Tasha Tudor 1915-2008
A true inspiration in my life and art Tasha Tudor's message " Take Joy" is a resounding beat in my heart.
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about me
- I am a dollmaker. I love antique fabrics and hoard them. I collect old china doll heads without bodies and leather doll bodies without heads and never put them together. I have stacks of old photos of people I don't know. I have two smart and funny kids who complain that I hang plates on the wall instead of pictures. I have a great husband who travels with me and who I used to garden with but now don't because all I do is make dolls. Luckily he still likes me. So all in all somewhat normal ...depending , of course, on who you ask.
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June 21, 2008
June 19, 2008
Strawberries and Cream
On the porch we'll gather this balmy eve
We'll sup on strawberries lush and fine
and frothy cream...oh how divine!
On the porch of the Dolls House at 5pm pst this evening
June 02, 2008
Step Right Up!
We've run away to join the circus! See the marvelous creations of a 5 ring spectacle!
Wednesday June 4 at 7pm EST only at
The Best We Can Do!
May 16, 2008
Song of the Sea
The dolls have set sail this weekend to Warwick NY for the Spring Soiree at Earthangels Toys ! They are all dressed for the seaside with parasols and souvenirs of the sea. Alas , they have gone without me this year! When you see them on Sunday May 18 11-4 at the Country Life Gallery please do make sure they are quite proper and keep their ankles covered!
May 12, 2008
2 pieces become whole
A playful squirrel cavorting along the branches mid the rosy columns and luscious fruit whispers its tales of travel. Early 1800s fabric bedcover lovingly quilted by hand and saved since then only to be sliced apart. Two pieces of history long warming their ancestors were scattered to the ends of the earth...one piece found in Pennsylvania and treasured and then ... years later, the 2 pieces miraculously found each other again... sisters reunited
May 01, 2008
April 21, 2008
Pardon My Dust
Trinkets and Treasures are lovingly packed away and dollies are nestled cosily in their beds in anticipation of surprises to come..
Renovations are underway for a new and improved Dolls House!
April 07, 2008
E-mail alert!
Hello!
Just to inform you all of an e-mail address change! Please no longer use the address through my website. Please bookmark the new e-mail at
nicolsayre@comcast.net
I have been having an inordinate number of problems with the website address so if you have e-mailed to nicol@nicolsayre.com in the last month or two or, in fact, EVER, please address your correspondence to the new e-mail address
I apologize if you have been waiting to hear from me ...most likely , I never got it!
If you are on my mailing list you'll still get announcements from nicol@nicolsayre.com but I cannot get responses at that address.
Thanks so much and I apologize wholeheartedly if you have not heard from me! Ahhh... technology!
March 24, 2008
saying good-bye
Goodbye dear homestead! What lovely times we had... 24 years of fun in the country...
riding the mower....
doggies kissing donkeys....
sunsets that lit up the sky to mountains 100 miles away
we loved you so!! ... and we'll remember the bonfires and secret trails and goats and chickens named Hootie and Patootie and the fun and togetherness of family times. Good bye ,good bye dear family home... we'll remember you forever!
** * my parents lovely home is sold but dear mother is now just 7 minutes away***
March 03, 2008
The Best We Can Do
I am so excited to announce a brand new website! This venture is so near and dear to my heart because it is shared with the artist friends that are my heart and soul. It has been a long time in the making and been swirling around in our heads for nigh on a year or two and is now finally coming to fruition. These are the friends that I can laugh and cry with....they make me strive to be a better artist, a better friend and thus a better person. We are scattered across the states but we talk on the phone for hours and oh my! when we are together the thoughts and ideas fly faster and louder than anyone could keep up with. We share ideas and thoughts and dreams and finish each others sentences and these are the friends who really "get " me. I go to them for support and advice and inspiration and they understand my business, ,my dolls , my quirks and just my "self" . It thrills and also humbles me to be a part of this group of stellar artists as we launch The Best We Can Do.
Come join us as we challenge ourselves to create our best work!
