12wonderY
My mother had a doll collection. It was packed away in a box in her closet, but every once in a while she would bring it out and let us play with them. She’d had an uncle who would bring her a doll from wherever he traveled. I don’t have firm details in my memory except for the nurse doll I was given. I still have it boxed away, but her composition body is in poor condition.
Instead, I’ve amassed a modest yard sale collection. A few were my children's - the wooden ones. It seems fated for me to specialize in couples. Some were already together; but a few were reunited on these shelves.
Instead, I’ve amassed a modest yard sale collection. A few were my children's - the wooden ones. It seems fated for me to specialize in couples. Some were already together; but a few were reunited on these shelves.
2MrsLee
>1 2wonderY: Very cool. I had a few "found" couples when I was collecting, too. Made yard sales fun.
3nrmay
I have a favorite Vietnamese doll I got at a Ten Thousand Villages store.
My sister brought me one from Argentina and a pair of Navajo dolls.
I have Russian dolls, including Matryoshka dolls, that I got in Russia in 2017.
In Sitka, Alaska I bought nesting dolls that tell the story of The Enormous Turnip.
I too have several doll 'pairs', including 2 beautiful folk dolls from Peru.
My sister brought me one from Argentina and a pair of Navajo dolls.
I have Russian dolls, including Matryoshka dolls, that I got in Russia in 2017.
In Sitka, Alaska I bought nesting dolls that tell the story of The Enormous Turnip.
I too have several doll 'pairs', including 2 beautiful folk dolls from Peru.
42wonderY
It’s probably at grandbaby’s house, but I acquired it for my own children so long ago. It was one doll for telling Red Riding Hood. Grandma and the Wolf shared one half, with granny’s clothing flipping from one side to the other. The other half was Red. Cute idea, but inferior execution. The Wolf was especially sad, not fierce.
Ah! Topsy turvy dippity flip:
Ah! Topsy turvy dippity flip:
5MrsLee
Several years ago I invited all my great-nieces to choose one Barbie doll and one other doll from my collection. The rest I put back in a bin on the off chance I have a granddaughter. So far I've had 2 grandsons, but there is still talk of more babies being a possibility in the future.
This morning I went through the bin thinking I would thin them out some more, but the only one I managed to get rid of was a lovely little doll made of shells that my parents bought for me in Mexico. The glue is failing and several shells are missing, so I have put her on the shelves outside with a crumbling gargoyle to end her days in the garden.
I sent out an offer to one of my nieces, who is part Inuit, to see if she or her daughters would be interested in a sealskin Inuit doll from the 1920s. A hundred years old now, she was given to me in the 1990s, by a lady who went to our church and has since died. The doll is much too fragile to be played with at this point. I don't display my dolls anymore due to dust, because I don't want to dust. Still, I hate the thought of them wrapped in paper stuck in a plastic bin. They are meant to be loved.
This morning I went through the bin thinking I would thin them out some more, but the only one I managed to get rid of was a lovely little doll made of shells that my parents bought for me in Mexico. The glue is failing and several shells are missing, so I have put her on the shelves outside with a crumbling gargoyle to end her days in the garden.
I sent out an offer to one of my nieces, who is part Inuit, to see if she or her daughters would be interested in a sealskin Inuit doll from the 1920s. A hundred years old now, she was given to me in the 1990s, by a lady who went to our church and has since died. The doll is much too fragile to be played with at this point. I don't display my dolls anymore due to dust, because I don't want to dust. Still, I hate the thought of them wrapped in paper stuck in a plastic bin. They are meant to be loved.
62wonderY
>5 MrsLee: Shellbaby is enjoying the view and the new freedom, I’m sure. And she can fall apart in peace now rather than rattle around in a box. We all like that style better. (Speaking from experience)
7MrsLee
>6 2wonderY: Agreed! I have five or six dishes/containers with leprechaun figures attached to them, from the early years of the 1900s. I thought about doing the same for them, but it's hard to keep plants alive in a dish with no drainage and very small. I will probably send them to Goodwill to find another owner to love them.
Happy days! I found the Mexican tea party set that my husband's grandma gave me. It was hers or her daughter's when they were little, meaning it is close to 100 years old. There are tons of dishes in it, including a metate, metalpil, morter and pestle. There are dishes I don't know the function of. These I will save until I'm sure there are no granddaughters. Hopefully, if I have no granddaughters, my nephew or niece will have daughters. I have written instructions as to where they go, and where they came from and tucked it in the box .
Happy days! I found the Mexican tea party set that my husband's grandma gave me. It was hers or her daughter's when they were little, meaning it is close to 100 years old. There are tons of dishes in it, including a metate, metalpil, morter and pestle. There are dishes I don't know the function of. These I will save until I'm sure there are no granddaughters. Hopefully, if I have no granddaughters, my nephew or niece will have daughters. I have written instructions as to where they go, and where they came from and tucked it in the box .
82wonderY
Don’t discount grandsons wanting to keep such a memento. Who knows - they might inherit the kitchen gene from you.
9MrsLee
>8 2wonderY: Oh, I won't! But right now his passion is for things with wheels or engines. He does like to grab his stool and help me cook though. Mostly the tasting and making a mess part, but today stirring the pancake batter was fun, so long as he could use every color of spatula in my holder. Today was purple, yellow, green and red.
