Seven more days and counting until Izannah Walker’s 196th birthday and my annual Izannah Walker Birthday Sale ❤ ❤ ❤
Category: Izannah Walker Reproduction Doll
Saturday in my Studio – One New Doll Finished & Available For Sale – SOLD
Thank you so much for stopping by to visit. This doll is now SOLD.
Early this evening I put the finishing touches on my latest reproduction Izannah Walker doll. I’ve been working pretty much non-stop on her and a few of her sisters for the past several weeks. I love this doll! I made her specifically for someone who is as enamored with the construction of Izannah Walker dolls as I am. If you have studied Izannah’s dolls closely, you will know that some of her dolls have very visible stockinette and head seams that show every stitch where they were joined together. I wanted that same look for this doll and I think that I have managed to capture all those details that show this doll’s two piece pressed cloth head construction to great advantage. She has a very sweet, serene expression and shows a moderate amount of “age” and wear. She has a bit of flaking and crackled paint, along with some worn and rubbed areas, just where little hands would have held and cuddled her.
At the moment she is dressed in pantalettes, a long chemise, a petticoat and a red and white cotton print dress. All of her clothing fabrics and second skin are antique. I do have a very good stock of antique fabrics at the moment, due to my summer shopping adventures; so if you would like to order additional clothing to go along with her I have some fantastic colors and prints for you to choose from. Dressed as is she’s priced at $1250.00. Please contact me to discuss additional wardrobe items, or if you have any questions or would like to see more photos. I may be reached at 860-355-5709 during reasonable East Coast hours or by email at paula@asweetremembrance.com. The antique child’s chair in original red paint is also available for sale. I happen to have a pair of them, they are $40 each or $75 for the pair. Both the doll and the chairs have free shipping to U.S. addresses and any item may be placed on lay-away with terms to fit your budget.
Evelyne’s Doll Part Two
More photos of Evelyne’s doll now that her dress is dry 🙂 These are much better photos that those I took yesterday at sunset. I almost deleted yesterday’s photographs, but I decided to keep the first post up so that you can see what a difference better lighting makes.
Evelyne’s doll is finished and ready to travel. She’ll be leaving here soon on her journey to Belgium.
Evelyne’s Doll
This is Evelyne’s doll. I just finished her this afternoon. I put the final few stitches in her blue homespun check dress, sewed on it’s antique glass buttons, and popped the dress into a basin of wash water. At the moment it is hanging out on my clothesline to dry.
Savannah Packs Her Trunk
Today Savannah has been busy packing her trunk. She will soon be immigrating to Canada to live with her big sister.
In Remembrance of Maxine
In February I finished a custom reproduction Izannah Walker doll for a very fascinating lady named Maxine. Maxine had seen my ads in Antique Doll Collector magazine and called me last August to discuss the possibility of ordering one of my Izannahs. We chatted several times, and by the end of the month Maxine had decided exactly how she wanted her doll to look. Maxine chose to place the doll on lay-away and requested a February 2013 completion date. During the months while I was working on Maxine’s doll she would call me to check on my progress and also to talk about dolls. She told me many interesting stories about her collection, dolls that she had bought and sold and people she knew in the doll world.
My favorite conversation with Maxine was the one where she reminisced about a friend of hers who had been the dress maker for the dolls in Maxine’s collection. She told me about meeting the woman, becoming friends with her, and about some of the amazing dresses she had created for Maxine’s doll’s. The most inspiring part of this story is that the last doll’s dress that Maxine had commissioned from her friend had been completed just a few weeks before the women’s death at “almost 100” years of age. Maxine assured me that the last dress was just as beautiful and well made as the very first dress she had ever ordered. I’d like to think that in the future someone will be able to say the same about me.
On Friday afternoon I received a call from Maxine’s daughter. She told me that Maxine had passed away, very softly and gently on Wednesday and that she was calling to tell me how much her mother had loved the doll I made for her. I was overwhelmed that this woman would take the time, in the midst of her grief, to call and thank me for providing her mother with such pleasure. It was an extraordinary kindness and a very singular experience…
Taking a Walk on a Spring Day
Miss “A” tried on her new dress and apron, then went out for one last walk around the farm before she packs for her journey to her new home in Canada.
A Sweet Remembrance on facebook & Pinterest
You can now visit A Sweet Remembrance on facebook and Pinterest!
Easter & April Fool’s Day Celebration Sale!
Today at my house we are celebrating Easter. Tomorrow the festivities will continue as we party in honor of my middle son’s birthday! I’d like to share a bit of our celebrations with you by offering you 10% off on every single item I sell at Paula Walton’s A Sweet Remembrance!!!
This includes all classes, all dolls – even new custom orders -, all bears, all reproduction clothing, all antiques – carousel horses & cooking items -, literally everything! There is free shipping within the United States on all purchases, except carousel horses & you may place any item on lay-away, with terms to fit your budget 🙂
The coupon code for the sale is ” peeps”. Enter the code when you check out today or tomorrow using the secure shopping cart at A Sweet Remembrance and 10% will automatically be subtracted from your total. Email or call me to buy the antique cooking item shown at Paula Walton’s 18th Century Home Journal, to order a custom made Izannah Walker reproduction doll, or to set up lay-away payments. Paula@asweetremembrance.com 860-355-5709. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about the sale or any of my work.
Wishing you a Happy Easter and an amusing April Fools Day!
BOTH NOW SOLD – THANK YOU FOR LOOKING Two New Dolls Available ~ Dressed in their Easter Sunday Best!
Two lovely young ladies, currently available for sale. Miss “A” NOW SOLD – Thank you for looking, dressed in antique “double pink” fabrics, with two curls in front of each ear and seven more along the nape of her neck and her dearest friend Miss “B”, wearing a madder brown dress and straw colored crocheted bonnet. Both girls may be purchased directly from my main website Paula Walton’s A Sweet Remembrance. Click here to read all about Miss “A” and click here for Miss “B’s” particulars.
A Note About the Easter Bonnets
Do you remember turning acorn caps into doll dishes and using handkerchiefs for dolly diapers and shawls when you were a child? My mother used to help me fashion doll clothes out of objects we found around the house. I’m sure that this is a long standing mother and daughter tradition since I occasionally come across antique doll clothing that children have made from little bits of this and that.
I was sitting in my studio, thinking about Easter bonnets, when my eye happened to light on a pile of crocheted doilies… Suddenly I could just see them turning into beautiful, lacy Easter sunbonnets! I loved the idea of recreating one of my childhood traditions and I hope that you are as captivated by the bonnets and the story behind them as I am.
Would You Like to Get to Know Miss “A” & “B” Better?
If you have any questions about Misses “A” or “B”, or would like to see additional photographs, I would be more than happy to accommodate you. Email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com or call me at 860-355-5709. Lay-away is available on terms to meet your budget.
Wishing you a very happy and joyous Easter!
Izannah Walker Journal 