Lily's potions (Free potion label printables)

I think the human now regrets giving me access to a fully stocked lab and a few textbooks.  (She was the one who handed me the Voynich Manuscript, Advanced Potions Making, and Magical Draughts and Potions.)  I only got a little carried away brewing.

From left to right we have:

Veritaserum, Draught of Living Death, Invisibility, Calming Draught, Polyjuice potion

And again from left to right:

Shrinking Solution, Felix Felicitis, Antidote, Pepper-up, Amortensia

One of the most important things about working in any lab is making sure your supplies and products are labeled appropriately.  (There are things that you do NOT want to mix together by accident, and they always look so similar too.)  So I've made up a few sheets of potion labels for everyone.  Just use a dab of glue or ModPodge to glue them to your own bottles.

Mini Potion Labels

Aggressively Seasonal Halloween: Round 1

I'm Nora.  Really, I'm not sure what the human was thinking this time.  Other than perhaps that it was fall, and thus close to Halloween.  Ah yes, and the fact that someone asked her to make this particular outfit.  To my eternal chagrin.   I happen to be the doll of choice for modeling since I have the coloring closest to what the client is looking for.

This outfit comprises of a long sleeve peasant blouse, and a reversible vest and skirt.  The first option is quite pleasant, if a bit plain.

The second and third options have just enough color to make a bit of splash, and the purple ribbon matches the bits of purple in the fabric.  I'd say I rather enjoy these, all things considered.

Dear client, please do not subject any of your dolls to this last option.  I beg of you.  No doll deserves this indignity.

Alas, I was not the only doll this morning subject to the aggressively seasonal streak the human is on.  However, Kana and Lily bear it with much better humor than I.  I do believe they actually enjoy the whole process.  To be fair, the human also spared them the worst of the potential color combinations.  Unlike me.

Kana and Lily are showing off a six piece aggressively Halloween mix-and-match wardrobe with a long sleeved peasant blouse, a short sleeve peasant blouse, a reversible vest, a reversible corset, and two reversible skirts to match.  There's a total of 32 possibilities for outfits, though the human has chosen her favorite 8 here.  Suffice to say, some combinations look better than others.

Alas, if I recall correctly, the human is only 30% of the way through the stack of Halloween outfits she cut out.  There will be more to come.  Unfortunately.

More Harry Potter books for dolls

This time we have 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard", "Quidditch Through the Ages", and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them".

"The Tales of Beedle the Bard" contains synopsis of 5 wizard fairy tales, including "The Tale of the Three Brothers" in full.  It also has "The fountain of fair fortune", "Babbity Rabbity and her cackling stump", "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot", and "The Warlock's Hairy Heart".

The book on quidditch has a summary of the rules and a history of the game, as well as list of most of the types of fouls, and the book on beasts has an actual fantasy bestiary.

Books for Maryellen (Free book and paper doll printables)

You didn't think I was going to leave the newest BeForever girl out when I was making books, did you?  Books from the 1950s are slightly harder to come by, but Maryellen will have a Betty Crocker cookbook for kids, and a Betsy McCall book and paper dolls to go with the book (thanks to Jeanna W. for her scans).  The cookbook comes with 32 pages of real recipes that might come in handy at the diner.

And here's a freebie for your Maryellen or other 1950s girl:

Betsy McCall Paper Doll Storybook

Betsy McCall Paper Dolls

Book Instructions

End of summer sewing (Free Tea Dress pattern)

Hi!  Sam here, up in a very nice tree.  It's much easier to climb trees when you're not wearing a dress.  Though I suppose next time I'll also remember to not wear anything white...

This is the last batch of new outfits we'll have before the dreaded seasonal fabrics attack, but I think they're rather nice ones.

Kana and Anora are showing off the semi-formal robin's egg blue and white dresses.  Both dresses were made with patterns from JenWrenne.  The human resized the tea dress to fit us.  The original pattern was for a much smaller doll.

You can get the patterns here: 

Anora's one-shoulder dress:  

Pattern and Instructions

Kana's tea dress:

Pattern

Instructions

Nellie and I have coordinating outfits made from Lee and Pearl's Bonjour Paris wardrobe.  The shorts have real working pockets.

So that's it for now!  Come watch the hilarity when we get our Halloween outfits.