A short story about a doll named Emma, she is an antique, and she just turned 100 years old, she is of quite large proportions, nearly 2' 5" tall.
She came to me with a most terrible crack on her head and often complained that it ached! This worried me so till one day I noticed a wee little squint as she gazed into her book.
Ah ha, I know just what is needed! And digging through that old dust covered chest we keep way down in the basement, I found them, a crooked pair of specs, perfect; as one little porcelain ear is higher than the other due to my repair job.
And just as I suspected, was just what she needed.
Well now, Emma starts to read... Uh hem, ok so she really hasn't
learnt to reed jest yit, so play along and bear with her, you wouldn't want to clip her wings now would you?!
Starts to read; Oh, Ounce poupon a mime, and jaber, jaber, jaber, and yap, yap, yak and so on and so forth...
I tell you I could listen to her for hours, and truly, Emma's versions of the stories are vastly more entertaining, even if I can't understand a word she says!
Amb dey libbed appee effer affer! Bee Ehn
Moral of the story; It might just be a cracked old doll, but I love her all the more for it!
P.S.
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And there will be more Whimsical imagery to come!
127 comments:
Beautiful doll. I found your blog tonight. I'm in love :)
Please feel welcomed to come and visit mine.
Jillian
remember the cracked pot water story...how it watered the ground along the path each day and beautiful flowers grew on that side only...so even a cracked pot is useful in some way...so emma is useful for your imagination...and t flows from you today...blessings, rebecca
I have found the most interesting things have lived thru the fires of hell and survived.
Which is why they are so interesting, indeed.
As the cheshire cat said....
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
What an absolutely lovely story! :)
Oh gosh Sandra. You were startin' to skeer me for a minute there. ;-)
Cute story...great photos!
What a sweet, sweet post! I love this so much. I will have to go find and buy the book little Emma is reading. She is a lucky girl to have a caring mommy like you.
Have a wonderful week Sandra. Come by and see my Christmas eye candy.
xo Jeannene
She is beautifully detailed. The spectacles are the absolute perfect touch for her sweet face!
What a Fun Blog you have! SO interesting and yet creative!..thanks for stopping by mine and leaving me a comment..I will be back to visit!
Sandra, glad you stopped by tonight. My, I do love Emma. She would be the perfect playmate for George and Sylvester...
Too funny Sandra....had a great laff...
loved that it was a pic of Humpty Dumpty when u said about her cracked head...lol
Honestly, u make her sound just like a little kid reading... well, you know 'tend reading or story telling...
Sandra , thanks for stopping by .
Emma is so beautiful , even with her crack . just like an old teddy that has no eyes or missing a limb .You still find it in your heart to love her , even though she may not be perfect . She has your love now .
Hi Sandra, Emma is beautiful as she is, and such a lovely story.
Well, we're all a bit cracked, aren't we? And someone loves us!
Lovely story and doll!
so sweet! that is my fav book!! beautiful doll emma!!!
What Fun!!! I just love your imagination. Emma is a beautiful doll
Karen
Imagine how many events in life Emma has witnessed over the years. Amazing that she has lived through 100 years. Thanks for sharing.
What a fantastic post.
I LOVE your story! Especially since I'm feeling a bit cracked myself (lol)!
She is lovely!
You make her alive!!!
OH, I am sooo in love with her!!! She looks like she belongs in the Secret Garden!! xoxoox
Oh, I love Emma, is she a Kestner or
S&H? She is beautiful! I can't leave
something behind if I love it even if
it is damaged, be it a vase a piece of china or a dolly. I love childrens
books too , the old ones. Thanks for sharing such a lovely post with us today, it makes a Monday alot better.
Pinkie Denise
I am very certain that she is a wonderful storyteller and full of interesting secrets!
100 years old and extraordinarily lovely!! Oh the stories doll and bears tell........it takes a special kind of person to hear them.
Warmest bear hugs, Aleta
Emma is gorgeous! Terrific post. Thank you for visiting my blog and taking the time to leave a comment. I really do appreciate it, and hope to see you again soon! Have a wonderful day.
Amanda (aka Cottage Contessa)
She's just precious! I love the glasses. Never would have thought of that, but I guess if you notice a doll baby squinting to read, then glasses are the thing, aren't they?
And if her headache persists, perhaps a draft or two from one of those dear little bottles - the ones with the tags, you know.
A beautiful lass is she, with glasses - whee!
