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National Doll Day is on August 6, 2017 (always the first Sunday of August), and it may naturally call to mind the lovely dolls you have admired in the past, but could not afford . . . dolls from some of the very best years of doll making. Many of the biggest names in doll…
About the doll artist Rotraut Schrott is one of the few candidates for recognition as today’s pre-eminent doll artist. She became an instant success upon first showing her work at a major exhibition in Munich, Germany, in 1982. Since that time, her dolls are eagerly sought out by serious collectors and examples of her work reside in…
Olive Oyl: an iconic cartoon character, now as an art doll. Olive Oyl is an iconic cartoon character beloved by many who hail from all over the world. She was created as something of a coy flapper by American cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar for the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theater, which was first published…
A new doll for the new year! Look what the stork brought! Meet Dear Little Dollies’ Baby Doll New Year 2017. Born January 1 at 1 minute after midnight, and just after the ball touched ground in Times Square. Five perfect fingers, five perfect toes! Blonde hair…lots of it and curly. Blue eyes. Will they…
Catalog your doll collection; how and why Many people contact us to sell dolls, sometimes their own collections and oftentimes collections they inherited. Although we do not usually buy secondary market dolls, we do offer some tips for these folks. I outline here a method for cataloging dolls for sale, which will save time for both those who have dolls…
Dear Little Dollies Gets Involved
A Helping Heart Donna, the youngest sibling of the family owners of Dear Little Dollies, has been latch hooking for many years. She began crafting as a child, and has continued perfecting her skills until this day. Now she is ready to make her debut as a crafts-woman at Dear Little Dollies . . ….
Art Doll Styles Doll artists often theme their creations from popular fictional characters. It’s very interesting to see how a range of different doll makers treat a single theme as this comparison highlights differences in both their artistic styles and individual sensibilities. A doll’s features may be stylized, realistic or neither, but simply doll-like. It…
Limited edition art dolls Tom Francirek and Andre Oliveira create art dolls, hauntingly beautiful children and elegantly romantic ladies, in the diverse mediums of porcelain and poured wax dolls. Consider the limited edition art doll Eve, number eight of ten, 25 inches, as an example of their artistry. “Eve” is highly detailed painted porcelain. If…
Dear Little Dollies Gets Involved
Recently, the Camilleri family of Dear Little Dollies tragically lost wife and mother Dorothy to Alzheimer’s Disease. In her memory, and for the benefit of many families who are suffering with this disease, Dear Little Dollies founded the ATHLETES FOR ALZHEIMER’s Endurance Event in which athletes of all ages (9 to 90!) and ability do…
Dear Little Dollies Gets Involved
The Special Meaning of Dolls Dear Little Dollies has been from the beginning committed to serving people. Bringing doll art to the Community has been more than just a business venture. . . the doll shop has been and is a place of exceptional beauty and peace for browsers, and of warmth and attention. Dolls…