I Spy With My Glass Eye…

…something beginning with B. We have finally boarded the Bleuette train this year after 15 years of hemming and hawing. This new doll’s name is Mazarine, which the name of a shade of blue similar to her glass eyes and, handily, listed as a French girl’s name. The temptation to call her Margarine/Magazine is strong, …

Diligent Dollhousekeeping

For years we suffered local issues with dollhousework. No doll would willingly volunteer to sweep small corners with an old paintbrush or tackle the tiny money spider that had set up home in the rafters. In my earliest dollhousing years I had employed (paid handsomely in chocolate coins) assorted staff with great success, so we …