Most you know that I collected dolls long before I met my first Sasha doll and that I especially love cloth dolls. Sweet Abby suggested that I share some photos of the Kathe Kruse dolls that live here on the Cow Creek farm. Abby, an early AI Sasha Studio doll is shown here with an all cloth Kathe Kruse (KK) doll known as the German Child. She is about 20 inches tall, is wonderfully hand painted and, like most KK dolls, she has a human hair wig. 🙂

A closer view of this dear child. 🙂

This girl is also a German Child and about 20 inches tall. She is also all cloth but not as old as the previous girl.

This pretty girl is a Hampelchen with painted hair. She is about 18 inches in height. 🙂

This beautiful girl is a Doll I H and she is about 18 inches tall. She is all cloth and her shoes and socks are appropriately replaced and not original.  Her dress is original. 🙂

These two girls are sisters and very early dolls. They came with mommy-made matching outfits plus these outfits they wear in the photos. ❤

A closer view to see of the big sister. 🙂

A closer view of baby sister. 🙂

Both of these girls are ponytail girls. The taller girl is about 19 inches tall and the smaller one is 14 inches tall. Their heads are synthetic and they are handpainted with human hair wigs.

This lovely girl is very early and is all cloth and about 18 inches tall. She is Doll I H and I love her face painting. ❤

This is a rarer Kathe Kruse doll known as a Du Mein and she is about 14 inches tall. She is hand painted, has wide hips and is all cloth too. ❤

This happy trio consists of a 14 inch minty girl made in the 1950’s, a small 9 inch girl known as Daumlinchen, and a 12 inch girl known as Rumpumpel. The smaller girl is cloth bodied and inside her wire limbs are wrapped in foam rubber so she is still soft but bendable which is nice for posing. :). All of the wigs are made of human hair. 🙂

A nice grouping of 14 inch dolls all with hand painted faces, human hair wigs, and cloth bodies. 🙂

Very nice hand painting. 🙂

An older girl with a lovely plaited wig. 🙂

Bobbed haircut on this pretty girl. 🙂

I love this pretty girl with a most unusual hair color. Most Kathe Kruse doll wigs are blonde or brownish in color. This brunette is a dear one!

A view of her hair styling in the back. ❤

Here she is next to a lovely puddle eyed Sasha doll that I will be adopting out. You can see this girl is a bit smaller. 🙂

This is an eatly wide hipped Doll I that is about 17 inches tall. As you can see, she is tucked-in with other dolls in a display and I will show her better in another post along with other Kathe Kruse dolls that are not shown today. My Abby had a great idea I think to share the KK dolls with you on the blog which proves she not only has good looks but that she is a smart girl too. 😉

Finally, a partial group photo of the KK girls. I hope you enjoyed this atypical post and thank you for visiting with us today. Abby and I are sending you hugs and happy wishes for the week to come! 🙂 xxx

The rules:
1. Thank the person who presented you the award and link back to their blog. Thank you Sharon for the award. Sharon of Spain blog.
http://dambuster-sharoninspain.blogspot.com/2016/01/liebster-award.html?showComment=1452428391388#c3949893176898465907
2. Post the award image on your blog.
3. Answer 11 questions posted by the presenter.
4. Nominate 5-11 blogs with less than 200 followers.
5. Create 11 questions for the nominees to answer.
6. List these rules in your post.
7. Inform the people you chose of their nomination by leaving a comment on their blog and link them your post.

The 11 Questions:
1.What drew you to the hobby?
My dear Mother collected dolls and we shared our love of dolls together.

2. What was your first doll?
My first doll was a Raggedy Ann doll when I was about one year old. It was from Santa. 🙂

This is a photo taken long ago of my first doll, Raggedy Ann. ❤

3. What was your 2015 doll regret?
2015 was a banner year for me with the addition of many wonderful dolls here at Sasha Shangri-La. However, I did lose out on one ebay purchase of a very early Gotz doll that had no mold lines plus the most amazing turquoise eyes! Looking back, I would have bid more money for her.  She did turn out to be the inspiration though for a gorgeous repaint by Janet Myhill-Dabbs. Janet painted a waif for me inspired by that early girl. ❤

Here she is! Her name is Heidi and she is beautiful. 🙂

4. Did you sell any dolls in 2015?
Yes, I did sell several dolls in 2015, both Sasha dolls and non-Sasha dolls. I have a shop on Ruby Lane and sold several dolls from the shop plus I sold Sasha dolls directly to Sasha friends that wrote to me and wanted to adopt a certain doll. 🙂

5. Do your doll characters have their own theme song?
No, no song but they have their own personalities with strengths and weaknesses but most of all they are very happy and have a strong sense of family. ❤

6. What style best describes your doll collection? (Fantasy, goth, punk etc.)
Prior to collecting Sasha dolls, I collected lovely antique and vintage cloth dolls. Also, I have dolls that belonged to my Mom too. All of these dolls do add up to a pretty big doll family. 🙂

7. What sort of aesthetics do you look for in a doll?
It is a “heart” connection though the “eyes” usually grab me first. 🙂

8. Have you built or plan to build any dioramas for your dolls?
No.

9. What is your 2016 doll wish list?
Maybe a very early Gotz girl with blue or blue-ish eyes plus a redheaded boy NP would be nice.  Also, any other doll that grabs me!  🙂

10. Do you have a ‘fantasy’ wish list? (i.e. dolls that you will never own unless you won lotto etc.)
I would adopt Sasha studio dolls that command much more money than I have spent to date and this is based on their condition and rarity. 🙂

11. What do you love most about the hobby?
I love the wonderful connection with other doll collectors and getting to know them better and share the love of dolls together. I also love looking at the dolls since I am a very visual person. Plus I love the hands-on part of doll collecting which involves dressing the dolls, working with their hair styles, posing them and photographing them too. It is a very tactile hobby and is such fun to do! 🙂

As for tagging anyone else, I will tag:

Kendal of Kendal’s Sasha Brood. 🙂

My questions will be the same as the ones above that were given to me by Sharon.

But please don’t feel obliged to do it Kendal, it’s just fun to do. No rush either! 🙂 xxx