dolls out of the box

Late on Thursday afternoon we arrived at the hotel in Weißenfels. The girls liked the hotel room.


On Friday we walked about the town and did a little shopping. The girls enjoyed the little break by the famous fountain in the middel of Weißenfels.











On Saturday we left towards home. Before leaving we had the unexpected opportunity to see the inside of the Gloria Film Palace. An old film building that was built in the 1920's when the first silent films were shown. It was in use until 1991 as a cinema and then until 1998 as a disco.



















At the entrance you can still see the announcement for one of the last parties before the disco was closed. There are plans to rebuild everything although it is not yet clear how the building will be used in the future.

On Thursday we left the hotel in Caputh ( near Potsdam). On the way we stopped by the Einstein house. Unfortunatelly it is open only at weekends, so we couldn't visit it but Harley wanted some photos in front of the house.
















A few kms from Caputh there is an interesting lost place - Bad Beelitz. In the 1920s it was built as a hospital for people who had tuberculosis. It used to be very modern at that time. The treatments were also modern. They really tried to cure the illness and not just to put the ill people away. During WW2 it was used as a hospital for the soldiers and later, after the war, it was a soldier hospital for the Russians. Today all the buildings are ruins, but you can still see how beautiful they used to be. There are plans to rebuild some of the buildings.




















Harley liked the place - it reminded her of Arkham Asylum.












There is a tree top walk - so that you can see all the area and all the buildings from high up.

After doing nothing on Tuesday - the weather was very cold an rainy so we couldn't do anything outside and all the inside locations were full and had to be booked in advance - we booked our tickets for the Biosphere in Potsdam for Wednesday. The Biosphere is a little tropical paradise in the middle of the town. The girls had a lot of fun. The tropical temperatures inside were completely different from the cloudy and windy weather outside.

While waiting to get inside - Harley had to climb an old mammoth root in front of the building.


We walked through a tropical paradise, full of plants and exotic animals.










































I was very impressed by the colourful butterflies in the butterfly house.












Then we went under the water in a submarine.















Here are some more pictures of the girls in the Biosphere.

After a long time of staying at home we finally had a short holiday this year. It was only inside Germany because we didn't want to take any risks.So we just went by car to Potsdam and spend a few days there.
On the first day we went to visit the town and do a little shopping and in the afternoon we spent some time in the park of Sanssouci.

As always we had some of the girl with us. First of all Harley, who always goes with us on holiday. She chose to take Starfire and Bumblebee with her this time.

The girls liked the walk around Potsdam - so many old buildings.



Harley is a castle expert and the building behind her "Is not a castle"

See the next picture...













This is Sanssouci. On Mondays the castle is closed, but you can still visit the park.




Harley liked the park, with its different buildings. There was a church that looked like the ones in Italy (she remembers those) and there was a windmill.












Bumblebee was impressed by the fountains and the gold.











Starfire liked the plants and the Neptune Grotto.








The girls took a little rest at the end of the visit.

The doll for August is Katana. She likes to train with her sword whenever she has time. I repainted har face because I didn't want her to have to wear a mask all the time.

The DC Superheroes Girl for July is Frost. She likes cold weather more of course, so in the warmer July days she is looking for a place to cool down and the best place is of course the pool.

The summer was quite cloudy and rainy so far, co there were not many opportunities to have the dolls wear niche summer outfits and take photos outside. But still ... here are some pictures of summer fashion:

Finally I could go to toy stores and buy some fashion and dolls:



Other fashion is from Etsy or self-made using patterns from Etsy. I realized that Minifees can totally wear Rainbow High caps.



Ellowynes dress is from Etsy. It was for Minifees, but it fits Ellowyne wonderfully:



When I buy Minifee outfits from Etsy, Shannon is always the first who wnat to choose something to try on. This time she chose a pair of distressed pants.



Some girls were very brave and put on bikinis, although the weather was not so good:

My birthday doll this year - a present from my husband - was Parnilla Ghastly. She was a big surprise. For a very long time I was not sure if I wanted a Parnilla doll - some of them are beautiful, but many are not. This one - Parnilla Time to Go - is beautiful. She looks like a queen and acts like one. I bought a sexy and expensive outfit for her on ebay (the most expensive outfit I have ever bought for a doll).

The DC Superhero girls doll for this month is Bargirl (Batty). She takes care of teh headquarters while the other girls are training in the gym. She is good at dealing with the computer that's why she is supervising Dollietown to see if there is anything wrong.

It's starting to get warm, so some of my girls are modelling the latest summer fashion in Dollieworld.

Sailor inspired fashion is always an option.











Or do you prefer Sea Punk. I did a little research and found out it was a fashion style inspired by the sea - blue-green colour, sea inspired prints, glittery fabric, shells and mermaid hair.

The month of May is traditionally MerMay in Dollieworld. Here are some of the pictures I took of my girls during the month.

MerMay under water. It's the best time to see mermaids and other fantastical underwater creatures.

In the real world May was a cold and rainy month. Luckily, I have got Dollieworld - where I can decide what the weather is like. So I decided that the beach club can open in May because the weather is sunny and warm and the dolls need a little fun - no virus in Dollieworld either - so ... no restrictions to fun.

Let's take a look at what's going on in the Beach Club.






















So there is a lot to eat and drink, but of course you can also have fun because there are different activities.



When you get tired in the evening you can relax in a beach chair.


Some girls like to talk about their beach fashion and what they have got in their beach bags.


Safety is important.

Well ... the girls got some of the things that they wanted - First, they got lights. As you can see other superheroes are joining the training - they are from the Marvel universe - but in Dollieworld ... who cares?

And the girls got a new coffee machine.

After the long winter, the Superhero Girls need to get in shape again. So I searched eBay and found some interesting vintage Barbie gym pieces that I combined to create a new gym for the girls. It's not finished, yet. New pieces will be added.









Now let's look at the gym and what the girls are doing in more detail.
This is the heartpiece of the gym - a multipurpose machine. I had to buy it twice because the first one got broken during transport. So I combined pieces from the two machines and gave the girls more opportunities to train.


There are also smaller machines and two ergometers. Of course there are also lockers for the girls to put their clothes and bags in.

















And what about Harley? Well... she has her own kind of exercises to keep fit and they don't involve sweating.

















Of course there is also a little bar, wehre the girls can get drinks and some healthy snacks.







I think the girls like the gym, but they say that some things are still missing - like for example a coffee machine ...