CLOTHING FOR SALE....

PINK COAT and HAT OUTFIT..(SOLD)







AUTUMN BROWNS DRESS OUTFIT...SOLD)








GINGHAM DUNGAREE OUTFIT..(SOLD)






NAVY and PINK DRESS OUTFIT....( SOLD )






FLORAL DUNGAREE OUTFIT...(SOLD)

DOLLS FOR SALE.....

 
BLONDE GINGHAM ....(SOLD)




GREGOR FAIR SUIT  1974/75..... SOLD

CHRISTMAS............

Wishing everyone a merry christmas and a healthy happy new year .....lots of love sarah x

I always thought she looked like an angel and now she really does !

BACK TO SASHA .....

I took so many photos today of my dolls, it was too dull in the house so i was taking them individually into the garden but it kept starting to rain, ive only now viewed the photos on the computer and realised they are far too gloomy to put on the blog, these are ok but youve seen all these girls before !......(early gotz , mostly waifs).....I really should to be putting their winter woolies on but i just havent yet had the time  as its been rather hectic !

MORE......on post below

Dee, how odd that we should think of doing this on the same day ! and lorraine i love that doll you have.....i dont seem to be able to leave comments on either of your blogs at the minute....so apologies !......
I thought id add a photo of my first rag doll that probably started all this off, it sounds like a bit of a sob story but when i was small our house wasnt a very happy house , there was literally no money and i never invited friends round because i think i was scared that they would find out what it was like living in our house. i got this doll when i was quite little (she was as big as me when i got her but esme is tall so ive no idea how old i was) i came in for a birthday tea and she was sat at the table (mum had made her) and she was my only guest for the tea and in the middle of the table was a snow cake which literally was snow in a big glass trifle dish with candles in, there probably was a real cake too but i dont remember that but i do remember i thought it was the best birthday ever and ive treasured this doll ever since (but i have lost her boots ).....its strange that i should collect so many things from this era and its such a big part of my life when at the time it wasnt very nice ...maybe all this im going through is a second childhood but happier this time round !......



While i had the camera esme wanted me to take a photo to show what she made today, i let her loose with my old sewing machine and with a bit of help (i did the beak and sewed it closed)... i think she did really well.......

OTHER DOLLS.....

Ive always really liked cloth dolls, i seem to have gathered rather alot in recent years !.....the girl sitting next to the hollie hobbie doll to the right is called amy (her shop name) and ive had her since i was about 7, hence the dirty face and her hair hanging on by a thread, she was so special as we didnt have many new from the shop things when we were small but i got her brand new and chose her from a tiny old fashioned toy shop where the man had to climb up a ladder to get her off the shelf....



I also like other cloth dolls like deans and lenci and quite often look on ebay and just dream, but then as a complete suprise a dear friend bought me an amazing pressie.....a lenci doll !



shes from the 1940s and is just pristine , her clothes look like they could have been made yesterday, im not sure yet how to display her as ive got no glass for her to be behind ....



The detail of her clothes is amazing, even going to the trouble to decorate the back of the dress and bonnet...

PALE FACES....

I must apologise for the lack of photos this past week but it just hasnt stopped raining and its been far too dark inside for photos but i managed to take these today inbetween showers.....

These 3 girls all have pale skin and i love them all !....this first sweet girl unfortunately has no eyebrows, there is absolutely no trace of them so maybe someone forgot to paint them on, i love her dark hair against her pale skin...



I cant work out this next girl, i know gotz made small and large head dolls but did they make medium ? as her head looks alot bigger than the girls above but put her next to a true large head and it looks small....maybe its because shes got quite a wide face and it gives the illusion of her head being big....



I never realised until today that this girl has a scratch on her face, shes a bit of a waif as shes a bit caved...she was a lovely ebay suprise as i bought her from a bad picture from a lovely seller and i was over the moon when she arrived.....