You have such treasures! She is so lovely, inspires me to bring out some of my old dolls and use them to model some new crowns?
Just like you had seen into my post for tomorrow! Please bring Emma and visit Phoebe at my place :)
Hello Sandra.
I love your doll
She looks so real!!!
xoxo
Marcela
Thanks for visiting my blog. I love the doll. Beautiful and I think she needed the glasses too. No need for eye strain. :)
Teresa
OH what a sweet post! I am a huge Alice fan and that doll is adorable with those glasses!
Hugs,
Dena
Little 100 year old, beautifully bespectacled dolly girl Emma reads in a most entertaining fashion!
I love the Japanese term wabe sabe for it embraces the imperfect thereby returning it in mind to being perfect.
Christine
She is so beautiful and those glasses look like they were made for her!
How fun! Playing with dolls doesn't have to end just because we reach a certain age...does it?
Thanks for visiting today. I am having a bit of fun at my own expense about the photo chaos.
Do come back over the next few days and see my brother's artwork in wood. You will appreciate it, Me thinks!
Blessings!
Becky
Thank you for popping by my blog! This doll is lovely and pairing it with a vintage book is such a great idea!
Oh, Emma is beautiful, and I love your collection of old books! Many thanks for visiting my blog, and for your kind comments.
xoxo,
Mary
Emma reminds me of me...a little blind, getting old, and loving those books!
She is an adorable doll - I like her spectacles. They suit her well!
Sandra, your antique doll is gorgeous. Isn't it fun to imagine, in her hundred years or so of doll life, where she lived, who owned her, how many little girls adored her?? It would be great if she could talk so she could tell you. She must have been well loved though because she looks like she was all around, beautifully cared for.
Lovely doll and the story.....!
WOW 100 years old...stunning! She is a darling little doll.
If it's perfection that we're seeking in life we shall never be happy.But if something loved and worn brings us pleasure than life will be fulfilled. Thanks for sharing sweet Emma!
Susan
What a lovely story! I'm so glad you were able to fix the crack in Emma's head and provide her with a pair of spectacles so she could read. I love those antique dolls! Thanks so much for stopping by to visit my blog and for your lovely comment. Have a great week! ~ Lynda (Hedgerow Hollow) ♥
Oh what a lovely story... I collect dolls too but dont have any quite as old as her but close
Oh she is so sweet!! And I love your photos! I was reading some of your other posts and they are all such fun!! Come and visit me anytime:-)
Michelle
I love her! She is an amazing treasure!!
:<) Nancy
Just like cracked "old people" Sandra!! She's adorable and I love the glasses...the face on the doll is exquisite!! You make me laugh at how you put these things together..makes me feel good inside!
Beautiful doll and amazing blog. I know I will be checking here often!
Thanks for coming to visit me. How did you find my blog?
Love your Emma! All the more sweet with her glasses!
Thank you for your kind comments on my blog. I will be taking some time to read yours!
Thanks for visiting my blog:) My boy went missing last night (in our bathroom...) for hours. He had been re-decorating my nice bathroom into a war-zone!:) I had a great laugh when I saw it:) Kids....:)
You have such nice dolls! And beautiful pictures!!
Love,
Chatrine
Oh that is sooo lovely! i love the alice in wonderland books!! this is sooo pretty!
Precious doll!! Brings back memories.
I adore your blog, your Emma and your wit! Thanks...
Priscilla
So lovely Sandra Emma is a darling and the glorious books are divine. Beautiful post my dear!
XOX
Kristen
So lovely Sandra Emma is a darling and the glorious books are divine. Beautiful post my dear!
XOX
Kristen
So adorable Miss. Emma...and I can relate to needing the spectacles! She is all the more charming with her crack and reminds us all that we are not perfect and don't need to be either. :)
I have a few antique dolls, my favorite are the Kestners...and the Chinaheads, oh, and the Bonnetheads too...but I'm very picky. Not that they need to be perfect at all, but they have to speak to me. :)
Fun story Sandra...
I adore story time... and Emma certainly can hold the crowd spell bound.... lovely.... truly lovely
How fun to discover your blog! Emma reminds me of a story that I read to my daughter when she was young. I think the title was Hitty, Her First One Hundred Years.
Thanks for commenting on my blog too. I'm not in your league, but I have fun with it:)
Wonderful post!! I love that old doll, she is so lovely and whimsical looking. You have the BEST stuff!!
What a beautiful job you`ve done on that doll! And how pretty she is with those little glasses, reading that old storybook.
