tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51539005017467093072026-04-26T03:26:41.080-04:00<center>Books and crafts. I LOVE both. I especially love books on crafts, dolls, sewing, floral design, and history. I love craft books, patterns and craft kits and have bought many over the years. So I decided you might like to know about the ones I have and things I liked or didn't like about them. Plus, I might surprise you from time to time and throw in a few other things along the way. So, grab a cup of tea and stay for awhile.</center>Linda Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00922974479561573750noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153900501746709307.post-18769664011639891132023-01-15T00:00:00.000-05:002023-01-15T12:20:44.842-05:00

&nbsp;Since you're well aware that I like buying pictures of houses and creating houses you shouldn't be surprised that I would venture into creating miniature 3d house models.&nbsp;&nbsp;So, what do I mean by that?&nbsp; Well, if you've been a crafter for awhile and have ventured into any craft store before the holidays you must have seen displays for everything you might need to create a

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Last July I posted about my love of books and my grandmother's and great Aunts influence on me. Two of the first books I got from my grandmother back in 1966 when I was a young lady were Little Women and Little Men by Louisa May Alcott.&nbsp;&nbsp;I loved the books and especially loved Jo because she was so fiercely independent.&nbsp; I also admired Louisa May Alcott as she was an abolitionist,

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&nbsp;In the spring I saw a Facebook post from Hally Levesque about an exhibit she was having at a local Canadian art gallery where she would be exhibiting and selling some of her beautiful&nbsp; "The Spirit Woods" art pieces.&nbsp;Lady of the Woods Tryptich by Hally LevesqueI was thrilled as Hally is an exceptional artist who creates art dolls, mixed media art, paper art, collage art and more.&

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Searching for old book illustrations that are in the public domain and finding the Project Gutenberg free Little Women eBook and illustrations reminded me of one of my granddaughter's visits so many years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;You'll have to bear with me. Don't ever ask a senior citizen what year something was or remember specific details so many years later....lol but, I think, it was the summer of

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Two of the first books I got from my grandmother back in 1966 when I was a young lady were Little Women and Little Men by Louisa May Alcott.&nbsp;&nbsp;I loved the books and especially loved Jo because she was so fiercely independent.&nbsp; I also admired Louisa May Alcott as she was an abolitionist, feminist and involved in the women's suffrage movement.&nbsp;&nbsp;In so many ways she reminded

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You all know how much I love dolls of all kinds and how much I love history.&nbsp; So, I'm sure you weren't surprised when I posted a link to the "Raggedy Ann Stories" free e-book yesterday.Well, like my dolls, I generally design and create boys and girls dolls like brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, etc.So, it should come as no surprise that I would post a&nbsp; link to the&nbsp; 'Raggedy

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When I look at primitive doll faces I can't help but melt as they are so darn cute.&nbsp; I was first introduced to primitive dolls with something I saw many years ago during a shopping trip to Sturbridge with my mother.&nbsp; In one of the crafts stores we liked to visit I was looking at a box filled with patterns and just started laughing my head off. Of course, my mother asked, "what's so

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As you know from my previous posts in thinking about some of the crafts projects I wanted to do this summer and fall I thought about all the Victorian images I had created and thought it would be nice to offer two free e-books with printable collage sheets that could be used for scrapbook, mixed media, collage, decoupage and other paper crafts. There were a LOT of images to choose from

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There is no doubt that I love dolls, the Victorian Era, history, and books. So, it should come as no surprise that I would spend hours on end removing backgrounds from some of the Harper's Young People Illustrations Book from 1889 to see if I could create stickers and scrap-booking paper to use for some of my mixed media projects.&nbsp; I have a few book related mixed media projects in

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Some of the mixed media projects I created this past summer required quite a bit of old book papers for collage purposes.&nbsp; So much so I ran out of the book pages.&nbsp; Truth be told it wasn't the projects themselves that used up the paper it was the number of projects I was creating..... lol Mixed media, collage and decoupage crafts use a LOT of paper containing pictures, illustrations

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Like many of you I can remember my grandmother and mother reading "Alice In Wonderland" to me and reading it myself when I learned how.&nbsp; I always loved the story and the illustrations.&nbsp; My favorite characters were the white rabbit, the mad hatter, the caterpillar, the footman frog, the mock turtle and the queen.&nbsp; I always had visions of making my own versions of dolls for these

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If you've been a reader of my&nbsp;Linda's Blog&nbsp;for awhile&nbsp;you know that I've had a long term love affair with dolls, doll patterns, the Victorian era, floral design, genealogy, research, history and books.&nbsp;As far as I'm concerned you can never have enough dolls and you can never have enough books. So, of course, I would be drawn to illustrations of Victorian girls and their

