Making My Doll People Friends Happy!

From the very start, about 1999, I wanted to spread the word about what adult fashion doll makeover artists and fashion designers were doing!  When I first found these talented people, there was no outlet for them to show off.  This was pre-Facebook, and all we had were websites, webrings, and emails.  But I managed to get subscribers for Designer Dolls Magazine from 14 different countries around the world.  Because it was for them!  Sure, I took some pleasure in it, but it was always about inspiring other potential doll artists, and, most of all, making them smile!

Fast forward to present day, I found that most of the makeover artists were aging now, the beautiful fashion dolls available today certainly need no makeovers, and social media has produced instant gratification junkies, taking from the thrill of waiting for their designs to be in print.  I mean, it became more and more difficult to get people to send me articles and photos in July for the Halloween issue. 

So, I wrote books.  Fashion doll “fun” books.  Again, to make my doll people friends smile.  There isn’t much in the way of technical jargon when it comes to “Photographing Your Favorite Dolls,” or fabric and material specifications for “The Fashion Doll Diorama.”  It was simply fun for me to do, photograph, “talk” about, and put into a publication format, mostly so that it wouldn’t get lost in cyberspace.  Because to me that’s a sad thing. 

All the while, I struggled with the slippage of my doll stands.  I knew from the start that there was something wrong with the doll stands out there, and sooooo many others have tried to improve upon them – myself included.  But when it came right down to it, I always began with the slippage.  So, I created The Mat. 

It’s still all about making my doll people friends happy!  I think it always will be.  I’ve been around fashion dolls long enough so that I hope that people can trust that I wouldn’t try to sell something that doesn’t work or doesn’t please me.  The Mat pleases me so very much that I actually do have it on all of my doll stands at home.  I wouldn’t be without it now!  My frustrations about doll stand slippage are now gone.  Blood pressure is down.  More smiling is going on, and I so want to share that with doll friends all over the world.  Just had to share that with you.