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Very busy here in the deepest part of winter ~

1/29/2009

 

It's been hard to get any creative work done this past week. Busy on the regular job and evenings have been spent reading and trying to stay away from things that otherwise tax my eyes. But I am hoping to have new things to post after the coming weekend (which can't get here soon enough!)

Meanwhile, here's Lydia by Peggy Jo Rosamund. I think she's one of Rosamund's nicer looking dolls (more natural, anyway ~ she doesn't have that creepy doll look). I bought her on eBay a bazillion years ago, it seems. She was originally made with three extra pages of clothes, but I only have one extra page (a shame!).


She was published in a doll magazine (Doll Reader, I think). These are the two pages I own. I actually found the other two pages online and will share them in another post at another time.  I just wanted to share a bit of her here to keep things buzzing along in the interim. As always, give the image a click to see a little more detail.

It's definitely my ambition to finish a couple of dresses this weekend! I am studying some color combinations and working myself up to the task of tackling something that's not quite so duo or monochrome!


RLC
1/29/2009 06:40:26 am

Peggy Jo Rosamund has been one of my favorite paper doll artists ever since I was a child and I saved up for several weeks to buy a copy of her Antique Doll Portrait book. I liked it so much, I couldn't bring myself to cut it out- I just stared at it in awe for hours. I have very little of her work, so it's fun to see such a beautiful example. Thank you for sharing it.

boots link
2/3/2009 10:48:35 pm

i think i have the very book you are talking about. i am not a great lover of actual dolls (as opposed to the paper kind), so her characters have never appealed to me, but her costumes are gorgeous; she did such amazing work!


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