CALL FOR THE DOLL DOCTOR ON LINE 1

A New Member of My Doll Family

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Meet Patty Play Pal! 
When I was a young girl I had a 
Patty Play Pal that I adored. She was 
such a beautiful doll and of course as 
time passed and life evolved the dolls 
of my childhood disappeared. 

I had been dreaming of owning another

Patty Play Pal for years and this year I 

finally got one. But the poor thing came 

with only this little plaid dress on, no 

bloomers (oh my) and part of the eyelashes 

missing from her right eye. (which was not 

disclosed to me by the seller I might add - 

tsk-tsk)

None the less, I was so excited with her. 

I knew right away that Patty needed a 

doctor... an official Doll Doctor.

I took her to a Certified Doll Restorer, 

Annamarie Breault in Bay St Louis, Ms. 

She is an incredible restorer of dolls. 

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Her shop "Hospital" is just adorable!

Here's Annamarie with Patty after cosmetic 

surgery and Annamarie's puppy!

Look at all the treasures in her shop! 

It's such a fun place. 

Here's Patty with ALL her eyelashes, 

a gorgeous 80 year old vintage dress, 
darling little t-strap shoes and YES,
 she now has bloomers! 

Thank you Annamarie for taking such 

good care of Patty while at your hospital! 

Since we're talking about dolls I thought 

I'd introduce you to my little baby dolls too.

The doll in the back is a darling doll 

that a dear blogger friend sent to me. 

In the middle is a smooth molded 

Tiny Tears Doll holding an official 

Tiny Tears rattle. In front is my favorite, 

Tiny Tears with hair. You'll see a Tiny Tears 

bubble pipe in her mouth, a very rare find.

Below is my Thumblina Doll. 
She's so sweet nestled into two of 
my frilly pillows. 
(See the ornament she's holding? 
It's a preview of things to come!)

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Fun With 
My Darling Niece Ryley
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When my brother was visiting over my 
birthday, my great niece Ryley became fascinated 
with the doll making and paper dolls.
(I wonder where she got that from?)

She asked me if I would teach her how to 
make these pretty things and of course I 
was so thrilled to be her teacher.

Her first project was a fashion paper doll creation.
(Ryley is so pretty - the pictures of her don't 
even do her justice.)

 Look at the fabulous job she did! 
I didn't help her at all. I only gave her 
some direction and she took it from there.

 Then, being in love with all my doll 
creations she decided she wanted to make 
 doll, a Caveman Doll! She knew exactly what 
her plan was. Well the only thing I had for the 
head was a Santa head and that was just fine 
with her. I told her we could paint the beard 
if she wanted but she said "no it would work the 
way it was". We then dug through all my fabric 
scraps but didn't find much in the "caveman" style 
so I told her we'd be going to Hobby Lobby that 
day and we would find something that would 
fit the bill for her ideas. 
We found some furry pieces 
and this is what Ryley designed...

 a very handsome CAVEMAN!!
I love how she wanted to design 
his fur hat with a tail. It was a "have to have" 
for her design and she got it! 

What a great project to remember her visit 
with Great Aunt Marie. 
I'm so proud of her creativity! 

I had shown Ryley and her Grandma Lou all the 
dolls I had designed through the years and one 
caught Ryley's eye. She adores cats and fell 
in love with my "Victorian Cat Family Doll". 
Ryley pulled me aside and asked me if she 
could buy the doll, she had $100 saved back 
home and she could pay for her. 

I was so proud of her work and how she followed 
my direction I gave her the theater doll as a gift.
Ryley was sooo excited!

 

Ryley sent me this darling "thank you" card 

after she left and Patty wanted to show it off. 

Hopefully Ryley will carry on my love for 

designing dolls in the future. 

I love you sweetie pie!! 

My other dolls can be seen on

my Etsy, Creations by Marie Antoinette.

Well that's all the exciting news I have from my

 little corner of the world in Peacock Paradise.

Hope you are havin' a great summer of

picnicing and swimmin' in your favorite 

water hole! 

Love, Marie 

XOXO 

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Greetings from Golden Pond!
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I've been having some fun in my studio 
with Altered Art Jewelry this week. 

After lots of collecting of great junk 
jewelry and discovering how many different 
"findings" you need to help work on jewelry, 
I finally got started and actually MADE some 
necklaces. More thought goes into it than I 
ever thought. I've finished a handful and now 
have them for sale on my Etsy. 


" Paris Flea Market "

 

 " Freedom "

 " Parisian Angel "

 " Tea Time "

So back to the "attic" to make a 
few more. I'm really having fun with 
this! What's stashed in your jewelry box 
that needs to be upcycled and made 
new again??

My Altered Art Necklaces can be found 
on Etsy @ EdieMariesAttic. 
Stop by to see what I've 
blown the dust off of!!

Love & hugs, Edie Marie
XO

Marie's disclaimer: Post written by Edie Marie tee-hee!