Thanks for coming over to visit. You have a lovely blog :)
tea
xo
Fabulous!!!!!!
Kimberlee
Edgar and Edgar
Hello Sandra!
What a thrill to you have visit my blog! I've been such a huge fan of yours, starting with your Fanciful Paper Projects book! I've enjoyed all of your articles and LOVE your spread in Where Women Create! So thank you... thank you for your sweet comment on my blog.
This Story Time post is adorable - I love this little doll. And your dress form below is gorgeous. I would feel "sooo comfortable" wearing that - I really would. It's gorgeous.
Happy Holidays!
Holly
A spectacular spectacle of a post. Emma is darling and her
far-sightedness is all the more sweet. And who knew? You're an artist, poet AND optometrist!! Sheesh!
D.
well isn't she just charming and precious? and her "reading" glasses are ever so much cuter than mine:)
Gosh, you are an amazingly talented critter! I love the doll! I also loved the vintage gown in the post below. Looking forward to checking back in! Love, Esther
totally love your blog =)
Beautiful doll
hugs from the north of sweden
This story made me smile so widely! Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and for your lovely comments :)
where do you find the time to read all this ?? hee hee. I adore making stories from my dollies too !!! this gave me a giggle for sure. Love that doll !! So glad you helped her out. My new cereations are posted.. if ya wanna stop in for a taste. Have a blessed day !!
Mica
OMG! you are so creative your blog is beautiful, you are very talented.
ginger
Such an adorable little doll! I love the glasses on her and the book looks beautiful too.
Howdy Sandra, Thanks for stopping by. I of course have checked ya out!:0) Ditto on the Blog! Wow! I am not worthy!! I Love the 1800's period. My spirtit connects with that age. Funny how we connect to certain periods in time. My bestest friend in HI, collects dollies that have had mishaps in their little lives of being overly loved. So she has a dresser top of many cracked heads, little body parts, at first it looked disturbing, but now, looking at the jars of little porcelain heads reminds me that someday I hope my creations will find someone who will care about them... :0) Have a good one!
heehee I'm glad to see another adult totally obsessed with a doll :D
She's a cutie, and I am so glad she's got a lovely southern accent.
Happeeee Holeedaze Miz Sandra!!!
xoxos
Your dolls are so pretty and the stories sweet. Thanks for the friendly comment and visit. You have a new subscriber!
There's a LOT to be said for old and/or cracked things. They have wisdom, I believe - even if they have have no 'actual' voice to impart it, the voice is in the cracks if we LISTEN hard enough. And, oh the STORIES the old things carry! It isn't only old and/or cracked THINGS either. The older generation? They're our LINK to stories! We only have to ASK. And the person who seems a bit 'cracked' just may have the most insight to life. I LOVE that you see things with true eyes! Your doll is beautiful! So is your blog!
Hi Sandra,
I love the doll--her expression is fantastic! Thanks for the wonderful download!
Annie
Such a lovely doll...Makes me wish I still had the old doll that was once my great-grandmothers. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog--the more the merrier! Happy Day :o)
Thank you for the lovely comment you left on my blog. I instantly recognized your name from your beautiful work in the Stampington magazines, your book - Paper Projects, and of course, your stamps. I'm glad I now have your blog to see even more beautiful work.
What a lovely story about Emma. She also reads my favorite. Through the Looking Glass. Ore rather Alice in Wonderland is my favorite.
Love Eva Agnes ( also from Habibi who says woff, woff...)
What a wonderful post~ she is just beautiful, just the kind of "Treasure" I love.
Thank you for sharing her with us.
Lidy
I'm a bit old (although not 100 yrs!) and cracked, too! I'm glad you love her just the same, and I am envious of your old books! They were what caught my eye!
She is so lovely,she doesn't look so old,someone took good care of her..I always loved all old things-even if these are a bit cracked..
Beautiful doll. :) il tuo blog è molto affascinante!!
(clap clap clap) More please.
splendido blog... splendido, davvero
giò
She is precious, made all the more so by your additions of the spectacles and helping her learn to read!
Hello Sandra,
a wonderful story and a very pretty "young lady".
Greetings from Gabriele
Augsburg-Germany
Loved your story and Miss Emma is just beautiful. I can see why you would enjoy listening to her read all day long!
What a beautiful doll and a wonderful story! Thanks so much for sharing!
