02. November 2015
Doll collecting! For some, that means once you have a doll, pristine and new (or even second hand), that means all you have to do is find a dark space with no dust. No dress changes. No accommodating seasonal weather. No photo adventure shoots requiring jeans and a Tshirt.... But for some of us, collecting dolls means that almost every doll gets clothes, clothes for spring, summer, fall, and winter. At least for those of us in four season climates. And the dolls need some special outfits, like...
20. October 2015
This is Senior Iplehouse Doll Lee. But today he has taken on his business persona, Louie Fisher, dressing in his Iplehouse suit. He is working from his library at Dolltown Abbey. Louie runs a lot of businesses, online and off. He invests in interesting Start Ups.
12. October 2015
We talk to Terri Lee, the oldest dolly here in Dolltown... Terri, can you tell us how Dolltown started? Well, Dolltown has been around for a long, long time. But it's a little like Brigadoon, and can only be accessed at the right time. You-Know-Who thought a thought at the right time, and Dolltown appeared to her. And this time it stayed, because YKW kept the thought alive, inhabiting it with the dolls she had-me and a few others. And by opening the doors, so to speak, to dolls as a kind of...
02. October 2015
This collection of porcelain dolls was passed on to me by a downsizing artist. Awesome! Which means I had to find several things in my house that I didn't need anymore. One in one out, right? But it can't be dolls out...yet. So what I chose to get rid of was a small set of outdated handyman's encyclopedias. (It is HARD for a book person to pass on books, even books that have become no more than a chuckle at the old info and drawings.) And the books took up no more space than one of the medium...
21. September 2015
Interesting concept...rescuing a doll from eBay. I heard this term, eBay Rescues, from one of the members of a lovely Little Darling site. I consider this wild haired dolly my one eBay Rescue. Now and then, several of the Little Darling artists auction a Little Darling on eBay. Since I wanted to get my stories going here on Hiya Dolly, after I ordered a couple of Little Darlings that would take a year to get to me, I started to look on ebay for LD's posted by the artists. Now, as I tell this, I...
18. September 2015
It's time to talk about the Little Darlings. These pretty dolls are sculpted by the oh-so-talented doll designer Dianna Effner. Dianna has sculpted many dolls, in porcelain and cloth, and vinyl. The Little Darlings are a 13" vinyl doll with 5 points of articulation. They have painted eyes and brushed bodies. Dianna has several artists working with her, or who have trained with her, to paint these dollies for the many doll lovers who have discovered the Little Darlings, and want one. Or more....
24. August 2015
I am happy to say that I ordered these cute little Spain-made dolls from The Paola Reina shop in Canada. And got great service even though the company was moving locations! My reasons for getting these dolls...I wanted Liu, the Asian doll. So cute. And I don't have a Paola Reina and their pictures are always very appealing. So, while I was ordering Liu, I was taken with the dollies' clothes. And I ended up putting Dasha in her winter coat in the cart, and adding the sweetest Halloween outfit,...
13. August 2015
Okay, so it's not here yet. This photo is of my only doll from Africa. But I am very excited, because my youngest daughter was here today with her good friend, Lindsey. Lindsey is headed back to Togo, Africa, where she is a Recreation Director at a school there. I immediately recognized an opportunity and introduced Lindsey to a few of my dolls. Especially Silent Sam who is beloved here. But let's face it...not a lot of buddies from his home continent. Well, not any. And it worked! Seeing the...
23. June 2015
On Doll Collections... Doll Collections create a space challenge. And questions of doll protection... Do you keep your dolls in their boxes? in glass cases? in darkened rooms? No matter how careful you choose to be here are a few good tips: *Keep your dolls out of direct sunlight *Keep pets away from the areas you use to store your dolls, or use your dolls. *Prevent small children from unsupervised play with dolls you choose to preserve (keep crayons in a separate room!) If you choose, bring...
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