From the West Coast Faerie Queen

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As the winter winds blow chill, it warms my heart this holiday season to hear from my fellow fairy Queens all over the world.

The West Coast Faerie Queen is a talent to be reckoned with.  Anyone who has seen my dog has seen the power of her magic wand.

When her Monster Highs hit ebay or etsy I will try to give you a heads up.  I would think that they are probably selling before they ever hit the inter-web.  However, she might have a few stashed and up for grabs. 

Neverland

New mini-series.

One More Day

I think that I will remove the Harborfields exhibit on Thursday, December 29th.  This leaves you one more day to see it.

Harbor Lights

It is completely impossible to live in a charming seaside town that has its own beautiful harbor and not love songs like this.

Santaland Diaries

Listen to David Sedaris describe his job as Crumpet the elf:  http://www.npr.org/2011/12/23/144136439/david-sedaris-reads-from-his-santaland-diaries?ps=cprs 
 It is quite amusing.  I think that the elves in Little Cow Harbor have life a great deal easier.

American Horror Story

On FX.  Not for the faint of heart.  One of those "That's why it is called a 'horror story'.  Just don't watch it."

Okay.  I could not help myself.  All of the episodes for the first season are available here:  http://vod.fxnetworks.com/watch/ahs



Explore the house and take home a souvenir here: http://www.youregoingtodieinthere.com/

Casey Baugh Self Portrait

Merry Christmas 2011

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As a present, find beautiful free clip-art here:  http://vintagecatnip.blogspot.com/2011/05/free-vintage-clip-art-beautiful.html

All I Want for Christmas is You

Celebrating Harborfield's own. Harborfields is synonymous with success. I am sure that everyone knows that Mariah Carey is 'Harborfields'.  Watch her as she does our neighborhood proud.



Merry Christmas Harborfields!

Mannheim Steamroller

Having company over? Looking for holiday music?  Load up Mannheim Steamroller. I am always surprised at how many people are not familiar with their music.

Barbie Twilight

RevampedVamped

Find Kristen Longly here on etsy.  People-sized clothing for weddings.  Costumes for parties.  Great fun very beautiful stuffs.

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Labyrinth Ballroom Scene

See the film clip here.

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Find the little goblets Ignatz and Ignatzia by DaisyDayes here.

Daisy's little 'one of two' fire ponies is on exhibit at Harborfields, now.  Look on the lower shelf.  He is black with a flaming mane and tail.  See him climbing on the Book in the Attic?  

Willy Wonka

If you have not seen the film verison with Johnny Depp directed by Tim Burton, it is worth watching.  I had been wondering why it is considered to be a 'Holiday Classic'.  Now, I know.

Heaven Can Wait

The Other Side of Life

Limelight

While this song sounds arrogant, I have actually chosen it because it contains a hint of what is in the 'Alice in Wonderland blind box set of three masks' set.

I think that anyone getting that set will be very pleasantly satisfied.

"What am I looking at?"

That is certainly a 'frequently asked question'.

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The answer is:

If you are at Harborfields, you are sharing Christmas with Weeener and Herber.

If you are at Harborfields, you are visiting with Rouge as he performs 'Rocky Horror Reindeer'.

If you are crouched down on your knees peering 'in', you are probably gazing at 'The Book in the Attic'.

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If you are visiting Weeener, Herber, Rouge, The Moon and the Monster High guest of honor from Oz, please tell them that I say "Hello" and that I miss them. 

 I do hope that you are enjoying them.

The Filigree Staircase

I did not write this. However, I found it to be so very beautiful. Therefore, with the permission of its anonymous author, I am happily sharing it with you. Enjoy. Be well and Be merry.

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When I was younger I imagined that life was like a huge meandering filigree staircase, as delicate as lace yet as strong as spiders webs.
Each rung was a day in a time and felt differently beneath my tred, sometimes resonating a soft footfall and sometimes as though the ground shifted, that reality & perception shifts so frequently it is impossible to feel stable and not be caught in an ever shifting 
labyrinth just in the context of one single day. Like tiptoeing through reality wondering when the pavement is going to slip away....


So this beautiful yet treacherous filigree staircase has landings, they open up now and then, I don't know what they will hold..


