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Saturday, April 24, 2010

A hasty Wedding

Phillipe is excited to be going to the New Mexico Territories. He is happy to wed Carolena, who is sixteen, as she is carrying his child.

Carolena's father is sick with worry at the constitution of his new son in law, even if he is from a good family. He worries about his daughter traveling in her condition to the Americas. Carolena's mother is relieved she is not going to have a grandchild out of wedlock.

"Champagne, anyone" offered Amelia.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Dolls for Walls

The Hacker House represents 1820 in Germany.

These are the dolls from the Colonial House, representing 1790 in the New American Colonies. They are apparently relatives of the Hackers.

As I mentioned several posts ago the walls on the Christian Hacker house are high. I wanted to put pictures up but wanted something unusual. I took "portraits" of the dolls themselves and framed them. Now they have their ancestors in the living room and family in Amelia's blue bedroom.

The Hacker boys.

At first glance people don't see that they are the dolls themselves.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Back to the Hacker House

Amelia goes to the window looking for her tea guests.

Her new Bonnet arrived

and she needs it to shield herself from the sunshine. Welcome Spring!

Look at how exquisite the straw is made in the hat by Honey and Bee.http://www.etsy.com/shop/honeyandbee?ga_search_query=Miniature+bonnets&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=6&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title

I read a post recently about the difficulty of shipping fragile miniatures.

Look how Pinchofpepper sent her tension lamp the other day. She carved the lamp's shape out of foam and placed it in it to insure safe shipping.

I found Amalie Hacker's new hat, by Honey and Bee by googling "miniature bonnet" and her etsy store came up. Her hats are historically accurate. She sent it cleverly too, in the plastic container that holds the frosting from a frozen cinnamon roll tube! So perfect! Thank you Honey and Bee, I love it. Cheers! C

Monday, April 12, 2010

the Nanny doll

I found this doll on ebay. I bought her and when the package arrived and I opened her she had a surprise in her arms. This baby. Look at the expression on her face.

She is signed on the bottom. Does anyone recognize the maker?

Her clothes are beautifully made, and the baby is gorgeous too. All the hems are hand stiched in the tiniest stitches.

Whoever sold her to me please know she is happy living with these children in the Hacker house. Amelia loves her too! CM

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