Pink Cissy – Madame Alexander This is Cissy by Madame Alexander. The dress is an original, designed and sewn by a talented woman who wanted the outfit to look just like one her mother wore to church in the 1950s…. Read More ›
Dolls
RDP #41 – VINTAGE STUFF – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP #41 – VINTAGE Each time I get one of these “Vintage” things, I think I should post pictures of Garry and I. We are definitely vintage, though today has been a yeoman’s effort at house cleaning — or at… Read More ›
INERTIA – IT’S HOW WE START THE DAY – Marilyn Armstrong
Inertia – For which the counterpoint are Dogs I had a really bizarre dream about dogs and being somewhere else with one of them and realizing I had a cat at home and had not arranged for anyone to take… Read More ›
GROWN-UP TOYS – BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY
BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: PLAYTIME There’s a reason why I take a lot of pictures of this doll. She was one of Madame Alexander’s originals, named after the girl in the McGuffey reader which was used in American schools for almost… Read More ›
TRIPLE THREAT – A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE
A Photo a Week Challenge: Threes
STUFFIES AND TEDDIES AND BEARS, WITH DOLLS!
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Teddy Bears, Dolls, Toys
BUSY, BUSY – PART BETA
We got the taxes done. Bonnie was still feeling poorly. We came back from getting taxes done and lo and behold, she is feeling better. Better enough to want my sandwich. Which I gave her. Because she hadn’t eaten in… Read More ›
DOLLS
WEEKLY WORDPRESS PHOTO CHALLENGE | NOSTALGIA | THE DAILY POST The world has changed in myriad ways — huge and subtle — since I grew up. When I was a kid, none of us, regardless of how much money our parents had or didn’t… Read More ›
OLD DOLLS, STILL SMILING – BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY
Black & White Sunday: Traces of the Past Y2-06 The subject of this challenge is “old things.” Traces of the past. In Paula’s words: “Make a post containing a photo (or photos) of something that comes from the past (it… Read More ›
WHEN GOOD SHELVES GO BAD
THE WEDNESDAY MASSACRE Yesterday, while cleaning, I stood up and my shoulder connected with the glass-fronted curio cabinet. I knocked a shelf and the aforementioned cabinet entirely off the wall. There was a loud crash. It wasn’t the noise that distressed me…. Read More ›
ANNABELLE – FIRST AND BEST
Annabelle was made by Madame Alexander for one year only, 1952 — the year I turned five. My mother loved dolls, but had grown up poor. She only had one doll in her entire life, a china-headed doll she got… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY PHOTO PROMPT 2015-6
SERENDIPITY PHOTO STORY PROMPT WEDNESDAY – 2015 #6 Welcome to Frisbee Wednesday where we celebrate … well, whatever. Mainly, we try to write something about a picture. This week’s picture is my own, beloved plastic pal, Toni — by Ideal. She is… Read More ›
