Victoria and Her Family at the Beach

Mercy and her husband, Tom have invited Victoria to join them on holiday at the seashore.

The proud new papa of one still sports his fatherly mustache while wearing the grey stripe bathing costume that we're so accustomed to seeing him in.

As for both Mercy and Victoria, this year the two cousins will be wearing the very latest in swimwear. Most women then tended to wear something on their heads in order to cover their hair, but not our two young Victorian women! Both have appointments with a hairdresser for later in the afternoon. By then, both will have changed clothes following bath time. After that, everyone is looking forward to a casual teatime in their family suite at the hotel with the baby, when it will be Nanny's evening off to visit a friend.

As for Mercy and Tom's new baby, the little one is still a bit young to be out of doors all day long. We are allowing Mercy to have a nice, relaxing afternoon swim. This is her family's first chance at a holiday since the arrival of the baby in March. The baby's new skills have grown very recently to include rolling over. This caused much excitement, as all were present for that special moment. 

It's Nanny's turn to look after the little one for the afternoon today, especially as it is now nap time. Then it will be time for a promenade using a fancy stroller that was called a perambulator (we called them baby buggies here in the U.S.). For more about the baby, you'll have to wait for a later post. That will keep you guessing, won't it?
:)

Meanwhile, it's grownup swimming fun for all three of the members of this Victorian family.

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PPSPlaytime™: Mercy, Tom and 

Victoria at the Seashore

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A Manly New Dressing Gown for Tom

It's Tom's turn for a new and more grownup look!

But before his "makeover'" or update, he must also have more clothing too!

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The original look for Tom was youthful and fun, but that now he is a father, it is time for him to have a more mature look. His new slender mustache really does fit his handsome face.

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As soon as I'm able to, I intend offering a new outfit for his lovely wife, Mercy and their newest addition to my Paper Doll family. For now, though, at least Tom will be allowed to relax in his off time reading a nice magazine in his comfortable slippers and fashionable paisley print dressing gown.

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For Veterans/Armistice Day (11/11/16)

The International observance, known in the U.S. as Veterans Day, began in 1918 with a different name.

Back then, it was known as Armistice Day. According to Wikipedia, "Armistice Day is commemorated every year on November 11 to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the 'eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month' of 1918. The date was declared a national holiday in many allied nations, and coincides with Remembrance Day and Veterans Day, public holidays."
(To read more about Armistice Day, please follow the link HERE)

In the U.S. the same holiday was given a new name in 1954, that being our Veterans Day (see more HERE), but this is still an International day of observance, regardless of our nation's name change for the same date and time. 

A number of my family members fought for the Allies in WWII. Some barely made it out alive. I like to honor all of our service members, both men and women, along with all medics, nurses, and doctors etc. who've either supported troops or who've been in the thick of combat, whether still living or now lost to us. No matter where in the world this day is being observed, let it be a sign to us as to war's cost in human lives. Let's likewise give some thought to the numerous conscientious objectors who drove ambulances and worked as medics or support staff. Even they risked their lives so that as many people as possible could return home to their families. They, too, even though they didn't choose to do battle, were an essential part of the world's times of war. 

" The World War I draft law recognized the peace churches [the Quakers, Mennonites, Church of the Brethren and Seventh Day Adventists] but prosecuted anyone else who objected on the basis of their own beliefs. Five hundred objectors were court-martialed – 17 received death sentences for refusing to fight. Although none of the death sentences was carried out, almost 150 objectors were jailed for life, and others were harassed and beaten.
Finally, in World War II, the draft law exempted from military service those who "by reason of religious training and belief" opposed war. The objectors still served. They were assigned to "work of national importance." This service fell into two types:
First, about 25,000 objectors served in the military in "noncombatant" roles. They were medics who were in the Army but didn't carry a gun.
Second, those who objected to being in the military served on the home front. About 20,000 objectors fought forest fires, built conservation projects in rural areas, or took care of the mentally ill in hospitals.
There were objectors who refused to even register for the draft, believing that the draft itself was supporting the killing. About 6,000 of these men went to jail."
From an online article at
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/life_05.html

Let's take the time to honor our veterans of all ages this coming Friday, November 11th. Additionally, in the UK or for those of us elsewhere who are religious, this coming Sunday is known as Remembrance Sunday. (the Sunday closest to the 11th)

The old song title says, "Are We Downhearted? No! No! No!" This was a fairly popular song for some of the troops of WWI. 

