I Just Love It!

YoVille Linda was so happy she could hardly contain her enthusiasm. She had been working double shifts at the factory to save enough money to buy a house. And, she had finally done just that. She had bought her first house. A ranch style home just like the type Linda herself had lived in when she was growing up.



She was so excited and as proud as a peacock. She could hardly wait to show everyone her new home. She had decorated her living room, bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen in her favorite "girly girl" style and "retro kitchen" style.



She had a garage that she was using for now as a craft/hobby and den. After all she didn't have a driver's license - let alone a car. And, she always wanted a craft and hobby room. Why not use the garage?


And, best of all, she had a yard. Well, a front yard anyway. She was sure there was a backyard, but, she wasn't at a high enough level in the YoVille game to see that just yet. In time - she'd get there in time. For now she could sit on her front lawn. And, she could have her flower garden. Her fingers were just itching to do some gardening.



But, for now she was happy that she had finally moved in and could show off her new abode. So, what do you think? How do you like YoVille Linda's new house?




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What Is Wrong With Her? You Can't Move In A Fancy Dress!

Patience was pacing back and forth, back and forth. Wringing her hands and muttering, "What is wrong with her? Doesn't she know you can't move in a fancy dress? She can't do that. It'll get all dirty. And, then what would she wear for her date? Doesn't she know you can't move in a fancy dress? What is wrong with her?"

"Calm down Patience. Just calm down and tell me what the matter is," Doris Marie said.

"Oh, Doris Marie. This time Linda has really gone too far. Too far indeed!"

"What, Patience. What are you talking about?" Doris responded.

"It's Linda, Doris Marie." She's making YoVille Linda move into her new house today. She can't do that. She's still wearing her fancy dress. She can't move all her stuff while wearing her fancy dress. It'll get ruined. Then, what will she wear for her date?" Patience replied.

"Well, Patience," Doris Marie responded. "I'm sure Linda will have her change into her jeans so she doesn't get her fancy dress ruined. Either that or Linda has hired movers to move YoVille Linda into her new house. I'm sure that's it. She's hired movers."

Doris Marie really didn't think Linda would let YoVille Linda move all her stuff in her beautiful new dress. Or, would she? Hmmmm......



"Come on Patience. Just calm down." Doris Marie said. "Let's go congratulate YoVille Linda on the purchase of her new home. After all, she worked double shifts at the factory in order to save enough money to buy her new home. Let's go congratulate her. Okay, Patience?"

"Alright, Doris Marie. Let's go congratulate her. You're probably right. Linda probably did hire movers to help YoVille Linda." Patience replied. "Let's go congratulate her. Should we bring a house warming gift?"

"Well, you're right about that, Patience. I guess we should bring her a house warming gift. What do you think YoVille Linda would like?" Doris asked.

So, off they went - hand in paw - to the gift store to buy YoVille Linda something nice for her new home.


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Well, Have You Seen Her? Have You Seen YoVille Linda's New Outfit?

"Oh, My!" "Doesn't she look lovely, Doris?" Patience asked Doris.

"Well, yes she does, Patience," Doris Marie replied. "She looks lovely indeed! What is she all dressed up for?"

"Well, I'm not sure, Doris Marie, but I think she's got a date."

"A date?" Doris Marie responded. "Hmmmmm..... But, she doesn't have any male friends in YoVille. Where would she meet someone?"

"Well, I'm not sure," Patience said. "Maybe, one of her YoVille friends set her up on a blind date."

"Well, that's possible, Patience. Maybe she did."

Well, what Doris Marie and Patience didn't know was that YoVille Linda had been secretly been using Linda's computer late at night and had become a member of one of the more popular website dating services. She had taped her video and had given them her profile information and was waiting to see who they would hook her up with. In the meantime she had bought a few new outfits and was trying each of them on to see which one she liked best as she was anticipating that she'd have a match soon.

She was hoping that she'd be matched with someone nice. Well mannered, intelligent, and with a good sense of humor. And, secretly she was hoping that he would be good looking. Not that looks were all that important, but, they certainly would sweeten the pot.

YoVille Linda just didn't want Linda to know that she was hoping for a good looking guy. Linda would tell her that looks were not important. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What counts is what's on the inside and whether or not he was a good person. Looks were secondary. Yada, yada, yada....

YoVille Linda knew that. It was just that she was going to have to look at this person from a flat dimension forever so she might as well enjoy the view. What's so wrong with that? After all his image on the computer screen had no dimension. Just a flat front and flat back image. If that's what she had to look at all day, she'd at least like it to be attractive. So, she secretly had her fingers crossed that he'd be good looking. Just don't tell anyone that - especially Linda.

