Nora #2 from Sandvika dollfactory

This little sweetie travelled all the way from Finland to Norway. A Norwegian made doll.
She is a little bit dirty, but she is going to have a real doll bath, and be dressed up. She is in a very good condition.

Anne Lise #1

I could not just walk by this little darling. She was in desperate need of  help, in any way. I suppose some little girl almost had once loved her to death.

Startet to get rid of all her hair, and take out her eyes.

Eyes gone, and the bulk in her forehead is gone.

Sewed on new hair, and putted in some new eyes.

The hair was still too long, so I had to cut it some.

Here she is. So pretty. With a new look and a new dress.

I suppose she`s feeling a little bit more comfortable now?

I have also crocheted the dress for her.

Old toys from my childhood.

I was on holiday at my old homeplace. Found some old stuff I used to play with. A lot was missing, but there was still some of my old toys left. Well used and well played with.

Had to wash and clean all of it.

 A little bit of this and a little bit of that..

 Some well used wineglasses. I remember that it was 8 of theese glasses.

Coffee or teacups, missing most of the plates.

One cup and 3 plates left. Theese were bought as a set of four.

Some pots and kettles...

An old baby rattle, missing the handle

 Another plaything with 3 pearls in... none were thinking of the small parts when I grew up... you can open up this rattlething, and the pearls can be swallowed by a little child.

Theese figurines were made so we childeren could make our own drawings. 

 

Sweater

The Autumn is closing in, and the days will be colder. 

So what else could I do? I had to knit some sweaters for the dolls just so they will stay warm. Newly knitted and made in babywool. Some of the sweaters got one strand of glitter in the pattern. Like on this pink one, the glitter tread is on the black background colour.

Some of these are for sale, send me a message if you are interested.

Tomme Lise from Rayco

This little adorabe doll came home to me today. She`s a lovely little baby doll.

Since the sun is shining and it is 22 degrees outside she wanted to use an umbrella just so she would not be sunburnt.
She`s almost perfect. Only some of her eyelashes are gone.

Sweetie Nora

This doll is just looking adorable, named Nora. She has great colours. Her mohair hair is glued on, it is in need of some hairdo.
Theese pics have been taken with my mobile phone, so they do not show the right colours. She is from Norsk celluloid industri 1948-1957.

A scar at her throat, and it is fixable... and again: Not now, but later. Think I have many doll projects going on.

 Look at her beautiful face, and the stunning colours.

New dress for Tjorven.

I always wanted a dress like this for my Tjorven doll when I was a little girl. 

I remember that I was sooo jealous at one of my friends. Only because he had a red dress for his Tjorven doll, almost like this one. That`s right, I wrote he. And he always had so beautiful clothes for his Tjorven doll. 

I thought then that life is not fair, not at all...
But now I got my own dress, and I`m happy again after all this years..tji-hi.... 

But I had to make it all by my self.
Think I`ll have to make more of theese in different colours, for to dress up some more of my dolls.

This is the most perfect Tjorven doll I got. She has never been played with. The hair is so shiny. No scratches on the skin. There is a tiny mark on one of her lower arms, I have never tried to remove it.

Little Anne doll from Lærdal dukkefabrikk

This lovely little one wanted to stay with me and my family.
Look at her chubby legs..my hearts jus melt.

Found out that I at least had to make her a new dress. Just to make her feel a little bit more welcomed at her new home.

She`s got al lovely face. Though the lipcolour has bleed out, and her hair missed and cutted some places.

Lucky her... her older cousin was at home, so they had to share their new similar dresses together. Think they are going to have a lot of fun together,

Moms doll Rine from Norsk Lettmetall AS

This old doll belonged to my mom.  I belive her original name is Tangendukka.

My mum was about 3 years old when she got it. So it had to be about 1946, right after world war II. The head of this doll is made of metal. I belive it is aluminium, but I am not sure. The head came from a dollfabric who was named Norsk Lettmetall AS.
The clothes were knitted for Rine at the same time my mom got the doll. 

As you can see she is ugly painted...And I have to admit that I did it... when i was about 7-8 years old (ca 1970). 

I snook into my elder brothers room and stole some of his enamel paint. 

I am not so happy to think about it today. But then I wanted to paint her so she could be beautiful again ...
Yeah right!!!  She really didn`t come out so well after the repainting as you can see. So I have to get rid of that ugly painting I did some years ago. No need to say I will NOT start crying....

The fabric for the body is worn out. The fabric will tear apart if you take a hard grip around the body. I may have to make her a new body... but I do not know if this will make the value of the doll going downward? Is there anybody who could get me some more information about  that? 

I played with her throughought my whole childhood. And she was also used to defense my self when me and my friends got into a quarrel... guess who won??

I, me and myself also repaired her severel times, as you can see. I was not the best in class for that either.

The outcome is: I have to do something with her.

More Ratti doll

2 more Ratti dolls.  I just love their skin colour and the turquise eyes. I would also ask you people out there if some of theese dolls got some names.. for now they are named Ratti doll 32cm, 33 cm and 40 cm.

I choose to start with this one. She looks like she is a bit grown up. She has real waist and hips. And she got a georgeus sweet strawberry mouth. she is 32 cm long.

This one is 33cm long. The body is looking more like a child. Her hair is very silky, and it has once been longer. Her eyes looks upward, like shes glanzing up in the sky.

She has the same body and tummy as my Ratti doll 40 cm, but not the same face. 

 All three together.