Okay okay okay... when I was thirteen I went to an all girls catholic school. They were very strict about what we wore. We had uniforms. A skirt and a top that costs
Anyway that Christmas my sister got a box of chocolates tied up with a red ribbon from her Godm…

When I started selling Vintage 8 inch Betsy McCall dolls, I was dressing a lot of dolls every day, and it was hard doing all those little snaps. Arthritis is a bi.... not fun! My hands get so sore and shaky. So when I found a seamstress/designer who would work w…

When I was a little girl, I would beg my mother to give me the paper doll pages from her McCalls magazine. I'd sit by her side as she read. "Let me finish the article." She'd say to my constant pleading.

.I loved Betsy McCall and all her many dresses. They wer…

September 24, 2024

I needed a gift for my writer friend, Sharon Wren. It was her birthday or some prize I owed her or something, and I wanted to make it special. I sell dolls and she had boys, so I asked her if she like dolls.

She said she only had one in a box …

I was in a Goodwill store in 2005, and I bumped elbows with a woman who was putting stuffed animals in her basket.

“Why do you have so many?” I asked.

“This is how I pay for my kids’ shoes. I sell these stuffed animals on eBay.”

Wow! I thought shoes are expens…