S & H 1159 Costuming Seminar

This past weekend I just finished hosting a costuming seminar with Lorna Yates for the 19" S & H 1159. Our seminar was called "Return to Downton Abbey". I made the finished doll for everyone and Lorna taught the costuming class. I was able to also sit down and sew a costume, something I hadn't been able to do for quite a long time. It was three fun-filled days with great dolly-minded ladies! Here are a couple of photos from the seminar to share with you. 

Lorna Yates with Kit Reynolds and Ellen Bond

Finishing touches added to the costume.

Kit Reynolds with her doll.

Ellen Bond with her doll.

Now that the seminar is over, Lorna and I will be offering finished dolls, doll-making and costuming kitsfor the 19" S & H 1159 to people unable to make it to the seminar. Please check out the following information for complete details on ordering.

Here are some additional photos of the doll, the costume and the traveling trunk and writing desk kits that are being offered.

S & H 1159 Painted by Connie Zink

19" S & H 1159

Back view of costume.

S & H 1159 by Connie Zink

Travel Trunk kits available from Lorna Yates

Writing Desk Kits available from Lorna Yates

Writing Desk Kits available from Lorna Yates

19" S & H 1159 by Connie Zink with her costume and kits by Lorna Yates.

Lorna will be back this fall for a costuming seminar for a 28" Bru 13. I will be offering a finished undressed 28" Bru 13 on the FB21.5S composition body with Hand English paperweight eyes, and mohair wig. The costume will be from Lorna's pattern I won the "Millie" with in 1997 at the Doll Artisan Guild convention. More details and photos will be available soon!! Please check back for further information!! Have a great dolly day!!!

 Dolly Hugs, 

Connie Zink

"Return to Downton Abbey" Three Day Costuming Seminar with Lorna Yates – Savanna, Illinois

Deadline for registration for the costuming seminar and to order the completed undressed doll or a doll kit  is June 15th, 2014. If you are not ordering a costume kit or taking the costuming seminar the cost of the complete undressed doll is $425.00 instead of the special price of $375.00 for the seminar. Please email Connie at: landofozdolls@mchsi.com. Thanks, have a great summer!!! Connie Zink

Winner of the "2014 Easter Bleuette Doll Giveaway"

The winner of the "Easter 2014 Bleuette Doll Giveaway was Dodi Becker from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Congratulations Dodi! The next "Doll Giveaway" from Land of Oz Dolls will be Fall of 2014 when we start our Halloween Promotion! Please check our website www.landofozdolls.net for further details later this summer. Have a great summer!!!! Connie Zink

New Easter 2014 Holiday Doll Giveaway Promotion at Land of Oz Dolls

Happy Easter from Land of Oz Dolls!!! I would like to announce our newest "Holiday Doll Giveaway Promotion". Please visit www.landofozdolls.net to register for this beautiful "Cherie Limoge" Bleuette "Friend" by Connie Zink. The drawing will be held at 8:00 PM on Easter Sunday, April 20th, by random drawing through Contest Hopper. No purchase is necessary to register. You may only enter once for the drawing but if you share the contest to your Facebook, Pinterest, Linkedin, Google+, or Twitter pages, you will receive another entry into the drawing for each person who clicks on your link. Here are some more views of "Cherie Limoge".

Good luck to all who enter and Happy Easter!!!!

Dolly Hugs, 

Connie Zink

New!! 30" Bru 14 Available For Sale by Connie Zink at Land of Oz Dolls!!

I just finished a new 30" Bru 14. I had cleaned the head and fired it to bisque several years ago but had never gotten it painted until now. This beautiful Bru 14 is on a Bru body made by my husband and I from Compobell composition slip. The body is made from the Byron 400 Bru body mold. She has Hand English paperweight blue-grey glass eyes and a beautiful auburn-brown mohair wig. Her costume was made by Pam Willits in a typical French Bru style. She is available for purchase several ways. She may be purchased as a dressed doll for $1,095.00 or as an undressed doll for $895.00. She may also be purchased undressed without a wig for $795.00 or as the finished head only with the eyes for $595.00. Shipping costs will vary depending on your location and the option you choose. Please contact Connie at: landofozdolls@mchsi.com if you are interested in adding this beautiful doll to your collection. Here is a collection of photos to show you some of the various options.

Layaways are available and terms are flexible. I do accept credit cards and Paypal. More new dolls will be available soon so please check back periodically to see what is available. Until next time,
Dolly Hugs,
Connie Zink

New Doll-making Videos Are Posted

Hi all, if you are a dollmaker and would like to view some how-to videos I have just posted some new videos on the different aspects of doll-making. If you are not a doll-maker but would like to see some of the processes involved in making a porcelain doll then sit down, relax and enjoy.



Here is a basic video on eye cutting and greenware cleaning.



Here is a basic video on firing to bisque in your kiln.



Here is a basic video on applying the flesh wash to white porcelain for antique reproduction dolls.



Here is a basic video on cleaning soft-fire greenware.



Here is a basic video on loading the kiln for soft-fired greenware.



This video was posted awhile back and goes through all the basics of soft-fire greenware cleaning.
Until next time, Happy Dolling,
Connie Zink