dolls in a box

a few weekends ago we went to an amazing estate sale that was mostly old dolls and vintage fabric...  kind of a dream come true!  the people having the sale were eager to get rid of everything so we got some crazy bargains...  (i'm saving photos of the load of fabric i bought for another post).  here's how our new-old dolls rode home with us:  laying in a cardboard box cushioned by beautiful vintage fabrics.  isn't the bikini girl's outfit (and expression) hilarious?  and the crawling (wind-up) babies are so strange!  i'm sure these guys will show up in lots of future photos and drawings...

this family

last weekend, when we spotted a heat wave on the horizon, we decided to dash off to lake michigan to enjoy some summer sun... 

on the way back we stopped at a huge antique mall where i found a few treasures including this funny family.  they were jammed in a baggie at the bottom of a basket just waiting to be bent back into shape (and re-assembled in the case of headless-joe).  they've been welcomed warmly by the rest of my collection.

creepy cuties

i recently added a few new friends to my old doll collection.  they live here and there around the apartment, but yesterday i decided to gather them all together for a group photo.







and a couple favorites...  i call the little guy with the red bow tie søren: