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'October Theme: Season's Greetings' Photo Contest Entries

For some it may seem far too soon to be thinking about Christmas (unless, like me, it is never too soon to be thinking about the festive season!). However there is a rational behind my thinking! As you know the winning theme contest pic now features on the main page of our community, as well as our Facebook and Twitter pages. So by the time the pic has been voted for and a winner announced it would seem most odd to see a Christmas photo in February! Much better to see it for the month of December!!

So, dear members, do you see where I'm coming from? Good, that's settled then; the theme for October is... Season's Greetings! A theme intended to celebrate all that is good about the season to be jolly, and all in dolly form to boot!

The winning photo voted by members will now win a whopping $50 PRIZE!! Plus the winning pic will spend a month featured on our front page and be the public header for our Twitter & Facebook Fan Page too!

The 'rules' of the theme photo competition are very simple:

Your photo must contain a doll or dolls
The photo must be taken recently, specifically for the challenge
Make sure the photo relates to the spirit of the relevant month's theme
Members should enter one photo only per theme (although you are free to add more but please highlight which particular photo you would like to go forward into the competition).
Give your photo a title, whether it be witty or cutting edge cool!
Post your picture in the Theme Photo thread in the discussion forum below
Make sure to have as much fun as possible!

Tags: Christmas, October, Seasons greetings, contest, fashion doll, theme

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Permalink Reply by Carolina Gonzalez on October 20, 2012 at 14:19

A North African Christmas

The Canary Islands are located besides the northwest coast of Africa, so we chose a theme that represented our surroundings. The doll's outfit, the armchair and the poinsettia plant were made for this contest. The nativity is handmade too, but not by us - it is from Paraguay, and it was a gift from one of our patrons. Since we are Spanish, and the islands are located on a subtropical area, christmas trees and snow are not part of our tradition - we have a very warm, luscious winter.

Hoping you like it! We've had a lot of fun creating these scene, and will certainly participate in more contests in the future!

Community ManagerPermalink Reply by Simon Farnworth on October 20, 2012 at 16:20

How wonderful! I love the colours and the warmth of the scene. Very well done

Carolina Gonzalez said:

A North African Christmas

Hoping you like it! We've had a lot of fun creating these scene, and will certainly participate in more contests in the future!

Permalink Reply by Nilsa M. Donelan on October 20, 2012 at 18:17

Nice scene Carolina !

Love the mini Nativity set. I have a small collection of mini Nativity sets.

Groups AdminPermalink Reply by Lilly, Chevalier-Fox on October 20, 2012 at 18:45

Carolina Gonzalez said:

I soooooooooo love it Carolina ! very original to bring to us a bit of other world !

beautiful scene $ picture

A North African Christmas

The Canary Islands are located besides the northwest coast of Africa, so we chose a theme that represented our surroundings. The doll's outfit, the armchair and the poinsettia plant were made for this contest. The nativity is handmade too, but not by us - it is from Paraguay, and it was a gift from one of our patrons. Since we are Spanish, and the islands are located on a subtropical area, christmas trees and snow are not part of our tradition - we have a very warm, luscious winter.

Hoping you like it! We've had a lot of fun creating these scene, and will certainly participate in more contests in the future!

Permalink Reply by Carolina Gonzalez on October 20, 2012 at 19:49

Thanks so much Simon, Lilly and Nilsa!

Our first intention was having fun, and we certainly did, but it was also a challenge in many ways. We don't have many 1:6 props or furniture, so we had to build the sofa from scratch, which was of course an important learning curve. The poinsettia plant was also a first-time creation; I forgot to add on the description that each leave was hand-drawn on coloured paper and cut individually! I have made many plants in 1:12 scale in the past, but changing scales is so much more than just making things bigger. In all, I am very thankful for being a part of the contest, it has taught us so much!

Permalink Reply by Nilsa M. Donelan on October 20, 2012 at 21:43

The good things with dolls is that they don' need much to make it look like home!!

you got a nice setting!!

Permalink Reply by Deb Buckner on October 21, 2012 at 11:34

How sweet! You can just see how much they're enjoying their cocoa and Christmas cookies! Lovely!

Valerie Suwanseree said:

Here is my entry, "Sugarplums for the sweets"

It is not the scene I was originally thinking of, but getting out the kitchen items turned out to be a good thing because it forced me to re-arrange the kitchen part of my doll cabinet, so now it's better than before.

In this scene, Jett has invited 2 little neighbors over for cocoa and Christmas cookies.

Permalink Reply by Valerie Suwanseree on October 21, 2012 at 11:35

That's a beautiful photo, Carolina! I like her dress very much, and the poinsettia flowers turned out very good!

I have lived in Thailand for over 20 years so I know what tropical Christmas feels like, but I originally came from the northeast part of the USA, so I always still think of snow and pine trees etc at Christmas time. It's interesting to think of Christmas being celebrated in other ways in other countries.

Carolina Gonzalez said:

A North African Christmas

- we have a very warm, luscious winter.

Hoping you like it! We've had a lot of fun creating these scene, and will certainly participate in more contests in the future!

Permalink Reply by Deb Buckner on October 21, 2012 at 11:36

This is so wonderful, true spirit of the season!

Marilyn Allen said:

Trixie (Urban Vita Hot, Hot, Hot) is writing her Christmas cards for the "Season's Greetings" theme.

Permalink Reply by Carolina Gonzalez on October 21, 2012 at 11:39

Thanks so much Valerie! Yes, Christmas is very different here - one example: last year we had a barbeque on our roof terrace on Dec. 24, and we all got sunburnt! I have never seen snow falling.

Valerie Suwanseree said:

That's a beautiful photo, Carolina! I like her dress very much, and the poinsettia flowers turned out very good!

I have lived in Thailand for over 20 years so I know what tropical Christmas feels like, but I originally came from the northeast part of the USA, so I always still think of snow and pine trees etc at Christmas time. It's interesting to think of Christmas being celebrated in other ways in other countries.

Carolina Gonzalez said:

A North African Christmas

- we have a very warm, luscious winter.

Hoping you like it! We've had a lot of fun creating these scene, and will certainly participate in more contests in the future!

Permalink Reply by Nilsa M. Donelan on October 21, 2012 at 19:37

Christmas in the tropics??

I grew up in Panama, never saw snow until I was 29 yrs. old while visiting Wyoming and there was some leftover snow by road side through the mountains.

In Panama, we have tropical climate (rain forest) and Santa Claus will die over there wearing his clothes on Christmas night. I guess that's why I grew up waiting for Baby Jesus to magically deliver toys once he was born.

I always wanted to have snow for Christmas but now we live in Texas and there is no snow for Christmas! - who knows... maybe this year