According to a Wikipedia article, "Before entering the war, the U.S. had remained neutral, though it had been an important supplier to Great Britain and the other Allied powers. During the war, the U.S. mobilized over 4 million military personnel and suffered 110,000 deaths, including 43,000 due to the influenza pandemic.[1] The war saw a dramatic expansion of the United States government in an effort to harness the war effort and a significant increase in the size of the U.S. Armed Forces. After a relatively slow start in mobilising the economy and labour force, by spring 1918 the nation was poised to play a role in the conflict." 

 

IN FLANDERS FIELDS POEM

The World’s Most Famous WAR MEMORIAL POEM

By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place: and in the sky

The larks still bravely singing fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead: Short days ago,

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved: and now we lie

In Flanders fields!

Take up our quarrel with the foe

To you, from failing hands, we throw

The torch: be yours to hold it high

If ye break faith with us who die,

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields

Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915 

during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium

(found at http://www.flandersfieldsmusic.com/thepoem.html)

Below the Display version, I will add 3 YouTube videos of antique recordings plus one of a very short overview of the history of this very important day.

Let's Honor all our Veterans, including those among our allies this November 11th!

Veterans Day 

WWI Sheet Music Cover

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YouTube Video about Red Poppies

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Song: Are We Downhearted?

The Story of the Unknown Soldier

In Flanders Fields (song with slideshow)

Amazing Grace

From the album, Whales and Nightingales

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His and Hers Bookplates

These might make a fun gift or party favor.

These two separate sets are based upon an old bookplate that was designed by someone else. I have chosen to take the idea and to run with it, so to speak. Originally, this bookplate was only a "His" bookplate, and with a man's name above the cat and its book.

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Several changes had to be made to the original. I took apart the man's name (that very handily allowed me to use the required "E" and "R" for "HER") and reassembled a few bits. I've also had to make some repairs to both cat and book. I then shifted direction by making the whole thing look like new without (hopefully) losing some of the antique charm provided.

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PPSBookArts™: His and Hers Bookplates

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New Dragon Adventure Coloring Page

And such a fierce looking dragon, too!

The knight is bravely battling the hideous creature as it breathes its hot breath on one of his two valiantly faithful dogs. His rapidly fleeing horse is obviously leaving the scene out of sheer terror.

In spite of this, I see victory at hand in this old illustration. The knight's sword is now buried in the roaring beast's body, almost up to the hilt. The dragon has been using its long, scaly tail as a weapon. See how it has that powerful tail coiled about the knight!

There are two other Dragon coloring pages here at this blog, both listed under the category of PPSColorMe™. Two out of the now total of three are fairly scary, while the remaining one shows the dragon as already having been killed and a sister being rescued and given a victorious hug by her brave brother.

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PPSColorMe™: Dragonslayer!

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Victoria's Very First Costume Ball !

A special charity event, all in costumes of bygone eras!

This will be a night for our Victoria to recall for many years to come. She and her cousin, Mercy had both admired the very same costume in the same London shop, and so it was decided that Victoria would wear a pink one while Mercy would wear the one in blue.

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Tom is looking very dapper and dandy in his brand new evening suit, isn't he? I always have liked the look of most top hats, so this was a special treat for me to work on. Please notice how his outfit has its own background. [NOTE: Please never cut away any of his backgrounds - these are necessary to ensure a proper look and fit.]

The Benefit Ball is just starting. All of the guests are continuing to filter in from their carriages outside. The first to arrive had been a gathering of members of The Crinoline Guild, with their partners. They cut a dash on the dance floor in their old fashioned outfits and hair styles, don't they? Some are twirling with their partners quite daringly, for the first dance is now playing the very first waltz of the evening. I will post a very lively Waltz Music video below. The album's links are listed at the home page of the video.

