1978 animal outfits...

 Hi.  :D  I just finished recreating ABBA's 1978 animal outfits in miniature for my dolls.  For a somewhat detailed post on how I made them, feel free to check out my sewing blog. :3

The Story of ABBA - 2022 Edition OUT NOW!

 Hello everyone.  Just wanted to share some exciting news!  My newly updated version of my book, The Story of ABBA - For Young Readers is now available to purchase.  I had a lot of fun working on this project, updating all the illustrations, and adding a little something new about ABBA's amazing comeback.  You can find it on Amazon.com. :)

Combining charming illustrations and kid-friendly, easy to read text, THE STORY OF ABBA by Becky Laine is an unofficial biography of the Swedish pop group ABBA, written specially for the group's youngest fans. Now including four new pages all about ABBA's historic comeback.

There aren't many major differences between my initial 2016 version (that is still available to buy if anyone's interested) besides the illustrations, but I did make some slight changes to some of the text, particularly typos that somehow managed to get past my proof reading, and also some factual information that I admit to getting wrong.

On the left we have the 2016 image and on the right we have the updated version.

And then of course there are four additional pages all about ABBA's return to the music scene, with all new illustrations as well.

But that's not all!

 As a companion to my new book, I've also released a coloring book, featuring illustrations as seen in The Story Of ABBA, as well as drawings that never made it into the original book.  The book is also available for purchase at Amazon.

THE STORY OF ABBA - THE COLORING BOOK is a companion to Becky Laine’s THE STORY OF ABBA. Featuring 50+, hand-drawn illustrations of the Swedish pop group ABBA, this unofficial coloring book provides fans, young and old, the opportunity to visualize the band's history using their own imagination. With adorable caricatures, this fun coloring book is sure to be an enjoyable activity for all fans to sit back and color.

The pages are easy to color in as seen in the image below:

I honestly had a lot of fun working on these books and I really hope you all will enjoy it as well! 

- Becky Laine

Happy 11th birthday, Frida Dollstad

  

11 years ago today I finished sewing my homemade Frida doll.  :)

The Record Bug

 Hi, so I've been bit by the vinyl record bug again, and I did a little bit of shopping on discogs. xD  

Today, I bring you my three purchases that I ordered from Sweden and surprisingly all arrived fairly quickly which I was super excited about.  

All of these records are from the 70s, though Lycka is the 1976 Reissue.  I don't personally care whether a record I buy is a reissue or not, whether it's a modern reissue or a reissue from the 70s, I'm just happy to happy to have the record. :)  All three records play beautifully on the player, and I am so happy to have added them to my collection!

 

 

Happy 11th Birthday, Agnetha Dollskog

 Happy birthday to the first of her kind, the start of a crazy never ending project, the one that started it all, my homemade Agnetha doll that I finished adding the last couple of stitches to 11 years ago, today. :')