In the meantime she was trying out her teal blue dress and shoes. So, what do you think - do you like her new outfit?




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It's Just Not Fair! She's Just an Avatar!

"Everyone is just so hurt by this, Elmer. She's just an avatar. Why would an avatar need furniture? And, Linda is spending way too much time with her," Patience exclaimed. "The "dollies" are really hurt by this. I don't know what to do!"

"She has a living room, bedroom, kitchen, and even a bathroom. Why does an avatar need with any of this? And, why would she need a bathroom? She's not human, like we are, " Patience exclaimed.


"What should I do Elmer?"

"Well, Patience," Elmer replied "I think you should tell Doris Marie or Helena. They know exactly how to handle Linda and will get to the bottom of this. There has to be a good explanation for this. We all know Linda loves us and wouldn't do anything to hurt our feelings. Certainly not intentionally."

"Yes, I think you should show Doris Marie and Helena the pictures. But, before you do let me see them again."

In looking at the pictures "Elmer's Little Boy" couldn't help but admire Linda's lovely taste in decorating. Her "girlie girl" selection for Linda's YoVille apartment was quite pretty. So, he could understand how the other "dollies" would get hurt by this. After all, "The Dollie Storage Room" hadn't been touched in years. In fact, it wasn't even finished - no decorations at all. Just the bare wood walls of a storage room."


"I do have to say, Patience, that Linda did a nice job with the Linda's YoVille apartment decorations. They really are very pretty, "Elmer exclaimed. "Plus, truth be told, the Linda avatar really is a cutie pie."


"Yes, Elmer the decorations are really pretty. And, I, too love how "girlie girl" they are and know the other "dollies" would love to live in such a place. It's just that Linda has never decorated "The Dollie Storage Room" and the other "dollies" think she's spending way too much time with the Linda avatar in YoVille," Patience replied. "Wouldn't you agree?"



"Well, I guess I would have to agree," Elmer responded.

It really had been a long time since Linda has turned her attention to "The Dollie Storage Room. In fact, he was surprised that the "dollies" hadn't revolted already. They were on the verge of it last year and Linda managed to calm them down. But, this might just be the catalyst for a new revolt and Linda may not be able to prevent it.

"Yes, Patience. Definitely show the pictures to Doris Marie and Helena. They will know what to do," Elmer responded as he handed the pretty pictures back to Patience.


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I Can Hardly Wait To Tell Everyone!

"Patience Is A Virtue" could hardly control herself. She just had to run back to "The Dollie Storage Room" and tell everyone. Linda had finally done a YouTube video. Albeit it was about Linda Walsh Originals and not about each of them individually, but it was a start.

Maybe now Linda would consider doing some video's about life in "The Dollie Storage Room" or, better yet, letting the "dollies" develop their own video's.

"Patience" knew for sure that Linda would do the former, but wasn't too sure that Linda would go for the latter.

Oh, well" she explained, "we'll just have to wait and see."

In the meantime she could hardly wait to get home.

She had such exciting news.


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How Lucky Am I? But, Will The "Dollies" Like Her?

Yesterday I was singing and blogging about being at "The End Of A Long Odyssey!" and figured that I couldn't be happier and couldn't be luckier.

Well, I couldn't be more wrong. I actually could be luckier and could be happier. How can that be?

Well, this morning I awoke to a snowstorm - which, by the way, doesn't make me happy. At our ages hubby and I just don't like snow anymore. It's beautiful to look at, but requires way tooooooo much work to clean-up. And, this winter is just not cooperating.

In any event, I wasn't happy to see all the "white" this morning and then I decided to check my email.

Not only did I have one wonderful email, but two this morning. Two emails that changed my mood and my perspective.

The first email was from a wonderful woman, who also happens to be an astonishing doll maker, who told me that she had downloaded my "How To Create A Print Pattern and E-Pattern" Free E-Book and wanted to thank me for sharing this information with her and for helping her.

For me, I couldn't be happier to hear this. You see, all my pleasure comes from knowing that I've helped someone else and to hear this just warmed my heart on a cold, snowy day.

I was in a great mood after I sent my email back to her and thought - well, it might just be a good day after all - snow and all!

Then I read another one of my emails. Well, this was a comment left on one of my blogs that said I had won a doll in a blog giveaway contest.

Her name is Hannah and she was created by Shirley of Skellyton Art Originals Designs and was donated by her as part of a Kindred Sisters Gathering Post blog giveaway.

Needless to say I was thrilled. As you can tell from the picture above Hannah is a beautiful doll.

