Midsummer Sasha Gathering 2015 - part 2

Prior to attending the Midsummer gathering, Rosie S and I were in email conversation about miniature prams. I had finally found one for restoration and she is planning to restore her pram, so I brought my pram in pieces and she brought her pram for us to compare (and compare with Dawn's amazing collection).  I photographed Dawn's collection in 2013 however it is impossible not to take photos of them and their happy little owners when the opportunity arises, they are so photogenic.

Some of Dawn's amazing pram and doll collection which includes Doucet, Red and Ponfa versions

Two of Dawn's prams 

A Doucet pram which Dawn is restoring

Some gorgeous NP Sasha girls with their prams

More lovely prams and Sasha dolls belonging to Dawn

Another pram and other wheeled transport with their Sasha and Gregor owners from Dawn's collection

Rosie S's Doucet pram which she wants to restore

Dee's visiting dolls, lead by the magnificent waif Hattie (and Lucas)

 Dawn allows careful people to hold her treasured Sasha Studio dolls, my girl was thrilled to be allowed to hold them again.

My girl with one of Dawn's Sasha Studio dolls (and Clemence bear)

A close up of Dawn's stunning Sasha Studio girl

my girl cuddles Dawn's Sasha Studio toddler doll

my girl also privileged to hold Dawn's Sasha Studio baby

my girl holds the Sasha Studio toddler and another of Dawn's Sasha Studio dolls

The Sasha Studio toddler's clothes

I did take some photos of the visiting Sasha dolls, including our own small collection.

Our Sasha collection at Dawn's house

A baseball player and friends near Rosie S's pram

Some of the lovely visiting Sasha dolls

More of the visiting Sasha dolls, including a toddler girl

Theresa's Red pram with a pram basket she added

Between Dawn's garden and the field is the home of several horses.  My girl made friends with them.

My girl enjoys feeding one of Dawn's real live horses

Thank you Dawn (and Rosie S) for hosting such a friendly, happy Sasha gathering - it was lovely to catch up with friends and see each other's dolls, discuss prams and admire the garden.

Midsummer Sasha Gathering 2015 - part 1

We were lucky enough to be able to attend Dawn's Midsummer Sasha Gathering at her beautiful home in June, the event was co-hosted by Dawn L and Rosie S and included a delicious lunch.  It was a lovely friendly gathering, the weather was kind so we could eat outside on the verandah overlooking the garden and there were plenty of photo opportunities in her extensive garden for the dolls.  My husband came with my younger daughter and I (it was Father's Day), unfortunately my elder girl had a work shift so couldn't join us.  It was great to catch up with Sasha friends and talk prams (more of that in another post).

A certain little bear called Clemence had hitched a ride with our doll family and after eating the main course at lunch, he and Laura went to watch the next episode of the Lucas Adventures being filmed...

Dee setting up a photo at Dawn's fountain

Lucas and Clemence started getting into mischief while Laura enjoyed the view of the fountain and the glorious sunshine

Clemence was following Lucas to the middle of the fountain

climbing over the stones was hard work for a small bear and it took time

"Be careful not to get your paws wet Clemence" called Laura

... so Clemence took a long route from Laura to avoid getting his paws wet

By this time Lucas was sitting on top of one of the statues (assisted by Dee's helper)

Clemence was finding the journey to the middle of the fountain tiring

Did the status shake Lucas off or did he lose his footing?

Laura watched Lucas crawl back to the side of the fountain after his fall, she was relieved to see he was okay

Lucas was grumbling under his breath about the silly statue

Laura didn't notice Clemence climbing onto a tall statue

so she wandered away from the fountain to admire the flowers

by this time Clemence was nearly at the middle of the fountain

Lucas was greeted warmly by his dog Socks who was so relieved that he was safely back on dry land

meanwhile Clemence climbed over the last bigger stone to reach the centre of the fountain

and sat cheekily in the lap of one of the statue girls

who didn't seem to mind this little bear sheltering on her knees after his long journey across the stones

Laura suddenly realised with consternation that Clemence was still in the fountain area and went to look for him

when she saw him climbing the statue, she risked her dress to climb into the fountain to rescue her naughty bear

Laura gingerly walked across the stones and cried out in anguish when she what Clemence was doing

as Clemence climbed onto the head of the statue from which Lucas had fallen earlier

"Come down carefully Clemence" said Laura, "my apologies for my cheeky bear" she said to the statue girl

"I'm coming" said Clemence

Clemence climbed down carefully

And went for a cuddle with Laura, who was very relieved to have him safely back in her arms again

Laura and Clemence had a cuddle before making the journey back across the stones

When they got to the side of the fountain Clemence sat in Laura's headband while she carefully climbed out

And they restored their energy by sitting on the verandah with some scrumptious strawberries and cakes

Soon Clemence was all for another adventure, this time some tree climbing

Laura sat in the branches enjoying the scent of summer flowers

and was joined by her friend Henry

Clemence was going out on a limb, so Laura and Henry decided it was time for a walk

Henry and Laura had a lovely walk in Dawn's garden, though all the rock and tree climbing in a dress made Laura feel a bit faint.

Lorraine took some lovely photos of Henry and Laura's outing - see http://sewingforsasha.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/dawns-sasha-lunch-midsummer-meet-and-eat.html.  We had a great deal of trouble getting Laura to stand during the walk around the garden as the breeze was strong enough (in gusts) to blow her over just when we were about to take photos!  So as Lorraine's blog post shows, Henry and Laura were photographed sitting by the side of the path instead.

Sasha Celebration - part 8

It is a month already since the Sasha Celebration weekend and I still have a post about it.  We were immensely fortunate that weekend as my daughter was given several winning raffle tickets by kind, generous people who had already won prizes and liked to spoil the only child at the event.  On the last day of May she dressed the girls in some of the lovely outfits she was given and I did a quick photo shoot in the back garden on a very windy late afternoon.  The following photos are not all the outfits she received (some of those have actually appeared in previous posts about the weekend) and hopefully we'll get more photos done soon (this weekend has been a dull rainy washout so far for photos and last weekend when the weather was glorious we were just too busy with other events to find the time for photographing the dolls).

Miranda wears a very pretty lilac floral dress, matching underwear and hair ribbon (donated by Trish Smith), she is also wearing the hair clips from the gift bag Janet gave everyone at the Sasha Celebration.  The sandals by Ruth Hartley I bought last year.

Laura wears a smocked Frilly Lilly dress which my daughter chose when Kendal gave her a winning ticket.  She is wearing the other set of hair clips from the second gift bag.

Florence wears a beautifully made dress, pantaloon and double hair band set by Petrana - my daughter chose this when Kendal's ticket was called and Kendal asked her to help choose then promptly gave her the prize which my girl was not expecting. 

Miranda and Laura wear a pair of trouser sets, one of which my daughter got from the raffle and the other which she was given afterwards (one of these was donated by Trish Smith).  Miranda's set is is a 3 piece beret, long sleeve blouse and trousers, Laura's set is a 4 piece beret, short sleeved top, cardigan (with hearts knitted on either side) and trousers.

Florence wears a party dress (my girl calls it a Christmas dress) and golden bow on a hair clip which apparently was one of the dresses donated by Trish Smith

Apparently today (13th June) is World Doll Day, so these photos are our way of marking the day.