Autumnal Classics

 Gus is feeling cozy this morning, and ready to face those cooler daytime temps! ☕️🐏🍁🍂

His flannel cap is made with Tiny Apparel pattern 0028. His sweater is made with pattern 0023. And, his trousers are made with pattern 0026.🧵🪡📍

 

 

 

A Reading Break

Gus got so comfy with his book, I think he’s about to read himself into a cat nap. 😆😴📚

Gus’ rugby shirt was made with Tiny Apparel pattern 0016. 

 

 

Kenfidance

 Accessories: they’re not what we are. They’re what we wear. 😎✊

Gus, Lucian, and Bryce bring their OOAK Kenfidance to @adrian.dollslife’s #weareken photo challenge. These custom boys walk their own way. 👟👞🥾

 

Aboard the Railcar

 

Lucian explores the mahogany paneled Grand Isle private rail car, pulled by locomotive 220, at the Shelburne Museum!

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This is the final photo in the series, from my visit to the Shelburne Museum with @dollsonthebrain and @play_house_with_peter. Thank you so much, guys, for bringing me, and Gus, and Lucian, on this wonderful photography adventure!! You both are awesome gentlemen! It was such a blast to meet you!! 🛼🏛🚢🚂🚜🌾

 

Nautical Aesthetic

 Tucked away, under the gangway for the Ticonderoga, I spotted some old nautical rope, and had to snap a couple more pictures of Gus, posing with it. 😆🚢⚓️🪢

Shoutout to @dollsonthebrain and @play_house_with_peter for putting up with me scampering off down there. 😂

 

The Ticonderoga!

Ahoy there! Gus has his bucket hat on to shield him from the sun, and is ready for a tour of the steam-powered lake boat: Ticonderoga! 🚢⚓️🐟

Among the Apple Trees

Here is Gus, back on terra firma at The Shelburne Museum, and, I think, looking rather pleased with his tree climbing exploits. 😆

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Gus Climbs Higher

Gus climbs higher into the old apple tree behind the big red barn, at the Shelburne Museum. It’s leaves provide great shade from the scorching summer sun.
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Basy, this one’s inspired by you, buddy! 😄

Exploring the Museum

Lucian admires the books and furnishings from American polo champion, James Watson Webb II’s deco-era study!

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The study (along with more rooms from Mr. webb’s wife’s fabulous Park Avenue Apartment) is open for touring, at the Shelburne Museum; which James Watson Webb II’s wife, Electra Havemeyer Webb, founded.
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Trees at the Museum

 Arboreal Gus! Gus found a beautiful old apple tree on the museum grounds, and decided to climb it. 😄🧗‍♂️🌳🍎

Steam Train!

Lucian, here, dressed in white cotton to beat the tropical heat, is checking out steam locomotive No. 220, at the Shelburne Museum. 🚂☀️🌴

On Friday, Gus, Lucian, and I, got to explore the museum with the totally awesome @dollsonthebrain and @play_house_with_peter! Many thanks, guys, for an incredible afternoon, and so much inspiration!! 😎💙💙

 

 

 

Mixing prints

Gus is mixing prints, inspired by Pinterest. 😄

 

Bryce in Overalls

Bryce is out running some last minute errands before the weekend, in a comfy pair of khaki overalls, and an oversized graphic T. 😎

I’m happy to report that the Tiny Apparel overalls pattern (0017) fits Ken dolls with the new, more muscular build! Bryce’s shirt, here, was made with pattern 0021 🧵🪡📍

 

Tile Print Resortwear

Gus is ready to check into a glamorous resort, and start lounging around the pool! 😂🏝🧳🌺

I’ve been seeing the new “Extra Fly” resortwear Ken doll popping up on #dollstagram a lot lately, so you know Gus has to try to style a similar travel-ready cabana set look. 😜 I made his shorts with pattern 0004, his shirt is pattern 0003, and his sandals are made with pattern 0022.

Gus saunters off, showing us the back of his majolica tile print cabana set. I used different sections of a multi-print fabric, for each of the sleeve, back, yoke, and collar pieces, to get a kaleidoscopic effect! 🌀The finished look totally exceeded my expectations! I think this is a really fun way to combine prints! 😃
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Lucian Goes Business Casual

I hope you all are having an awesome weekend! ☀️ Today, Lucian’s paired a suit jacket (pattern 0012) with wide-leg pants (pattern 0026) to create a comfy casual slouchy suit. 😎👔

 

Warm or Cold

The long and the short of it: 30mph north winds? 70 degree sunshine? Whatever the weather, Gus is prepared. 😄⛅️

 

Spring Weather

Stepping into the spring weather.☀️ Gus has cuffed the hems of his wide-leg pants, for a slouchy, retro, preppy look. 📚📖🏺
Sewing patterns for his pants and shirt can be found at the link in my bio.
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Cover Boy

Gus’ cousin, Lucian, has landed on the cover of a magazine, for the first time! This is a very big deal in any fashion model’s career, but he’s trying to keep his cool about it. 😎Congratulations Lucian, on being selected as a cover boy! And, a huge thank you to @lilybearcreates, for featuring both Gus, and Lucian, in the April edition of New Doll Times Magazine; her printable, doll-sized publication! It is such an honor!

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Hollywood Glamour

Today, Gus pays homage to one of my favorite publicity shots of Deco-era silver screen icon, Tyrone Power. 😎 Do you have a favorite Ty Power movie? Mine are “Café Metropole” (1937) and “Lloyd's of London” (1936). 🍿🎞🎥  This picture was also inspired by the #monday4dolls theme: reflections.

 

 

A Walk on the Dieselpunk Side

Happy Saturday! Gus gets industrial in the scrapbook paper studio, modeling the flat cap, from the latest sewing pattern in the Tiny Apparel pattern shop, linked here. 🧳⚙️