A unique and enchanting doll book...

Little Miss P and I were browsing in the poetry section of the library earlier when we unearthed a lovely book called 'Sitting Pretty: A Celebration of Black Dolls' by Dinah Johnson and Myles C. Pinkney.

Each page features a lovely photograph of a doll, or small group of dolls and a poem or description concerning the doll. The styles vary from folky, to ethnic to sophisticated to commercial but they all have something to say. We enjoyed exploring the book and it's definitely worth a look if you get the chance :)



For a link to the book on Amazon click below :)

Sorry for the absence! Weekend update.

Hi peeps, sorry for the conspicuous lack of posting over the weekend but my computer was being most non-cooperative. But things are back in order now, for the time being at least, *touch wooden dolly's head for luck!*.

It has been a fairly dolly enhanced weekend. On Saturday I happened across a lovely little book:

I managed to get mine from a charity shop, but as you can see it's very reasonably priced on Amazon too :)

It's a lovely little reference book with some great information and nice pictures too, a lucky find!

But my good dolly fortune did not end their as I also happened upon these cute kokeshi style moneyboxes from a bargain store:

The big one was £2.99 and the little ones were £1 each - bargain!

Holly and the (kokeshi) dollies xoxo