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Hello to everyone who has added their name to my mailing list and for those who just read my news on the site...

It has been a long time since I sent out a message to you, as this has been a challenging time since last Summer when I lost my son, Joseph....

Thank you to everyone who has written and encouraged me to continue on with my dollmaking. Now I feel I have come to a place of peace and acceptance and have been able to get my focus back into my dollmaking.

Introducing my newest wig style "Mindy", named after my niece, you can see it on the fabulous "Queen Louise" head that is now for sale in the "Heads for Sale" Gallery. This wonderful new wig style is now in stock in many sizes and colors with more on the way, and will be appearing mostly on the German dolls in future, however it can also be for any other finished doll or head you may wish to order. I am very excited about this new wig style.

As much as I wanted to "retire" and just make dolls as a hobby, it is not what is the best for me, or even what I can affrord to do, so I am again working hard and have started many new and wonderful heads and dolls. There will be appearing as soon as possible some new faces that I have never made before as well as many that are the most popular and get snapped up often before I can even list them.

I am working on EJA, E12J & Portrait Jumeaux with applied ears, Bebe Francaise, A9T, A12T, Intrepide Bebe, Belton "Linda", Crescent Bru Bebe in two sizes, Bru 11 with huge eyes, from the Virginia LaVorgna mold, Halopeau in two sizes, SFBJ 247 "Twirp" child, Rare Jumeau 203, Jumeau Ariel in two sizes, Tete Jumeau with teeth, Bru jne 8, Bru jne 3, Rare Pintel & Godschaux P13G, as well P10G Milette size, Bru Brevete in two sizes, Bru jne 11 "Shandele", Huret, French Mystery Bebe, and many German dolls such as the very rare Bruno Schmidt "Wendy", and others with intaglio eyes wiil also be coming up soon.

It has been over 10 years since I presented the wonderful Heubach girl with molded hair, inaglio eyes and that has holes in the bisque to tie a ribbon in her hair... yes, she will be one of the new dolls....

I have nine differet Milette heads now fired to bisque and ready to paint. ( 16 heads in all).

Please let me know if you want anything reserved for you. Most everyone knows I work alone so it is quite some time from the pouring of the molds to the finished heads or dolls, however, I am well into these now, and spent much time yesterday evening sanding bisque and scrubbing the heads in preparation for the first painting... Each head will require 6 to 8 firings to build up the color so it does take time.

Thank you all for your continued support of me in my doll art.... Love, Emily Hart

Wishing you all a very Happy Holiday Season and Happy New Year....

My plans for complete retirement have just not worked out for a number of reasons.

The most healthy plan for me is to keep my focus on creating, so that I do not dwell on the devastating recent loss of my wonderful young son... therefore I continue on, and hope so much to be able to create all the projects I have been putting off for years... My son Joseph loved my dolls and he even helped me choose fabrics to put together for some of the costumes I used to make, he made some dolls himself as well. I can honour him by continuing on with my creative work as he would have wanted me to.

I will create my true "dream dolls".... with my own costumes and very finest silks and Antique laces..... My own style is so different from anything I have been offering for sale in recent years, as I try to be very true to the Antique costumes and usually, I will find a photo of a Genuine Antique original outift and copy it as exactly as possible... So these costumes take two to three weeks each to make, with a great deal of hand sewing and meticulous details. This is what I call "competition quality" when no modern sewing techniques are used, and the costumes are true to the way the Antique costumes were made. This is my true joy in making Antique reproduction dolls.

With the new porcelain that I have been able, finally to buy that is just like the Seeley Lady White I used to use, I will be presenting new heads and dolls in the coming year. I have quite a few now poured, so will be working on them right after Christmas.

My love and blessings to everyone... I am so very gratefull for your continued support all these twenty years.

Emily

Hello Everyone...

As promised, I have officially retired as of my 65th Birthday last month, however I will continue to finish up the many projects I have on the go and that is about 200 dolls.

I will not be taking any custom orders and many of the heads or dolls listed from now on may be the last I will make of that model.

I do have a new batch of heads nearing completion now, and they are all just gorgeous, so keep watching...

If there is any particular doll or head you are interested in that is not listed, I may have one in progress so just let me know what you want and I may be able to make your dream come true.

I also have a huge inventory of molds, and dollmaking supplies, doll accessories and will list many of them in my ebay store as I can get them photographed...

