MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS

Thank you for all your support throughout the year. It is very much appreciated!  Let us hope that 2021 will be a better year for us all.

 Next year I am hoping to be able to spend more time on my website.  Until now, I have been committed to other things, but now I will hopefully have more time to spend on my website.

Have a very enjoyable Christmas, and a happy and healthy New Year!

(A "live" Nativity in Germany, a few years ago).

Some horses I met on one of my walks

They thought they would come home with me.

Have a really lovely Christmas!

Carole

ENJOY!

DOLLS FROM COOK ISLANDS, SENEGAL and PANAMA

Today I am listing dolls from the COOK ISLANDS, SENEGAL and PANAMA.

For more photos, and information about the dolls, please see the website, www.worldcostumedolls.com

Just click on the "Inventory" Tab and put in the Code no. of the dolls (as shown here), and the dolls will come up.  If you just put in the name of the countries, it will bring up all the dolls which I have listed in those countries.

Thank you.

COOK ISLANDS

 Website Id:  (Oceania - Cook Islands - 001, 001A, 001B, 001C and 001D)

SENEGAL

Website Id:  (Africa - Senegal - 006 and 006A)

PANAMA

Website Id: (America - Panama - 005 and 005A)

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Some horses I met on a recent walk

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Carole

ENJOY!

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A DOLL FROM BURKINA FASO

BURKINA FASO

Website Id:  (Africa - Burkina Faso - 002, 002A and 002B)

 This lovely hand made doll is from Burkina Faso, West Africa.  For more information, and more photos of the doll, please see my website:  www.worldcostumedolls.com

Just go to the website and click on the "INVENTORY" Tab, across the top of the page, and put the Code No: in the Search Box, (as shown here), and the doll will come up.

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CRETAN CRAFTS

This is my latest little Market Stall which I have made.  I have based it on the Greek Island of Crete. The doll is a ready made, ready dressed little doll, which is a perfect size.

For this Stall I have used old un-used handkerchiefs, which are of course, already embroidered, and some have dainty lace edging.  They have made ideal little tablecloths etc. 

Carole

ENJOY!

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DOLLS FROM MEXICO, ITALY and SENEGAL

Today I am listing dolls from  MEXICO, ITALY and SENEGAL.  For more information about the dolls, please see the website - www.worldcostumedolls.com  

Just click on the Inventory Tab along the top of the Home Page, and put in the Code Number for the doll (as given here), and the doll will come up.

MEXICO

Website Id:  (Africa - Mexico - 0029)

ITALY

Website Id:  (Europe - Italy - 000016)

SENEGAL

Website Id:  (Africa - Senegal - 001 and 001A)

SENEGAL

Website Id:  (Africa - Senegal - 005)

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Some beautiful horses I met on one of my recent walks (before Lockdown).

This one was particularly friendly, and wanted a cuddle.

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I hope you are all keeping safe and well.  In the meantime, please keep watching as I have more dolls to list here.  Thank you.

Carole.

ENJOY!

 

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CRETAN CRAFTS MAKET STALL

CRETAN CRAFTS

(A market stall)

Here is another little market stall which I have enjoyed working on.

I have been working on miniatures since we have all been under certain restrictions due to Coronavirus.

This is just a quick, simple one which I have worked on.  I had the idea for this one since seeing lots of beautiful market stalls some years ago, on the Greek Island of Crete (and other countries), selling lovely handmade tablecloths and doyleys etc.

For this "quick-to-make" stall, I have used ready-made tablecloths, by cutting them up out of unused handkerchiefs, and motifs which can be bought by the yard and cut off individually, to make little doyleys.

The lady "running the stall" is a "bought" doll, and I have left her dressed as she was, as I think she is quite suitable.

I still have some costume dolls to list here, and will hopefully find the time to do it soon!

I hope you are all keeping safe and well!

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Carole

ENJOY!

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ENGLAND. Meet Royston.

MEET ROYSTON

ENGLAND 

Website Id:  (Europe - England - 0092 and 0092A)

This delightful doll was possibly made in England, C. late 1940's.  I have dressed him in a vintage cardigan, vintage shoes and vintage socks.  I knitted his trousers, which looks like a complicated pattern to knit, but it was easy!  That is because the same ball of wool follows on with all these colours, so it was not complicated at all.  I was expecting the second leg to be awkward trying to get the pattern to line up with the first, but it wasn't!  I just had to run through the wool until all the colours lined up with the first leg, and start from there!  

For more information about the doll, and another photograph, please see the website (www.worldcostumedolls.com).  

Just go to the website, click on the Inventory Box and put the Code No. in, and the doll will come up.

Thank you.

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I have been catching up with a lot of jobs, but now I am hoping to be able to list more dolls on my website.

Keep safe and well!

Carole

ENJOY!

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"SEAGULLS NEST"

"SEAGULLS NEST"

(A seaside market stall)

Here is another little market stall which I have just finished working on.  I purchased the stall in kit form, painted it, and filled it with the items you see here.

It is a seaside market stall.  On it I have put lots of little items which I have collected over time.  I just made the kites, sticks of rock in boxes, and a few other bits and pieces.

The lady was a ready-made dolls house doll, but I re-dressed her.  The little boy was also a dolls house doll, and I left him clothed as he was.

KEEP SAFE AND WELL.

Carole

ENJOY!