My First Steiff

  Inspired by Honey and Spice and Everything Nice, Central Penn Doll Club's May Day luncheon, based upon a dream, I've scored my first Steiff. I've wanted one all of my life. I prefer Andre to the door prizes that I didn't win, and I didn't spend an arm and leg on him. He growls, it's adorable. I have a Merrythought mohair growler, Popcorn, but she's quiet. Andre is alpaca and very soft. I will be attending Letitia Penn Doll Club's show in Dublin soon and am looking forward to that. If I ever get a new car I will join that club, but in the meantime, I must check out Lancaster's Red Rose Club which is a lot closer. 
 

Indian Pea Puffer Fish

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Doll Books For Sale (Mme., Gene, Dolls Magazine)

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Arthur Got a Hair Cut

Vic is Home, KONG, & More

  Whether I've said it twice or not, Victor Nicholas, my last Himstedt, has arrived. He's very tall and looks like Lotus's, the Egyptian's, brother. They are not the same sculpt, but looks like Vic picked up where Lotus left off. They are from The Children of the World series. I change their names sometimes. 

  Arthur has now eaten two harnesses. He likes to chew. I had a ten dollar off coupon and two dollars off with my Pal's, so Arthur got a heavy-duty KONG po po harness for eighteen bucks. Thanks Hoagie and Shiner. After yesterday's doll show Countess Po' Ass appreciates it. The forty-five-dollar harness complete with pockets for stash, was on clearance sale for twenty-eight bucks. 

  Trying to catch up. Halloween will go away tomorrow. Ron is a persnickety rooster bully who says I don't contribute, so I have to keep his MOUF stuffed. There might be a Martin in the backyard. Something spooked Arthur the other night. I was thinking that could be anything: a skunk, fox, or coyote, but we've discovered a very odd hole. Ron thought it could be Little People, but it might be a Martin. Still shop my sales, I'm working on it, but want more money for the Leticia Penn Doll Club's Christmas with its early dollhouse theme. I had twice as much money for the doll show yesterday, thank You, and I had twice the fun. 🍂TTYL...🍂

 

Halloween Himmies

  The boys and I are carving our big pumpkin with a toothy grin. They have both been very naughty lately and don't allow me a moment's peace or rest. Arthur chewed through two harnesses today. His first and special toy, Houdini, might've been his name if he did not already know his name was Arthur. They both came to me at five months old, named and knowing it. Now I have to take him back to Petco again tomorrow to get another harness. That's going to cut into Sunday's doll show funds. I want an itty bitty Punch from the lady I got Franz from last time. I change the names of most of my Himmies and seem to be partial to brownies. I am absolutely partial to gypsies, Indians, and Hexicans, no doubt. Ginger is my big Hawaiian. She has Sam. When I was in Hawaii as a kid, it was mostly Japanese. Anyway, Esmerelda, the Hexican, has my knit scarecrow from Joanna Furnace's Apple Fest that Frankie keeps taking. He takes knits and destroys them. He's not allowed in the doll room unless I'm squeezing him. He is a teddybear. Ron got me Deva's, the Indian, dress in Boo Hexico. It not only looks like it was made for her, but matches her original clothing. I'm already shopping for Victor Nicholas, the Nepalese boy on the way. I like seventies Healthtex. They wear 2-4Ts. Some, like Ginger, are great big: 3-4 feet tall. My Atlantean, Thabi, is my biggest. I don't change her clothes, or haven't. She's just too big. It would be a chore. I get so much enjoyment from these beautiful dolls. TTYL... 🎃

 

Doll Magic

  Thank you for shopping my ebay sales! My Christmas shopping is under wraps. I just have to get my Christmas cards and one of my picture books from Amazon for a best witch. My new computer is on the way; it's purple too. Those who have always been close to me know me for a red witch, but purple has always been a thing with me. I sold the vampire, Lestat. He was a favorite doll for a long time, but I turned against Anne Rice when she went batshit. I tried, but she would not let up: having Jesus playing monkeyball and calling Michael Oogie Booger, "lovely". Spare me! So, yes I have a coven of Himstedts again, this guy makes fourteen, but one is for sale. Maybe buy her, she's on sale: Morgana. I sold my two German Play Street girls, funding small trips. I've wanted Kashmiri for awhile. I only have one boy, the Sioux, who I call Crazy Horse. I'm just not a fan of most of her boys, although I prefer boy dolls, why I make so many. He is a great big boy, and my fourth Children of the World. I've got the Hawaiian, Sinti gypsy, and the Egyptian. I had two close friends from Nepal in college, Vic and Nick, so I am calling him Victor Nicholas. Maybe pick up one of this wonderful lady's dolls for somebody on your Christmas list: 

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Catch Up with the Chaos

Frankie Says*

   Doll collecting is hard work. ✨

Frankie Says*

   Buy that doll, witch, whatever the cost. I want the box. ✨

Over the Moon

  Absolutely over the moon with my new Himstedt, Tilly, from 2003. I know, I said my third 2005, the Egyptian, was my last, but I'm back to a proper coven of Himmies and want the Nepalese boy now too. Himstedts are never a disappointment. They had some late Summer and Winter Kinder at The Doll Outlet, so I got to see them in person. I thought they'd be bigger like the Atlanteans. Tilly is perfect, not too big or small. I got her NRFB thanks to getting outbid on another and selling a Cissy, aka Doll Magic. *Thank You, Grandma, Aunt Tilly, and Mummy!* I've sold seventeen dolls in the last ninety days, all sorts, and bought five, so I'm getting better. I usually sell one and buy two. Two are big Himstedts though. The Corpse Bride is on the way. I only spent a dollar more than The Mattel Shop because she is coming to Amazon in September like Beetlejuice and Elvira. Hope the toy hacks lose their shirts. Frankie says forget Tilly, he loves the box. Stay tuned, I'm having my coffee but just got some adorable shots of Arthur. He is so sweet. TTYL... 

