Happy 199th Birthday Izannah Walker Part 1

September 25, 2016September 25, 2016 paulawalton7 Comments

Zanna and Isabeau have asked Cloe to help them get ready for today’s party. They may have gotten a bit more “help” than they anticipated…

“I think the rug would look nice outside the kitchen.”

“Is the rug nice and flat?”

“What should we do first to get ready for the party?”

“I could help set the table.”

“Here is Izzybelle’s little cup.”

“How many spoons will we need?”

“Hmmm, the parlor looks clean and ready for company…”

“The table is almost ready.”

“We’ll need to heat the iorn so that we can press our party dresses.”

“Here Isabeau, let me help you get more comfy in your chair.”

“Salt, we’ll need salt for dinner.”

Click on any photo to see it enlarged and to read the caption.

Don’t worry! In spite of the sound effects, no dishes were harmed in the making of this video. As Isabeau always says, “there is a reason that babies only get to use the everyday china”! 🙂

Thank you for coming!!! I hope you have enjoyed this glimpse into some of our party preparations. Here is the schedule for today’s celebration events, I will have additional posts at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm, and 10:00 pm Eastern time. My 7:00 pm post will feature several dolls for sale, because what would an Izannah Walker Birthday Celebration be without at least a few new reproduction dolls for sale? 🙂 The dolls will only be posted here on my blog. If one or more of them tugs at your heart strings and you’d like to purchase her, you may email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com. If more than one person is interested in buying the same doll, the email with the earliest time will get preference. ❤

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Just Three More Days Until Our Big Izannah Walker 199th Birthday Party!!!

September 22, 2016 paulawalton4 Comments

Don’t forget! Only 3 more days until it’s Izannah Walker’s 199th birthday. My dolls and I will be hosting an all day online celebration 🙂 Please come join us! We’ll be sooooooo sad if you can’t come 😦

At 10:00 a.m on Sunday September 25th stop whatever you are doing, run to your pc and come right over to http://www.izannahwalker.com for the beginning of our birthday fun!!! ❤

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Happy Labor Day!

September 5, 2016September 5, 2016 paulawaltonLeave a comment

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Save The Date – My Annual Celebration of Izannah Walker’s Birthday on September 25th!

August 29, 2016 paulawalton3 Comments

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The Dolls Welcome a New Sister to Their Family

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 paulawalton2 Comments

The dolls are overjoyed that one of their older sisters has come to join the family of Izannah Walker dolls that lives here with me! This very early example of Izannah Walker’s work has spent all of her long life in Rhode Island. She is from an estate in Coventry, RI, which is about 31- 1/2 miles from Central Falls, Rhode Island, where Izannah Walker lived and worked; and 35 miles distant from Bristol, RI where Izannah was born.

Early Izannah Walker Doll from the collection of Paula Walton — Here she is just moments after she arrived.

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Playing Dolls with My Own Little “Alice”

May 2, 2016 paulawalton7 Comments

My own little “Alice” and Lily playing in the doll’s new house.

“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.”

― Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat

Today is a cool rainy day, much too wet to garden, with persistent downpours that make the walk out to my studios seem very uninviting. So I’ve decided that it would be an excellent morning to sit next to the fire and share photos of my own adventures in wonderland… On Saturday baby Cloe came to stay with us while her parents went out and about. It was the perfect time to play dress up with the Izannahs and explore a bit of their new house!

“Grandma made her little fingers, just like mine!”

Cloe visiting with Isabeau, Lily and my reproduction Lily in the parlor of the doll’s house.

“Lily you wait here while I get the table…”

Cloe and Lily #2 whiled away the afternoon playing in the kitchen of the doll house, with a brief intermission for Cloe to change her dress. ❤

c. 1830 doll cupboard in original salmon paint and an impatient baby who could not wait to have her dress fastened before she started playing again!

“Lily sit in this chair and wait for me. I’ll come back and play with you another day!”

The rain has stopped, the sun is out and my story has come to an end. Please come back soon to see more photos of Lily #2. She will be ready for sale this week, just as soon as I finish her petticoat and pantalettes. If you just can’t wait for her sale post, you may contact me with questions about her by emailing paula@asweetremembrance.com or calling 860-355-5709 during business hours.

Other upcoming blog posts will feature an in-depth focus on my restorations of two antique Izannah Walker dolls (Lily pictured here and Emmaline), and a complete tour of the doll’s house. I hope you can join us here at http://www.izannahwalker.com for both.

I’ll be posting more photos from Saturday’s photo shoot with Cloe on my A Sweet Remembrance facebook page.

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Isabeau’s Diary

February 16, 2016February 26, 2016 paulawalton2 Comments

“Dear Diary,

I’m sorry I haven’t written for a few days. It’s been such a busy weekend! Our dearest friend Emmaline has come to visit and we are having such fun.”

“We are so happy the Emmaline came to stay with us for a nice long visit!”

“Every day we all walk out to check on the progress of our new house…”

"Then we come inside and for hot cocoa!" — “Then we come inside for hot cocoa!”

"and climb back up in our cozy cupboard." — “and climb back up into our cozy cupboard.”

“Good night dearest diary. Love, Isabeau”

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Pamela’s Doll

February 7, 2016February 8, 2016 paulawalton8 Comments

A sweet little Izannah for Pamela, made from my mold of Anna.

I’ve just finished a very special reproduction Izannah Walker doll for Pamela. I was fortunate enough to get to meet Pamela at the 2014 UFDC convention, where we had a great time chatting and planning all of the details for this doll. She is made from my mold of Anna, an adorable little antique Izannah Walker doll that belongs to my friend Mary.

Pamela’s doll in progress. I love her tiny smile 🙂

Pamela asked for blue painted boots to match the prussian blue in her doll’s dress.

Blue embroidery edges the hem of her petticoat…

Details… Cording piping and cartridge pleating at the waistline of her dress… individually hand stitched fingers and applied thumb…

The original antique Anna just happens to be visiting here at the moment and was happy to pose with her newest little sister ❤ (Pamela’s doll on the left and the antique Anna on the right).

Sharing secrets… the original Anna (right) and her newly made companion (left).

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The Dream Continues…

January 19, 2016 paulawalton4 Comments

More cloth dreams… My winter issue of Doll News arrived today and low and behold there is another article in it about the UFDC special exhibit on American cloth dolls at the 2015 convention! So while the winter winds blow and rattle all the old windows in my house, I plan to snuggle in my bed under a mound of hand pieced quilts and read more about all of these glorious cloth dolls and their makers. Sweet cloth dreams are sure to follow… Sleep tight!

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American Women Dream in Cloth…

January 18, 2016January 18, 2016 paulawaltonLeave a comment

American Women Dream in Cloth… don’t you just love that title? The January issue of Antique Doll Collector magazine contains this very intriguing article, about the special exhibit on cloth dolls that was at the UFDC convention last summer. It was the perfect reading for a cold and blustery winter’s day.