Dolls......

I recently did a post about my mother's 90th birthday party.  I included a couple of her dolls and said I'd show you more of them- so here we go!

 (You can click on the image to see it larger)

There actually used to be more, but she's been giving them to family here and there.  I made the bunnies (on the floor by the cabinet) for her back in the 90's. She added ruffles to their outfits that I made too!  They were supposed to be 
Amish bunnies so they were plain, but she 
put her own twist on them!  LOL

I'm quite sure she made all of these on this shelf

 I don't know their names but they all have one!

She made the ones in turquoise, pink and two that are in dark blue

 Some she ordered from catalogs

 Some she bought at doll shows

(On this shelf I know she made the one in pink)

 She did make a bunch of them and their outfits.

 Of course the dolls she made are molded pieces, certainly not hand made, usually they are 
pre-fired, and pre-painted with their faces 
when you buy them. 

You can buy an unfinished body and do it yourself or buy the finished bodies and then dress them. You buy the hair that you want for the dolls and shoes, jewelry, parasols, etc.

 She made all of these too.

One thing my Mom loves is lace and ruffles!

As she puts it, you have to gussy it up! 

These two large pictures have been around for at least 30 years.  She started her ceramics classes in the mid 70's and continued through the early 90's.  My dad passed in 1991 and she slowed down quite a bit after that.  Some parts of her home are exactly way they 
were in the 90's.  

Thanks for visiting!

Liz

A 90 year celebration....

My Mom just turned 90 years old and we had a little birthday celebration for her.

 My 3 other sisters had planned to bring Mom up to my house for her birthday, but several things got in the way so we ended up at Mom's house for her birthday.  
(I live 250 miles north of them)

 Jen had gone through the house and collected a few things for the table to create a centerpiece vignette.  She wanted a Victorian look. When I got there I studied it and decided to add some of Mom's dolls.

Many years ago my mother started taking a ceramics class, then she started going to doll shows. She always had a love for dolls and a collection started to grow!

She often made the outfits they are wearing, sometimes she would find accessories at the shows to help her complete the look she wanted.  I'll show another post with some more of the dolls another time.

These gold cup and saucer sets are from my great-grandmother.  My great-grandparents, grandparents and my parents all used them at their 50th wedding anniversaries.

 I looked up the cup and saucer set on the internet and found out they are from a line called the Golden Age.

 They were produced from the late 40's-50's.  Solid gold, no other adornments.

On the other side of the vase I put another doll and adjusted some of the items my sister had already selected.

Isn't she pretty!

 I loved the antique look of these white flowers and thought they went well with the setting.

She received more flowers,  so later on in the day I exchanged the other arrangement with this bunch of gladiolas.

A little closer look at the table cloth

 For dinner we took her to a nice Italian themed restaurant and had a great meal.  
There was 12 of us.

Sister Sherry (white top) and husband Jim are moving to their new home as I type this today.  Mom's baby sister Virginia is in the black top- she's 84!

 Once we were back home we visited for a while and then it was time for her birthday cake!

My sister Jen created the cake!

 She also made extra cupcakes!
We always use the kitchen table like some people use their islands for setting up the food and serving pieces.
We aren't real formal about things!

 I had plates made up from the Hallmark
website. 

 Time for her gift!

 My mom has always had a love for Christmas so we gave her this Dept.56 piece.  It's called Christmas Lane and there is a little train too!  She really enjoyed it so we were all delighted about that!  

90 years is a long time! She's doing pretty darn good though.  She still puts on her make-up and loves her jewelry!

More flowers that she received so we had them in the kitchen!

I think it was a great party and she truly seemed happy about it all.  
That's really all we wanted for her- to be happy!
Happy Birthday Mom...

With Love,
Liz, Jen, Sherry and Donna

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