Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Raggedy Ann Collection

As a girl I LOVED all the Raggedy Ann and Andy books.
I read every one that was available in our elementary
school library.
Johnny Gruelle, author and illustrator of the Raggedy Ann
stories, is one of my favorite illustrators.
I have several of his books in my personal collection.

One of my favorites is this marvelous pop-up 
book with Johnny Gruelle's illustrations 
and paper engineered by Kees Moerbeek.

Each page has a side page that also opens with 
two more pop-up images!

How brilliant and wonderful!

 The story is about how Raggedy Ann and Andy
help a girl named Jenny
to rescue her brother Jan from the Loonies.

Here are a few of my books and my oldest 
Raggedy Ann doll a 1940s Georgene Raggedy Ann.

After Johnny Gruelle's death his widow, Myrtle Gruelle
allowed Georgene Novelties, Inc. to manufacture 
these dolls beginning in 1938.

Another Johhny Gruelle favorite of mine is Marcella.
It is rather sad as it is a memorial of the 
Gruelle's young daughter Marcella.

I was looking at the cover of this book across 
the room when I realized how much
it looked like my Honey doll!
Here she is dressed as Marcella.

Here are all my Raggedys together.

This group of Raggedys have ALL come from thrift stores! 
Most of my favorite dolls were rescued from thrift stores.
I am fascinated by these handmade dolls,
especially when they vary in hair color and style.

This 21" black and white Andy was all alone when I found him.
I searched the entire thrift store hoping to find his Ann!
Happily he made fast friends with this black Ann
and soon after this little pig-tailed Ann joined them!

Another absolute favorite of mine is Beloved Belindy.
The Beloved Belindy dolls are quite rare now and
highly sought after by collectors. 
These two I sewed for myself. 
The larger is 18"
the smaller is 8"

Here are my three 8" Raggedys
 and my two tiny 3" Raggedys.
In front are three tiny books
replicated in every detail!


And now here are some more
 photos of Honey as Marcella.

Click below to see Honey's restoration.



Soft and cuddly hugs from all the Savage Raggedy dolls


Sunday, February 16, 2020

An Afternoon Tea Party

(in a high Raggedy Ann voice)
"C'mon Andy you should play with me now
not your stupid train!"

(gruf Raggedy Andy voice)
"And do what? I like trains!"
Both girls giggle.

Hey you two, do you want to come to tea?
Cissy and I are all ready to go.

Do we have to sit still and be proper?

You know you have to act proper at tea Honey.

We just stood still all morning taking pictures
of our dresses! I wanna play dolls!

Me too! Can't we stay here Emily?
PUH-lease!!

I tried my best to convince them but they wanted to play dolls.

It wasn't so long ago when we preferred dolls too!

I guess you're right. Ah well, we'll probably have a more
relaxing tea without two squirmy giggly girls.

Very true.
This cake is scrumptious!


SOME MORE TEA HOUSE PHOTOS

Our friend Dorothy suggested the girls should all go 
to tea after their fashion show, so that is exactly
What we did!
The miniature napkins came from my dear friend Sally as well
as the full-size napkin that I used for   a table cloth.

These are pieces I've collected over the years.
Some of you may recognize the American Girl Doll
pieces from Felicity's Colonial Tea collection.

I made this tea room from a  tri-fold project 
display board.  Don't look TOO close.
The walls are covered in fabric I've had 
for a long time and never used.

 Another shot of the Tea side board.

The windows are paper cutouts and the chair rail is 
a piece of heavy elastic. I woke up this morning 
and put this all together!

I hope you enjoyed our tea party!

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Valentine's Day Fashion Show

 Welcome to our Valentine's Day Dress show!

 
 This new dress for Emily really started this off.
I wanted to share this new find but then...

When the dolls saw Emily in her new dress,
they ALL wanted to 
show off their dresses too!

 
You might recognize this hat from my 
Very pretty Emily!

Here are my two curly tops, Honey and Shirley,
 both wearing dotted Swiss.

I haven't shown my Sophia baby very much
but I had this adorable pink sundress set,
SO CUTE!

Here are the twins, Polly and Patty wearing 
matching Effanbee dresses.

Next are my two Patsy Joans. 
Joan on the right is wearing a dress I made.
I really need  to give them separate names!

My two Patsyettes, Helena and Lillibet.
Helena on the left is wearing a dress I made too!

Arranbee Wendy and Effanbee Patsy Ann.

Madame Alexander Puddin baby doll.
Puddin wears real baby dresses.
I am always looking for Vintage dresses when I thrift.

And my Cissy wearing a strapless pink
polka dot gown.

So lovely!

Happy Valentine's Day!!
From all the Savage Dolls.