mountainmullins

About mountainmullins

Sasha doll collector primarily plus other interesting dolls. I inheirited my love of dolls from my dear Mother and also her collection. My first Sasha doll was Gwennie, a redheaded studio doll. Since Gwennie, I have collected other Sasha dolls and love their individual personalities created by their eye painting, hair color and styling, and dressing them. It is such fun to share with other collectors!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

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Drew, a 1968 English production boy wearing a cardigan knitted by Diane Duke, is extending happy wishes to you for a very blessed St. Patrick’s Day! 🙂 xxx

A Note of Thanks…..A Post of Beauty

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I want to pause today and to extend my deep heart-felt “thank you” to those of you that visit the Sasha Shangri-La blog and especially to those who comment regularly. As a sign of my appreciation, I thought I would place a few, random photos, from previous posts, into one post, in order to give you enjoyable images in one place and a happy experience on this Friday in March. 🙂

This is my Joy, a 1966 English Production NP girl with red hair and blue eyes. ❤

This is Bronson, a 1967 English Production NP boy having his first bath upon arriving at Sasha Shangri-La. ❤

Whitney not only wearing a gorgeous Sarah William outfit but also enjoying the 150+ plaits that Sarah Williams so skillfully executed to give her this unique look. Her shoes were made by Jean Jensen. ❤

Diana, a 1966 Gotz girl with a mold line wearing an outfit made by Ruthsdolls, and a bolero, the maker is unknown. ❤

Marie a studio BIII girl in her original outfit and Gracie on her lap, a studio bebe wearing an outfit made by Thu Cuc Faes. ❤

A basket full of boys! ❤

Gotz toddler girls that I named Ellie and Betsy. ❤

Brigitte, a CI studio girl made of hard plastic wearing a wonderful outfit made Brigitte Schwitter. ❤

A Gotz “Yamka” that I named Rena wearing a wonderful knitted sweater and hat by Diane Duke and Boneka leather shoes. ❤

Claudia in the woods. She is a 1968 Dungarees girl. ❤

Emily a 1970’s English production brunette girl with blue eyes. She wears a dress made by a Passion for Sasha and leather shoes by Sashapotamus. ❤

Angel, a wonderful course doll made in Sasha’s studio by a student taking a doll making course. ❤

This is Simon, my happy Caleb boy. 🙂

My very first boy named Finn, a 1967 English Production NP with platinum hair and wearing shorts made by Lorraine Tyler, socks by Sharon Humphreys and shoes by Jean Jensen. I love you Finn. ❤

Benjamin or Bennie or Ben, a handsome gypsum faced boy, painted by Sasha herself. Wonderfully made outfit by Thu Cuc Faes. ❤

NP line up
A lineup of English production, 1966-67 NPs girls in original Sasha outfits with some shoes replaced. ❤

Ebo, Shelly Repainted Caleb
A Shelly repaint of a Caleb boy and named Ebo with his dog, Dog. ❤

A 1960’s Gotz no nose named Peg and owned by Jackie Hyatt. Her woolen outfit, minus the cardigan, was also made by Jackie. ❤

Max, a custom repaint by Cassie Rogers wearing Sashapotamus clothing. A very handsome lad. ❤

Rae, an early 1965 Gotz girl with no mold lines and golden eyes. Wearing a Sashapotamus unicorn shirt and sweater by the needles of Mary Anne. ❤

Adeline
Adeline, a 1967 English production NP wearing a beautiful dress by Maureen Hallenbeck. ❤

Gertie, repaint, Janet Myhill Dabbs
My dream girl Gertie, a repaint by Janet Myhill-Dabbs. ❤

Mary, a waif course doll named after my beloved Mother. Knitted items by Janet Myhill-Dabbs. ❤

Penny, an early 1965 no nose Gotz girl with no mold lines and golden eyes. Her lovely outfit is by Fanny Boiten. ❤

Claire, a BIII studio doll wearing her original outfit. ❤

Quinn, a shorts boy. Vest by Ted Menten. ❤

Mae, a 1960’s waif Gotz girl with golden eyes. ❤

Audrey, a 1968 wide faced English production girl. ❤

Sarah and Hazel, both no navel Gotz girls. ❤

Morris a shorts boy. ❤

Jessie, an English production 1967 girl with bobbed haircut. She is wearing a Ruthsdolls outfit. ❤

Lucy a lovely repaint by Cassie Rogers and her friend, Fozzie Bear. ❤

Gwennie, my first Sasha studio doll, a BIII, wearing her tagged studio duffle coat. ❤

Sylvia, 1966 redhead NP
Sylvia, an English production 1966 NP girl. ❤

Annie, an early 1965 Gotz girl with golden eyes and no mold lines. ❤

Lastly, a photo of dear Abby, an A-1 studio doll painted by Sasha herself. I love this photo of her wearing my childhood pin gifted by my Grandmother, Adeline. ❤

I hope you have enjoyed this stroll down memory lane with us and we all are sending you hugs and happy wishes for the weekend and the week to come. 🙂 xxx

A Fun, Fine Day with Finn

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Yesterday was simply a glorious day here on Cow Creek Road, the Lost Horizon Farm, and also known as Sasha Shangri-La. ❤

Beautiful blue skies and wonderful stately trees that have yet to produce this year’s leaves. Look, do you see something unexpected in this strong and sturdy tree?