Once a room so perfect in it's simplicity with cathedral soaring ceilings and a skylight holding the perfect moonlight, in the middle of the room a boy in monk's robes sitting playing the most exquisite piano carved from the bones of a million tiny prayer renowned for perfect pitch.
His eyes are still, calm and as empty as the darkest hollow. 
The music he plays makes me weep with joy at the sheer beauty more profoundly ethereal than anything I have heard before.


I edge further in to the room, the boy looks up startled and to my horror I notice he has no ears. As he looks at me his eyes fill with pain and then the most immense joy.
Above the plain cowl of his tunic his ears start to grow like unfurling orchid flowers..


I realise that in me he has witnessed imperfection for the first time and this has made him whole...Each our own lesson on this 
landing....so I step away on to the next delicate yet ever holding rung of my journey.

Primitive

Rouge is my runway model horse.  His gowns were all made by me.  I hope to share them with you soon.  I mailed a great many of them away while we were working on him in Florida.

Money Can't Buy It

This song is for Rouge.  I miss you, dear horse of dreams.



I believe in the power of creation.
I believe in the good vibration.
I believe in love alone.

If you wish to build a 'Rouge of your own', please visit the Simply Divine blog.  We have the parts and we have the masks available here:  http://simplydivine99.blogspot.com/

What's Up

4 Non-Blondes.

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?462772-SD-Val-Zeitler-stuff-and-more!-SD16-corsets.-Souldoll-boy-set!!!-Prices-down!

Moulin Rouge

Do not let this vintage poster illustration fool you. Rouge is actually male.

Hello, Harborfields.  I hope you are enjoying the very lovely Christmas portion of the show.  If you have not seen the Christmas exhibit yet, Weeener and Rouge will be around until the last week in December.  They will come home to me just before New Year's Day.

The gorgeous powder puff pink creature is Rouge.  Rouge is my 'Gay Pride' Drag Queen Diva.  Here is his music:

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Rouge was painted by Enki and dressed for the exhibit by StineSculpture.
He was two years in the making.
I hope that you love him as much as I do.

Destiny's Child Rudolph

Am I Cupid? Am I Dancer?

I can't be Vixen, because I'm not a girl.

The Tireless Artist

Enjoy.

 Feliz Navidad. 

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  Follow the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole.

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Avatar 2

The Hobbit

Emilie Autumn

Freudiana

Dale Chihuly

Glass art.

Surfing Goat

I would like a surfing horse, but I would adopt a goat in a heartbeat.

The Price of Gold

Have you been following the television series "Once Upon a Time" ?

Episode 4 :

Snow White and the Huntsman

Angel's Egg

Amano.  The entire anime film can be watched on-line.

Versace

Puss in Boots "Americano"

Go see 'Puss in Boots' in the theatre, in 3D.  It is totally worth it and it is a 'must see' if you are a cat lover.  Join Puss as he does the "Litter Box".

Arthur Christmas

Dear Harborfields, did you see what pulls the sleigh?

I'll Forget You

Do not have the sound too loud; it is reminiscent of cats on a hot tin roof.  It was, however, fun to watch the puppets.

Gotye's Eyes Wide Open

Gotye's Hearts a Mess

Watch and listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhZlnSOW4t4

Victoria Frances

Barcelona Manga Fair 2011.

Une Petite Folie

Fans of miniatures and all things minuscule will love this blog: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwBAIyFrCKLChbLmHk8GmRAK8uRcz2sp44cCIV5lwcKmOq2jvuepUA2Oc3aJUbhGxwB4-7ItYvGckn42Y9E40lSSDaMC1fTPQmiayHPryP0aXMaaUPEtiD7CdaV0zydDVOG_uvL0Zpvvx/s400/5079.JPG

No Ordinary Love

If you visit Chloe at Harlborfields in November, please tell her that I miss her.

Monroe

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Monroe is an ab fab Monster High 'Spectra' custom by Ozian Queen Xen.  Monroe will not be coming to America.   Not unless famous Ozian Queens can be bribed.

Monroe's eyes are hand done 'pinks', her dress has a beautiful butterfly bodice.  Monroe's shoes, which you cannot see, rival Cinderella's.

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See an example of Xen's work on exhibit this December at Harborfields.

Halloween with the Addams Family

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Edgar and Baby Chloe

Every day is Halloween in Little Cow Harbor.  Here is Edgar and Baby Chloe.

