NIADA cabinet in Aunt Claudia's Dolls

 The NIADA case in the permanent collection  of the  doll museum Aunt Claudia's Dolls in Juneau Alaska...  Ellen Turner's doll on top ... for details and More pictures of Aunt Claudia's Dolls, a Museum

Donations to Aunt Claudia's Dolls... December 2010

My December birthday trip to Washington to visit some ex-patriot Juneau-ites was a rich trip for Aunt Claudia's Doll Museum...  friend Barbara scored this Pillsbury Doughboy and the Toostie Toy metal furniture for us on her quilt retreat to Minnesota.

A footed bathtub, a little sink with faucets and a stool, a medicine cabinet with mirror, two, count 'em, two lil toilets...

 a side table and cabinet, a wheeled serving tray, a dining table and three regular chairs with one armed chair... real luxury

Dropped Forty Years of Doll Talk

Claudia Kelsey, the wonderful woman who endowed our doll museum was a member of the Kimport doll club so got their publication every couple of months since 1941 DOLL TALK  ...  I just dropped a bunch on the floor so took the opportunity to organize them by year and it looks like she had them all the way up until 1983, possibly when they stopped???  They look very interesting especially in my area of greatest fascination, ethnic and dolls of the world.

aftermath not a complete collapse

Monday 1/10 really:  I thought today would be a complete collapse... had to peel myself up at 10:30 to a drop dead gorgeous day (no excuse of drear... but the news was grim) after math of a daily fight with migraine for five days now... made it to the studio by one and started messing about and I now have the beginnings of some Aleut head gear for my guy!  looks like he will have the choice of two visors or a full fledged hunting hat