NEW PAGE - "BOOKS" ON WEBSITE

NEW PAGE ON THE WEBSITE 

On this page I have listed doll and costume books which I hope you will find helpful.  They are written in English, with the exception of two books which are written in French and Dutch.  Just click onto the "BOOKS" tab at the top of the HOME page.

I have also listed 

FIVE NEW DOLL GROUPS

FROM

Poland, Wales, Madagascar and Zimbabwe.

To see more information about these dolls, please see the website.  Thank you.  Carole.



POLAND - (Carpathian Mountains)

Website Id:  Europe - Poland - 0017

WALES

Website Id:  Europe - Wales - 0026

 WALES

Website Id:  Europe - Wales - 0027

MADAGASCAR

Website Id:  Africa - Madagascar - 003

ZIMBABWE

Website Id:  Africa - Zimbabwe - 007



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FIVE NEW DOLLS LISTED ON WEBSITE

I have listed five new dolls on the website, from EASTER ISLAND, GAMBIA, GHANA, ECUADOR and MONGOLIA.
For more pictures and information, please see the website.

I have also changed the country from France to Israel, on the doll listed on my Blog of the 5th. May.  It appears to be dressed in a French costume but looks similar to the Sabra of Israel dolls, but several people have very kindly contacted me and informed me that it was made in Israel, by ISRADOLL.  Thank you to those who contacted me.  I really appreciate it.  Carole.

NEW DOLLS LISTED:

EASTER ISLAND (Rapa Nui)

Website Id:  Oceania - Easter Island (Rapa Nui) - 001

GAMBIA

Website Id:  Africa - Gambia - 003

GHANA

Website Id:  Africa - Ghana - 008

ECUADOR

Website Id:  America - Ecuador - 003 

MONGOLIA

Website Id:  Asia - Mongolia - 005



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MY SPECIAL VISIT TO SPAIN (and a Basque doll)

I have just returned from a very memorable visit to Bilbao, Spain.  I feel very privileged to have been invited to submit some photographs of some of my dolls to go into a Spanish cookery book, and to be invited to the launching of the book in Spain.  When I arrived in Spain I was taken to the local Radio Station to be interviewed, via an interpreter.
The book is pictured below and is written in Spanish but it is hoped that it will be written in different languages in due coarse.  It is a cookery book with a difference and was written by members of the group - "Mujeres del Mundo Babel" (http://www.mujeresdelmundobabel.org/) which is a group living in Spain but a lot of the members were originally from many different countries around the world.  There are traditional recipes from twenty different countries with some of my doll pictures by the side of each appropriate recipe.  There is also a little about the culture of each country.
The dolls pictured below are dolls which I brought back from Spain.

To see more pictures and information about the dolls, please see the website.  Carole.

SPAIN - Basque region (Euskadia)

Website Id:  Europe - Spain - 0027, 0027A,

0027B and 0027C

This delightful doll was specially made for

the event by one of the members, and it was

 given to me at the event.

NERE ATXIAGA- the maker of the doll,

preparing for the evening event.

 

SPAIN - (traditional Basque dancing costume)

Website Id:  Europe - Spain - 0028

This doll was given to me after the event, by a delightful Ethiopian lady:

Elsabeth (Elsa) Teklu Casa

ELSABETH (ELSA) TEKLU CASA

 

SPAIN - (Marijaia Festival doll)

Website Id:  Europe - Spain - 0029

THE COOKERY BOOK

written by members of the group.

One of the pages of the book.

 

Me with the Basque doll

Some of the members of the group

dressed in their national costumes.

 Dancing couple

 "GINGER" the little kitten

who was stranded in the bushes

on the left, close to a sheer drop and rocks below -

(rescued by my friend and I).

It was a very eventful trip!

"GINGER"
a closer view

 MUNDAKA HARBOUR

(a little village where my friend and I stayed).

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MORE MINIATURE KNITTING

I have just finished knitting these little dolls house items after a little break from making miniatures. I found it quite relaxing to do and I am feeling enthusiastic about making some more, time permitting!

To see more information about these items, please see the website where they are listed under the page "DIORAMAS".
(There will be more dolls to follow, as usual).