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Happy Halloween everyone !

Beastly and the Beauty

"Beastly and the Beauty" is a stop motion animation featuring Mattel's Monster High dolls.

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Reading is Fun da Mental

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And, if you read are comic books, well I suppose that that is okay, too.

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Xen's Ghoulia

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You are looking at Roisin, who is a Dollmore Lusion.  Roisin is holding a "Ghoulia" Monster High custom.  Xen is the Ozian Queen who has performed magic on the Lusion and on the little Monster High.   A legendary Queen amongst Queens, Xen's work is epic due to her consummate skill.  She combines an innate keen eye, glorious great good humor, superior agile adeptness with the camera and then matches them up to pretty paint brush and slippery sewing needle.

Actually, I made all of that up.  We are sure that Xen just uses magic.

What I wanted to tell you is this:  watch for the Ghoulia during the holiday season at Harborfields.  This is the  the first time that Xen's work is on exhibit in the United States.  Xen and I are working very hard at getting the little Ghoulia to click her red heels and appear in Little Cow Harbor.  We have not told Weeener she is coming from Oz yet; her new friend will be a Christmas surprise.

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A Monster High Ghoulia normally looks like this: http://www.monsterhigh.com/bios/ghoulia

Information on the exhibit at Harborfields is here: http://orchidzblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/simply-divine-holiday-season.html

Listen to the Monster High Fright Song here.  

A Simply Divine Holiday Season

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I have been invited by the Harborfields community to do a two month public 'holiday treat'.   Certainly the holidays in the fairyland in Little Cow Harbor are not like the holidays of anywhere else.  Festivities will commence on November 3rd and run until New Years of 2012.  I am planning to change the exhibit promptly after Thanksgiving, so you will have to go at least twice to see the show in its entirety.

Chloe will start November off and Divine will take over until the close.  Weeener will be around for the show's entirety.  I have promised her darling Herber as a companion and one of Daisy's fabulous fire ponies, so I have no fears over her being too lonely.  Besides, she is an excellent reader thanks to Miro and can keep herself very busy with a stack of  good books.

The show is available for viewing any time the library and its attendant art gallery is open.

 Find the hours of operation as well as directions to Harborfields here:  http://harborfieldslibrary.org/main.html

May your holidays this year be Simply Divine.

Speaking of which, all things Simply Divine can be found here:  http://simplydivine99.blogspot.com

Believe me, that is where I have been hiding alot of things.

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Puss in Boots

Coming this November 2011.

These are the Days of Our Lives

Once Upon a Time

Premiered this evening.  Join me on Sunday nights this fall; I will continue to watch it for its first season.

The Devils

In 1955, this French film was a very big deal. In 2011, it is considered a 'suspense classic'. An unpredictabe murder mystery which took theater goers by storm. Long before CSI and "The Sixth Sense" there was "The Devils". Enjoy it if you have never seen it.

When you find yourself getting bored, look at the scenery. There is enough there to keep you busy. Stare at the wallpaper, watch until the 'end'; remind yourself that this is 2011 and films are much more fast-paced.

Once you have seen it, remember: Don't reveal the ending !

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Instant Ice

Shape of My Heart

Ravensblight Toy Shop

Free paper toys. ♥ Enjoy !

Find them here: http://ravensblight.com/papertoys.html .  Scroll down to see them all.

Necromance

Located in southern California, they carry everything from squirrel feet to eye of newt.  For one stop shopping for all of the ingredients for your Halloween witch's brew find Necromance here: http://www.necromance.com/

De Meng

I adore Michael De Meng.  If you are not familiar with his work, this is the perfect season to get acquainted.  Find him here : http://michaeldemeng.blogspot.com/

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This is from "Good Brushes Gone Bad" .

森の木琴

Dancing Merengue Dog

This is fabulous. ♥ Share it with those you love.

Les Enfants Terribles

Season of the Witch

Donovan was nominated for the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  If successfully inducted, he takes his place next to Michael Jackson, Elvis, and the Beatles.

Xen's Alice

I adore Xen's custom work and I never tire of admiring her Mad Hatter.

