I just love these images from Karen at Graphics Fairy. Here's what she said about this one:
Swoon! I am so in love with this! This is the title page of an early (circa 1851) rare book, called "The Poetry of Flowers". I just can't get over how gorgeous this is! I was so happy to acquire it so that we can all use it! I love the classic lines of the urn with the profusion of flowers trailing around it, and then of the course the wonderful typography, is the icing on the cake. This image is in it's original form with charming torn edges and all. I hope you all like it as much as I do!

Savannah

This is Savannah, another of my spool doll series. Her torso is an antique wooden spool; the rest of the body is hand sculpted polymer clay. Her yellow and cream sunsuit and bonnet were made from a vintage doll dress that I cut up and remade. I guess you could say that she is a genuine recycled, repurposed doll. She is six inches tall on a 4" square base.

We Heart Summertime

Irish Annie

This is Irish Annie, the third doll in the Industrial Emergence Series. The three dolls are supposed to represent different aspects of the fashion of the industrial revolution period of the 1850s in America. Annie came here to escape the Potato Famine in Ireland that began in 1847. She got a job working as a maid in a posh N.Y. hotel and is a little bewildered by the big city.

I received a wonderful gift today from doll artist friend, Jessica Acosta Hamilton. She emailed me and asked if I would send her one of the original photos of Arabella. About an hour later, back comes this gorgeous new banner for my blog and Etsy shop. She is an incredibly gifted and creative doll artist, not to mention just plain nice. Please check out her site (dollproject.com) and Etsy shop (dollproject.etsy.com). Thank you, Jessica.

This is Arabella, the second doll in the Industrial Emergence (1850's) series I'm working on. She's making her statement as a little bit of refined Godey Lady and a little bit of rebel. She has the required bustle of her day and the the ornate hair style, but she refused to wear the heavy, cumbersome crinolins that the refined ladies wear and instead has one of the more modern, wired underskirts and some spunky Steampunk jewelry. She also refused to carry a fan.

Ariana

This is the first doll in a series I plan to call Spool Dolls because I'm using an antique wooden spool for the torso. This first series will have an industrial theme and will incorporate metal findings and fashion from the the mid-19th century, when not only industry but also ladies' fashion was in a state of evolution. This is the era from which the Steampunk look arose.