OOOPS! !

I am having so much fun creating collages and blogging with my friends that I went right passed my ONE YEAR anniversary of blogging!

So to celebrate this occasion I am having A GIVE AWAY!

Simply comment on this post and your name will be put into a bowl to be drawn by my husband on Sunday April 13th.



These are miscellaneous items that I have collected over the past year. Some I even forgot I had.
Misc papers, Buttons, Ric Rac, Bumble Bee Applique, a pink Feather, copy of a Photo of my husbands ancestors, a butterfly embellishment, A Fabric Leaf, cellophane envelopes of two different sizes to keep you collages in, A sheet of misc. Fairies, Half sheet of misc Butterflies, Music sheet, a very old Drafting sheet, a bookmark painted by the Foot and Mouth Artists and last but not least an Avon American Fashion Timble (Circa 1942) produced in 1984.

Go ahead comment for your chance to win this give away.

Thanks for blogging for all this time. It is my pleasure to have met and blogged with all of you talented artists and Iook forward to many many more years of this.

Love You All and God Bless You

THAT WAS FUN!

I just want to say thanks to Lori at Faerie Window for sponsoring Dolly Day and for inviting me to come play with her. This was so much fun and I got to meet so many new artist.

You all have such a nice collection of dolls and such wonderful blogs. I will be busy surfing all of them at least once a week!

That is what blogging is all about in my opinion. It is a Wonderful World full of wonderful people that just want to share. The more you share the more bloggers you meet. It brings people together.

Whoever invented blogging had the right idea!

MY FAVORITE DOLLS

When I decided to join in on the "DOLL SHOW AND TELL" sponsored by Faerie Window I wasn't sure I had any dolls but when I thought about it in remembered that I had an old doll trunk that had some dolls in it.

When my daughter in law Mica was here to visit in July she ask to see the doll trunk and the dolls. We took it down from the shelf in the garage and opened it and she saw the dolls. I had three old dolls in there from the 50's.


My very favorite doll was a baby doll given to me by my daddy in the early 50's probably 2 years before he passed away. She was so old that her rubber body had detached is self from the head. I tried to find a doll hospital that would give her a new body but never got a response. My daughter in law offered to make her a new body but I had put the doll aside and forgot about it until now.

On Saturday I took those three dolls out of the trunk. I had purchased a new baby doll online a few months back thinking that I could use that body on my old baby doll. So I took the head off the new doll and attached the old head to the new body. The surgery was a success and now I feel like a transplant surgeon!

I gave them all baths, washed and styled their hair and washed their clothes. Now they looked excited and happy to be out of that trunk. I could almost hear them say "Thank You Mommy for taking us out of that old, dark, cold trunk. We NEVER want to go back there again. We are so happy that we can now sit in the guest room forever so we can be near you".

We that being said I would like to introduce to you my favorite dolls.





This is My Baby Doll Rose Marie. Given to me by my daddy in the early 50's.




This is my Ballerina Doll Nina. I received this doll from Santa in the late 50's




This is my Bride Doll Veronica. Also from Santa in the early 50's


These are twin dolls Jakie and Jeanine. I won them at a ring toss at the carnival in Caldwell Idaho in the late 50's




I also had a Susie Walker doll in the late 50's. Of course her name was Susie. I do not have her any longer but found this picture on Ebay. She looked just like this.



This little doll brings back precious memories of my middle son (I have three) D'Angelo. This was his favorite toy when he was between 1 and 2 years old (1970). I am not sure she had a name.




This is my Rag Doll Shelly. She was made for me by my daughter in law Lori in the early 90's




This is Jack and Jill. I purchased these twin dolls because I thought Jack looked like my grandson Vinnie when he was about 2 years old in the late 90's

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OK here they are in there new place. In an antique picnic basket in my guest room. Don't they look happy?



These dolls were made by my very talented doll maker Mica. I just fell in love with these little girls around the may pole.



This doll was also made by Mica. It was special to see that she made this doll with this face. That little face is me when I was 16 months old!

There you have it, my favorite dolls. Guess I had more than I thought. Hope you enjoyed them as much as I do.

