It was a cold snowy day on February 14, 2006 when we left Woodstock in the late afternoon headed for Manhattan and FAO Schwarz where the first W Club event was to be held. We actually made very good time into the city and [...]
Integrity Toys W Club Fifth Year Registration Opens
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Picture of the Week Award ~ December 27, 2009
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We are wrapping up the POW Awards this year with a gorgeous repaint of a Sybarite Seville by Idrusa. It's obvious that there's a lot of talent here! The repaint and the photograph are beautiful.If you would like to see more [...]
Black Lace: The Third Mini-Gene Doll and Silver Zinger
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Black Lace arrived yesterday and I couldn't wait to rip open the shipper to see if this one was as wonderful as the first two. I was not disappointed. Of course I don't see how this one should be the same price as the others [...]
The girl and the bird
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I made this newspaper and tape model, in order to use it for designing a pattern for new bird doll.When the pattern was done, I sewed a muslin model, but it didn't look too good... I fixed the pattern and sewed another one, [...]
Picture of the Week Award ~ December 20, 2009
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This week's Picture of the Week Award goes to Stacy Leigh for her "frankendollied" Violett Decora.Violet is one of Doug James' creations and the body is the new 16" Joe Tai replacement body.Stacy posted several pictures [...]
Follow Up to post "Are There Any Jewish Dolls?"
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I wanted to add that I am aware that Night Warrior is supposed to represent Anna Valerious, a vampire hunter from the movie Van Helsing.Her cross was not a fashion statement but rather form of protection. According to Bob [...]
Mini Genes: Blue Caprice and Red Desire
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Blue Caprice is as close to perfect as any Integrity doll I've ever purchased. In these pictures she is standing without support. I snipped a few stray hairs and threads and that's it. Whatever they told the workers to do [...]
Osvaldo Vasquez, Dolly Dress Designer
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Twice a year, Osvaldo Vasquez, aka Ovaz, debuts a new line of breathtaking gowns for 1/6 scale dolls. His creations are, for the most part, not for the faint-of-heart. Sequins, beads, lace, skin tight and sheer fabrics are [...]
Mini Genes Arrived
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This was one of those great dolly weeks during which the dolls and doll goodies kept arriving. The two so-called Mini Genes arrived. They're just out of the box and I love them. Petite and delicate-looking, these may be Jason's prettiest dolls yet! The [...]
Are There Any Jewish Dolls?
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After writing my last post about the American Girl doll Rebecca, and the Chanukah and Sabbath accessories that can be purchased for her, I did a search for Jewish Dolls on Google.But before going there I want to share something [...]
Holiday Accessories for Dolls Celebrating Chanukah
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American Girl is just about the only company I have discovered to date that acknowledges the existence of holidays other than Christmas. I applaud them for being inclusive when it comes to different ethnicities and beliefs [...]
Digging in the trash
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New group of scrap dolls and toys, made from fabric scraps I have collected on the streets of my neighborhood .There are many sewing workshops in my neighborhood (as I have already mentioned in the past); actually, these [...]