These last few weeks have brought much change and hustle and bustle to Weathertop manor and left all of the Weathertops in a lather, especially Hitty Dauphine.
It was decided that our new friend Sophie would leave us and travel to a new home. Although we were all sad, Sophie was very excited to have a new adventure. It seems she was not cut out to live a sedentary life here in rural Upstate New York. She was anxious to go out into the world, see new things and meet new people. The lesson here, is that it is important to prepare ourselves, for every once in a while we give birth to a soul with the heart of an adventurer and they are just not content to stay at home, making cookies and having tea parties with the rest of the Weathertops...sigh...sounds wonderful to me.
So the Weathertops undertook the project of preparing Sophie and a friend and providing them with a small trousseau so they could take the plunge and ride the postal bus into the great sunset in the west.
It is important, when meeting new friends and adoptive parents, for each doll to look her very best. So Sophie and her new travel companion spent a day at the Weathertop spa to get their persons in tip top travel condition.
They each took turns soaking in a bubble bath and having their hair done.
Sophie's new friend had her hair washed and styled and spent a considerable amount of time making sure each hair was in its proper place...
While Sophie soaked in a bath of cotton ball oil, which we have heard is essential to the supple translucent complexion desirable for all dolls of her station.
After her bath, Sophie relaxed while getting a manicure, no dish water hands for this doll. I wonder if she is soaking in a Palmolive solution. Time for a commercial break, do you remember this commercial?
After polishing their naturally wooden complexion, the girls had a last minute dress fitting.
It was important that the hems were sewn just right.
Here they are, ready for their trip and pleased to present to you dresses 19 and 20 of the Weathertop 100 Dresses project.
The last thing to do before packing their belongings and shipping out was to sit for their portraits. (It is very important for their carving mom to have appropriate documentation and memory of their time with us here at Weathertop).
Before allowing them to leave, Hitty Dauphine presented each of them with a special gift by which to remember her.
They each received their very own hand-carved Hitty to accompany them on their long trip.
She felt that it was important for the girls to have a special companion to hug and keep them company in the dark box that would transport them to their new home. You know Hitty Dauphine and her dolls...she believes that every girl should have at least one...or fifty.
Hitty Dauphine, alone again in her big bedroom, was sad to see her sister leave...
...but she has heard a rumor of welcoming a new friend, who is excited to stay put at Weathertop and make Hitty Dauphine her bosom friend.
I wonder who it could be?
...To Be Continued...
