Some very drastic economies Mama

No, we haven't sacked the household staff and sent Cinderella into the kitchen to become the slave. (The heading is a quote from The Slipper and The Rose)

The decision to purchase twins, identical twins at that, that want everything where possible identical, was a fancy I had taken whilst at work waiting for the spinning wheel to stop (nothing to do with Rumpelstiltskin or Sleeping Beauty*). Who to twinify?

I really like the Josefina face mold, with Tauralie (Truly Me #61 - Classic mold, green eyes, red hair) came a copy of the May 2015 American Girl catalogue, and whilst the stunning Truly Me 62 and 64 were there, I kept wondering over to the Grace collection - the power of print media, I think it was the picture of Grace in her pjs that won me (you can just see it on the last picture in this post, top right hand corner of the catalogue). 

So anyway, the decision to purchase two dolls did mean at the time I did not have enough funds to get any of her collection, other than piercing her ears, and just for a little while the girls have worn different earrings to each other, to help discern who is who, while we are getting used to them.

Bridget is on the left wearing the blue bows, and Bryndl is on the right, she is wearing red hearts.

Two of everything..

Build A Bear Buddies, Cookies and Cream Puppies

Two bags of goodies

Ooh spare earrings

My Take, with a touch of Winter in mind, on Grace's City outfit

and her Sight seeing outfit

Better pictures from American Girl wiki

Grace's pajamas, City Outfit

 Grace's Sight seeing outfit and accessories

The collection interpretation is still in progress (forgot the shoes)  but it was fun putting a personal spin on it. Must take pictures with the girls in the outfits before it gets too hot.

(*I don't work for the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Anderson, mentioning my employer and what I think of the computer system we have is possibly an offence, and well I have twins now, etc etc (I rely on the income too much)).