OTHER PLACES TO ENJOY PAPER DOLLS

First, I'd like to share some slide shows I've built and put on slideshare.net

1. http://www.slideshare.net/JudyMJohnson/a-few-pages-of-my-favorite-vintage-movie-star-paper-dolls

2. http://www.slideshare.net/JudyMJohnson/fashion-styles-and-paper-dolls

3. http://www.slideshare.net/JudyMJohnson/some-of-my-favorite-paper-dolls

We enjoy networking with our paper doll friends. You can learn a lot more about paper dolls and paper doll artists at www.opdag.com where the Original Paper Doll Artists Guild showcases new and well-known paper doll art and artists. Learn tips and techniques in all facets of paper doll design and even collecting.

For collectors of vintage paper dolls and other lovely paper arts check out www.paperdollreview.com  This is my daughter, Jenny's site....and here's another; www.paperstudiopress.com for her full line of published PD books and all about the artists and upcoming books.

 * Here's an interactive site where you can ask paper doll questions and share your favorite PD stories. It's my own page on Squidoo.com http://www.squidoo.com/paperdollfun/

See our line of clothing with PD designs on them. See these at Judy's store at www.cafepress.com/PDwearhouse  

To research paper crafting sources, go to this site for lots of links! http://www.creativetechniquesmag.com:80/information/links.shtml

Vanessa Knutson is doing a charming Victorian themed e-zine which features stories, pictures and articles about Victorian times, dolls, fashions, and always includes a FREE paper doll. Have a look at www.victorianezine.com 

One of the best paper doll artists today is Brenda Sneathen Mattox. See her lovely work at http://www.fancyephemera.com/

Old friend Tom Tierney has things on his site that you can't find in the Dover catalogues: http://www.tomtierney.com/contents/01/01-01/page01.htm

Lone Nunnally sells vintage, new, foreign, and magazine pds www.origamibears.com

For a SUPER place to research downloadable paper dolls, go to: http://marilee.us/paperdolls2.html#Printchildren

One of our dear customers, Debra Hodge, has a wonderfully creative product business of paints for glass and porcelain. Their Jurgen Industries site has many photos of gorgeous items made by their customers. As I know many of "my people" are talented, I'm putting Debby's website here. You might discover a new art-craft to do! http://www.jurgeninc.com:80/

For you who love hobbies and crafts of many kinds, here's a very good site to see: http://www.alwayshobbies.com/

My brother, Dana Johnson, is one of the foremost writers on collectible die cast mini-cars (like Hot Wheels) Here's his website: www.toynutz.com/links.html  

Talking about brothers, another brother, Keith Johnson, is a professional gardner  and teacher with a Permaculture specialty. If interested in gardening and holistic lifestyles see his blogs and websites: www.kjpermaculture.blogspot.com and www.permacultureactivist.net  and www.permaculturetradingpost.com and
www.transitionindiana.blogspot.com and www.theecosystem.blog.com

Here's as nifty site to research Betsy McCall paper dolls, and you can buy doll clothes patterns for the cute little French doll, Bluette http://www.thebleudoor.com

A friend of ours, Karl Bohnak has written an award-winning book on Upper Michigan weather---really interesting stories of people's survival (or not) in severe weather of all kinds, from Michigan's earliest recorded days 300 years ago, up to today. Check out Karl's book- "So Cold A Sky" at: www.upweatherhistory.com

Karl's wife, Liz Yelland, who contributed her design expertise to his book, is a noted muralist and artist. Her site is: www.elizabethyelland.com 

One of our customers is finding some vintage paper doll sets and copying them for resale. See Charlotte's site at: https://home.comcast.net/~hilferding1/

For more information about our area (and the rest of the US) check out: http://www.arkadia.com/usa/web-directory/Regional/North_America/United_States/Michigan/Localities/S/Skandia/Business_and_Economy/

We have a new link with a website with an odd name, but they have dolls and are interested in paper dolls too. The vampire craze brings in some of my customers...so have a look: http://www.draculasbrides.com/