So, I decided to find out more about the wonderful creator of Hannah. Here's what I found out about Shirley from her Skellyton Art Originals Designs blog profile:

Skellyton Art creations are original designs many one of a kind, never to be reproduced works of art. It is a combined effort of Mother and Daughter. Myself I am Wife, Mom, grandma and a survivor of a career in retail management I am making an effort to return to a more creative lifestyle. Excited to learn that there are successful artist who create soley in Halloween motifs, I knew I had finally found what I wanted to do. Halloween has always been a special holiday for me. I spent my childhood with a cemetery for a front yard. [it was across the street] Being the youngest of 4 girls. I shared a bed with my sister, who never failed to terrify me with her scary stories. I was five years younger, of course I believed her when she told me of the people buried under our bed. Why wouldn't I? There were dead people across the street. We spent many hours in the dark watching Dracula, Wolfman,Twilight Zone or any spooky movie we could find. Then I would lay in the bed with the covers up to my neck and a crucifix over our bed watching for Dracula or any monster to creep into the room.

Hannah is a beautiful doll and I can hardly wait to see her. But, Hannah is not the only beautiful doll Shirley and her daughter have made. You really need to go to their blog and watch the slideshows of all their creations. They really are wonderful, wonderful dolls - each a work of art all unto themselves.

I wish I could own them all. But, I'm thrilled just to have Hannah. I hope the rest of my "dollies" love her as much as I do. We'll see - my "dollies" can be very jealous and very temperamental.

Today I received two wonderful emails. Thanks from a customer and the winning of a beautiful handmade doll. It doesn't get much better than this.

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Take A Walk On The Wild Side - The Twin Series

Care to take a walk on the wild side or should we say "wilder" side with the Wilder twins?



If you do, stay tuned. The Wilder twins are going to have some fantastic adventures.

Curious?

Sorry, I can't tell. I promised Dev or was it Rye Rye? Or did I promise Manda or was it Mish?

I'm so confused. I just can't tell them apart and they won't tell me who is who!

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Big Brother Andy, Kid Brother Randy, Big Sister Annie, and Kid Sister Fannie

Siblings will be siblings and teasing amongst siblings has gone on since time began. While they might fight and tease each other they also adore each other and when it comes to families - well, blood is blood.

They can joust and wrestle all in good fun. Sometimes even accidentally hurting one another for which they secretly feel horrible. Kidding amongst family and fighting amongst family is just that - it's amongst family.

However, beware anyone who tries to hurt a member of their family. Then the gloves are off and you really see how much they will protect one another. How much they really do love and care for each other.


Big Brother Andy, Kid Brother Randy, Big Sister Annie, and Kid Sister Fannie are a loving, teasing, caring, fighting, wrestling, (and occasionally hair pulling) tight knit family. They are thick as "mud" and protective of each other to the core.

"Hey, cut that out!" "I said cut that out!" "Stop it!" "Mom, Randy hit me!" "Mom, Randy won't leave me alone!" "Get out of my room!" "I'm warning you.........." YIKES! "Andy, stop chasing your little brother!"

"Fannie, put that down!" "Put my lipstick down, Fannie!" "Leave it alone!" "Mom, Fannie won't leave my make-up alone!" "Fannie, I'm warning you!" YIKES! "Mom, she's pulling my hair!" "Mom!" "Annie, stop pulling Fannie's hair!"

If you want to make your own "Big Sister Annie & Kid Sister Fannie" ornaments you can. Their new pattern is available as an instant download e-pattern on my Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns website. Just CLICK HERE for their new e-pattern.

If you want to make your own "Big Brother Andy & Kid Brother Randy" ornaments you can. Their new pattern is available as an instant download e-pattern on my Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns website. Just CLICK HERE for their new e-pattern.

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Check Out Our New Drop Down Menu's For Linda's Doll Bookstore

Along with all the changes to our Linda's Doll Bookstore we decided to add drop down menu's for our two bookstores to the sidebars of all our blogs, including The Book Review Corner blog.

Now if you want to shop for doll books you love from any of our blogs it's easier than ever. Just go to the sidebars and look for our bookstore buttons and bookstore module and then click on the drop down menu arrows for the bookstore category you want. Then click on the category and you'll be brought to the page that category is on in our Linda's Doll Bookstore. How great is that?


Please visit my Linda's Doll Bookstore for Books on dolls and doll making!

