Polly&Hitty

My new dollye's for the week are antique inspired.I made an Izannah Walker inspired doll,and a Hitty doll.Izannah walker was a pioneer in American dollmaking,she truly was an amazing woman,and definitely ahead of her time.Here is a pic of an original Izannah Walker doll that was recently auctioned~



For more fabulous info on Izannah Walker dolls,please take a moment to vist The Izannah Walker Chronicles,a blog that my friend Dixie of Northdixie Designs has so graciously created.

The other doll,Hitty,was created from my love of the sweet,original Hitty doll.She is supposedly the oldest American made doll in existence,and has many people that adore her.If you have never read"Hitty,Her First Hundred Years"by Rachel Field,I highly suggest you do,especially if you are a doll lover.It is Rachel Field's imagined story of each girl that owned Hitty,and her adventures throughout the years.



Here is a pic of the original Hitty~



Antique dolls,and their accessories,&dollhouses fascinate me!I absolutely love learning all that I can about them.

Here is a pic of my new dollye's that are up for auction on eBay.






Thanks so much for stopping by!Have a great day!

**TDIPT Mercantile Update& A Snow Girl**

The TDIPT Mercantile has updated for the 15th of the month.You must stop by,and take a moment to view all of the wonderful,new creations there!Treat yourself to something that makes you smile!My offering for this month is "Rachel and Her Turkey".Here is the link to Rachel.She is $98+shipping.
~You can also follow her link,to the rest of the wonderful artist's pages.






I have also just finished my first Snowgirl of the season.I will list her on eBay,later this evening.I will post a link to her auction,as soon as she's listed.Thanks so much for stopping by!

~*Edwina&Barry the Bat*~

Well,I thought my last piece was going to be the last of my Halloween dollies,but I have just ONE more!Meet"Edwina,and Barry the Bat"!They are up for auction now on eBay

Cage Doll Challenge on Ebay,Tonight!

~*~UPDATE~*~



This evening,one of the doll~making groups that I'm in~Coffee With Tea~,will be having a group challenge,on eBay.Most of the dolls should be on,around 8pm,Eastern time,but please check back,tomorrow evening,as well,for others.I will be working like CRAZY today,to get mine finished.Our hot water heater busted,so,for the last couple of days,all of my time has been occupied with that!Later this evening,I will post links,and pics,of all the wonderful Cage Dolls,on auction!

~I finally finished my doll!I will be listing her on eBay,tonight,at 8pm Eastern time.I decided to go with a Christmas theme.



~The Christmas Star,hanging in the top part of her cage.



~Mica dusted trees,and little tiny,vintage style reindeer.





Here's the link to all of the wonderful Cage Dolls that are already up for auction~



Have a great day!

Santa Goes Trick~or~Treating!

I FINALLY finished up my latest project!This will be my last Halloween piece for 2008.It is SO unbelievable,how fast time flies!Now,it's onto Christmas dollies!I've had this idea in my head,for a while now,and it almost didn't get done!But I really wanted to see it come to life,so I pushed myself,and work,work,worked,ever~so` hard,and got it done!I'm so glad that I did!It's my little daydream,of"Wouldn't Santa like to take a little break,every now and then,and go Trick~or~Treating?"Not a long trip,just a quick little getaway,to rack up on some candy for he and Mrs.Claus-then it's right back,to making sure we all get our goodies on Christmas morning!The auction has begun on eBay.Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hey,Frankie.....

Your bride is ready to walk down that aisle!;)







I had SO much fun this past week,creating this dollie!She is full of little added details,her hand~made Pearl Bat necklace,her little spider friend~so many fun things!She goes up for auction,this evening at 8pm on eBay,I hope you will visit her auction!

Also,this past week has been SO much fun in TDIPT land!We had our Fall group swap~it was my first,with them~it has been hilarious!Everybody going stir crazy,waiting on their packages!
I was SO blessed,to receive a box from Lynn of 2Stitchin'!She sent me the most wonderful box of goodies!!!I have been on Cloud9 all weekend!She sent me a basket with a wonderful candle,chocolates,precious Vintage Halloween notecards,a grapevine pumpkin,Sweet Annie broom,and an antique book by Nathaniel Hawthorne!



...but the VERY BEST,most treasured thing that she sent,was a GORGEOUS hand~stitched witch that she made for me,in a wonderful,distressed black frame!!!I am so lucky to receive one of her coveted stitcheries!!!THANK YOU LYNN!!!

Bitty~Bops...

I have come up with some new little creatures,critters,folk-I'm really not quite sure what they are,but I call them"Bitty~Bops©"!I am going to be doing them for every season,they are so much fun!The Halloween one's are called"Spooky Boo~Bops©".Here's a couple~



They are for sale now,on theTDIPT Mercantile.
~Also,I am very honored to have received a blog award from Deb,at Bittersweet Pastimes!Thanks so much Deb!I am going to have to be a bad blogger(shame on me!)and not pass it on just yet-things are really hectic for me right now,and most of my faves are Tag~Free zones,although Deb's blog is definitely one of my fave's!She does gorgeous work-check her out!