Paula Walton’s doll-making notes
I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, surrounded by family, friends, and the things you hold dear 
The little cloth dolls and I are back to work.
You can find us here:
www.asweetremembrance.com/…/izannah-walker…/
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Today has been another busy day for the little cloth girls. Not only is it Halloween, but the first hard frost of autumn is coming tonight. That means there were many extra chores that had to be done before the sisters could celebrate one of their favorite holidays.
Hannah and Eliza Jane stayed in the very tall house to continue sewing on their new fall dresses in between baking sweets for Halloween. The whole house was filled with the sweet aromas of pumpkin, cinnamon, and sugar as both little cloth sisters dashed around the house in their petticoats (which made it much easier to work for them to help each other with dress fittings in between their baking.
Out in the gardens Isabeau, Zanna, Ismay, Tilly Lamb, Charlcie, Sarah Alice, Emma Blue, and even Izzybelle worked as hard as they could picking the last, tomatoes, herbs, and vegetables. Just before dusk they took out their garden sheers and cut all of the remaining flowers for pretty bouquets.
Eight tired, but happy dolls slowly walked back to their very tall house, ready to join their sisters for sweet Halloween treats, and just perhaps a trick or two. ❤
The Izannah sisters and I wish you all a very Happy All Hollows Eve!
It’s been a beautiful cool, sunny autumn day at the doll’s very tall house, as all of my little cloth Izannah sisters celebrated the 206th birthday of the extremely talented woman who made them.
There were many scrumptious things to eat, which they all agreed looked even more delicious when served on their new set of china. As I am sure you can imagine, sweet little Izzybelle was very excited to see what their shared birthday present was! The sisters thought that receiving their very own pair of tiny dolls, that look very like much like they do, was a wonderful gift. Their birthday dolls were made by Lolly Yocum of Laurelleaf dolls.
Since Hannah, Sarah Alice, and Isabeau did so much baking for the party on Saturday, Tilly Lamb and Charlcie took over the kitchen today to bake blueberry jam cake, and set out the pies and shortbread for the party.
Meanwhile, up in the bedroom Sarah Alice was trying her best to get Izzybelle to stop trying get an early glimpse of their birthday present, and to keep her neat and tidy for the party…
Eventually Izzybelle was persuaded to tie her sontag, straighten her dress and stop trying to peek into the parlor. Then Sarah Alice hurried her downstairs, before she could get into more mischief…
At long last all the the party preparations were finished. The little cloth dolls gathered around to parlor table to sing Happy Birthday, light a birthday candle for their beloved dollmaker, and feast on far too many sweets… (I didn’t try to stop them, because after all such a special day only comes once a year and they deserve a special treat).
Thank you for joining us for this year’s birthday party! We hope you have enjoyed it ❤
Happy Birthday Izannah Walker!
Good Evening and welcome to my studio! Tonight I am offering my three latest historically accurate, handmade reproduction Izannah Walker dolls for sale ❤
Please Read ~ I’ve always tried to keep buying my dolls as straightforward and easy as possible. I started out 13 years ago simply saying that the first person to email me and request the doll would be its new owner. Simple and right to the point… What could go wrong? LOL ~ As I found out quite a few things could! There have been a few “hiccups” along the way… So in order to be courteous to other buyers and to keep everything polite, simple, and easy please read and follow these directions. They will allow me to mark the dolls that sell “sold” as quickly as possible, collect the buyer’s payment and shipping information right away, and just generally get each doll on his or her way to their new home as quickly as possible. Plus it will also let everyone else know exactly what dolls are still looking for their new homes. Thank you!
In a perfect world I would have the time, money, and energy to completely redo my website and have automatic inventory control that would allow me to list one of a kind items. Until I win the lottery, and that magical day happens, I appreciate your patience with my current selling policies. Thank you!!!
All of my dolls are sold on a “first come” basis. To purchase a doll email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com , in your email specify exactly which doll you wish to buy . Please be aware of how much the doll costs BEFORE you send your request to buy. You are welcome to ask questions, but please note that asking a question is not the same as making a commitment to buy and will not “hold your place in line” if someone else asks to buy the doll. Checks or money orders are preferred, Paypal is also accepted for payment. Free priority mail shipping & full insurance to any U.S. address. International orders ~ exact postage + $25 handling fee to help offset the extra time required for international shipping ~ check with me to make sure your international address is one I ship to. No shipping to Russia.
