Sasha Shangri-La

Beautiful Embroidery

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I recently received a beautiful outfit made for Sasha by Tricia Jackson. It is a lovely floral dress with a wool vest embroidered with a gorgeous floral array that accentuates her dress.

Gertie is the lucky girl to model the dress. She was so excited! Her sweet locket was a gift from her sister Edith who resides in the UK. ♥️

Beautiful Gertie in a lovely outfit. She is so happy to wear a new dress.

Gertie is wearing new leather shoes made ny Natali. They are so pretty and easy to put on. Natali was at the Sasha Festival last summer in Ohio and was selling in the sales room. I was also selling and trying to shop too and I missed buying her shoes. So, I found her on Etsy and bought 2 pairs! 🥰

Close up photos of Gertie and her lovely eye painting by Janet Myhill Dabbs. 🥰

You may remember another dress with an embroidered vest made by Tricia shown on an earlier blog post. I wanted to show you these dresses side by side because they are different lengths. Tricia asks what dress length you prefer when you order. 🥰

Here are Verity and Gertie side by side in their special dresses. I love both lengths and don’t have a favorite. 💕

Lovely Verity also wearing leather shoes made by Natali. Notice the sweet, scalloped edging on the leather. So, how do you know if your Sasha shoes were made by Natali? …….They are very well marked on the soles! 🥰

Close up photos of the lovely Verity and her eye painting by Janet Myhill Dabbs. ❤️

Thank you for visiting Sasha Shangri-la today. We appreciate your time and hope this post was nice to see. Gertie and Verity both wish you a very happy day and week to come. 🥰

Sneak peek of an NP girl recently joining the family. More to come. ❤️

A New Girl on the Farm

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A new girl has arrived here on the farm. I found her on the Sasha Bazaar and was able to adopt her with a good friend mailing her to me across that big, old pond. She was a true waif that the seller had to cut her clothes off of her over a bin! Really aged badly for years unattended in an attic. The seller gave her a spa treatment and she began to return to life. Her hair was so bad, tangled and matted, that using a comb was not an option so her hair was soaked in a serum for 5 days. The change was remarkable! Her hair was restored to beautiful, shiny, bouncy hair with curl on the ends. More and more life was returning to this attic girl. Next she was placed in the wonderful hands of Janet Myhill Dabbs. Janet repainted the eyes and sorted her fringe out. Wow! What a transformation. A beautiful butterfly has emerged! Drum roll please…..

Please meet Rachel. This sweet, shy girl is wearing a Ruth’s doll outfit that I bought from Shelly ‘s site years ago.

Rachel’s blue eyes are beautiful and wonderfully painted. I hope you can see how full and lush her hair is after that amazing treatment.

Thank you for visiting with us today here at Sasha Shangri-la. I hope to go outdoors soon for photos of the Sasha family members. We had 76 degree weather one day and I was hopeful. The next day temperatures plummeted to 18 degrees dropping 4 inches of snow to make sure we know it is still winter. Brrrrrrr…..

A sneak peek at oldTeddy and his Kathe Kruse girlfriend. ❤️❤️

Have a wonderful day! 🥰

A Unisex, A First at Sasha Shangri-la

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Well, hello there sweetie! This wonderful unisex Sasha doll arrived here at Sasha Shangri-la last Fall. Recently on Facebook, we were asked to show dolls that arrived in our collections in 2025 and also dolls that had left. I have since discovered that I left a few arrivals out of that accounting and this unisex doll was one of them.

This unisex is my first one. I immediately named him Kris and yes, he “feels” like a boy to me. 🥰

Unisex dolls were introduced in 1967 and were made until the end of the first Gotz production in 1970. Kris is wearing his original ski outfit including his leather boots.

A nice face with sensitive slate eyes.

The ski outfit is nicely made. His white top has ribbed arm cuffs and neck band and it snaps in the back. His pants have stirrups and nice suspenders.

Here is Kris with another new arrival and a ski doll. This sweet cloth doll with a handpainted felt face was a Christmas gift from a dear friend. She was made in Norway by Ronnaugh Petterssen and she stands about 8 inches tall.

Her outfit is wonderful and she has held onto her skis and poles and her box for all these years! It is interesting to see two very different examples of ski dolls side by side. 🥰

Kris and this dear girl are waving to you and thanking you for visiting us today. They also wanted me to remind you all that the Winter Olympics are underway and skiing is an exciting part of the competitions. Please have a wonderful day and week ahead. 🥰

A sneak peek of Finn waving hello and enjoying time with his big puppy! 🥰

Sweet Kitty from a Sweet Friend

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Please meet a precious Sasha baby beautifully repainted and rerooted by Pam Winter Turner. I have named her Kitty. Kitty is wearing a lovely smocked snowman dress made by Julie Ruleman. I think she is just wonderful. 🥰

Kitty was gifted to me by a special, sweet friend at the Sasha Festival last summer held in Columbus, Ohio. She gave her to me on the last day and with all the saying goodbyes, packing up our cars, and all the activities going on, I wasn’t able to open he gift bag until I was home later that day. Boy was i surprised and super happy too! 🥰

Kitty is showing her matching pants and her leather shoes made by Jean Jensen. She is also holding a favorite felt toy also made by Julie. I love this sweet girl.

Kitty and I thank you for visiting us here on Sasha Shangri-La today. I hope you enjoyed meeting Kitty. Have a wonderful week ahead! 🥰

A sneak peek for you catching little Kitty snuggling next to her sister Gloria and a favorite knitted chicken. Also, we see Lotta, a smaller Himstedt girl that just arrived last week here on Cow Creek and is fitting in nicely.. 🥰

A Hello on New Years Eve

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Gertie is up first to say hello and Happy New Year to you! Gertie is a beautiful repaint by Janet Myhill Dabbs. She was formally a Pintucks girl.

Gertie is wearing a sweet outfit by Sandra Bloomer. Her red leather boots were made by Betty Jean.

Next we see Betsy, a Gotz Iona toddler, join Gertie. Betsy is also wearing a delightful outfit by Sandra Bloomer and her leather elf boots were by Carrie, Sandra’s daughter. 🥰

Oh look! Morgen has joined us to wish you a Happy New Year. Morgen is a very special, early Gotz ponytail girl that was repainted by Sasha Morgenthaler herself. She did this for a lady who worked in her studio. Here are a few photos showing Morgen up close.

Morgen’s lovely outfit was made by Ruthsdolls. Before we move on, I spied some “wings” on Morgen. I always knew she was “heavenly.” 😇

Next we are joined by a new girl that arrived just before Christmas. She was in a doll auction on Facebook and sold by a well known doll artist here in the USA. I was looking to see if she was selling any dolls with the Albert Marque head mold when I spotted a Sasha doll! I was so surprised and delighted to bring her home. Here was her sole auction photo.

She needs a spa treatment, to include restringing, but I discovered that she is a gorgeous 1968 side-part. I have a few photos to share of her redressed before her spa time.