Victoria is very pleased to have been asked to join the partygoers of the Crinoline guild, two of whom are good friends of Tom and Mercy's. This was a very spur of the moment invitation, and so they all had to make haste in order to be ready on time. - And the three had only been home a week! 

The Benefit Ball is intended to raise money for a very worthy charitable cause, that of the education of orphans as well as the support of widowed mothers. While tickets were very costly, and even somewhat scarce by the time that the three latecomers had returned from their travels abroad, every effort was made to secure them a place at the supper table where a banquet is to be served directly following the dancing.

Other guests are wearing clothing styles that are even older than the ones which Mercy and Victoria are wearing for this event. There is a lady dressed as a shepherdess, carrying a slender crook and wearing a fetching straw hat. Near to her is a fellow who is dressed in medieval fashion, as a troubadour or musician, all in red velvet. Just beyond them there is a charming couple wearing costumes from the early 1600's. I especially like the lady's satin gown, don't you? Opposite them and at the back of this gigantic room (of which we may see only a fraction) is yet another couple, this one dressed in early Regency, a time when some 18th century influences still could be found in certain clothing items for men.

Shown below first, of course, is the Scene, with 4 separate downloads, as per usual. (Complete instructions and hopefully helpful hints may be found at the first Room or Scene post, HERE.) 

Following that set of downloads are the two pretty gowns, and lastly, Tom's new evening attire.

I do hope that this new set will offer many hours of playtime fun for young and old alike.

Happy 3/4 time waltzing fun!
:)

PPSPlaytime™: Benefit Costume Ball Scene

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Waltz Music by both Strauss and Tchaikovsky!

(my personal favorites are the ones that are by Strauss)

[LINKS to use for the purchasing of any of this album's 

tracks may be found at the home page for this video.]

PPSPlaytime™: Victoria's Pink Costume

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Antique Husking Party Graphic

What a cheerful farm scene this is!

I thought that it would be fun for children to color in, although some adults do enjoy coloring too! I know I am one of those adults.
:)

I am allowing this one to remain in in its original copyright status, that is Public Domain. Please feel free to use it however you like.

One of the best parts for me would have to be how the horses are regarding each other from their separate stalls. I've known horses to do just such a thing, so this has brought back sweet memories for me to enjoy. 

As for the corn and the barn, well - that would be an even sweeter memory for me. On a wet and rainy afternoon at an old family farm with a very large barn, I once helped to shuck corn as a child. This happened at a family reunion. All of the children, myself included, loved that big old barn with its lofts and its straw and hay in stacks and piles. Removing the drying kernels of corn from the cobs was something we children did then using nothing but our bare hands.

We also played at sliding and daring each other to jump from one loft above into the straw pile below! What a good day that was!

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PPSColorMe™: An Antique Husking 

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Mercy, Tom and Victoria Visit Venice!

Or, as it is said in Italian, "Mercy, Tom e Victoria visitare Venezia."

Included in this Set is one new outfit for Mercy, shown first above the Scenes. 
How exciting! They have found themselves a bit muddled by the confusing layout of the city. Notice how the two cousins are dressing today almost as a pair of twins might. (After all, they have the very same dressmaker back in London, and it is such fun to dress alike!) They wore the same outfits with different shoes during their time of packing for the journey. Those outfits may be found by clicking on the Doll's names below:
Victoria
Mercy
Both offer a special standard for stability.
Victoria's travel or Tourist outfit may be found by following the link HERE.

The three young people are in search of the right way in which to find their final destination for this afternoon's bit of tourist fun together: the famous set of buildings known as the Palazzo Ducale, or the Doge's Palace. To learn more about this famous Venetian palace, you may follow the link HERE.

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Alas! The three travelers have wandered away from their true course and are now concerned about the hour. But not to worry. Our young linguist, Victoria, comes to the rescue! She asks a pleasant looking elderly woman (using her practiced conversational Italian), "Buon pomeriggio, signora. Posso chiederle come per il modo corretto per noi per raggiungere il Palazzo Ducale? E 'nelle vicinanze?"

