Sasha Shangri-La

This is a soulful tale told by Little Dawn, a 1960’s Gotz girl who most certainly is a waif with neck caving, hair thinning and overall wear and tear from many years of giving love and being loved by others. Like many of us that have our “bumps and bruises”, both internal and external, Little Dawn definitely has had her share of thumps over the past 50 years or so and yet she stands sweetly before us today. 🙂

Hello everyone! My name is Dawn but Mommy calls me Little Dawn because I am a bit smaller than most, if not all, of my brothers and sisters. My previous Mommy was Dawn Law and my Mommy adopted me at the Cincinnati Sasha Festival.  I have not stopped loving my Mommy from that moment on and I love Sasha Shangri-La. ❤

I have a big family of brothers and sisters. Here are some members of my Sasha family and we were all made in Germany long ago.  You cannot see me because I am in the back row behind Annie and Penny.  I wish Mommy had a wider shelf so we could all stand together side-by-side.  I love all of my family! 🙂

Here are a few of my other sisters that I dearly love. ❤

And here are a few more of my beloved sisters. There are more sisters on the back row that you cannot see and I love them too. ❤

This past weekend, Mommy lifted me out of the back row and she said “Oh my Little Dawn, you are still wearing summer shorts from last year! I can hardly believe it has been that long since I have spent time with you.” I smiled at Mommy and told her that is was okay. I know how busy she is and there are other brothers and sisters that need her time more than I do. Mommy looked sad though and she removed my summer shorts outfit and began to brush my hair which was so very nice. Then Mommy plaited my hair for the first time ever and when she finished with my plaits, I turned to see that Mommy was now smiling. She told me that I was beautiful and that my plaits were perfect for my sweet face. I am so glad that Mommy was now happy. 🙂

She then placed the dearest little ladybug clip in my hair and I knew then that Mommy thought I was really beautiful. She put a new blue dress on me and I feel pretty. 🙂

and Mommy put matching ribbons in my hair. ❤

Mommy told me that I was the prettiest girl she had every seen and then I saw a tear forming in her eye. I asked Mommy why she had a tear. She wiped her eye and sat me in her lap and told me that she had thought that  she would put me up for adoption and I would have a new Mommy.  She had thought to send me to a new home looking my prettiest ever and so she found a new dress for me.  I then felt a tear in my eye but Mommy quickly said, “Little Dawn, I cannot part with you and send you to another Mommy. This is your home where you should surely stay.”

Mommy gently wiped my tear away and gave me the biggest hug ever.   Mommy then said let’s go take some photos of you Little Dawn and share with others how pretty you look in your new blue dress and your new hair style.

I felt so very happy and so very special.  We went outdoors and I posed for many photos and most of them you see here today on the blog. 🙂

I know that I came very close to leaving Mommy and my brothers and sisters here at Sasha Shangri-La and, though I am sure a new Mommy would love me too, I want to say that I am so happy to be able to stay here on the farm.  I think Mommy is happy that I am staying too.  She is smiling a lot now!  Mommy put me right next to her on the bedside table.  I really like the view here because I can see everyone now.  I am going to help Mommy place my brothers and sisters that are in the back rows out into the room for all to see.  I think we can do it and then everyone will feel special too! 🙂

I hope you enjoyed my “near miss” tale and the very happy ending for me and for Mommy. Thank you for visiting with all of us here at Sasha Shangri-La.  We appreciate you spending time with us. ❤

I also hope you have a beautiful day today and I am sending happy wishes to you for the rest of this lovely week coming after Easter. 🙂

A parting gift for you of a waterlogue image of me!  Love to you from a very, very happy LIttle Dawn. ❤ xxx

p.s.  Little Dawn lived happily ever after on the farm at Sasha Shangri-La ❤

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. ❤

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

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

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, 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