arrived, and her box was demolished! She was sent signature confirmation (as in our experience all packages from HK are sent) yet the postman left her on the porch and ran off without ringing the bell – we know why! She appears to be in good shape though but I can see a gap where he scalp is coming away a little – it doesn’t appear the seller did anything, more likely a heat issue from shipping so long. We love her anyway! She has been gaze corrected. Here she is:

Georgie had to jump in the picture since they both have summery dresses on. Adam made Georgie’s earrings out of something from the beads / jewelry area of the craft store.
Amazing hair! This is a really beautiful doll. No name yet!
OK now for the Ebony fashion parade. Here is Gwen with Dee in coordinating deer dresses from Sugarmag. I know Dee is Glenna’s petite but Glenna was busy and didn’t want to change, so Gwen is pinch hitting.

Sandy has her old excellent body back (phew!) and is modelling her more formal date outfit:

We dismantled our old photo setup on the couch and Adam spent all day making this huge light box with foam core and plastic vellum like material. Disappointingly it makes for only marginally better pictures. I guess there is just no substitute for a well lit sunny room. That is something we don’t have!
From Adam’s photostream:

Here is Manon (AE) in the new setup.
Here it is in action, with girls waiting for their turn:
