Saving dollies from the dust bin and stories to tell...

I have a friend in the far north....well actually just Wisconsin...who is an avid collector of dollhouses and the little dolls that live in them. We discovered that we had the same Keystone of Boston dollhouse in our childhood years....the Keystone Tudor from 1947. Neither one of us were able to keep our dollhouse, but we both have a wonderful replacement that we cherish. 

Jamie often sends me funny little stories of a day in the life of her dollies, and I love sharing them because they always bring smiles and laughter to my day.  Here's her latest! 

Featured is the Caco Dad doll that I had found cleaning out a cupboard. 

Unfortunately his wrappings underneath his clothes were rotting away to dust, 

so that's why he had to go through a de-mummifying. Not only were the foam like wrappings turning dusty, but his clothes were dirty and his poor head was barely hanging on, so double trouble for the poor old boy. His clothes were put away to make a pattern off of but think they mistakenly got thrown out, 

so the doll seamstress will step in once again....

This is the B.D.A.T. ....or Broken Dolls and Toys support group. They are waiting for their own make over and meet once a week to whine about their sad situation to ad nauseam! 

You can spy our man second from the left having to hold his own broken head in his lap, but he miraculously hears every word of encouragement his little friends give him. 

Yes, and even one handed monkeys are welcome ....as long as they behave.

The Victorian bisque lady has one fatal leg injury, and will probably be looking for a replacement job. She hates coming to the meetings, as it feels so unlady like exposing her leg for all to see. She'll never get over Victorian propriety. 

The Flagg doll in the foreground seems to dominate encouragement by his outward gesticulating arms.  He suffers from a bad wiring job gone south and can not put his arms down.

And finally the reveal picture of a pretty dapper looking young gent if I do say so myself. New wrappings, new clothes do make the man!

My friend Jamie makes wonderful new clothes for her dollies....from sweaters, like the red one above, to precious little dresses for little girl dolls and even underwear!  I will share more in a later post.