If you are stressed, here is a way to de-stress. First, find a good and dear friend whom you have met in person but once in your life for the space of thirty minutes in a Starbucks on a layover in Seattle. Next, have your good and dear friend unexpectedly surprise you with a doll of you and your beloved.
(If you find you cannot manage this, take a moment to wonder why you cannot do something so simple. Then, look at our dolls.)
(Yes, that’s a camera that Baker doll has. He multitasks. And Author has tiny books. Please fall on pillows during the tremors from your Cute Overload.)
Then, take said dolls on a tour of your house, and put them in all sorts of ridiculous positions. Then, realize that you’re actually playing with dolls, when your two hundred page revision and/or the first draft of your PhD dissertation, the culmination of the last three years of your life in this damp and green country is due on Friday.
Oh, great. Now you’re stressed again.
(Okay, not really. You’re still playing with your dolls.)
![Author, Baker [Friends]](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/5685541666_b42b78284b_z.jpg)
This photograph of Author & Baker is from the doll maker’s Flickr account. Our thanks to her for such a lovely gift. Do check out her other story dolls, and her Etsy page.
Now those are absolutely the cutest little things!! The Baker needs a camera and a pot… 😉
These are DARLING!!!! So much fun. And there’s nothing wrong with playing to help lift miasma.
How sweet is that. People really can be lovely!
Now one can truly say – you are SUCH dolls!
Amazing! And such a nice (and yes, cute) surprise!
I enjoyed looking at these photos. The dolls are obviously happy in their new home, and Queen Mauve is there to keep an eye on them while said Author and Baker are working on their VIWP (Very Important Writing Projects). When you need to de-stress, play with dolls. Those who do not yet have dolls, please seek out salt and pepper shakers. (Salt and pepper shakers are handy when you need to act out a play, demonstrate a sports setup, or merely entertain your friends in a restaurant.)
I am screaming with delight….and envy. How wonderful!!!
A little doll therapy is supposed to be very healing. I think you ought to put the dolls in a new backdrop that you create of your perfect next home – kind of like good voodoo!
I love the little books in particular! Too cute!
(and best wishes for surviving stressful times)