98 unique and unusual descriptive words like ACANTHUS, BOBECHES, CLOISONNE, EPERGNE, FAIENCE, GIRANDOLE, LUSTERWARE, MORIAGE, PIPKIN, REPOUSSE, TAFFETA, VERDIGRIS, ect.If you find these to be helpful, kindly...
Recently, I have become fascinated by projects made by putting yo yo's together. While most commonly known as Yo Yo's, they share other documented names: Puff, Bon-Bon, Powder Puff and Rosette. They are made...
SHIPPING COOKIES TO THE MILITARY A little bit of home and a lot of love goes into baked goodies sent to our troops overseas. To make sure your cookies get there in as good a shape as you sent them just...
Greetings; This guide is more about why not to repair a kachina--it's not going to give instructions or "how-to's." However my hope is that it will help both buyers and sellers to know why some repairs are OK...
The beadwork of the Ndebele people is as beautiful as it is distinctive, and patterns are derived from the geometric designs painted onto the fornts of their houses. Women are the suprerme Ndebele artists and...
Greetings! This Guide will give some advice that both new and experienced collectors of kachina dolls (katsinas, or katsin-tihu in Hopi) may find helpful. I'll discuss how best to display your collection, and...
Springfield Vermont Wood Doll Manufacturers ( Please ntoe that I will add photos of many of these interesting dolls when I can figure out how to do so!)Although the wooden dolls made by the 19th century...
Here is my guide to practical car boot sale buying and selling. Below I give useful tips on buying and selling.... plus.... what's hot to offer, and what's not! Car boot sales (garage sales)can be small...
There is much confusion about buying and collecting Antique Japanese dolls. I will try here, to give some basic pointers about how to purchase a Japanese doll with confidence. The first thing to consider is...
In this compact guide, I will reveal various approaches to the hobby of doll collecting to show other novice collectors that the only challenges are time, timing and money. I also will mention a few resources...