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Black Doll Collecting by Debbie Behan Garrett @blackdollcollecting.blogspot.com
Friday, April 30, 2010
Too Cute!
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I am a Black-doll enthusiast, doll historian, freelance writer, author of The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls; Black Dolls: A Comprehensive Guide to Celebrating, Collecting, and Experiencing the Passion; and The Doll Blogs: When Dolls Speak, I Listen. Founder and curator of DeeBeeGee’s Virtual Black Doll Museum at virtualblackdollmuseum.com Please visit and become a contributing patron. Black dolls are my passion, my drug of choice. They renew my spirit!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
A Doll For Mom
My mother accompanied me to a doll lecture several years ago to help set up the exhibit dolls. As a result of her "oohing and ahhing" over one of the reborn dolls included in the exhibit, I had an identical doll made for her. It was part of her birthday gift from me that year, which was 2004.
Reborn dolls have come a long way since then, but these two were nicely done, and my mother does not realize the progression of this doll art form.
With Mother's Day 2010 right around the corner, why not buy your mom, or someone else you hold near and dear, a doll for Mother's Day? It does not have to be a reborn doll or an expensive doll, but lifesize baby dolls work best for those with maternal instincts whose nests have been empty for a while.
Being a collector is not a prerequisite for the recipient to receive a doll as a gift. My mother certainly is not a collector and, until now, never displayed any interest in dolls except those purchased for me and my younger sister when we were children. She loves Amberlynn as much as the collector in me loves Emberlynn. She enjoys changing Amberlynn's outfits on a seasonal basis, too... so think doll, and think extra outfit for it as well.
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Reborn dolls have come a long way since then, but these two were nicely done, and my mother does not realize the progression of this doll art form.
Emberlynn (my doll) and Amberlynn (my mother's doll)
With Mother's Day 2010 right around the corner, why not buy your mom, or someone else you hold near and dear, a doll for Mother's Day? It does not have to be a reborn doll or an expensive doll, but lifesize baby dolls work best for those with maternal instincts whose nests have been empty for a while.
Being a collector is not a prerequisite for the recipient to receive a doll as a gift. My mother certainly is not a collector and, until now, never displayed any interest in dolls except those purchased for me and my younger sister when we were children. She loves Amberlynn as much as the collector in me loves Emberlynn. She enjoys changing Amberlynn's outfits on a seasonal basis, too... so think doll, and think extra outfit for it as well.
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I am a Black-doll enthusiast, doll historian, freelance writer, author of The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls; Black Dolls: A Comprehensive Guide to Celebrating, Collecting, and Experiencing the Passion; and The Doll Blogs: When Dolls Speak, I Listen. Founder and curator of DeeBeeGee’s Virtual Black Doll Museum at virtualblackdollmuseum.com Please visit and become a contributing patron. Black dolls are my passion, my drug of choice. They renew my spirit!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Juan, Romance and Roses
Even though my husband begs to differ*, I think Juan and Romance and Roses Coquette Cissy are indeed a handsome couple.
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*"That doll couple doesn't match. The man has a character face; the doll has a doll face." (He's right, but I'll never tell.)
I am a Black-doll enthusiast, doll historian, freelance writer, author of The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls; Black Dolls: A Comprehensive Guide to Celebrating, Collecting, and Experiencing the Passion; and The Doll Blogs: When Dolls Speak, I Listen. Founder and curator of DeeBeeGee’s Virtual Black Doll Museum at virtualblackdollmuseum.com Please visit and become a contributing patron. Black dolls are my passion, my drug of choice. They renew my spirit!
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