Hits and Misses: Which doll would you like to see on the big screen?
The other day while watching the Super Bowl—no, not watching it, rejoicing in it—I had to do a...
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Author: Stephanie Finnegan
Too Hot to Handle? Computer geeks, Middle East hierarchies & public demand combust.
Writing a doll blog makes me supersensitive to what is selling and what is percolating in the toy...
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Toying Around the TV Set.
It’s no secret that I LOVE TV. People often denigrate it by calling it the “boob tube” or the...
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Dollars and Dolls: Making dolls and a living is the American dream, and beyond.
Every so often, I’ll meet someone who will be tickled pink that I work with dolls. After answering...
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Barbie Beating Cancer: Is Mattel bound to make a connection?
Oh, my goodness! Barbie, why are you such an attention hog? Well, “hog” isn’t the right word when...
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Maggie Iacono: Inspirationally Felt
“Marguerite,” a 16 ½-inch OOAK from 1998. The hallmark of a true artist is vision and verity —...
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Cradling Memories, One Doll at a Time
Christmas 2011 has come and gone, and I am left with an acre’s worth of wrapping-paper scraps and...
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Due to a change in the market, Doll Crafter & Costuming ceased publication in 2010. Keep atop the dollmaking industry and learn what likeminded artists are doing by subscribing to DOLLS magazine instead, which features...
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Talk of the Town: Famous folks dish about dolls, designs, dirty secrets, and more dolls!
The beauty behind a blog is that opinions matter. Not just my opinion, but yours too. It’s a...
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Teen Teams: Should tomboys and varsity letters have a place in the fashion-doll universe?
The other day, I was talking with a friend of mine, who asked quite simply, “Why are there no...
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Seasoned Greetings: Toys and dolls and bears can brighten a lonely senior citizen’s day.
There are some indisputable truths about Christmas in New York. The first is, traffic multiplies...
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Bounty of Baby Dolls: A Thanksgiving Tradition Continues
Thanksgiving is certainly ushers in my happiest, cheeriest, most sustained moods. A few times...
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Keepin’ It Real: Kim Kardashian answers the booty call of brides, books, and Barbies.
On August 20, 2011, reality star Kim Kardashian proudly proclaimed “I do,” and skeptics everywhere...
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Mackie Monsters Meet Maximum-sized Mini Men: Happy Halloween!
Halloween is the second most celebrated holiday in the country—only Christmas trumps it. So,...
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Tattoo You: Barbie puts her stamp on the fuss over “how far is too far.”
Oh, Barbie! Whereas most other ladies your age are figuring out how to cope with empty-nest...
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The Artful Dodger: Can someone explain what distinguishes a doll maker from a figural artist?
The other day, my daughter, who is 6 going on 36, announced that she had to write a paragraph in...
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Narnia No More: Is there a chance of the C.S. Lewis dolls making a return trip?
Is necessity the mother of invention? I was brought up hearing that maxim, and on face value, it...
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Character Clones: Despite some facial slip-ups, the collecting force is strong.
One of the lessons I learned rather late is that “life isn’t fair.” I hadn’t really known that...
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Remembering 9/11: A decade after our world came tumbling down.
One of my most favorite things about blogging rather than straight reporting is that I get to...
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Dolls & the Deluge: An extreme weather condition has an unexpected sunny ending.
What is it about dolls and flooding that seem to go hand-in-hand in my life? Longstanding readers...
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