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You may remember Lou, a petite 1968 blonde, fringe girl that lived here, was adopted out, and she has recently returned to Sasha Shangri-La. She is adorable!

Lou returned wearing a beautiful white studio dress made by Evelyn Styles. It is Lou’s forever dress. She also has a sweet dolly. 😊

What a beautiful outfit. It also has a lovely slip, bloomers, and she is wearing white leather shoes. However, Lou came not with one outfit but with three outfits! Let’s take a look…

This is Lou’s dress made by Frances Tricket. It is a stunning silk fabric with a lovely nature scene depicted.

Lou told me this dress is super! 😊

Her third dress was made by Marilyn Hotchkiss. It is a beautiful smocked cotton dress and the light blue color really enhances her eyes. She is wearing leather shoes made by Jean Jensen.

Lou with a furry monkey friend.

Lou and I both thank you for visiting with us today. We hope you have a wonderful week ahead. 🥰

A sneak peek at a sweet, recent adoption. I think she looks a bit shocked! 😬

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 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! 🥰

A Gotz Boy

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Some time ago, I bought this handsome, straight nose Gotz Boy who was missing much hair. Here are his first “before” photos.

I knew I couldn’t re-root the boy, so I contacted the very talented Jackie Rydstrom who kindly agreed to help the boy regain a full head of hair. I sent him off for his hair treatment and here are his “after” photos taken by Jackie.

What a handsome boy! I am very grateful to Jackie for her excellent work. I took a couple of photos yesterday for you to see.

A very handsome lad and our sole Gotz Boy here at Sasha Shangri-la. Thank you for visiting with us. We hope you have a wonderful day and week to come. 🥰

A sneak peek from a hidden corner on Cow Creek. 🥰

Results are in! Please allow me to introduce…

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Last week I asked for friends to suggest names for the newest boy here at Sasha Shangri-La. This shy boy is a redheaded 1967 NP shorts boy. We received many excellent name suggestions and we want to thank each of you for taking the time to write to us to share names. We thought about each one over the weekend and Finn took the lead to help narrow down the names to two possible choices. He reviewed each name with his new brother and asked him what name he liked best.

Finn says the two finalist names are Bryn and Harry (William was third). Again, many thanks to you all that helped us so much with great suggestions.

Finn is wearing a Diane Duke sweater, britches by luvzone7 on eBay, knitted socks maker unknown, and wonderful leather saddle oxfords made by Betty Jean Densford. Fetch is staying close to Finn as always.

Finn will now make the name announcement. Drum roll please ……..

“My new brother’s name is Bryn! I hope you love Bryn as I do.”

The 1967 boys club are gathered around to play with Bryn and to give him a puppy to keep him company and ensure that he feels part of the family. Bryn loves his new puppy. The boys from left to right are Bronson, Bryn, Finn, and Ferris. ❤️