Yes, our own 'Simply Divine' Alice masks will be coming out soon. You have not missed them. Find the American Black Beauty Divine and all of His masks here: http://orchidzblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/xens-alice.html

EPBOT Steampunk Ray Gun

Halloween is coming.  However, I am sure that you could find a use for one of these all year round.  We will have to make sure that Divine has at least one in His arsenal.



Read how to build your own here: http://www.epbot.com/

Schell Sculpture Studio

Halloween creeps steadily toward our fog shrouded hills.  This is scary but fabulous.

Ronja Rövardotter Rumpnissarna

The film is based on this book : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronia_the_Robber%27s_Daughter

Most Norwegian fairy tales end with the phrase, "They lived well and happily together a long long time, and if they're not dead, why, they're alive still."

Sugarplum Fairies

Coco & Igor

Electric Feel

Beauty and the Beast - Cannon

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La Belle et la Bete

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In Bloom

Rebecca

Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rebecca' from 1940 featuring the fictious Manderley mansion.

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Etsuko Miura

Japanese doll artist Etsuko Miura can be found here: http://dolly.vivian.jp/gsn_doll/  .  Information on the past exhibitions of this artist are here: http://www.akatako.net/content/etsuko-miura-cv

Holly Golightly

The weather is finally changing.  Halloween is slowly coming.  Boogie down and celebrate. Enjoy some vintage Disney.

Draw a Stick Man

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Click here to play.  Do it.  It is delightful.

Dreams of Dali

Tiny Feet

If you love the dolls, you may enjoy "Tiny Feet" a new on-line magazine featuring dolls and miniatures. Find it here: http://tinyfeetmag.tumblr.com/thesecondissue#/

Little Cow Harbor Meets Irene

Little Cow Harbor cheerfully weathered Hurricane Irene, partying on more merrily than ever.  Irene provided an excellent excuse for neighbors to catch up with neighbors and to celebrate life with impromptu glasses of wine.  Ice to chill the wine was at a premium.

Trees fell.  No one was hurt.  Our neighborhood loves when no one is hurt.  If our animals are safe, then we are even happier.

This was the house, up the hill, across the street:

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This is the house one house away, down the hill, behind us.

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Lone Oak is what passes for a main throughfare in our hamlet.

This is the tree which blocked Lone Oak all week and made the neighbood crazy.

In Little Cow Harbor we continue to live happily ever after.

Puppets

Bramble

For anyone who has asked me who "Bramble" is, this is Bramble.

Bramble is a Project Ariadne customized by the Queen of Slantways for the pleasure of the inhabitants of Little Cow Harbor.

Bramble made her debut at the "Uncanny Dream" show in Seattle this year.

Creepy Doll

The War Horse

Last Doll Standing

You can find my work, and my work with A.D. Puchalski and Richard Gardner out on this blog in Australia: http://lastdollstanding.blogspot.com/ .  There are also lots of other quirky fashion related tidbits which you might enjoy.

Ennio Marchetto

Rachel Brice

Band of Horses

Fellini

Circus Goat

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Bebe Reprise

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Join us tomorrow evening at Ripe Art Gallery for the artists' reception.  "Bebe", the photographic exhibition of my work and my work with A.D. Puchalski, by Richard Gardner will be shown.  Light refreshments will be served.  Conversation will be good.

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Edge Godiva, my award winning blue ribbon horse painted by Sdink, will be on hand for your viewing pleasure.

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Edge will only be present when I am for the reception; he will not be around for the rest of the "Bebe" show which will still be at the Gallery during the month.

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You can find Richard Gardner's work here: http://www.richardgardnerphotography.com/Richard_Gardner/richard_gardner_home.html

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Ripe Art Gallery in Greenlawn, New York is here: http://www.ripeartgal.com/

Reception is 7 to 10 pm., tomorrow evening, Saturday, June  18th, 2011 . 

The Perfect Drug

Edwardian Era 1902

Dripping in Wisteria

Little Cow Harbor, this time each year, just drips in long lavender wisteria.  These are the heavenly smelling blooms cascading over the blue slate patio.  Each one is at least one foot long.  The glorious fragrance permeating the dark woods is incredibly intoxicating.
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Skinny Love

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This lovely song was found by the Angel Queen.  If you watch closely, you will get to see what looks like Charlotte.  Well, it looks like Charlotte if Charlotte had angel wings.
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As soon as she is released, you will be able to get your own Charlotte here:  http://simplydivine99.blogspot.com/ .  I am hoping that you will simply love her.