BUSY WEEKEND

Do you remember awhile back when my friend over at Red Tin Heart had a Pay It Forward challenge?
Well the first three that commented my Pay It Forward were to receive something from me so that is one thing I did this weekend. I made a clay piece for one person and a collage for another. Can't show you or name the bloggers or it won't be a surprise.



I also did this collage using transparencies. I need to experiment more but the look is very soft and transparent of course


Getting ready for the Doll Show and Tell on April 8th I took my old ballerina, bride, and baby dolls out of their doll trunk after 50 some odd years and bathed them, washed their hair and washed their clothes and got them ready for their showing. They all thanked me after all those years. My baby doll (Rose Marie) was the one I was looking for a surgeon for awhile back. Her body was made of rubber and it had rotted and split all over. I never did find a surgeon so I purchased a new baby doll and put her head on the body of the new doll. She looks so cute now and so happy to be out of the trunk. I am happy to have them out of the trunk too and I plan on keeping them out of the trunk.

You can read more about my dolls on April 8th and if anyone is interested in participating in this Doll Show and Tell please click here Faerie Window.


I had a good time with my 2 dogs Sampson and Petey. Here they are all tired out after I played ball in the yard with them.

Hope you all had a good weekend.

DOLL SHOW AND TELL

I have been invited by Faerie Window to partcipate in a Doll Challenge on April 8th.
If anyone is interested in participating click on this link and join the fun.

FOUR, FOUR, FOUR POSTS IN ONE

1.

My new friend Debbie at Gittin it outta my head tagged me for a MeMe and it's my first!

You guys all know the rules, so here goes...

Four Films I'd Watch Again:

• Wild Hogs
• Eight Below
• The Rookie
• A Beautiful Mind

Four Places I've Lived:

• Nampa ID
  
• Colorado Springs CO
  
• Corona CA
• Las Vegas NV
  

Four TV Shows I Watch:

• House
• ER
• Grays Anatomy
• Dancing with the Stars
  

Four Things To Eat:

• Potatoes of any shape or form
  
• Steak
• Spagetti
• Pizza

Four Places I'd Rather Be:

• Visiting my kids
  
• In Diamond Lake, Oregon with my husband
  
• Ireland
• Hugging my Mother
  

Four Friends I'm Taggin:

• Lisa at Heart & Soul

• Mica at Folk Art Dolls by Mica Garbarino

• Lori at My daughter-in-law, Lori
  

• Jeannene at Love Conqures All

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2.

April Is Autism Awareness Month

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3.

This is my "pretty girl" granddaughter Angela Marie (middle name same as mine). She is 16 years old and learning to drive...poor Dad!

I ask her for a picture of her to print and put in a frame for my office. She sent this to me from her phone. A self portrait nonetheless. It looks foggy and strange but isn't it great? I love it!

Thanks Angela

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4.
I received an email today that was VERY disturbing to me. It was sent to me from a dear friend. She could not believe this. Another friend didn't see the way we saw it.

Click on this link and let me know what you think. I know people think differently and hear things in different ways. I would really like to take a poll on what each of you think of this.

Here is a copy of the email. Click on the link to hear about the book.

You must watch this. It is disturbing.

It's like listening to Satan himself the way

they are twisting around the Word of God.

She has a rude awakening coming her way.

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“The Church of Oprah” There is nothing new under the sun.

Genesis 3:4,5
4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.

5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened,

and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

Man has always wanted to “be like God” from the very start.

That’s the way Satan wants us to believe. This new religion that Oprah

is hustling is nothing new. She is a heretic.

Please watch, it is worth your time. Make up your own mind.

Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4LLwkgmqA

This is really frightening in that so many millions of people are following her over the cliff!

This is right out of The Book of Revelations and the 'Left Behind' book series.

Watch this and see if you don't believe we're living in the End Time! Unbelievable!!

Happy Anniversary !

Today my youngest son Tony and his wife Mica celebrate their wedding anniversary.


And I hear there may be a little get away planned.


Congratulations you two!

Love ya
Mom