Thursday

Where did the week go????!!

 

Wednesday

As the days go by, this haunting little girl gets deeper and deeper into my soul.  Just looking at her sweet face makes my heart smile. She and Evie will be my companion dolls for the rest of my life.

Tuesday

Monday

Sunday

A tiny girl in a big woods--Clarimonde explores her world.

 

The Heart Wants what the Heart Wants...........

Today my little girl came home.  With her tear stained face, and her tremulous,  brave little half-smile, she immediately stole my heart.  (Not the part of my heart that belongs to my Evie, of course!)  When I unwrapped her, I was so overwhelmed that I started to cry.  Have you heard of people saying they found their "Holy Grail doll"?  The doll that they never thought they would get?  Well, I have found my SOUL DOLL.  She speaks to me in ways I have never heard before, from ANY doll.  Yes, she does have a soul.  She seems eerily human--hauntingly so.
Now I know there are many people who will not like her--that's ok.  I don't expect anyone else to see what I see in her, because you were not meant to.
Her name is Clarimonde.  And we begin our journey together!

Every Now and Then--You Lose your Head Over a Doll!

This has not happened to me for YEARS, but most doll lovers will have a similar story--
Your eyes fall on a certain doll, and the world just disappears--you become consumed, obsessed with the image of a certain face, a small presence.  Even while your mind is racing, telling you practical things like "She is too expensive"  and "You really do NOT need another doll", the other part of your brain is thinking of names for her and planning her wardrobe.  You KNOW you're a goner.  You KNOW you are going to hit that Buy It button--because hey, life is short, shouldn't we have things we love??

Such was the case last night, when I saw this hand carved, wooden doll on Etsy.

I LOVE unusual dolls, and wooden dolls, and when those two elements are combined--BAM!  A little ghost girl will be coming to live with me.  Made in the Queen Anne style by "The Old Wooden Sisters".  Of course I blew my doll budget for the rest of the year, but I would rather have ONE very special doll than ten that I just sort of like.
It's very appropriate that she is a ghost child, because her face is haunting me---