Oh, You Beautiful Dolls

Of all the many things I currently covet, at the top of the list is a doll version of little Henry as drawn by Julie Morstad.   I picture carrying him around peeking out of a shirt pocket and this makes me very, very happy.  

I've looked a few times at sites of people who do custom made-to-order dolls, and just today I stumbled on the Etsy site of Jo Anne Lauder whose Prairie Girl's Passion dolls are so lovely that I would like to write them their own little book!

                                      (image property Jo Anne Lauder)

Reclaim Childhood

Two things that made me smile today.  First this ....

AardvAard

From Unlimited Editions:  Aardvark is the brainchild of Lesley and Pea, artist and designer, of St.Leonards on Sea. They delight in the particular and the vernacular: handmade signs, typography, village halls, fruit cake, tweed overcoats and twice-fried chips. Other inspirations include Edwardian picaresques, English Modernism and cheesy tunes of yesteryear.  

And then this ....

image property of Sophie Blackall

And if you haven't been spending time hanging around illustrator extraordinaire Sophie Blackall's fab website then you don't know what you're missing.  Check out her Etsy shop here.

When I Was Small

The new Simply Read catalog is now up online and I found the sweetest little book in there.