Linda's Doll Bookstore Categories

To see all the categories in my "Linda's Doll Bookstore" just click on the link in the drop-down menu below for the category you would like:









Linda's Doll Bookstore Categories Linda's Doll Bookstore African American DollsAmerican GirlAltered Art & Mixed MediaArt DollsBarbie DollsBeaded DollsBears and Animal DollsBlythe DollsBooks Linda Bought-2008Books Linda Bought-2007Cloth DollsClothespin DollsColonial DollsCrocheted & Knitted DollsCultural and Other DollsDoll ClothesDoll CollectingDoll FurnitureDoll HistoryDoll Houses - MiniatureDoll MagazinesDoll MakingDoll PatternsFairies,Gnomes & TrollsHopi Kachina DollsJapanese Dolls Linda's Books ReviewedMiniature QuiltsNeedle Felted and Felt New Releases/Pre-OrdersPaper DollsPaper Mache DollsPlush DollsPorcelain & Clay DollsPuppets & MarionettesRaggedy Ann & Andy DollsReborn BabiesSanta Claus DollsShirley TempleTasha Tudor BooksToy Soldiers/Action FiguresThe "Dollies" FavoritesVictorian DollsWebkinzWinnie The PoohWood Dolls

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Come See The Changes At Our Doll Bookstore

As you know the "dollies" and I just love dolls and love checking out all the NEW books about dolls and doll making. Well, in doing so we or I should say the "dollies" decided to update our Linda's Doll Bookstore.

We gave it a whole NEW look, added tons and tons of NEW books, and added tons of NEW categories. Of course, they did all the ordering about and I did all the work.

We also added several new sections: Beaded Dolls, Doll History, Doll Houses-Miniature, Doll Patterns, Doll Posters, Fairies Gnomes & Trolls, Paper Mache Dolls, Santa Claus Dolls, Toy Soldiers/Action Figures, and Winnie The Pooh.

We hope you like all the new sections and the updates to all our other sections. If you'd like to see what we've done please just click on any of the sections below for the category you'd like to see:

Linda's Doll Bookstore
African American Dolls
American Girl
Altered Art & Mixed Media
Art Dolls
Barbie Dolls
Beaded Dolls
Bears and Animal Dolls
Blythe Dolls
Books Linda Bought-2008
Books Linda Bought-2007
Build A Bear Workshop
Cloth Dolls
Clothespin Dolls
Colonial Dolls
Crocheted & Knitted Dolls
Cultural and Other Dolls
Doll Clothes
Doll Collecting
Doll Furniture
Doll History
Doll Houses - Miniature
Doll Magazines
Doll Making
Doll Patterns
Doll Posters
Fairies,Gnomes & Trolls
Hopi Kachina Dolls
Japanese Dolls
Linda's Books Reviewed
Miniature Quilts
Needle Felted and Felt
New Releases/Pre-Orders
Paper Dolls
Paper Mache Dolls
Plush Dolls
Porcelain & Clay Dolls
Puppets & Marionettes
Raggedy Ann & Andy Dolls
Reborn Babies
Santa Claus Dolls
Shirley Temple
Tasha Tudor Books
Toy Soldiers/Action Figures
The "Dollies" Favorites
Victorian Dolls
Wood Dolls

Besides all the above we've added tons and tons of new books on dolls and doll making. We hope you enjoy the newly updated Linda's Doll Bookstore and hope you find it even easier to shop for everything and anything about dolls.


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There Are Scarecrows Everywhere!

I have made so many wonderful scarecrow dolls over the years and wanted to show some of them to you.

So, I thought the easiest way to show them all to you was with my slideshows. I created two separate slideshows. The first is all of my Linda Walsh Originals scarecrow designs and the second is all the other scarecrows I have made based on other designers patterns. Each of the other designers has been credited for their design on the respective page of my website that the handmade doll is for sale on.

Shown below are all the scarecrows that I designed. I hope you enjoy the slideshow of my designs.

Shown below are all the scarecrows that I have made based on other designers patterns. I hope you enjoy the slideshow of the other designers dolls.

If you'd like to make any of my scarecrow designs their e-patterns are available on my Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns website. Just CLICK HERE for the Scarecrows.


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Okay! Enough Is Enough!

Well I got another ultimatum from the "dollies" the other day. All it said was was "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! AND, WE HAVE BEEN PATIENT ENOUGH!"

After I read it I thought, "I guess I have been a little amiss in working on The Dollie Storage Room Blog."

I've just been so busy with all the new patterns and new handmade dolls that I've kind of neglected all the other "dollies" and their blog. And, for sure, they weren't going to let me get away with that!

So, to appease them I told them that I would post some of their wonderful slideshows starting with the scarecrows I have designed and scarecrows I have made based upon other designers patterns.

Hopefully, that should keep them happy for just a little while. We'll see.....


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