The three little Izannahs looking for homes to call their own this evening are a 16 inch reproduction of Izzybelle, a 17 inch reproduction of Lizzybit, and a 17 in reproduction of Lily.
Please note* * * The lighting is less than perfect tonight, due to all the rain and heavy clouds currently here in Connecticut. The dolls all look so much prettier in person ❤
Lizzybit ~ SOLD
Lizzybit is 17 inches tall. She is dressed in the style of a mid-19th century child. Her dress is made of antique fabric and with an extra full skirt. Underneath she wears split pantalettes, a chemise and a petticoat. Her second skin is made from antique white glazed cotton, which is old store stock that had never been used. Her painted black boots have a blue band around their tops. She has a row of painted ringlets at the nape of her neck ❤
Email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com if you would like sweet Lizzybit to join your doll family! Checks or money orders are preferred, Paypal is also accepted for payment. Free priority mail shipping & full insurance to any U.S. address. International orders ~ exact postage + $25 handling fee to help offset the extra time required for international shipping ~ check with me to make sure your international address is one I ship to. No shipping to Russia.
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Lily ~ SOLD
Lily is 17 inches tall. She is dressed in the style of a mid-19th century child. Her dress is made of antique fabric and with an extra full skirt. Underneath she wears split pantalettes, a chemise and a petticoat. Her second skin is made from antique white glazed cotton, which is old store stock that had never been used. The back of her hair is painted with ringlets at the nape of her neck ❤
Email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com if you would like sweet Lizzybit to join your doll family! Checks or money orders are preferred, Paypal is also accepted for payment. Free priority mail shipping & full insurance to any U.S. address. International orders ~ exact postage + $25 handling fee to help offset the extra time required for international shipping ~ check with me to make sure your international address is one I ship to. No shipping to Russia.
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Izzybelle ~ SOLD
Izzybelle is 16 inches tall. She is dressed in the style of a mid-19th century child, with one of my very favorite details, a “make-do” sleeve made from a similar yet different fabric! Her dress is made of antique fabric and with an extra full skirt. Underneath she wears split pantalettes, a chemise and a petticoat. Her second skin is made from antique white glazed cotton, which is old store stock that had never been used. Izzybelle has a row of soft little ringlets painted at the back of her neck ❤
Email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com if you would like sweet Lizzybit to join your doll family! Checks or money orders are preferred, Paypal is also accepted for payment. Free priority mail shipping & full insurance to any U.S. address. International orders ~ exact postage + $25 handling fee to help offset the extra time required for international shipping ~ check with me to make sure your international address is one I ship to. No shipping to Russia.
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Thank you for coming to meet Lily, Izzybelle, and Lizzybit this evening ❤
Welcome to my annual Izannah Walker birthday celebration here at my Izannah Walker Journal! This is the 14th year that my Izannah Walker dolls and I have been having our own little parties to pay tribute to the wonderful dollmaker who created them ❤ We are so glad you have come to join us!
Due to the unrelenting rain that has been persistently falling for days I have made the decision to split my birthday post into two parts. The second half of our party will be posted on Wednesday, September 27th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time. It has been much too wet for all of the little cloth girls to commute out to their very tall house today!!! So this evening we’d like to invite you all to read about the doll’s party preparations…
Tomorrow evenings release of my newest dolls will be happening as scheduled. Three of my handmade reproduction Izannah Walker dolls will be offered for sale here at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time (September 26th, 2023)
HAPPY 206th BIRTHDAY IZANNAH WALKER part 1
Saturday, September 23rd…
Isabeau and Sarah Alice spent the morning looking through the vegetable gardens, to see what lovely fresh vegetables and berries they could find… As they filled their garden baskets with the last of the herbs, tomatoes, patty pan squash, sweet corn, raspberries and blackberries they talked about what they should cook for this years birthday party. Izzybelle’s tomatoes have been thriving this summer, so it was no surprise that there were still more than enough left to make into something, but what??? They quickly decided that it needed to be something festive, that felt at least a little bit special. “Isabeau do you remember that recipe for tomato pie that we found tucked into the back pages of our cookbook?” asked Sarah Alice. “Do you mean the one with all of the grated cheese in it?” replied Isabeau. “Yes” said Sarah Alice. After a bit of reflection, and a few minutes of frantic activity spent chasing down a half dozen tomatoes that had rolled out of her basket, Isabeau agreed that tomato pie sounded just right to serve as a light supper at the party.
