Happy Haunting!

To create original heritage designs for our peg dolls, we often look to historic photos or drawings. Heather found this image of a Victorian Bat Lady Costume from The Graphics Fairy, a wonderful online resource. Using the picture as a guide, Nancy designed a wonderfully creepy clothespin doll. She even has the perfect coffin box for storage the rest of the year!

Not Without Joy!

It’s Holy Week and with a husband who’s a minister, it’s a busy weekend! I’ve got hot cross buns rising and bunnies all about. And, Spring is in the air!

I’ve been reading the book Moloka’i by Alan Brennert and have been so touched by the ’sisters’ cari…

Tulips for my Valentine!

Sometimes our dolls take us on an adventure. That’s what happened this week as I was ‘playing’ with Anika, our Dutch miss. Through the power of the internet, she first took me to the gorgeous tulip fields of Holland. This involved a bit of time travel to…

Slàinte Mhath!

Now that we're at the end of January, it's a good time to reflect on how those New Year's Resolutions are coming along! We were featured in the January/February issue of Doll Castle News and they chose to feature our Scotsman. It got me looking into Scot…

My Swedish Tree

Designs of Christmases Past

Many years ago I commissioned my father to make me a 'Swedish Tree' in order to showcase all my clothespin ornaments before we got around to getting a live tree in the house. He is half Swedish, after all! Well, he'd never hea…