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Despite the fact that I"m old enough to have a daughter in college, my father and my grandparents continue to insist on giving me money for Christmas and this year was no exception. I"m not complaining - in fact, it's the one time of year I feel OK buying myself something completely unnecessary and with no justification required. I thought about buying some clothes, but those are a necessity and I would buy those anyway. I thought about buying books, but really? C'mon - I have more than 400 unread books so I decided against it this year.
Needing something to help fill in the spaces of the bookcase my husband made for me, I decided to get some historical dolls. I decided I didn't want ones that were representations of historical people - you know, dress it up in a Tudor style dress and call it Anne Boleyn even if it looks nothing like her - but ones that were based on actual portraits. In my search I came across an Etsy site that sells miniature dolls of all kinds - historical, characters from books, celebrities etc. So I picked three:
Elizabeth I coronation portrait
Lady Jane Grey
Eleanor of Aquitaine. Now for this one I made an exception to my "representation vs. actual portrait" rule since there aren't any actual portraits of Eleanor. This one reminded me of Katherine Hepburn from The Lion in Winter, so I went ahead and bought it.
Interested in getting some of your own?? Here is a link to the site - there are some really good ones there - and the owner will do custom orders. The dolls are about 4 and a half inches high and they are extremely detailed for their small size and so cute!! I'll definitely be buying more!
Love them! Love them! Love them! I would seriously buy all the Elizabeth dolls if I had the $$.
January 24, 2011 6:01 PM
These are awesome! I'll definitely be checking out this Etsy shop. Thanks for the tip!
January 24, 2011 6:15 PM
OMG, I would buy them if I had the money. How cute!
January 25, 2011 12:57 PM
OMG, Daphne! I LOVE dolls! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. As soon as I get my hands on some money, I'm going to treat myself to one...just one. Well, maybe two... LOL! Your choices are exactly what I would have chosen, especially Elizabeth and Eleanor. They are so wonderful!
January 26, 2011 12:32 AM
If anyone ends up getting one (or more!) let me know - I'd be curious to know what you got and what you think of them. Some of the detail is just amazing. Due to their small size, sometimes the scale is a little off (like Elizabeth's orb) but they are too cute to care! My birthday is in a few months so I know what I"ll be buying with any money I get.
January 26, 2011 8:16 AM