Both little cloth girls were quite thrilled to find one last autumn bunch of rhubarb out in the back garden, which they immediately resolved to make into pie as well. One sweet and one savory!
Throughout the long afternoon spent in the kitchen Sarah Alice, Isabeau and Hannah managed to bake both pies and a batch of shortbread cookies, while they prepared the doll’s favorite Saturday night supper ~ Boston brown bread, baked beans, and hot dogs. As they cooked they were also able to agree on what kind of birthday cake they should bake… It was a lovely afternoon in the doll’s house as the sisters talked, giggled and cooked the afternoon away
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You are cordially invited
To visit http://www.izannahwalker.com
On Monday, September 25th, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time
to attend my virtual celebration of Izannah Walker’s 206th Birthday!
The little cloth girls and I hope that you will come visit us as we throw our annual birthday party in honor of the amazing dollmaker that created them.
Following the grand birthday celebration…
On Tuesday September 26th at 9:00p.m. Eastern time
(8 p.m. Central, 7 p.m. Mountain, and 6 p.m. Pacific time)
I will be offering a few of my handmade, historically accurate, reproduction
Izannah Walker dolls for sale.
For the particulars about how my sales work please read below. Thank you!
How to buy one of the dolls that will be for sale on September 26th, 2023 ~ this is the IMPORTANT part, so please read this!
I’ve been trying to keep buying my dolls as straight forward and easy as possible. I started out by simply saying that the first person to email me and request the doll would be it’s new owner. Straight forward and right to the point… What could go wrong? LOL ~ As I found out quite a few things could! There have been a few “hiccups” along the way… So in order to keep it all simple and easy please read and follow these directions, which will allow me to mark the dolls that sell “sold” as quickly as possible, collect the buyer’s payment and shipping information right away, and just generally get each doll on his or her way to their new home as quickly as possible. Plus it will also let everyone else know exactly what dolls are still looking for their new home. ❤
In a perfect world I would have the time, money, and energy to completely re-do my website and have automatic inventory control that would allow me to list one of a kind items. Until that magical day happens I appreciate your patience with my current selling policies. Thank you!!!
All of my dolls are sold on a “first come” basis. To purchase a doll email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com , in your email specify exactly which doll you wish to buy . Please be aware of how much the doll costs BEFORE you send your request to buy. You are welcome to ask questions, but please note that asking a question is not the same as making a commitment to buy and will not “hold your place in line” if someone else asks to buy the doll. Checks or money orders are preferred, Paypal is also accepted for payment. Free priority mail shipping & full insurance to any U.S. address. International orders ~ exact postage + $25 handling fee to help off set the extra time required for international shipping ~ check with me to make sure your international address is one I ship to. No shipping to Russia.
Isabeau and Sarah Alice have come up with their own personal tips as well ❤
Today is the day I will be posting the schedule for my annual Izannah Walker Birthday Celebration, so be sure to check back here to my Izannah Walker Journal later today, or visit my business Facebook page Paula Walton’s A Sweet Remembrance or asweetremembrance on Instagram
I am very honored to have been named one of America’s top traditional craftsmen by Early American Life for the 44th time in the course of 23 years, in the categories of – Clothing and Accessories, Textiles or Needlework, Miscellaneous, Toys and Dolls, Miniatures, Santas, Other Holidays and General Christmas. I have been juried into the Directory annually from 2004-2023 and 1996-1998, many years in more than one category.
Thank you Early American Life!
For those of you who are familiar with the Facebook group Friends of the UFDC Doll Museum you will be aware that the theme for this week’s posts is PINK. My contribution to the challenge was a compilation of some of the many pink dresses I have made for my reproduction Izannah Walker dolls ❤ I’ve looked a little further back into my photo archive and found even more pink dresses! I hope you enjoy seeing them all again as much as I have.
… you may be able to tell that all the Izannahs and I are excessively fond of pink.
Think pink ❤
Izannah Walker Journal 