Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: Museum Update

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The Museum's Progress

だから、私は戻ってきました!追いつこうとしますが、博物館を立ち上げるには、最近持っているすべてが必要です。それは小さいが、一時的なスペース、私たちは私たちの恒久的な家のためのより大きな建物を追求しながら、私たちが開始するためのチャンスです。

私の友人たちは、建物を利用可能にしたミケーレから、物資や衣装、人形のアクセサリーを手伝ってきたビジネスパートナーのダイアン、ディックとナンシーまで、想像を絶する方法でステップアップしてきました。

グロリア、キャロライン、クララ、ジル、マリー、キャシー、ナンシーS、そして私たちに人形を寄付した他のすべての人、小さなトライクのためにフリードケン家族に、そして善意、救世軍、救出されたエリン、宝箱のデニス、そして私たちの多くの友人に人形を寄付しました。私を助けてくれたアンティークとリサイクルコミュニティは、私に励ましとアドバイスを与えてくれました。私の母と父がここにいて、私の人形の友人がいなくなったらいいのに、メアリー・ヒリアー、ステファニー・ハモンズ、ミッキー・ブラントリー、そしてもっと多くの素晴らしい作家や人形のアーティスト、私の友人とペンパル、現在ドールキャッスルニュースのために書いているR.レーン・ヘロン、そして他の多くの人たち。

Believe in your passion, follow it, and you will be happy. Success is measured not by monetary gain, but by true happiness. It has taken me my entire life to get here; I started collecting when I was three, and I never met a doll, or toy, I didn’t like. I studied, my folks helped me travel, my Dad carried home dolls from all over the world, even one given to me from executives of Mitsubishi. My mother made them, repaired them, dressed them, and put up with old things, which she really didn’t like. At least, not at first; she changed her mind later. My husband, Dino, has been a huge help, my editor, my best friend, my navigator in this journey. Our friend Greg, gone too soon, believed in me, and Mark, our other friend, contributed a lot.

I’ve had antique adventures with my friends Rosie, Lori, Nancy T, Danyelle, and more. My Aunt Rosie and Uncle Tony looked everywhere for old dolls for me, and Rosie made them in her ceramics studio for me. My Uncle Tom brought one home each week for me, and my Uncle George cruised Berkley and Lost Gatos looking for stores that sold dolls. My grandma’s collection of international dolls inspired my collection; two of them began it. She also dressed dolls, sometimes over night. Doll nudity offended her.

We hope to open November 30, 2019, Small Business Saturday; for the first time in a long time, I’m looking forward to something, and the sun is shining again. Thank you to all who read me blogs and postings, and to those who have bought and read my books.

Thinking outside the Doll House, A Memoir, will be out soon. You can read my entire doll story there. Thank you, and I love you all!

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