Stephanie Finnegan, Author at DOLLS magazine | Collecting Dolls

Meghan Mania: Which doll will be first in the new Royal Wedding race?

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Fantasy & Popular Culture |

When Prince Harry and his fiancée, actress Meghan Markle, met the press to formally announce their...

Storyteller: Jodi Brown turns literary characters into 3-D paper figures

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Art Dolls, Doll Chronicles |

Photos courtesy of Wet Canvas Art One of the things I’m most thankful about when it comes to...

Turning Courage on Its Head: New Barbie sports hijab, bronze medal

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Barbie Dolls & Mattel, Black Dolls & Ethnic Dolls, Doll Chronicles, Fantasy & Popular Culture, Fashion Dolls, Play Dolls |

When Mattel announced this week that they would be producing a new Shero doll, available for...

Words from the Heart: Bo Bergemann’s dolls speak about her life

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Ball Jointed Dolls (BJD), Bo Bergemann Dolls, Doll Chronicles |

Bo Bergemann has always had a lot to say. Her dolls have functioned as a three-dimensional...

Natalie Ruiz’s dolls are cinematic marvels

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Art Dolls, Doll Chronicles, Fantasy & Popular Culture |

Photos courtesy of Natalie Ruiz People often say something or someone is larger than life. For...

Devilish Doll Drama: Lights, Camera, Attack!

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Fantasy & Popular Culture |

Film photos courtesy of Movie Star News Many folks would love to have a doll that looked just like...

Menacing Doll Magic: ‘I Walked with a Zombie’ features powerful rituals

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Fantasy & Popular Culture |

Photos courtesy of Movie Star News With Halloween right around the corner, it’s that time of year...

Monica Reo fashions Marie Antoinette doll

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Art Dolls, Doll Chronicles |

I like history. To me, it is like the best of storytelling, because I subscribe wholeheartedly to...

Doll with a Difference: Mia with cochlear implant

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Play Dolls |

Photos courtesy of Lottie Dolls One of the most wonderful things about dolls is that they mean so...

From the Heart: Doll donation shares a part of yourself

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Doll Collecting |

Oh, I know it is bad form to begin a blog with a cliché, but this is an oldie and a goodie —...

Epic Creativity: Ankie Daanen’s dolls become a cast of thousands

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Art Dolls, Doll Chronicles |

I love getting good news! Though “snail mail” is slowly and surely crawling to eventual extinction...

Honoring 9/11 and 911 Responders: Our world yearns for heroes

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Doll Chronicles, Fantasy & Popular Culture |

The week of 9/11 is memorialized in myriad ways. It’s easy for me to argue that it was the most...

By the Book? Nicole Marschollek-Menzner writes her own lessons

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Collectible Dolls, Doll Chronicles, Dollmakers |

Photos courtesy of Zwergnase When there is a crisp, fall feel to the air, I instantly know that...

Teacher, Entrepreneur, Artist: Dianna Effner makes her mark on the Doll World

Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Collectible Dolls, Dianna Effner, Dollmakers, Porcelain Dolls |

A go-to material for dishware, vases, figurines, and — of course — dolls, porcelain is delicate and requires careful handling, but its fragility is deceptive. One of the leading figures among the doll world’s porcelain mavens is Missouri-based artist Dianna Effner.