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Byers Choice

Sandy Pelphrey — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:20:49 +0000

One of my favorite holiday dolls to decorate with is Byers Choice. I’m not sure if it’s just the dolls or if it’s the story behind the dolls. I believe it is the combination because they are quite special on both counts. Byers Choice holiday dolls started in the late 1960’s ...

A Holiday of Tonner Fashion Dolls

Sandy Pelphrey — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:38:30 +0000

This past December’s Cleveland Doll Club meeting found me doing something I have grown to look forward to and love. This is to share my passion and collection of dolls with fellow collectors. I presented a program for CDC on Robert Tonner dolls. The program started out to be about his ...

Fashion Dolls, A History Lesson

Sandy Pelphrey — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:58:51 +0000

Recently the Fashion Doll Friends Club of northeast Ohio received a real history lesson in the world of fashion. The group took a field trip to the Kent State University’s fashion museum in Kent. This proved to be another confirmation of how the world of dolls helps us define our history ...

Doll Collecting: Bringing Generations Together

Villager Staff — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:08:29 +0000

I could not keep back the tears last month while attending a junior doll club event with my precious granddaughter, Mattie. As I helped her to get settled at the large banquet table in what must have seemed a massive banquet room at a hotel in Beachwood, it occurred to ...