Which means, in modern English, "Good afternoon, Madam. May I inquire as to the correct way for us to reach the Doge's Palace? Is it nearby?"

Tom applauds his wife's cousin's quick witted way of handling the situation. He himself has very little Italian. His real foreign language gift is with French. Mercy, meanwhile, is very proud indeed of her young cousin's growing foreign language skills. As a result and very soon, they find their way to an ornate outer courtyard of the Palazzo. While still there, they will have another adventure which I shall post here quite soon. This involves yet another famous Venetian palace. But that will be for another day.

The season that is best for travel in Adriatic waters cannot last forever. The three intend to travel southward next, this time by boat. Tom will have plenty of time for relaxation from that point onward, so that they are certain to have even more fun than when he was so busy. 

Happy Travel Playtime Fun!

PPSPlaytime™: Venice Part One

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Meet Tom, Mercy's Husband

Mr. Thomas DeHaven is soon to have a few new things to wear!

This project took absolutely forever to make! There for a time, I thought that I really would not be able to make it happen the way that it has. However, on a little by little basis, while I kept working on it, I kept noticing new ideas and a few small successes that helped to keep me motivated.

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This doll has had to be redone 4 different ways. I found myself practically tearing my hair out at one point, as it simply didn't look right, even after several hours of trial and error with it. So I then put it away for a few weeks, waiting for some further insight as to why I could not make it appear any better. It was actually quite UGLY at one time, though nobody else would know it.

I am mainly a collage artist, although I have drawn and painted using a variety of media as well. Whenever using Photoshop, it pays to know how to collage as well as how to add perspective to different bits as they are being put together. Making things relate to each other is very important to the process. Regular (meaning cut and paste manual style) collage does not always allow for such things, but Photoshop does, thankfully. This I found quite handy in the end.

For, just look at our Tom! He looks young, accomplished, healthy and ready to play at the seashore already! You can believe me, friends, when I say that in the beginning, this project was looking perfectly awful. For example, my first try with this doll had him built a bit too much like he was working outside all of the time, and that lifting heavy objects was his job.

Now, there is nothing wrong with a buff, muscular man to my way of thinking. Some of them can be really quite handsome, too. But as Tom was an oarsman while he was attending college, and has since worked mainly in antiquities at the British Museum, I did not see how I could justify too sturdy a frame for this doll. He simply would not have been built to be as muscular as my first design had made him to look.

Since that time, though, I've found a number of ways of fixing the look of this doll until he could be youthfully attractive without so many muscles. That's much more in keeping with the story, to my way of thinking.

So that is the longwinded story of my adventures in making this very longwinded and much awaited project!
:)

For his very first outfit, I have chosen to give him a summery suit built for travel and sightseeing. He holds his straw hat in one hand, and wears a soft neck cloth instead of a workday tie at his neck. This was considered casual wear among those whose work dictated that they wear more formal clothing at all times.

Coming very soon
Some more outfits for all 3 of my dolls, along with some new European Travel Scenery! I hope to provide Tom with some more formal attire within the next few weeks. So be looking for more paper doll fun in the months ahead!

Happy Playtime Creativity!
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PPSPlaytime™: Mercy's Husband, Tom

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Free Antique Baseball Coloring Page

Bustles and Baseball? 
An old illustration from the 1880's Victorian Bustle Era.

I ran across this old graphic recently while doing research on a completely different project. It was in the Public domain, and yet needed a little facelift, so to speak. I have enlarged it and cleared it of some torn areas plus one scratch using photoshop processes. There is a bit of a quality issue as far as resolution goes, but since it is intended to be either hand colored or tinted, I saw this as being  a very minor issue. My recommendation would be to use colored pencils. After all, it is fairly small (not even filling the 8 1/2 by 11 inch final size) and yet it is also very full of details! Please adjust your printer margin settings to .25 inches (1/4 inch) for this one.

