Loopy Sale

I have traveled to the Great North and decided to include you in my fun! I've put my entire shop and all of my work on SALE, something I rarely do.

So if you've been eyeballing a loopy doll now is a great time to snatch her up. Please be aware that I won't be able to ship anything until my return on July 29th.

So check out my shop and some great loopy deals here

Bethany and a Vacation

Bethany is most surely the last doll I will make before heading out on a much needed vacation.

You can read about the poor lass here

I'm bound for the Great North..well Michigan anyways, to visit with family and old friends. I am soo ready to get out this N'awlins heat I could scream. It is around 100 degrees everyday with ridiculous humidity (one certainly needs gills to breath) plus I've come upon the ripe age of pre-menopause and the hot flashes are not helping. Oh how I dream of a cool Michigan summer.

Our plans are to head to the Upper Peninsula for a camping trip. I hope to dip my naked body into the icy cold Lake Superior (I promise I will do this at night as to not frighten anyone:) and spend some evenings around the campfire with some of my favorite people, my sisters, my daughter and my niece.

Allie the Orphan

Allie lives at 1000 Magazine Street, address of St. Mary's Orphanage. Allie got dropped off at the orphanage not long ago. She was having a hard time making friends as Allie was considered the 'pretty' girl and everyone knew that reduced their chances of getting a new mommy and daddy on showing day.

Making these dolls has been such a great learning experience for me. Plus I so identify with these little orphans. Doll making is a process, there are so many facets and techniques it could take a life time to really learn them all. I have a tendency to envelope myself in the new things I learn and then move on....but I believe I have a few more of these orphans up my sleeve.

Iris Resident of 7717 St. Charles Ave.

These characters and their stories are keeping me up at night:) They keep coming to me at the strangest times and I guess it was just time to start bringing them to life again. If this is the first you've seen on the 7717 St. Charles Ave series you can get a little background here

I know I say it all the time but I feel like the luckiest girl alive to live in a city that is so absolutely inspiring. Everyday something or someone I see motivates me creatively. I truly am blessed.

So here is Iris.... She's a bit more proper than most the ladies I make who are usually still in their undergarments.

Iris lived at 7717 St. Charles Ave with her new, fairly wealthy husband. He had met Iris on the streets in the Quarter. Being homeless and indigent she had just recently dropped her twin girls Addy and Emmy off at St. Mary's Orphanage as she could no longer care for them. Iris's new husband was kind and cared for Iris very much. But Iris could never recover the fact that when she went to get her girls from the orphanage after her marriage they were gone, having been adopted. They said it a was mysterious death, but people who knew Iris knew full well there was no mystery, Iris had died from a broken heart. Iris is buried in cemetery No. 1 at the corner of Prytania and Washington.

Addy and Emmy the Orphan Twins

Meet Addy and Emmy.

Addy and Emmy live at 1000 Magazine Street, address of St. Mary's Orphanage. They were dropped off there a number of years back . Their indigent mother was unable to care for the girls any longer. Emmy is a sweet child, some say a bit slow but very sweet none the less. Addy is an angry child, full of spite and rage. She often finds herself in trouble with the nuns. The love and connection between the twins is apparent, they are inseparable and Addy will stop at nothing to keep Emmy safe and by her side.

These dolls were inspired by a book I recently read called the Thirteenth Tale.

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Annie the Orphan

Annie lives at 1000 Magazine Street, address of St. Mary's Orphanage. Annie knows shes getting older and no kids over 12 ever get adopted so she always stands tall and smiles the best smile she can muster on showing day.

Annie is my new orphan. Shes a bit bigger than the other orphans as I've found the vintage clothes fit a bit of a bigger doll. I kinda like making bigger pieces. She measures 12" tall. Weird, I actually tried to make Annie smiling and she came out even more creepy than ever:)