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I love books and love different types of books, like: books about dolls and doll making, books about crafts and craft making, romance books, books about history, encyclopedia's, books about the Victorian era, old and antique books, and so much more. I love to read, perusing books, shopping in bookstores and spending hours on end in libraries. I also love old graphics that are in the

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I Just Love To Go Bookstore Shopping!&nbsp; For me there is nothing more relaxing than going bookstore shopping at my local bookstores.&nbsp; It was especially enjoyable when I would share this experience with my Mom.&nbsp; She loved to bookstore shop, too. Not only was the time spent with my Mom thoroughly enjoyable, but we both loved books. We could spend hours upon hours just walking up

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I'm a "grown-up girl" who has never outgrown her love of dolls and crafting. I just love dolls and crafts and I just love books about dolls and crafts. So, it is only natural that I would love collecting books about dolls and crafts, doll making and craft making, doll histories and craft history, various types of dolls and crafts,&nbsp; and collecting dolls and crafts. Whether it's

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I just love perusing Pinterest and looking at all the beautiful couture dress creations from all the very talented designers out there. In doing so I found pictures of the most beautiful couture dresses made by&nbsp;French fashion designer Sylvie Facon.&nbsp; They were made out of book spines and book pages and were incredibly beautiful. So, of course, after seeing these I thought how unique

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I'm sure this won't be a surprise to any of you, but back in 2007 I fell in love with Blythe Dolls.&nbsp; After all she is an adorable and irresistible doll.&nbsp; At least she is as far as I'm concerned.&nbsp; If you haven't heard of Blythe dolls or know what she is she's an 11" fashion doll that is collected by thousands of young girls and woman all over the world.&nbsp; According to her

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Sometimes there just are not enough hours in the day. Never enough time to get everything done. And, not enough time to do everything that you love to do. For me that's crafting, sewing, doll making, reading, browsing bookstores, blogging, researching my family genealogy, floral design, gardening (if I can avoid poison ivy), shopping for handmade crafts, scanning history books, doing

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Don't you just love this quote from Dr. Seuss: The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. ~ Dr. Seuss ~ A verse so simple yet so very true. Children learn to read from their parents or as Emilie Buchwald said in 1994, "Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." So, it is vitally important for parents to read to

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Now I know this won't come as any surprise to any of you but I was immediately drawn to the "joy" ornament in the "Jingle Bell Ornaments" kit by Dimensions.&nbsp; As you know, I just can't resist any ornament with my Mom's name one it.&nbsp; But, when I looked at the "Jingle Bell Ornaments" kit by Dimensions further I thought how pretty they were and how wonderful they would look on my pencil

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If you follow my Linda's Blog you know that I love taking online arts &amp; crafts classes and could, literally,&nbsp; spend 24/7 just doing this.&nbsp; So, for sure I was looking forward to taking two classes at&nbsp;Artful Gathering&nbsp;this year: Artful Gathering 2019 Session 1 "Leonardo Loves Zia" Class taught by Christina Zinnia Galliher and&nbsp;Artful Gathering 2019 Session 2 "Beyond

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If you follow my Linda's Blog you know that I love taking online arts &amp; crafts classes and could, literally,&nbsp; spend 24/7 just doing this.&nbsp; So, for sure I was looking forward to taking two classes at&nbsp;Artful Gathering&nbsp;this year. In 2012 I discovered the&nbsp;Artful Gathering&nbsp;online classes and fell in love with them. They offer online art retreats that are

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It seems a little crazy at the start of the summer to be posting about a winter cross-stitch picture I just finished.&nbsp; You might wonder why I didn't post this in the winter.&nbsp; &nbsp;Well, there's a really good reason for that.&nbsp; I started this back on the Fall of 2018 and finally just finished it in June.&nbsp; Everyone who cross-stitches knows that WIP sometimes take months or

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When I first looked at the "Stained Glass" ornaments kit by Design Works Crafts I thought how pretty and how wonderful they would look on my pencil Christmas tree. They looked pretty simple and easy to me.&nbsp; Turns out looks can be deceptive.&nbsp; &nbsp;It took me much longer than I first thought to finish the six ornaments in this kit. What I didn't know before I bought the kit was

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I don't think I've ever found a cross-stitch kit that I haven't loved - especially those regarding the Christmas holiday season.&nbsp; I was drawn to the colorful fireplace stocking display picture in the Dimensions Gold Collection "The Stockings Were Hung...." the minute I saw it.&nbsp; So, I decided to buy the kit and add it to my other Christmas cross-stitch decorations on my fireplace

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