Doll-A-Day 2019 #120: Wind Up Drinking Man

  Today's doll is this little guy.

He is little. He stands just over 6 inches tall.

He's holding a mug,which should be a tip off to the kind of doll he is. (No! Not a drunk one!)

It looks like he was originally holding something in his other hand too. Maybe he was a 'two fisted drinker'.

He has a mechanism meant to be wound by a key in his back.

His key is missing, so I haven't been able to see if he works yet. If he does, when wound, he would lift his mug to his mouth.

His clothes are made of felt.

His hands are wooden. I'm not sure what his face and legs are made of. Composition maybe,or paper mache'.

I'm guessing he's a German doll,maybe made by Schuco? His face looks more like a Bremerhaven. Both of those made dolls with metal feet though. Does anybody have any ideas?

His eyes are a little yellow. Maybe he has a hint of jaundice.

  That's the doll for today. I have to apologize for the quality of the photos. Fuzz borrowed my camera and Ken's lens, and hasn't brought them back. Hopefully he'll get around to that soon!

Doll-a-Day 2019 #119: A Doll of My Own Making: Patty

  Today we're looking at this little lady.

Her name is Patty. She has a wooden head and a felt covered wire armature, so she can be posed. She can bend her arms and legs and sit down.

Her dress has a heart shaped pocket.

I made Patty a few years ago. She sold on Etsy,so I miss her!

She's only about 2 inches tall.  Her cloth clothes aren't removable,and her shoes are painted on.

I decided to leave her with just a ponytail because I liked her that way.

I really hate letting go of the dolls I make! But the intention was to earn some money instead of sitting at home not earning money. I was a stay at home mom while my kids were growing up. They were spaced 4 years apart, accidentally. I don't like the idea of leaving even a 12 year old home alone, or watching other smaller kids. I also liked being home in case the kids got sick and had to be taken care of. When the kids were really small school still allowed the kids to celebrate birthdays, with parents bringing in a cake. I spent a lot of time at school as a 'room mother', helping out with holiday parties and Easter egg hunts. When the kids got older I also had my dad to take care of. He had dementia, and he lived with us for almost 3 years before he had to go in the nursing home. By the time he went in the nursing home, Emma was at college and Fuzz had a job. With only one vehicle, that meant that I had to drive Ken to work at 4,so I had the car to drive Fuzz to work at 9. That meant I had to go pick Ken up at 2 AM. That didn't leave much time for a job of my own, even if I had been ok with leaving Ivy, at 10 or 11 years old, home alone. I didn't like leaving her alone long enough to pick Ken up. By the time all that got sorted out my shoulders were so bad I'm not sure I could have held a job. Now days I can't be on my feet for long periods of time without intense back pain. So the miniature making was supposed to help bring some money in, as my 'job'. I got discouraged though, because it took so long to make a significant amount of stuff to sell, and then it took a while to sell it. I did pretty well on Etsy, but it took a while. I was also discouraged by the times I took my stuff to doll or miniature shows and people looked at it and said how good it was, but then nobody bought anything. Tables at shows are too expensive anyway. I had to give shows up because I couldn't make a profit after table costs. So I should make more things to sell, but I began to wonder if it was worth it. My eyes had gotten worse too. What do you think? I've posted quite a few of the dolls I've made. (You can look under 'Dolls of my own making' in the side bar.) What do you think? Should I make more? Should I change the type of dolls I make? (I've made at least three different kinds: dolls like this one, with wooden heads and felt covered wire armatures, polymer clay dolls, and cloth dolls.)

Doll-A-Day 2019 #118: Mr. Bean

  Today's doll is one I never got around to talking about when I posted about our trip to England in 2015. He's Mr. Bean.

I bought this Mr. Bean in Whitby,England,but Emma got one by mail from here. He's made by NJCroce,which, ironically,is based in La Verne, California. Mr. Bean started out in American, traveled home to England so that I could buy him and bring him to Ohio!

He's described as 'bendable poseable',and stands about 5 and a half inches tall.

He even has the mole!

He is made in the likeness of the Mr. Bean from the animated series,(which,in turn, is based on Rowan Atkinson.).
 

He even has Bean's famous teddy bear in his pocket.

Mr. Bean is the creation of Rowan Atkinson. He started as a character in Atkinson's live shows,and got his own TV series in 1990.

That flash glare is in an unfortunate spot!

I was surprised to read that there were only 14 episodes of the live action Mr. Bean TV series. It always seemed like more than that. There have also been two live action Mr. Bean movies. I prefer the second one. It's more pure 'Mr. Bean'. The first movie makes him pathetic,and while you might have felt sorry for him occasionally,he was never really pathetic.

  We'll see another doll tomorrow.

Doll-A-Day 2019 # 117: Disney Fairies

 I think I have solved my headache quesion. While they may have started as headaches caused by my coughing,and continued as stiff neck headaches.I think they are continuing because I have a bad tooth. I knew it was cracked,but I had to solve my heart problems before it could be checked over to see if it was savable. Since then I've been going to a couple of doctors for my thyroid,plus the ear,nose, and throat doctor for my LPR. The dentist was going to have to wait while all those bills were being paid off. Well now I can see that the tooth needs taken care of NOW. Hopefully that will get rid of these headaches. I have to call the dentist on Monday.
  Today's doll is a set of dolls.

 

 They're the fairies from Disney's "Tinkerbell and the Legend of the Neverbeast" movie.

This set was a Disney Store exclusive in 2014.

You may have seen previous posts I've done on the Tinkerbell fairies dolls. (Look in the sidebar under Tinkerbell dolls.) I have said before,I never liked Tinkerbell as a character, but I love the dolls that have been made in the past few years. The faces are so pretty. These are no exception. They have beautiful glowing complexions.

 

Included in the set are Tinkerbell...

...Vidia...

Iridessa...

...Fawn...
 

...and Rosetta.

They're beautifully detailed little dolls for only being 6 inches tall.

Tinkerbell has pom poms on her shoes, and Fawn has boots. 

 

Everybody else has plain slippers.

 Their wings have nice patterns, and each pair is different.

  That's it for today. Sorry some of the pictures left something to be desired, Fuzz borrowed my camera and my battery died,so I had to make do,with no retakes.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #116: Glady Family Lea

 
Today's doll is this little girl.

Her name is Lea. She's a Delavennat doll,made in 1987.

Delavannet dolls are made in France.

 

She's about 5 inches tall.

She was part of a school set that included five dolls of various sizes, all wearing coordinating outfits.
 

Her dress is corduroy,with cotton sleeves. Her dress closes in the back with Velcro.She also has white undies.
 

The series of dolls she was a part of  were called The Glady family.

The Glady Family was a group of four or five kids. It seems some sets had four, and some sets had five. They also changed their hair colour occasionally. There are sets with mixed hair colours, all brunette,all blonde,and all pink,blue, or green!
 

She has the standard articulation of neck, shoulders, and hips.

You  can see some commercials for La Famille Glady HERE.

Now that I am looking at her, and the other Glady Family members,I'm wondering if this little guy I posted about way back in 2014 might be her baby brother.

You can see his 'Day' and his other photos HERE.
  That's all for today. See you again tomorrow.