HAPPY EASTER!!

Happy Easter to all my friends and followers!

I have just received these delightful pictures from my Brazilian friend, Desiree, who has kindly allowed me to share them with you.

Desiree says:

Yesterday I went to a small village called Gramado, distant 160 Km from Porto Alegre. This village is located in the mountains. It was founded by Germans about 150 years ago.  In Gramado there are many chocolate factories, they sell choc all year long. But during the Easter season, the city hall promotes a beautiful party, which lasts 3 weeks.  The village is decorated with Easter bunny and eggs on its main streets and on store’s windows.

It was also nice to admire the chocolate stores windows: they make a competition for the most beautiful window. At the end of the party, people vote on them. The winner is awarded by the city Mayor.

Awwh!

Casa da Bruxa (witch's house)

 

The other side of the house

There's a bat flying around!

Thank you Desiree!

NEW DOLLS LISTED ON WEBSITE

These new dolls are from Kenya, Belize, Nepal, Vietnam and Spain.  For more pictures and further information about the dolls, please see the website.

KENYA

Id:  Africa  - Kenya - 0012, 0012A and 0012B

 BELIZE

Id:  America - Belize - 002

 NEPAL

Id:  Asia - Nepal - 005 - A

 VIETNAM

Id:  Asia - Vietnam - 004, 004A, 004B and 004C

 SPAIN

Id:  Europe - Spain - 0026, 0026A and 0026B


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DO YOU REMEMBER THESE?

PAPER DOLLS

BETTY GRABLE cut out paper doll set

Did YOU play with sets like these? 

 I was recently reminded about these paper doll sets. I spent many a happy hour dressing and undressing dolls like these.  I remember putting on their school clothes, or party dresses, which ever I felt like at the time.  The figures were stiffened card with a bending back tab enabling the "dolls" to stand.  Their clothes were all put onto the dolls by using bend-over tabs.  Not only their dresses, but gloves, hats and scarves etc. could also be put onto the dolls.

This particular modern set dated 1994, was printed in Hong Kong and represents the legendary figure - Betty Grable who was a very well known star of the 1930's to '40's.  She was in such films as "Pin Up Girl" and "Coney Island".  She was very famous for her shapely legs and her bathing suit pictures made her a number one pin up girl of the World War two era.  She was married to Jackie Coogan (1937 - '40) and to the band leader Harry James 1943 - '65).

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NEW DOLLS LISTED ON WEBSITE

The FIVE new dolls are from - Oceania, Europe, America and Africa -

Papua New Guinea, France, England, Chile and Ghana.

For more pictures and information, please see the website.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - tribal doll

Id:  Oceania - Papua New Guinea - 003 and 003A

 FRANCE (Corsica) - Santon doll

Id:  Europe - France (Corsica) - 0035

 ENGLAND

Id: - Europe - England - 0054

 CHILE - (Araucanian Indian)

America - Chile - 007

GHANA

Id:  Africa - Ghana - 005



NEW DOLL MAKER ON THE "DOLL MAKER" PAGE

I inadvertently deleted this blog, so I am now putting it back on again. 

(I told you I was no good with blogs!)

The Doll maker is:
ALEXANDRA KOUKINOVA  

Id: Asia - Russia - 004

Novgorod province (Festive costume) 

NEW DOLL ON "MY FAVOURITE DOLL" PAGE

AMY from the U.S.A. has sent this picture of her NEW ORLEANS widow doll.

For more pictures and further information please click on the "MY FAVOURITE DOLL" page at the top right hand corner of this page.

Thank you.  Carole.

NEW DOLLS LISTED ON WEBSITE

FIVE NEW DOLLS listed on website: 
From Asia and Africa - Turkey, Taiwan, Afghanistan, Thailand and Senegal.   For more pictures and further information about the dolls, please see the website.

TURKEY

Id. Asia - Turkey - 0010

 TAIWAN

Id: Asia - Taiwan - 004

AFGHANISTAN

Id: Asia - Afghanistan - 005

THAILAND

Id: Asia - Thailand - 0014, 0014A, 0014B, 0014C,

0014D, 0014E and 0014F

SENEGAL

Id: Africa - Senegal - 003, 003A and 003B