I originally started seriously making videos on my YouTube channel a number of years ago because I had been contacted by a company who asked me if I was interested in teaching a craft class online via videos, which I would have to create myself. I had to decline because I realized a few things: (a) I knew zero about how to make a video all by myself (no techy person to help me); (b) I was super duper uncomfortable being in front of the camera.

So I put my big girl panties on and decided to suck it up and learn to make them and not be such a baby about being filmed. My first videos were very raw. I didn’t have a good camera or the right lighting; heck, I still struggle with both of those issues, but there is a huge difference between my first few attempts and my more recently published videos.

I started out thinking that I was going to do maybe a craft podcast, and I still do those occasionally, but it wasn’t until I started merging my doll collecting into my YouTube channel that I found an audience, small though it may be. I even get “recognized” in a Facebook now and then when I’m chatting in a thread and another member of the group will say something like “Oh, I watch your doll videos.” Really? {blush!}

Now, I really enjoy making videos, both about crafts and dolls, and it’s even better when I can put them together. I even have a Facebook group of my own where I encourage doll collectors to share their videos or videos that they just like, even if they aren’t their own. I polled my little group and asked what their favorite type of doll videos were, and a lot of them said they like dolly dress up videos.

As it happens, a lot of my dolls are in need of a new outfit, so I am filming the process. Again, a learning experience because I have to position the camera in a weird spot and reach around to show the doll. Here’s one of the first in a series I’m working on filming and publishing:

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