1/12th". scale antimacassars

Website Id:  (Dioramas) Wales - 0029

 1/12th" scale armchairs with antimacassars

Website Id:  (Dioramas) Wales - 0029A

 1/12th." scale baby doll in hand knitted outfit

Website Id:  (Dioramas) Wales - 0030



New follower: 

Welcome to Anna Duncan on becoming a new follower!  I hope you enjoy my site.

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MY VISIT TO CYPRUS

I have just returned from a visit to Cyprus.
I managed to find a few dolls (pictured below).  The Ghana doll was bought in an African Craft Shop in Cyprus and the Turkish dolls, also in Cyprus.

For more details, please see the website.  Carole.

CYPRUS

(Special occasions dress)

Website Id:  Europe - Cyprus - 005

GHANA

(Fertility doll)

Website Id:  Africa - Ghana - 0011 

TURKEY

Website Id:  Asia - Turkey - 005

TURKEY

Website Id:  Asia - Turkey - 0011

AYIA KYRIAKI CHURCH

(where I attended a family wedding)

(If you click onto the photographs below, it will enlarge them).

This beautiful church was built around the 13th. century on the site of a small church which was destroyed by an earthquake in 59AD.  It is said that it was here that Saint Paul was flogged to death.  Saint Paul's Pillar, is in the front of the photograph.  It is surrounded by Roman ruins and mosaics.  It is a Greek Orthodox Church but it is also used occasionally by Anglicans and Catholics, with the permission of Bishop George.  The Orthodox Church still uses the church for special occasions.  There are five aisles in the church and it is near Paphos harbour.

The altar

Ayia Kyriaki Church

(before the lights, flowers and wedding guests arrived)

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KYKKO MONASTERY

(Troodos Mountains)

Kykko Monastery was founded around the end of the 11th. century by the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.  It is set on the north west face of the Troodos Mountains and is one of the richest Monasteries in Cyprus.  The gold plated altar is truly amazing.  No photography is allowed inside the Monastery.

The President of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios 1V started his ecclesiastical career there as a monk in 1926.  He was buried in 1977 and it was his wish to be buried near the Monastery.   His tomb is 3km west of the Monastery.  It is a popular visitors destination.

KYKKO MONASTERY

A POSTCARD
(showing the gold plated altar in the Monastery)

A partial view of the Troodos Mountains

from Kykko Monastery

PAPHOS HARBOUR

(early evening)

If you click onto the above photographs, it will enlarge them.
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SIX NEW DOLLS LISTED ON WEBSITE

The dolls I have listed are from PORTUGAL, KOREA, KYRGYZSTAN, MALAYSIA-BORNEO (Kalimantan), MONGOLIA and MEXICO.

For more pictures and information, please see the website.  Thank you.

  PORTUGAL

Website Id:  Europe - Portugal - 0016



 KOREA (Knight)

Website Id:  Asia - Korea - 006

KYRGYZSTAN

Website Id:  Asia - Kyrgyzstan - 004, 004A and 004B

 BORNEO (Kalimantan)

Website Id:  Asia - Malaysia-Borneo (Kalimantan) - 003

 MONGOLIA - (Tsam dancer)

Website Id:  Asia - Mongolia - 004

 MEXICO

Website Id:  America - Mexico - 004

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NEW DOLLS ON WEBSITE

DOLLS FROM SIX COUNTRIES

Sweden, Israel, England, India, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

NOTE:

Several people have contacted me and it is now a unanimous decision that the doll on this Blog, which I originally thought may be from France, is actually a doll from Israel, and was made by Isradoll.  I have now amended it accordingly.  Thank you so much to those who contacted me.  Carole.

For further information and more pictures, please see the website.

SWEDEN

Id. no:  Europe - Sweden - 0017

 ISRAEL

Id. no:  Asia - Israel - 0017

 ENGLAND

Morris dancer

Id. no:  Europe - England - 0053

 INDIA

Id. no:  Asia - India - 0025

 KENYA

Id. no: Africa - Kenya - 003 and 003A



 ZIMBABWE

Id. no:  Africa - Zimbabwe - 006