Studio News for August 1st – New Dolls, Ebay Auctions, More…

August 1, 2011September 29, 2011 paulawalton1 Comment

A family photo of the dolls in my studio this week. Not all of them are fully finished and dressed, but all are currently available for sale. 9/29/11 Update - the doll in the pink bonnet, the doll in the brown and red dress and the doll with the blue body have been sold.

Here is a glimpse of the dolls that I am currently working on. Email or call me if you would like to see more photos of a particular doll, or would like to ask questions and prices. Paula@ASweetRemembrance.com or 860-355-5709.

She has SOLD, thank you for looking.

I got a little carried away when I was listing items and set up twenty five auctions. I’m selling several antique dolls, vintage teddy bears and some antique cooking implements. If you’d like to look at every thing I have listed on eBay, click here. Most of these auctions have closed, but there are a few still running for Izannah and Spun Cotton Classes.

Do you want to learn how to make reproduction Izannah Walker dolls??? The sign up deadline for my September doll making retreat is approaching fast. If you can’t come to Connecticut, my class by mail is the next best thing.

My favorite reading this week is the August issue of Antique Doll Collector magazine. It has a fantastic eight and a half page article about the Izannah Walker Reunion held last November by the Doll Collectors of America. The article is full of glorious photos of the 31 antique Izannah Walker dolls that attended. If you don’t already have a copy of this magazine, you need to get one immediately.

Another Izannah Walker article to be on the look out for is one being published in the Christmas issue of Early American Life magazine. I’ve just finished working on my advertisement for that issue, nothing like thinking of Christmas in July! I’m very proud to say that I will be in the 2011 Holiday Directory of Traditional Crafts that will also be in the EAL Christmas issue. Thank you Early American Life!!! This is the 24th time that I’ve been chosen for the Directory 🙂

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Inspiration!

October 24, 2010 paulawaltonLeave a comment

Looking for some fashionable ideas for your Izannah’s fall wardrobe? Antique paper dolls are a great window into the past when you are researching historically accurate clothing.

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c. 1860’s Girl’s Clothing Styles

December 14, 2009April 18, 2011 paulawalton1 Comment

Izannah Walker is generally known to have begun making dolls around 1845, even though she did not apply for a patent until November 4, 1873. A majority of the original clothing in which she dressed her dolls reflects the styles worn by children in the 1840’s and 1850’s. However, 1860’s clothing would also be perfectly appropriate.

To provide you with a bit of dress-making inspiration, here are some illustrations that appeared in Godey’s Lady’s Book in 1858, 1862, 1864 and 1866. In the future I will post some more 1850’s Godey’s illustrations, although the 1850’s illustrations are not as lavish as these from the 1860’s.

(click on each photo to see it in full size)

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Yankee Magazine Article

November 22, 2009November 22, 2009 paulawalton3 Comments

There is a very nice two-page article on Izannah Walker dolls in the current (November/December 2009) issue of Yankee magazine, written by Catherine Riedel of Skinner’s Auctioneers. Thank you Catherine for referring readers to this blog for additional information about Izannah Walker dolls.

If you happen to see a copy of the magazine for sale it is certainly worth purchasing. As an added bonus the magazine contains some interesting recipes for using up your Thanksgiving leftovers

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Sources for Photographs of Antique Izannah Walker Dolls

February 28, 2009February 28, 2009 paulawaltonLeave a comment

magazine-photos This is a resource list of photographs in magazines, books and on post cards. The entries listed here are for photographs only, with just an accompanying caption. Actual magazine articles and books that also have photographs are going to be listed under a separate heading. I plan to make this an ongoing list that I will add to as I run across photographs in my huge stash of Izannah resources (I’ve been saving Izannah information for years and years, not necessarily in an organized manner).

Early American Life Magazine, December 2001, page30.

Wenham Historical Association and Museum, Inc., Wenham, MA 01984, postcard.

Mary Merritt’s Doll Museum, Douglassville, PA, postcard.

Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Decorating, 1999, page 45. This is a wonderful photograph that shows an Izannah Walker doll plus eight other painted cloth dolls, two papier-mache dolls and a whole Christmas tree full of wooden peg dolls (penny wooden).