The Doll Blog

Doll play is generally recognized as fulfilling many of the psychological needs of children; the need for play, first steps to learning to nurture, role playing and many more. But what about the Doll play of adults? Elinor Peace Bailey is a renowned doll maker, teacher, artist, poet and author. Eighteen years ago she wrote [...]

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Question number one: Do you have a daughter or grandaughter who shares your love of dolls? Question number two: Of all your dolls, who is your favorite? As you can see from my blog, I love all things “doll.” If you’re like me, this obsession probably leaves some of your family scratching their heads. Well, [...]

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A doll collector recently visited our PattycakeDoll black collectible dolls page and then sent us this question: “What doll magazines or books would you recommend to a collector who collects African American Dolls?” “What a great question!”, I thought, and then realized, “I don’t have a good answer.” IMHO there are really only four magazines [...]

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In my last blog I talked about one of the very few downsides of being in the doll business… the fact that children love their dolls so passionately; and that occasionally they get lost, and very often we can do nothing to alleviate the pain. How common this is, we illustrated in our last blog [...]

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