Jan
Wow! I love the old books. The doll though, is interesting but a little creepy. My Mom collects old dolls and there is just something about them that creeps me out. xoxo Nita
What a precious entry!
Mari-Nanci
what a gorgeous doll and I love that old copy of Alice Through the Looking Glass! :) (one of my favorite books!)
wonderful doll and blog!!!!!!!!!!
The doll is beautiful and you did a great job of restoring her. She almost comes alive with your story.
Beautiful post.
Sandra, What a beautiful doll...I can understand why you love her!
Kim
I can't tell you how thrilled I am that you visited! I have almost all of your books.....I'm honored you stopped by! Thank you!
Delightful!
Emma is wonderful. I wonder who played with her originally? Fascinating little thing she is!
xo
Gillian
Old books are such a beautiful thing. And this doll also.
Hi You are quite mad!( silly smile) how can you expect such a small dolly to read.....it will take months yet you know! just because she looks older you can't expect grown up behavior. I think she looks really bright, once she gets the reading sorted she will be a wiz on the computer, maybe she could have her own blogg !!
Hugs Lynn xx
She may just be a cracked old doll, but hasn't she so many marvellous stories to tell of over the many years she has existed? x
Thank you for your kind comments on my blog. I am enjoying reading yours and seeing your marvelous artwork.
~dale
Sea Dream Studio
Sweet post with a special message. Emma is beautiful and has been cherished for so many years. What wondeful stories she could tell.....Linda
I have my eye on a 'cracked' doll at my local(addiction) antique shop..kinda spooky when their eyes roll up in their head!
What an absolutely beautiful post, Sandra...just a beautiful doll, love the glasses, the old books are priceless...I love your blog!
bj
Great story and Emma is quite a gal. I'm sure she's thrilled with the new specs! I know I was happy when I got my reading glasses.
Manuela
Hi Sandra - thanks for popping into my wee blog and complimenting me on my bracelet - I do love making them...such fun!
:o) Kat
I love the glasses! I have a doll like this that was my grandmothers, never thought about adding glasses!
Loved reading this story and what a wondeful job you did repairing Emma's head !
Sandra, I love your little world here! There's always something special!
There is one photo where your little friend and I locked eyes. We kind of stared at each other for awhile, not having to say a word.
Hugs, KJ
Hi Sandra I forgot to tell you Somerset informed me that my blog is going to be featured on their most 'artful Blogs' page in their magazine.I am still a newbie at blogging.Also Princess Cece is making miraculous recovery thanking all angel prayers and fairy sprinkles.she has a cute blue toile collar and noticed the charm is missing that dangled from it .The pit must have teared it off with his teeth.Thank God the collar protected her neck and her angels! She is a rescue when I adopted her she probably wants to go back to V.I. after her Boston experience..me too!
Your such a joy. I absolutely just love your imagination.
ohh to add one more thing to your already busy plate. Writing stories.... & the wonderful pictures you could come up with.
Young & old would be waiting in anticipation for the next one.
another day awaits you my dear.....
so do we.
DREAM WITH YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN ~
Joelle XO
Wow--what that beautiful doll has been through! I love old things--they have such stories to tell.
She's a beauty!
Susan
I so enjoyed your Emma story and the whole blog. Thank you!
Hi Sandra
your history around the small Emma is beautiful.
In addition still these lovely pictures and nostalgic things, inspire me.
Cordial thanks for your attendance with me, and the nice entry, which you left.
A beautiful Chrismastime wishes Barbara from Germany
Sandra,
never too young to start them out reading huh!:) She's such a cute avid reader.Beautiful photography. Always love your work.
Ta, Adla
Your Blog is awesome what a beautiful doll and story thanks for sharing
Jen
Emma is utterly charming!
And that looks like the most beautiful copy of Through the Looking Glass ever.
Your blog is just lovely.
xo
Di
Beautiful doll Sandra! Treasure it! :)
Best,
Chris
i had to look closely at that top photo of the doll; i thought it was a painting. well done all the way around
ascenderrisesabove.com/wordpress
Happy Birthday Emma! 100 years old, and you don't look a day over ten!!
Great post Sandra!
Constance
What an adorable story.
I am so happy that you managed to help Emma with her headaches.
Have a blessed advent.
Sweet doll, even sweeter story.
Stick with the reading programme, Cracked Old Doll...you'll get there in the end!
She is just precious. Did she belong to your family or were you just lucky enough to find her?
Nan
oh she is just precious! beautiful story!
Good words.
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