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welcome home from the doll hospital, beautiful cecile !!

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I imagine Kirsten’s cats give her plenty of company while she does chores. 🐱

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Caroline's favorite pond has finally frozen with some nice solid ice. Perfect for skating. She puts on her skates and shows all the kids in Sacket's Harbor how it's done!

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My husband let me have her outfit early so she can match her friends. She's so adorable, I love her so much. 😭 This color looks so good on her.

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Annalise hopes you’re having a very warm and cozy winter. She knows she is!

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Finally purchased proper shelves to display the collection and managed to dress dolls in all the holiday outfits I currently own 🎄🎁🕯️

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My dolls with their mini dolls!

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"Saint Lucia invites you to breakfast!"

Swedish families like Kirsten's celebrate Saint Lucia day every year on December 13th. The oldest daughter wakes up before dawn, dresses in a long white gown and a wreath crowned with candles, and brings breakfast to her family. This marks the start of the Christmas season!

Saint Lucia buns are the traditional breakfast food. They're flavored with saffron and garnished with raisins. I made these buns for Kirsten from clay and seed beads. I made her tray from foam board, and her candlestick is a metal drawer pull.

I also made her Saint Lucia wreath, and it has real candles that I carefully lit just for the few seconds needed to take the photo. I actually used to have the real wreath sold by Pleasant Company, and I did not like it at all. It was too small and perched on top of her head like a bird's nest. The one I made uses plastic vines and faux leaves, and sits perfectly on her head.

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recently I got Josefina’s birthday dress 👗 Im so happy that they brought it back 🧡

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kaya is well dressed for fall

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Cécile was most impressed. Here was a girl who enjoyed being out in the world, doing things, just as she did. Marie-Grace didn't even know French very well, yet she had come to the market alone! This Américaine seemed shy, but she was certainly brave, too. She had spirit. We are more alike than we are different, Cécile thought.

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using the very last of my charge to send this final message but. Baby Doll.

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happy birthday addy!!! i put her in one of my favorite dresses i’ve made, one that i made the pattern for myself!

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Kirsten and Marta, just having a lovely day!

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Sarah Moore has such a beautiful collection of clothes!! Sarah was customized and all her things were hand sewn by @rainbowmilk1996. I love the functional buttons and the color palette. She has so many outfits! Her coat is flatlined with very soft fleece. She has such a sweet face and I am so so pleased to have welcomed her to the dolly family.

Addy gets to spend time with her best friend now! They love to have sleepovers and slide down the hall in their socks and play double dutch and study together.

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Lots of love and tears went into making the first doll outfit I've sewed in years.

Pro tips: using difficult fabrics, a new machine, and creating your own pattern is not recommended when you don't know what you're doing, unless you have ADHD and are unmedicated 🤪