For all of you who have written to me regarding the loss of my son, thank you so much for all the love and prayers. The healing will be ongoing I expect for the rest of my life, but I am trying hard to move forward as Joseph would not like to see me so sad.

Love and Blessings, Emily Hart

Hello everyone... and thank you so much for all the love and prayers ... As a Mother to lose my dear son at such a young age, has been more than I can bear and so I have not done much work at all since the beginning of August...

Little by little, I am getting back into some work and hope to present new dolls and heads again.... but it is going slowly...

I am pretty wrecked and just getting by moment to moment, day by day.... I have little will to live right now, nevermind finding a creative flow...

I would like to sell my doll business if anyone is interested...I will train you if you are serious and you will pick up everything from my Studio here in Campbell River, B.C. Canada. I will sell all or half of the inventory as may be negotiated... but I am not interested in selling off bits and pieces... I have molds for about 350 dolls and many of them are for modern dolls as well as a huge inventory of dollmaking supplies, paints, doll accessories. I am not interested in selling all the Antique doll molds without selling the moderns with them.

I have a significant number of Robert Tonner mint in box dolls if anyone is interested in purchasing all of them together... other wise they will most likely be offered for sale on this website or on ebay in January. I have put the ebay store on Vacation until January when I will present many items such as patterns, books, tech sheets, paints, accessories, laces, and more if I am able to get them all photographed and listings made up... It is a lot of work for me to do alone... I just know I need to let go of a lot of inventory...

Love and Blessings Emily Hart

Hello everyone... My life has changed dramatically this month due to the sudden death of my dear youngest son...

I am changing prices to sell as low as possible.... I hope to add very many new things that have been in drawers for years... my sole focus now is to sell off as much as possible and finish up projects that have piled up over the years. Please check the ebay store for auctions of doll-related items and non-porcelain collectable dolls that I will be listing as soon as I can manage it.

I am open to offers for dolls in my own collection, so write if you have any interest.

Warmest regards, Emily

Hello everyone... thanks to all of you for your continued support of my work....

I have quite a few new heads and some new dolls as well as lowered some prices... You can still buy through the ebay store while I am away but I will not be able to ship as promptly as I normally do..

A new page has been created to show you what the wonderful bodies from Joyce's doll bodies are like... I will add more as I have time to photograph them.

From Thursday August 5th to Saturday August 14th, I will have a short break... so if you write and don't get a response, it will happen as soon as I can get to it when I return..

I hope everyone is having a great Summer.

Emily Hart

Hello Everyone...

Mid July has left me without many dolls to sell, but the good news is that I have nearly finished painting 22 new heads and some will be for sale as "Heads Only",... others are stated to be made into finished dolls...

The fabulous new Hand Glass Craft sold glass eyes have arrived and we now have a new color of palest blue along with the regular colors I have always stocked, that is light brown, hazel brown, French Navy, Blue/grey, light blue, turquoise, mauve and olive.

My next order will include dark Puppy Brown and some other new colors... but that will be a few months down the road.

Other fabulous news is that Joyce's doll bodies are available now with a new payment method, as Jim has signed up with paypal and you can now order his incredible French, and German reporduction bodies with greater ease of payment...

I highly recommend Jim's wonderful artistry when it comes to Antique Reproduction bodies none can equal his meticulous attention to detail and wonderful satin finish.... I like to paint my heads pale and his bodies are the mose amazing color to compliment the heads. As well, his delivery time is very prompt... you won't be dissappointed.

You can contact Jim in Oregon State at phone # 541-382-4033 or Cell phone # 541-460-0032 . Please support this wonderful bodymaker and keep him in business...
If you want his price list emailed to you, you can also write to me and I will forward it to you..

Please let me know if you have any special requests as I will be doing more pouring again soon.

Hope everyone is having a great Summer.... I am thinking of taking a week off to go to fabulous Cortes Island to spend time with my sons and my little grandson.... but not sure yet when that will be... you can check my ebay store where there will be a notice if I go on Holiday..

Warmest Regards...

Emily Hart

Hello everyone...

Thank you for your continued patronage and patience in this time when I have little to offer for sale... I finally got my new shipment of porcelain slip, and yes, it is the wonderful "Magnolia White" Ultra Chic porcelain that I find so appealing. I have done a pouring of 15 new heads this week, but will be continuing to pour until I get a good stock of heads to work with... So those of you who have been waiting for your orders... they are in the works now. In the coming months I hope to be offering heads you have not seen for some time... If you want to order heads, now is the time to do it, in many cases there are only one or two heads made each year, and as most of you know, the time I will be able to make dolls is limited.

