Christmas in August

For the last few weeks, I've been

busily getting ready for

my upcoming participation

in the exhibition,

"Antique Christmas at the Taft Museum of Art"

There's a total of ten collectors

involved this year. I'll be doing two 

displays, one will be a tree decorated 

with American ornaments

made during World War Two

when German & Japanese items

were no longer available here.

The other display will feature 

a tree with German spun cotton ornaments..

Next to this tree will be one of 

my English dollhouses,

  Basil & Alistair's house to be exact.

They'll be prominently perched at the front

door to greet Santa's arrival.

So their first American holiday will

be spent locked up in a display

case with hundreds 

of people peering in at them!

The Rosetta Stone Award

I was delighted & honored today to find out

that the prestigious

Rosetta Stone Award 

has been passed on to me from

diepuppenstubensammlerin 

Last year, Rebecca of

Rebecca's Collections

was the first recipient.

You can read about the origins of

the award at 

My Realitty blog.

All three of these blogs are truly fun,

informative & educational and I've 

learned a lot from each of them!

In conclusion, I have to thank all

of the Dollies in my neighborhood...

if it wasn't for them, 

this humble little blog wouldn't exist!

A Beautiful 4 Star Country Estate for Dolly!

Recently, while perusing

WishBookWeb

I spotted this page from the

1940 Sears Christmas catalog... 

Check out the plush country estate for Dolly,

it came with a garage, greenhouse, fenced yard,

and even a garden!

So I wonder what the odds are that I'll find

one of these someday...slim to none!

Dolly's "budget" house looks pretty nice as well!

One Little Happy Family

In an earlier post,

I wrote about this newly purchased

Rich Toys house..

Since then, the Landlord has

cleaned it, replaced the missing windows,

and replanted the flower boxes...

just in time for the

new little family to move in.

Naturally,  Mrs. Caco gets 

carried over the threshold!

The newly decorated living room,

complete with the original furniture

that came with the house.

Mrs. Caco enjoys a 

glass of wine while she

prepares the salad.

Mr. Caco has already had

too much wine, and needs a nap.

The Twins are excited

to have the spacious bedroom

all to themselves...

...and hope that they don't

get caught jumping on heir beds!