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Himalya Quartz

  A crystal junkie, some of my favorites have come from India. I recently discovered Himalya Quartz on Ebay and ordered the top pink and green one last week. It's already here in the states. I'm used to packages from India taking a month. I could not resist the bottom citrine and just ordered it. I'm sure I'll be getting more crystals from the seller. They are some of the most beautiful crystals I've ever seen. I got three new ones in Gettysburg in April and two from The Crystal Cave a couple of weeks ago. I'm sure my friends will be thrilled because like dolls, I share crystals too. Makes me want another Himstedt, the boy from Nepal. I had friends from Nepal in college that Dame Darcy knows about, Vic and Nick. They were way cooler than Dusty and Rusty the Mormons. 🤣🤣 

Himalya Quartz

 

Lotus

  I got Lotus, who ought to be my last Himstedt. I'm back up to a dozen with one for sale. I've sold two. Lotus is my third Child of the World from 2005, I also have Ginger, (Maniloa), the Hawaiian, and Gypsy, (Munira), the Sinti Gypsy. Lotus, (Kida), is the Egyptian. I love vintage Health Tex clothes. As much as I love the dolls from this year I like dressing them in vintage and antique clothing. I do not like the samey samey outfits from The World Children Summit. Looks like they got a steal on some cotton. I sold my two German Play Street girls from 2004 to finance trips to Gettysburg. I did not need three German girls. I still have my original Tara. Anyway, I got Lotus from The Dolly Mama on Ebay. If you are a doll collector, I'd check her out. I love Lotus. I've got a huge mess to clean up, Monster High, (don't know when I'll get to finish O, My Ra!), supper, and more. TTYL...

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My Boys

  I've been so sick, my boys must know. The two of them slept until noon with me today, sandwiched between. They are such good brothers. They did take Ike's girlfriend, Nicki, last night. Ike has been in the den watching television. Vulcan, the samurai Betta, is doing great too. He's very active and loves his posh new home. I might suspect the cats, Rosey and Tat, killed Cupid if he had any wounds, but he didn't. Cupid was a bully, and those cats are huge mates. I'd pity the fool who picked on them. My last Himstedt, Lotus, the Egyptian, is coming today. I'm watching season three of Poldark. I will be starting my notes for IKE, my third musical satire, soon. TTYL... 

 

My Doll Room

Minou with Rena

   Purple Witch got me Rena for Christmas, and Ron got me Minou, the Corsican Himstedt, several years ago when Shiner broke his hip. She was one of the first Himstedts, besides Tara, the German girl that was my first, that I ever saw back in Bethel Park at Bear Trax next to BORDERS. That was a fun place where I also got a big handmade Raggedy Ann, who was always Mummy's favorite Raggedy. Rena's is spelled Raggady, and she is from the same time, over twenty-five years ago. The handmade dress was made for Himmies and came along with another. The booties are Ron's mother's christening booties, kid leather, and over a hundred. I just got my valentines for Ron and Frankie together. Frankie got a cute new caterpillar as he loves Shiner's old dollar store one that he rips up and drowns in his water bowl. This one is a lot furrier and valentine themed, pink and purple. I'm watching something dumb, an 1895 mystery on free Hallmark channel. Haunted Wedding, on the otherhand, was adorable. I've noticed the same fake Tiffany lamp in three different Hallmark channel movies now. I'm painting the cover of Dana's Dreams Two, it is from a dream. I'm also getting together my gifts for The Farnsworth House, Minie' Ball stuff and Captivating Tarot, as well as an original I did of Elizabeth Thorn long ago. TTYL... Happy Valentine's Day! 💕💘💕

Frannie and Me

  Finally got the pictures from the Leticia Penn Doll Club's Christmas Schoenhut party at The William Penn Inn. That was such a good time. I've already picked up two other dolls I'd coveted there. 🙄 I'm kind of ridiculous. I'm supposed to be saving for my next Gettysburg trip. 

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Minou's Christmas Dress

   Minou was one of the first Himstedts I ever saw at Bear Trax near Borders in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, in the nineties. They had her and Tara, who I had ordered from Florida a year later and was my first and only Himstedt for twenty years. Minou is the Corsican girl. Ron got her for me a couple of years ago, and she looks darling in her handmade Christmas dress and hundred-year-old leather booties. 

Annette Himstedt's Morgana

Weeding through my fab collection again, Christmas will be here before you know it, and I haven't started shopping yet. I'm usually done by now, early bird. Will be listing a little collection next with Pullips.  Get Morgana