My wigmaker is working hard to create some new wig styles and colors... the new "Mindy" wig is going to be spectacular. I have made large orders of wigs and Hand Glass paperweight eyes, so they are being made now. There will be one new color of eyes, and that is pale blue, an even lighter blue than the light blue. Hand Glass eye colors I am stocking are Hazel, light brown, olive green, turquoise, mauve, pale blue, light blue, blue/grey, French Navy, and a very few of the dark blue that are gorgeous but have not photographed well, and therefore they have not sold well since all my dolls and heads are sold by photos.. In the case of blue eyes they often appear brighter in photos than they look when you see them in front of you. I decided not to order grey eyes even though they are very historically correct for Bru dolls especially, I found they just did not sell very well.

I have added to the "Dolls for Sale" Gallery today, some of the dolls I consider to be my very best. As much as I want to keep them all, new dolls are coming up and I am practicing "non-attachment" so... these are now priced to sell and this is your opportunity to buy the best of the best at very affordable prices... all dolls are ONE OF A KIND.

The ONE OF A KIND silk shantung (in most cases) dresses with Vintage Tambour net overlay and fantastic under garments, with corsets, have been very well received and many are sold now, however a few remain and more will be offered in the comming months. Also smaller sizes are being made, so those of you who like to buy your heads and add your own bodies, I am working on acquiring more outfits to sell also.

Mary Lambeth costumes are always in high demand, and these also I continue to buy as many as possible, though there are few available as Mary is very limited in how many and how fast she can produce them.

Although Lady dolls are rarely offered, I do have quite a few molds for Lady dolls, such as the Smiling Bru Lady, Gaultier Lady, and Lady Margaret, as well a several parians, and I am going to pour a few of them.

Also Mechanical head and arm sets for the 14 inch Seeley mechanical bodies can be ordered for the H-doll, Long Face Jumeau, and Phenix bebe.

New doll Jullien Bebe will be offered soon, she goes on a 13 inch body to make up to be a 17 inch doll.

Please give me feedback on any suggestions you may have.

Warmest Regards, Emily Hart

Hello everyone... Thank you all for your continued support of my work this year so far.

I have had a few people write recently asking questions but cannot answer them because they have not filled in their email address correctly... If you don't do that properly on the contact form there is no way for me to write back to you.

This is my retirement year and I am counting the months now until October when it becomes official, and I can collect my Old Age Security Pension... Then perhaps I can relax a bit and just "play dolls" and do what I want instead of what I think everyone wants to buy. I will continue to create in a more limited way in future, and some new things will be offered but not as many as I have been offering in the past years. My Doctor has been telling me for years to stop this work as I have disc degeneration and must not be lifting the heavy molds much more now.

I have been waiting and waiting for a shipment of porcelain to work with and still want to do a big pouring and make a few more of some of the best faces... At this point I no longer do custom order dolls, but I will make a note of what you might want and if I have it in future I will let you know. Most of the heads I painted this year in February have been sold, so this was quite a surprise for me. Many of them were only listed for a few hours and they sold.

My wigmaker and I have been working hard together to create a new and very beautiful wig style... the "Mindy" wig will be a showstopper and also we are working to create new and better colors for the wonderful mohair wigs she makes for me. There will also be boy wigs made now and some changes to the "Emily" wig that has had too much hair in the bangs...

I will start doing some sewing again and do the kind of costumes that take three weeks each to make... these are called "competition quality" and are meticulously made with much hand stitching with invisible stitches and often beadwork or silk ribbon work... Few of these have been shown for sale since I began buying my costumes from Mary Lambeth and Sue Laurent. I have made my concentration on the porcelain work and not my own sewing that is more like the Genuine Antique clothing was made.

I also look forward to learning the complicated ribbonwork flowers that I have had a book on how to make for years, but never the time to focus on learning this interesting craft. I have been slowly searching out sources and buying as I have found them and now have a significant stock of wonderful ribbons, Vintage stamens, Vintage laquered leaves, and velvet leaves to work with....It is time for me to enjoy life now and just "play" at my creativity instead of working long hours just to make ends meet.

I think retirement is going to be a lot of fun for me... Finally I will be able to relax and let the real Masterpieces flow out of me...

I am not quite gone yet... Sending love to you all... Emily