Hey, everyone! Tessie here! And as you can see, we are having our Christmas Hair Ribbon Fashion Show! I think we mentioned last time that Miss Chrissy is having a hard time finding Christmas clothes for us that don’t say “Baby’s First Christmas,” so we decided to get creative with our Christmas spirit and concentrate on Christmas-ifying our hairstyles with some pretty red velvet ribbons.
As you can see here, I have my hair in ponytails, and I’m sporting those pretty ribbons at the top of my ponytails. It’s been so long since I’ve worn my hair in ponytails that I forgot how much I like it! Trixie and Tillie say this is an especially becoming look for me. Miss Chrissy agrees. I like it, because when I wear my hair this way, it gives me all kinds of opportunities to accesorize my hairstyle, and for a Whimsie like me who loves fashion, any time I can accessorize is a good time!
You will also notice that I’m wearing that pretty pink jammie that has little kittle kats all over it. The kittles are very little, so you might not be able to see them very well, but I like knowing they are there. We tried to get Mr. Squee to represent the feline persuation in this Fashion Show, but he just rolled his big green eyes and grumped. So, I guess my jammies will have to stand in for all kitty kats that love Christmas. I wouldn’t say Mr. Squee is a Scrooge, but I just think he doesn’t care much for fashion and dressing up.
Now, here’s Trixie, and as you can see, she is finally getting to wear the red and pink striped jammie, which is so soft and comfortable, and since there are no feet on it, she is also wearing some pink socks (though you can’t see that in this picture, but you can see the socks in the Group Portrait below). We all have to be covering up our feet these days, and wearing long sleeves, because it’s been exceptionally COLD! It’s not actually cold cold in Whimsieville, but it just feels cooler than usual. But Miss Chrissy and the The Man will often run the fireplace, so that makes us toasty warm when we need it.
Trixie has placed those Christmas ribbons at the end of her pretty pink braids, and it’s that just the thing? How perfect! Overall, I would say Trixie looks festive, and completely ready for the holidays.
Tillie had a little trouble figuring out how to work her Christmas ribbon, and the problem it seems, is that she has SO MUCH HAIR!! Can you imagine? I sometimes wish I had long beautiful hair like Tillie, but then when I see how difficult it was for her to find a way to wear her Christmas ribbon, it occurred to me that every kind of hair style has its pluses and minuses. Tillie first tried pulling her hair back in one big ponytail, which is great, but you really can’t see her ribbon so well like that. So later, she decided to go back to her usual hairstyle, which is to let her long beautiful hair hang down her back, held back by a headband.
In the picture below you’ll see how Tillie managed to make the headband and ribbon work together for her. You’ll also notice that she is now wearing the blue polar bear jammies Trixie had on last time. You know what that means: I’m next! I’m next! Next time you see me, expect me to be in those pretty blue jammies, which both Trixie and Tillie have assured me are toasty warm and comfortable.
For our Group Portrait below, we also added a few props, some empty Christmas gift bags! They are empty now because it’s not Christmas yet, but Christmas is only ten days away, so we are hoping that Santa will be filling those bags for us with lots of nice new fashions and games!
Well, that’s it for now. We Whimsies love having our Christmas Portraits taken! We’re really hams, don’t you think? 🙂 We admit it!
And now you must excuse me, because we are all off to cuddle under the quilts and watch the Pee Wee Herman Christmas Special!!
Well, last night the Whimsies finally got around to talking about the latest episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Did it really take them four days? Yes. But as you’ll see from this conversation, it’s not so much because they’re still upset about it, but more because they’ve been excited about other things. This show is only one of many things they have on their mind. But it is on their minds, and this is what they have to say about it. 
I’m wearing the jammies right now, but Tessie and Tillie are right behind me, patiently waiting their turn in the blue polar bear jammies. You all know how much I love PINK, but for the moment, I’m taking a short break from everything pink to bring a touch of whimsie to the color BLUE.
with all that Christmas Stuff? We discussed this peculiarity at length, and the best we could come up with is that at some point in Miss Chrissy’s past, this ribbon must have adorned a Christmas gift. Miss Chrissy is pretty creative about re-using and re-purposing items, so she figures that surely she meant to use it again on another Christmas package.
I worked with the ribbon first, realizing that it is of course an extremely pretty hair accessory. I often like to wear a headband to hold my long hair out of my face, and what could possibly be prettier than a huge pink ribbon tied at the top of my head? With this look, I sort of remind myself of Madonna, back in the 1980’s, when she first started becoming popular. The 1980’s were a time with a very particular fashion vibe, and I think I capture that vibe somewhat with my huge pink hair ribbon accessory.
Next, Tessie has a go at it. She took the ribbon and still used it in her hair, but she reached back even further in fashion history by wrapping and twisting the ribbon around her head to create a sort of “modified turban,” reminiscent of the headwear preferred by the most fashionable flappers of the 1920’s. Too bad we don’t have a flapper dress to go with this turban! But Tess thought this zebra striped dress looked fun, and complimented the pink ribbon very well. 
But anyway, we all agree that Trixie looks super-confident, posing in her fancy outfit with the pink ribbon belt.
Well, that’s all we have for now. As I mentioned, next time we’ll delve a little deeper into the holiday spirit, and show you some of the fun decorations Miss Chrissy has brought forward for us all to enjoy over the next several weeks of the Christmas season. We Whimsies love holidays, and Christmas is absolutely the best of all the holidays, so we’re hoping to be able to celebrate it here with you—in style!!
After our upsetting experience this past Tuesday, watching the latest episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, everyone has been in sort of a funk for a few days. But then last night, I happened to mention that Thanksgiving is a week away, and despite their meloncholy, each Whimsie spoke fondly of Thanksgiving memories and traditions, really warming up to the idea of celebrating a holiday. They got the idea that they each wanted to write down all the things they are thankful for. I thought that was a splendid idea, sure to brighten the mood. 
