About Me

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I am a forty-something woman who has had a twenty-something-year-long love affair with fashion dolls. I began my foray into this weird and wonderful world in my senior year in college, when my mother and I happened upon a Scarlett O’Hara collector Barbie in the window of a local doll shop. (Remember those?) We were smitten, and mom bought me the doll for Christmas that year. We soon stumbled upon the doll collector circuit, complete with its shows, conventions, and local clubs. In time, we were wooed away from Barbie by the likes of Tyler Wentworth, and that lovely lady and her crew have dominated my collection during the past ten years. Today, Tyler has been joined in my collection by several of her resin fashion sisters as well as a sampling of dolls as diverse as Annette Himstedt’s and Helen Kish’s creations.

I earn my living as a professional writer, and it is my hope that this blog will combine my love of writing and dolls to lend some insight and humor into the strange world of fashion doll collecting.

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  1. Hi, I love that many of us (grown women) never let go of the child in us.
    As a child who didn’t have access to Barbie or real toys, I made my own Paper Dolls.
    If you wish, I would love to send you a sample of the new brand of paper dolls I made. Please let me know if you would like to receive a sample.

    Keep writing and keep playing,
    https://www.megadolls.com/

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  2. Oh thank you for this conversation on a passion I share, Bed Dolls, Compo Toddlers, Lencis, Kathe Kruse and a jump to modern times with my 16 Annette Himstedts- Once I got Ellen I was hooked. & thank you for the solution of placing them on high! I don’t like them on chairs and lower shelves where they currently are because I cant properly see their faces. Up high I will be able to aim their gazes towards me. And they will stay safe. You have a marvelous collection. And a delightful blog! The box mountain is onerous- and I have to wonder why we must be slaves to these things, none of my dolls from the 1940s and older have their boxes, and it sure doesn’t take away from their value or debate maybe we collectors need to have!

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