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Speaking of dolls, check out the amazing art dolls by Gerda Shaarman-Rijsdijk (GSR for short). This one, called Rooms of Mysterie has been making the rounds on Pinterest without a link to more info…

I search for porcelain and baby dolls in resale shops, online, garage/yard/rummage sales, etc. On the average, I’d say I pay about $5 for a doll depending on the condition. I prefer to use dolls that are in sad condition. I have purchased broken (porcelain) dolls and have a collection of parts so the table in my studio sometimes looks like Frankenstein’s laboratory! I’ve paid as low as $1 (RARELY!) all the way to $28 (shopgoodwill.com and ebay.com) for a doll (including shipping). But when…

Hi, I hope you had a nice week full of creativity and new, great ideas! I'm back on the blog after some travels I've done to meet my lovely students in Belgium and Hungary - as always I have to admit - teaching is my big love! In the meantime I'm working on the new products - as deadlines are close and finalizing new classes I'd like to offer to you this year! Woo hoo! Yes, it is all happening now and if you won't see me much online that would be the reason - I'm really working on something…

If you are a big fan of the series “Friends” like many of us are, then you will probably remember the episode where they show the artwork of Phoebe with the creepy doll creeping out

This was the last of my mixed media frenzy while cleaning out the studio. These teacup junk jar dolls are made of old bottles filled with little bits of joy like cracker jack prizes, small toys, marbles, buttons, beads, snippets of cloth, jewelry parts and ETC! Then they are colored with alcohol inks and you can pretty much tell the rest. Old doll heads (from dolls worn out with love), vintage silver spoons for arms and lots of other fun accoutrements.

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Alice loves a heartfelt sentiment. She is dressed in a gown of antique French floral cotton with a petticoat and pantalets of vintage cotton and lace. About her shoulders is a delicate bit of lace and wee millinery blossom. Her straw hat is festooned with lace at the back and rayon ribbon . She carries a gilt and paper heart. Papiermache on a cloth body weighted to sit 12" Alice is Sold thank you ! Plus S/H please email Alice in the subject line to purchase . NicolSayre@comcast.net

Shoppers who enter Tiara Day in downtown Frederick will notice many sets of eyes on them.

I've got a thing for pincushion dolls...especially the Marie Antoinette and Madame Pompadour ones. Can I tell who's who? Nope. I just love them all. I decided last year that friends and family I love needed to share in my wealth of these beauties, instead of them being squirreled away in the cardboard box - after all, I bought them for that very purpose. AND, for some reason, I kept running into the same doll, over and over...and worse yet, BOUGHT HER, over and over. SO...starting two…