My! - how they did used to dress up for the ball park! Americans really would do that a lot. Almost everybody wore hats, and some men would even wear suits. The women in the foreground of this picture wear hats, corsets, and long dresses with bustles underneath. Just look at all of the different hat styles the ladies are wearing to this game! Personally, I like the small top hat that another woman is wearing.

In the distance, there is an obviously very busy harbor of some sort. This must be a port town somewhere. I wish that I could share the location of this old ball field with all of you. Perhaps somebody can help me out with the history and location? Meanwhile ~

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PPSColorMe™: An Antique Baseball Game Graphic

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Victorian Era Seed Packet Art

This has had to be changed radically by me in order to make it both a little more more usable and attractive.

Whenever I find something as fun to look at as this image truly is for me, I feel a genuine urge to clean it up and make it look fresher.

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I really like the way that the young man is standing comfortably with his booted feet in the summertime sun. The contrast between his comfort (open collar, rolled up sleeves) on an extra warm and sunny day and the long sleeves, high collars and fuss and frill of the two ladies aboard their little two wheeled gig makes me smile. The one young woman is enjoying the flavor of the slim slice of watermelon the boy has just offered her. Perhaps there will be a sale?

There are melons in the foreground and in the background of this picture as well. It's such a pretty summer scene, that I simply couldn't resist the opportunity of sharing it here at the Studio's blog.

There's just one problem, however. I am fresh out of melons and yet would have enjoyed a nice, refreshing melon slice snack today!
:)

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Antique Seed Advertisement

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Old Illustrated Bible Page of Psalm 23

This is my first new item here at PPS in weeks.

I'm sorry to have had to be away so much. I really miss my little hobby of keeping this blog. There are family concerns, etc. keeping my mind and time away from offering anything new here. I am offering this new illustrated page for free, but please respect my copyrights. I have made it look nicer as well as fresher in appearance. I've also altered its size so that it will print for guests of this blog. One fourth of an inch is the narrowest margin size for this one. 

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Old Illustrated Bible Page

Psalm 23

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Antique Bicycling Graphic

Ouch!

Hasn't everyone who's ever gone riding had at least one bad spill?
I can recall one fairly bad one for me, years ago, involving a patch of gravel and a sore arm afterward.

I might have found "Elliman's Universal Embrocation" of use as a product, although I sincerely doubt it.
:)

Offered in both black and white and sepia looks, this one is in the Public Domain. I really had to do very little to it, just a little clean-up work. I am keeping it simple for a while around the Studio.

Guests who enjoy paper dolls can also find a paper doll cycling outfit of the same era by following this link HERE.

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PPSColorMe™Bicycling Injury

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Victorian Man's Thinking Cap

An appliqué pattern to make for a gentleman.

This item is a bit of a curiosity. We see illustrations and photos of gents wearing their smoking jackets and caps, almost as if such garb had a kind of uniform appeal. Oddly enough, such caps were sometimes also called, "Thinking caps." I think most Americans can relate to being asked to put on our imaginary "thinking caps" as children, can't we? I doubt that any one of us thought of a tassel or rich embroidery at the time, however!
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Often, these items of apparel were decorated in great detail, using embroidery on velvet or wool, with appliqué or couched cording or braid. Sometimes, even bead embroidery was used, although this technique was generally reserved for ladies' apparel. The addition of a tassel was according to taste, of course, yet was often considered a must in fashion for gentlemen.

A man's smoking jacket was not the same robe as his dressing gown. These two totally separate species of apparel we tend to smile over nowadays. Nobody really tends to take them very seriously anymore. 

That is, except for a number of historic reenactment hobbyists and professionals. It is for these people I have posted this straightened and somewhat refreshed pattern. After all, I once was one of them!

The sizing for such things can be a bit tricky. As a former costumer and hat designer, I highly recommend making at least one good brown paper mockup or model. I used to use clear tape, pins and pencils with a measuring tape in order to tailor most hats to fit. Nowadays, of course, we have the additional luxury of advanced copy machine technology, image enhancement software such as Photoshop or Gimp, etc., as well as incredibly complex sewing and embroidery machines that can synch up with our computers. In other words, the rest is up to the tools and the imaginations of the ones willing to take on such a project.

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