Upon closer inspection, I see my dear boy Finn climbing to new heights! What a brave boy. 🙂

Yes, it is indeed Finn and look at how well dressed he is. This outfit includes the sweater, overalls, hat, scarf and socks and they were Finn’s wonderful Christmas swap gifts. 🙂

Hi Finn, what’s up??? “I am up Mommy, look at me! I love to climb and play outdoors. Oh, what a happy day!” With that proclamation, Finn lowered himself down the tree….

“Look Mommy, I am here now!” Hold still Finn, let Mommy take a couple of photos of you! 🙂

This is a really big tree Finn, you look so small when I zoom out!

Wow, a nice photo of Finn basking in the sunlight but just for moment or two…Finn is off and running again….

“Look Mommy, a turkey feather!!! It is so big, isn’t it? It must have been a very big turkey!!” Again, Finn is off and running. 🙂

“Mommy, look…a birdhouse….I wonder if any birdies live here now?”

I think that birds may be starting to build their nests Finn. This birdhouse stays on the porch of the cabin and not many people come this way….it is a good place for birds to build their nests. 🙂

Finn stared inside with wonder and he shared…”I sure hope I get to see the baby birds one day.” I hope you do too Finn. ❤

Look Finn, this old pot is another place where the birds are building a nest. Isn’t this so nice to see? Finn agreed with me 🙂

“Oh Mommy, can we light the lantern now…please?” Not just now dear Finn, but let’s return and stay until dark and Daddy will light the lantern for you plus he will build a campfire for all of us to enjoy. S’mores for everyone as we sit around the campfire! 🙂

Next Finn went into the cabin for a few photos. 🙂

Finn really loves his Daddy’s tin poster of John Wayne. Finn loves to watch John Wayne on TV and Finn has said many times that he wants to be a hero one day. I told him that he has already captured that title in his Mommy’s storybook! 😉

The only resident doll that stays in Daddy’s cabin. A sweet little china head girl. 🙂

Finn loves his new scarf that also keeps his hands warm. 🙂

Finn up close without his hat. A dear, sweet boy. I love you Finn. ❤

Finn and I both want to thank you for visiting with us today. We hope you enjoyed this post of Finn in the woods around Sasha Shangri-La. ❤

Finn waves goodbye and sends hugs and happy wishes for a wonderful week to come. 🙂 xxx

A waterlogue image of Finn. ❤

Sasha Shangra-La Ponytail Girls

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Mimi is waiting to greet her new sisters. She is so excited to meet her sisters especially since she saw their photos and they are ponytail girls too. We decided to dress Mimi in a Gotz ski outfit since her sisters were coming dressed in their Gotz outfits. 🙂

A new sister immediately came to Mimi’s side. Mimi is so happy and she has a bear to give her sister as a homecoming gift. 🙂

“Thank you Mimi, I love this bear” said her sweet sister. 🙂

Mimi looks surprised as her other new sister came up from behind! 🙂

“Hi there sister!” said Mimi. “It is so nice to meet you! I have a puppy dog for you to play with and love.”

“What a dear little puppy. Thank you!” said the new redheaded sister. The three ponytail sisters love each other very much. ❤

Up close photos to enjoy. This blonde beauty is named Lee. ❤

Lee up close. 🙂

The redheaded beauty is named Berry. ❤

Berry, so sweet. 🙂

The back of Berry’s ski outfit. 🙂

The back of Lee’s Apres outfit. 🙂

Lee, Mimi, and Berry all want to thank you for visiting with us today. We send you happy wishes for a lovely week to come. 🙂 xxx

Brigitte’s New Existentialist Outfit

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Brigitte is a CI Sasha Studio doll. She was painted by Sasha Morgenthaler in her studio located in Switzerland. I am not certain when she was painted since sadly, the markings on her foot have mostly rubbed off. 😦

She came to me in a replaced dress and you have seen her redressed in a lovely ivory or cream colored corduroy dress that was just perfect for her. It was made by the very talented Brigitte Schwitter. This beauiful outfit that Brigitte models today was also wonderfully made by Brigitte Schwitter in the existentialist style. 🙂

Brigitte made the lovely golden sweater, animal-print scarf and the brown fine corduroy slacks. 🙂