Bramble

Bramble, the swamp fairy who falls in love with the errant frog Prince Laurant, will be revealed in Seattle at the Uncanny Dream articulated exposition.  This event is being hosted by the Queen of Slantways who painted Bramble.
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Crazy Frog Dance

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Laurant is back in the States; his sojourn in Vancouver has come to an end.  The Queen of Slantways will be overseeing his care here.  Laurant will not be completed in time to be shown with Bramble this May.  He is a rather large bullfrog and he is a very large project.  But, I am excited to tell you that "The Frog and the Fairy" are still underway.  I have never tired  of  the story of the Frog Prince.  Laurant and Bramble give us a chance to present our rather unique take on that story.
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Bramble, the fairy who falls in love with Laurant, will be available for viewing at the articulated fantasy show in Seattle at the end of May.  Bramble has not yet been "seen".  She will be "revealed" at the show and will be amongst the very fine dolls that you will see if you attend.  You can find the Queen of Slantways as well as  information on this show which is entitled "Uncanny Dream" here: http://candygears.livejournal.com/17238.html .
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Join me in the excitement of "The Frog and the Fairy" and watch a rather crazy frog dance here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BLYJjRncJw
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A very special thank you to the artists who have been taking such good care of Laurant.  He means a great deal to me and I look forward to the "someday" when he will be completed.

Mr.Brightside

A Happy Easter

To you and yours. ♥

The Spirit of Distinction

The train ride that you do not come back from.
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Cow Harbor Day

Just because.
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Winter Magic Katoomba

Australia celebrates Spring.
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The Dead Path

If you are a fan of "the old Stephen King", you will not want to miss this book.  I do not wish to give away the plot.  Pick up a copy and be delighted and grateful that Stephen M. Irwin gave you such a fun read.
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Satan in the Suburbs

In 1984, the town of Great Cow Harbor was host to one of the country's most horrific murders of all time.  This is the documentary which attempts to explain the crime.
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Katy Perry - E.T.

Doll Study Club Meets My Dog

Edgar had a fabulous time at the doll show yesterday.  I had been telling him and telling him that he could not attend events because he did not have a jacket to wear.  His silver silk jacket is almost finished, so at the last moment, after telling him he could not go, I was talked into changing my mind.  Edgar went and had a grand time.

He ousted an antique dollie and spent the day sitting in a vintage wooden chair fit for royalty.  Well, he is a 'royal dog'; not every dog is owned by a Queen.  Edgar received presents from the ladies and happily showed his doggie dick to anyone brave enough to see it.

Edgar making himself at home and enjoying the Club's hospitality:

Edgar with the "sprinkle the wand and wave good cheer" dog toy which he received as a present:

Edgar before he left for home, availing himself of the bushes in the parking lot:

The pink boa was a lovely gift to Edgar.  My dog would like to thank the Doll Study Club for their warm welcome.  Normally dogs are not permitted at shows.  He is grateful for all of his presents.   

It was quite the outing for my dog as he is not permitted to do exhibitions.  (Yes, because I said so.)  I am sure that Edgar will be talked about, well, simply forever.

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Doll Study Club III

This photo is for the Ozian Queen.  Lest we be tempted to dream and to forget that pale twins and mulitple ball joints are not new inventions ...

Doll Study Club Show II

I do not usually do this, the "this" being "spotlight one vendor from a show", but Diane had such a delightfully lovely display for this weekend's Doll Study Club show that I wanted you to see the photographs separately.

It is truly a shame that I did not take more pictures of what Diane brought, because each doll and each creature was more delightful than the last.  She hauled so many things from Connecticut that she deserves more of a medal than a blog entry.  I figure that a blog entry is the least i can do.

The crocheted sheep were simply adorable and they were only eight dollars each.  I do not know where my photo of the 'mouse in a teacup' went, but I simply loved him.  Diane had truly lovely taste in art dolls and hand made teddy bears.

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Click the photos to make them larger.  Please feel free to contact Diane to purchase anything that you see here.  If you live in Connecticut, stop in to say hello.  You can find Diane here:  http://www.dianesdollshoppe.com/index.html