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Rescued dolls track habits of Catholic orders - Memphis Commercial Appeal

Rescued dolls track habits of Catholic orders
Memphis Commercial Appeal
In a thrift store on Summer Avenue one hot May day four years ago, Monica Lapuente found a dirty porcelain doll with a split skull and tattered pink dress that no one could possibly want. From that moment on, snatching dilapidated dolls from secondhand .

Rescued dolls track habits of Catholic orders
The vast collection of nun dolls, 120 that represent different orders dating back to the year 525, were blessed Wednesday morning...

Vancouver launches campaign to educate 'fragile' pedestrians - Vancouver Sun

Vancouver launches campaign to educate 'fragile' pedestrians
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER -- Likening human beings to porcelain dolls and breakable objects, the City of Vancouver is embarking on a campaign to educate pedestrians and cyclists about risky road behaviour. On Tuesday the city launched its "People are Fragile" program, .

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Nuremberg: Toy museum tells history of the world's playthings
One of my favorite toys as a child was Castle Grayskull, a plastic playset for action figures from the 1980s cartoon EURœHe-Man and the Masters of the Universe.EUR I rediscovered it recently in Nurembergs Toy Museum, the first time Id seen the playset in almost 20 years. It was smaller than I remember, and it seemed older, like a relic of the past...

Jim and Bonnie Scritchfield - Springfield News-Leader

Jim and Bonnie Scritchfield
Springfield News-Leader
Bonnie Scritchfield admits she loves anything Victorian EUR” porcelain, busts, figurines, tapestries, paintings, scarves, doilies, dishes, pillows and, most of all, dolls. Most of her collectibles were found in antique stores and flea markets.

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Mending Dolls a Labor of LoveEUR”and International BusinessEUR”for Jostes - Patch.com

Mending Dolls a Labor of LoveEUR”and International BusinessEUR”for Jostes
Patch.com
By Vickie Jurkowski Rosalie Jostes specializes in repairing porcelain dolls. Pictured is a doll from around 1910 that needed a new finger. Rosalie will take it to her Channahon home to sand and paint it. Vickie Jurkowski Lazy eyes, loose limbs, .

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Susette Landry Davenport - Liberty Vindicator

Susette Landry Davenport
Liberty Vindicator
Susette's creative talent was at the center of much of her life and she excelled in designing and sewing custom clothes and costumes for her children, grandchildren and friends along with painting porcelain dolls. Susette's strength, intelligence and .

How to make a haunted house - The Guardian

The Guardian

How to make a haunted house
The Guardian
The film features hundreds of original vintage artefacts, all showcased to maximum effect: taxidermy figures, bizarre children's toys, creepy porcelain dolls, eerie family portraits with the eyes scratched out. The lighting and grey and sepia colour .
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Watchung Hills Regional High School jewelry students see a pro in action
Jeri Warhaftig demonstrates some of the techniques used in making beads to Jewelry I and II class of Michelle Ravettina. As well as learning some of the more advanced techniques in bead-making, the Watchung Hills students learned that one can...