Doll-A-Day 2017 Day #1 Carrie from Little House on the Prairie by Knickerbocker

  The first new Doll-A-Day is this Carrie doll by Knickerbocker,most famous for their Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls.

 Carrie was originally the youngest daughter on the TV series Little House on the Prairie.Later on her sister Grace was born.

Some of the Carrie dolls, like this one, have lips that have faded to white. There are still some pink lipped dolls out there though.

The series was, of course, based on the popular series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

In case you forget, her name is on her pocket.

'Carrie' was short for 'Caroline', as she was named after her mother.

  Carrie is approximately 10" tall. She has a stuffed torso and limbs, with a vinyl head and hands. Her auburn hair is rooted. 
  The books were based on the real lives of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family. Laura was born in  1867 and passed away in 1957. The TV series, which ran from 1974 to 1983,took some liberties with the stories. For example,the real Mary  Ingalls did not work as a teacher, although she did attend a school for the blind, and she never married,living with her parents until their deaths.

  The real Carrie was born in 1870. She worked as a type setter, before marrying a widower named David Swansey, and becoming stepmother to his three children. Her stepson Harold was one of the workers who carved Mount Rushmore, and his name is on the granite wall at the bottom of the monument.

Carrie is wearing bloomers a plaid dress, and a creamy yellow pinafore. Her boots are part of her legs and not removable. She has pink ribbons in her hair.

 Although she had a life long history of ill health, Carrie lived to be 75 years old, eventually succumbing to complications from Diabetes,(like many other members of the Ingalls family, including Laura and Grace), in 1946.
  Come back tomorrow for the next Doll-A-Day!

Happy New Year! And The Return of Doll-A-Day!

  Happy New Year!

  I haven't done many posts in the past few months. That's all going to change, because I have decided to bring back Doll-A-Day! I've been contemplating it for a while. I've had a year off to recuperate, (and believe me, it was a lot of work.), and I started to miss it. I may regret it before very long, but for now, I'm looking forward to it. (Actually, now that the moment is here, I'm starting to panic again!) I haven't discussed it with my family. They were getting pretty tired of all the time it was taking me to do a doll every day. But I've decided that most days will be streamlined posts, with mostly just a few pictures of the doll, and some days will be longer, informative posts. Originally, when I decided to do Doll-A-Day,I had been inspired by The Crazy Quilter on Flickr. She had done one picture of one particular doll every day for a year. I decided to do a picture of a different doll every day for a year. But then it got sort of out of hand. I did entire photo shoots for each doll. Then I started writing long posts detailing the history of some of the dolls. I really enjoyed doing the long informative posts on particular dolls, and my theme weeks, like 'Oscar Week', and 'Red Heads Week'. So, I'll be doing some of those.I have a few planned out in my head already. And maybe, while I'm sorting through all my stuff,digging out dolls to present each day,I'll decide I can do without some of them and make more room to enjoy the ones I can't part with. It would be nice to have a bit more room, and space to display my favourites, without all the clutter. Since I'll be working on my house this year too, clearing out alot of the things we had to sell, and redoing some rooms, clearing out some of my personal collection goes right along with the general redo.
  The first new Doll-A-Day post will be a separate post from this one. Check it out!