Happy Halloween from Land of Oz Dolls!!!

Good evening everybody, it has been ages since I have been able to sit down and write to all of you. I have so many things to tell you about, it is hard to know where to start. First, I want to wish you all a Happy Halloween and share a lot of Halloween photos with you. The Bleuette's have had quite the Halloween party going on the last couple weeks and now Lettie Lane, Daisy, and Polly Pratt have decided to join in. If you noticed the new cover photo on the blog, that photo is compliments of "House of Missy Mouse". Many of you may remember my blog post about "Lettie Lane" many months ago, she was the Kestner 174 doll that I made to replicate the Lettie Lane paper doll series from the early 1900's. "Daisy" was the doll that was introduced by Ladies Home Journal in 1911 and "Polly Pratt" was also a paper doll introduced almost 100 years ago. My "Polly Pratt" was made from a "C" Steiner mold. I made all three of these dolls in the blog photo, along with a "Little Lettie" for "House of Missy Mouse" over the last 9 to 10 months. I have been graced with many photos I would like to share with you of the creative process of turning the paper doll Halloween costumes into costumes for these lovely dolls. Thanks Melissa, for allowing me to share these great costumes with all of you.
 Before I get started sharing photos, I would like to announce this coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; November 2nd, 3rd, and 4th is my annual Christmas Open House. It is being held in conjunction with the Great Route 64/84 Shop Hop and the MRVAD Art Drive. Land of Oz Dolls will be open 9-5 on Friday and Saturday and 10-5 on Sunday.
For complete "Shop Hop" info please go to:

http://www.landofozdolls2.citymax.com/f/Shop_Hop_2012_Updated_PDF.pdf

For complete info on the MRVAD Art Drive please go to:

www.mrvad.com

I will be writing more about the open house and including some pictures over the next few days. For now let's get to those Halloween photos! We will start out with some Halloween Bleuettes.

The Bleus and Friends say Happy Halloween

Bleuette "Silver" SFBJ 301

Bruette and Cherie Limoge "Friends"



Bleuette "Silver" SFBJ 301




Bleuette "Silver" SFBJ301




Bleuette "Silver" SFBJ 301





Bleuette "Silver" SFBJ 301




Bleuette "Silver" SFBJ 301




Bleuette "Silver" SFBJ 301



Bruette "Friend"

Bruette "Friend"

Bruette "Friend"

Bruette "Friend"

Cherie Limoge "Friend"

Cherie Limoge "Friend"

Cherie Limoge "Friend"

Cherie Limoge "Friend"

Now, here are the photos from "House of Missy Mouse".

Lettie, Daisy, and Polly

Now this is one of the cutest pictures I have seen in ages. This is Polly passing away the time waiting for Halloween by playing with her paper dolls. Thanks Melissa!

Polly with her paper dolls

Lettie Lane and Daisy

Daisy

Daisy

Daisy

Daisy's Shoes

Daisy and her black cat

Daisy's Hat

Daisy's Hat and Shoes

Lettie Lane

Lettie's Black Cat

Lettie's Skirt with Black Cats

Lettie' Hat

Lettie

Lettie's Skirt

Lettie and Dasiy

Illustration form original Lettie Lane Paper Dolls

Illustration from original Polly Pratt paper dolls

Little Lettie (Kestner 171)

Polly Pratt

Polly Pratt

Polly Pratt

Polly's Hat



Here are three Polly's I just finished yesterday. They are on their way to their new mamans tomorrow. I can't wait to see what costumes their mamans make for them!

Three Polly's



Well it is time to call it a night. Please watch for future postings this week with lots of exciting news!! Have a great week!!!

Dolly Hugs!
Connie Zink