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Doll Creations
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Time to dress your dolls in some wonderful gowns and simply have the time of your life. Since engaging in this life changing pursuit of mine, I have always loved the fashion dolls by Parker - Levi using moulds from the USA. Katy Sue first made them for me and for my Wedding Book and I’ve loved them ever since. So it was natural to choose them for you too together with another favourite find - Halle plus so much more to come. These beautiful kits are presently being poured for the cottage by Sue Harrington who has also agreed to pour Halle for me since the retirement of Alison. You can see her exquisite faces on the six fashion dolls further down the page: Eulane, Fay, Lois, Marie, Halle and Cyrene. I’m sure you will fall in love with them. The eyes and delicate features are enchanting. Ann Lucas is providing the beautiful and delicate Ariel dolls for your fantasy projects. Such lovely shapely legs and now for some more exciting news -
A new and talented artist - a cottage protégé, no less, is soon to join us. After buying the Dolls House Wedding Book, Mandy Rigg began dressing miniature dolls for the first time and became absolutely hooked. She has made enormous progress so much so it resulted in her buying her first kiln and is now producing dolls. Dolls House and Miniature Scene, also featured her work quite recently. The painting of her dolls is delightful and I have ordered my first doll from her after she sent me an image of the latest doll: Elizabeth she had painted. I’m sure you will find that she really does have a talent which simply must be shared.
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Elizabeth, (left) created from a mould by Cynthia Howe is truly exquisite. Her ‘come to bed eyes’ immediately drew me to her and I can’t wait to start designing a special gown just for her. Even the beautifully exquisite nails have been painted with a delicate pink pearl finish. Mandy has agreed to start exclusively supplying the cottage on a more permanent basis. Below you can see how three totally different looks for Elizabeth have been created by using different wigs. There are five dolls altogether which you can choose from at this moment in time, more to follow.
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Mandy’s doll kits using some of the finest moulds by distinguished worldwide artists including IGMA fellows of today and each painted with seven separate firings are £25.00. each. Made up and ready to dress is £6.50 extra - wigs not included - go to the page. Wigs and Wigging
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Coming Soon A wider choice for you - A choice of white porcelain legs for your Georgian and white stockinged ladies and elegant Opera gloved arms for your Edwardian or contemporary bridal creations. Delicate poseable half arms or full fixed bisque porcelain.
Much more to follow - busy working on lots more options for you right now. Keep popping back - we are trying to build for you one of the finest choices for porcelain dolls in the country.
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Don’t forget - you can even choose your eye colour for all dolls - but they may have to be painted if not in stock. Choose from brown, green or blue!!
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Bring on the girls
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These six ladies were my first loves and will always share a special place in my heart. I was delighted when Sue Harrington agreed to paint them for us and I hope you will derive as much pleasure for them as I have over the years I have been dressing dolls.
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Sue’s beautiful and delicate china painted ladies are now on sale at the cottage.
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Beautiful Wigs by Josephine Sue Harrington’s beautiful ladies are all wearing exquisite wigs by Josephine. You can order your wigs from a vast range available on the wigs and wigging page. Eulane wears a pure silk Chantilly wig called Marie Antoinette whilst Cyrene wears a white half Pompadour. Halle left wears a stunning ash blonde Alexandria wig.
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All six kits are £18.50 each and include doll body and head, arms and legs, felt, wadding and chenille sticks to attach the limbs where applicable plus a full colour leaflet with step by step instructions. You can also have the doll made up for you and ready to dress (see below) for £23.50 (not seated Halle or Ariel - these are ready to dress as they are) but first read the following note about height and let me know how tall you would like your doll. This also applies when ordering dressed dolls. Wigs are extra - see the Wigs and Wigging page.
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Important A word about doll height when ordering ready to dress dolls. Being a little vertically challenged myself I advocate the slightly taller doll height of 5.8 - 6in. This is essential when creating a gown with elegant and more natural flowing lines. That extra 1/2in makes all the difference to the creation of a beautifully proportioned gown which is why girls on the catwalk have to be tall, I’m sorry but they do make the gowns look better and this is what the designers have to sell at the end of the day. If you wish for a 5.5in regular size doll made up for you then please state this at the time of ordering. This does not apply to the doll kits as the pattern included for the felt body includes options for several heights and style of doll.
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Ready to Dress
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The dolls below were made for me by Katy Sue Dolls and I will always treasure them. These are the fashion dolls by Parker Levi which Sue Harrington is now making up for us.
Ready to dress dolls are supplied as shown below at £23.50
Wigs are extra - Choose your beautiful wigs from the Wigs and Wigging page
made for the cottage by expert wigging lady ‘Josephine’ a former hairdresser in real life which explains everything. Her wigs are second to none.
Acrylic wigs start at £10.00 and pure silk wigs at £12.50
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Important After choosing your doll, now select an eye colour: blue, hazel or green. Consider the wig colour you would like - blue eyes for blonde, white or fair hair shades -green eyes with auburn or chestnut wigs and hazel eyes for the shades of brown or black hair. Or opt for something completely different.
Allow delivery time for specific requests.
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Beautiful Eulane (right) dressed in my Pumpkins and Butterflies gown. The pattern and instructions for this gown
are included in the
Dolls House Wedding Book
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Halle is one of my favourite dolls by Cynthia Howe who, I am delighted to say has recently visited the cottage for a copy of my wedding book and brochures. Halle who I used for Carabosse see Celebrity Brides has beautiful shoulders for those off the shoulder dresses and she is supplied either as a kit with standing half legs wearing court shoes and felt plus wadding for the upper leg or with posed seated legs shown below. Halle’s head moves and can be posed.
Sue Harrington paints the beautiful faces (see image above)
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When ordering Halle, please choose either a standing doll with traditional upper felt legs such as the fashion dolls above or a seated Halle with all porcelain crossed legs as shown left.
State also eye colour preference and from the following options for arms
Standing or seated Halle Kits are £18.50
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Halle with all porcelain seated legs is only available in kit form as the lower body is already formed. Halle with 1/2 porcelain and half felt legs ready to dress is £23.50
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Ariel
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Ariel left is a 5-1/2in doll in a seated pose with either fixed legs so the doll is all in one piece and ready to dress or with separate legs which you join on prior to dressing with chenille sticks. Both models have the most shapeliest legs I have ever seen - they are really beautiful - if only they were mine. Instructions and chenille sticks are included. Ariel is a Dorreen Sinnett mould.
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Both versions are £17.50 each and include doll parts, chenille sticks to attach limbs where applicable plus a full colour leaflet with step by step instructions.
Clearly state ‘Fixed’ OR ‘Separate’
legs on order.
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When you have selected your choice of doll you are ready to wig. You can either choose a wigging booklet, glue pot and applicators and acrylic or silk hair packet in a full range of shades to wig your doll yourself or, if wig making is not for you, you can choose one of our beautiful styles in acrylic or a new and exquisite pure silk creation by expert wig maker Josephine. What more could you possibly need. Choose your styles, the fun starts here on the Wigs & Wigging page. Also available - doll stands.
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