THE BOUTIQUE
I had an ex fashion shop cosmetic display stand given to me by two friends and it is ideal to house some of my dolls - high enough for the dolls to stand on the shelves, wide and deep enough to set up a small diorama - so that is just what I did.  And here is the first photograph.
The doll is a Bead Blast Barbie and she is wearing an outfit made myself from a Terry Fox design for adult women.  I hand-sewed all the braiding aroud the empire seam, the blazer edge and the edge of the hat brim and around the crown.  The white rose on the blazer is a purchased notion. 
The column on the left is merely a kitchen paper tube glued onto a card cone.  The head on top is part of the 1983 Barbie Dream Store collection - as is the bag/jewelry display stands on the right of the photo and some of the small accessories.  The table in the centre is merely a piece of plexiglass on two cake columns.  And that fancy little cosmetic display case on top of the Barbie unit is a container that holds the toothbrushes upright on supermarket shelf. 
Looking at this photograph, I can see that it lacks a background of some sort.  If you have any ideas, please share.  Email me.
This is another view of the Boutique.  The sales assistant is Cher from Clueless.  The shop counter is a C-curved piece of plexiglass - ex jewellry store display unit.  I put another piece of plexiglass on the top and a piece of Balsa wood for the centre shelf.  When I change this diorama, I am going to put a piece of plexiglass in place of the balsa wood. 
Barbie is wearing a "fur" coat I made.
Here is a back view of the lovely Terry Fox dress

I will replace this photo with a clearer one at a later stage. 
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