Too Many Dolls, Part II

I write this blog as much as a journal for myself as I do it for you, my readers. The post, Too Many Dolls is the one I reread more than the others, mostly every time I buy another doll. I just checked my posts since then and found that I’ve added to my personal collection (not dolls for resale) twelve more dolls. In that post in April of 2014, … Continue reading

I Bought a Casket

DH is an enabler. Here’s the story: When we went on the UK Embroidered Casket Tour in October, we got bookmarks for Supergirl (SG) at every museum and historical site bookstore. We got lots of them because she likes to read several different books at one time (and yes, she finishes them). Since I’ve gotten stuck on designing the embroidery for my doll-sized casket, and I’ve got lots of ideas … Continue reading

It’s A Boy

I bought this new doll in early December, because the deal was too good to pass up. He’s a 12″ (30.5cm) painted-eye F.G. (Gautier) french poupee. I found him at a very low price on eBay and after checking out the description and pictures, I was surprised that he had no bids and no “watchers”. Then I noticed that that the seller had a feedback score of 1. So this was … Continue reading