#or Amy Alexander

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It’s done YIPPEE

Close ups under the cut

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Character, book, and author names under the cut

Julian St Albans/Alexander Benedict- The Courtship of Julian St Albans by Amy Crook

Mary Frankenstien/Maisie- Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill  

Kiem Tegnar/Jainan nav Adessari- Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Alec Lightwood/Magnus Bane- The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

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sick

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This is my childhood Madame Alexander "Amy" doll (from Little Women)! I happened to come across her and thought I'd take pictures.

I wasn't into dolls as a little girl, I only wanted animal toys like My Little Ponies, Pound Puppies, etc. However I was enchanted by this doll when I saw her in the Sears catalog and put her on my Christmas list. (This was not influenced by the book "Little Women" at all as I hadn't read it at the time. I just thought the doll was pretty.)

So I was very pleased to receive Amy for Christmas (even though one of her sleepy eyes would stick in place from day one). But then I was like . . . what do you actually DO with dolls? The only dolls I had at the time that I played with were a Rose Petal Place doll, a Strawberry Shortcake doll, and a single Barbie doll, who were sized so that they could play with my My Little Ponies. (Barbie was the villain trying to kidnap the MLPs, Lemon Meringue was her minion, and Rose Petal was an ally to the ponies.)

But Amy was out of scale to all that and also seemed more . . . traditional? So I was like, "Well, I guess you're supposed to have a tea party with this kind of doll. That's what little girls do in books."

So I gathered Amy and a few stuffed animals and had a tea party with sugar water and vanilla wafers. It was incredibly boring and I never really played with Amy after that. So she has remained mint after all these years, sleeping in her box with her beddy-bye eyes, even if one of them sticks.

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Behind the Scenes of Season 1 of The Last Kingdom

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Stills from Season 1 Episode 5 of The Last Kingdom

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Marius and Alexander’s Hamilton son kinda look alike

Zamn

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This is peak comedy

[moonamite]

Amy!!!!

Will she ever be consistent? No ❤️

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Amy Wesson @ Alexander McQueen Spr/Sum 2001

[majormommyissuess]

lol lol lol

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2025 reading log:

it’s a love story - annabelle monaghan

intermezzo - sally rooney

animal farm - george orwell

all the bright places - jennifer niven

the house of my mother - shari franke

magnolia parks: the long way home - jessa hastings

the consequences of falling - liliana rose hastings (reread)

beg, borrow, or steal - sarah adams

i’ll paint you a sunset someday - bex alexander

play along - liz tomforde

exes and o’s - amy lea

whirlwind - kayla grosse

the favorites - layne fargo

unsteady - peyton corinne

twilight - stephenie meyer

well, actually - mazey eddings

reckless - elsie silver

deep end - ali hazelwood

the comeback - ella berman

the clique - lisi harrison (reread)

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best christmas present ever 🥹🥹

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Stills from Season 1 Episode 4 of The Last Kingdom

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