Stephanie Finnegan, Author at DOLLS magazine | Collecting Dolls

Paper Pusher

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Paper Dolls |

The other day I decided I had to get moving again. Sitting on my duff might be helping me...

Remembering Jack Friedman

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Dollmakers |

I learned last week that Mr. Jack Friedman, the founder of JAKKS Pacific toy company, passed away...

Dolls that Go Bump in the Night

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Doll Collecting |

There’s a commercial airing these days for a package-delivery company, where a whole family is...

Collectible Quandary: Can You Collect When There’s Nothing There?

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Doll Collecting |

The other night, when I was putting my daughter, Jane, to bed, I spotted, out of the corner of my...

Flirting with Disaster: A Tragedy with Titanic Results!

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Doll Collecting |

We have just undergone a heck of a month in my hometown. It was a combination of Mother Nature...

Throwing a CURVEball

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles |

A funny thing happened the other day while I was at Wal-Mart. Well, actually, funny things always...

Fantastic Plastic Power

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Play Dolls |

My daughter, Jane, is 5 years old, and as smart as a whip. As a matter of fact, she’s often been...

Video VIP

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Ball Jointed Dolls (BJD), Doll Collectors, Dollmakers |

Once upon a time, doll artist Paulette Goodreau (far left) of Goodreau Doll opened her e-mail, and...

Who’s that Girl?

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Ashton-Drake Galleries, Fashion Dolls |

What can we say about a girl that appears to be both prim and improper, naughty yet nice,...

I played this weekend

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles |

Well this weekend as usual I ran errands. And when I went to our local buy everything store there were all new dolls out. Being a huge fan of playdolls I bought them all! I bought some clothing, who knows what it will fit in my...

Just wondering

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles |

Lately I am having such confusing days. Always feeling like I am not quite finishing everything I need to get done. Realizing for the first time, I think there really are not enough hours in a day. Then I start to wonder when...

Miss Ingenuity – Doll Artist Kari Byron

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Art Dolls, Dollmakers |

Kari Byron is the typical girl-next-door; that is, if the girl-next-door can detonate a bomb, swim...

My First Blog

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles |

I think I am going to start this Visiting Dolly Artist blog, by giving people a blow by blow of my day! I got up at 5 a.m., and fed my 17 animals, soon to 18, as we are taking in a little female cat that twitches. Now for those...