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

Happy Thanksgiving From Land of Oz Dolls

 Hi everybody, I wanted to drop by and wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! I have some photos to share with you from Melissa at House of Missy Mouse. Over the last couple years Melissa has purchased several dolls from me and she loves to design costumes for the various holidays. I would love to share with you tonight her fabulous Thanksgiving creations. They were inspired by two antique photo illustrations. This first card was the inspiration for her "Daisy"doll. 

Many thanks to House of Missy Mouse and Melissa for sharing her beautiful creations with us!

Here are some photos of the "Daisy" Pilgrim costume Melissa created. 

The second card is the inspiration for "Lettie Lane" and "Polly Pratt"

Lettie Lane and Polly Pratt are the dolls used to wear the costumes created by House of Missy Mouse on this card.

I also have some exciting news to share with you! I just posted the new Land of Oz Dolls "Holiday Promotion Giveaway" on my website. You can win this beautiful Premiere Jumeau Bleuette. All you have to do is go to my website, fill in your name and email address to register for the doll. No purchase necessary!

While you are there please check out all the new pages that have been added to the website. The shopping cart buttons are now turned on for many of the items and there are loads of beautiful photos to look at. Please make sure to sign up for our email subscription list so you can keep up with all the latest sales and upcoming events at Land of Oz Dolls. Also make sure to check out the current dolls for sale. To register for the doll go to www.landofozdolls.net . There is a drawing for a beautiful little Victorian Christmas bear also. 

More photos of this Premiere Jumeau Bleuette will be shared in the next post. Again, Happy Thanksgiving,

and until next time, 

Dolly Hugs, 

Connie Zink

New Dolls Available at Land of Oz Dolls

Welcome back to Land of Oz Dolls blog. It has been months since I stopped by to write a post. I just don't know where the year has gone. Easter, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day and soon Halloween will all have zipped by and it will be time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day. Summer just flew by, I didn't get very many dolls made over the summer. I had several trips, including a two week trip to Yellowstone National Park. It was the first two weeks vacation Dennis and I have had in almost 25 years that didn't have a doll show or a seminar at the other end of it. We had a great time, did lots of birding and saw all the tourist attractions across South Dakota and Wyoming. We came home for two weeks and then the first week in August went to Shepherdstown, West Virginia for a week for a "Friends" Academy sponsored by the National Wildlife Refuge Association. For those of you that don't know, I spend many hours a week volunteering for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service here in Savanna. I lead birding trips by eight passenger golf cart along with van tours of the wildlife refuge. I love my volunteer work, but it also does take away time from the doll-making so now that summer is over it is time to get back to work and get some new dolls done. I did find time this summer to build a new website. I have two out-dated websites that need to be discontinued. Back in June, I set upon the task of trying to build myself a new website done in Wordpress. It has been a learning experience, but it has been so fulfilling to be able to do this myself. Thanks to a friend of mine who fixes all my mistakes and that I call when I get stuck, (thanks Tory) the website is moving along pretty well. I still have many things to add to the new website before I remove the other two but I am making progress. Please visit my new website at www.landofozdolls.net .While you are there please sign up for my email subscriber list. I am trying to offer a new special every week or two, (it is time for a new special), next thing on the list after this post! By signing up for the email list that will keep you abreast of all the happenings going on here at Land of Oz Dolls. Over the last couple weeks I have been able to finish five antique reproduction doll heads. They will be sold on ebay as heads only, with the glass paperweight eyes set in. Mohair or human hair wigs and composition bodies may be purchased separately. These are the first dolls larger than a Bleuette that I have gotten to paint in ages. It was fun painting on a larger head and being able to add some more detail to it than the smaller heads usually require. The five heads I painted are a 28" Bru 13 (one of my absolutely favorite dolls), a 25" Bru Jne R, a 22" AT 11, a 20" Bru 11 and a 16" Bru 11. Here are some photos of the dolls. Remember, wigs and hats will not be included with the head.

28" Bru 13

25" Bru Jne R

22" AT 11

20" Bru 11

16" Bru 11

One of the things I have been thinking about over the last couple weeks is re-instating my online classes. I haven't done them for a couple years now because the company I used for the on-line classroom went out of business. I have been experimenting with a different company and am hoping to figure out all of the bugs so I can start again. If you would be interested in information on an online class after the holidays please leave a comment here, contact me on Facebook, or send me an email. I hope to get started painting on some new holiday Bleuettes, some 12" French Fashions, and the new little 8" French Fashions on the LB650S compo body this week. I will also be working on my new soft-fire greenware catalog. It has been such a major task trying to put together a new catalog after the storage unit fire last year. We have acquired many new molds thanks to the help of many wonderful friends and customers. Now, if I can just get that new catalog done. I have a listing on most of the Byron molds now and have started working on the Seeley. Well, have a great week and hope you can find time for some dolly fun!

Dolly Hugs,

Connie Zink