This past weekend I finally put out my fall, Halloween, and Thanksgiving decorations.  Well, two of those decorations were two new Hallow...

Not all the illustrations in the Harper's Young People weekly's were of joy or celebration.  Some were of the grim reality of li...

There's nothing quite like looking at the different expressions of family members within gatherings - especially the expressions of m...

One of the things that delighted me so much with the illustrations from the Harper's Young People weekly was the number of illustrati...

There's nothing more delightful than watching young children play.  As a young child I have such fond memories of playing with my old...

If you've been a reader of my  Linda's Blog  for awhile you know that I've had a long term love affair with dolls, doll patt...

I don't really think it matters what the time frame is when it comes to school being difficult at times for students.  The look on t...

Some of the mixed media projects I created this summer required quite a bit of old book papers for collage purposes.  So much so I ran ou...

I have been in love with beautiful little girl dresses my whole life. I have to blame my grandmother "Dee" for this as she used...

I have loved Victorian dolls since I was a little girl and can blame my grandmother for that. You see, as a young girl she gave me a G...

Besides being a lover of victorian dolls and genealogy I also love history - especially doll histories. Being a lover of doll histori...

For several years now my younger brother has wanted me to make a groom doll to go along with all the Victorian "Lady" bridal d...

If you aren't a reader of my Linda's Blog you might not know that I'm a doll maker and doll pattern designer. I'm also a...

A lot of my dolls have stories behind them. Here's the story of my "Celia" doll: Celia is married to Elmer (see my post...

Penelope Pumpkin Lady is just the sweetest pumpkin lady you'd ever want to meet. She's very refined and loves dressing in her fin...