Welcome to my dolls page! The outfits you see here are my own creations. I hope you enjoy looking at them!

 I rediscovered dolls in 1998 when I was window shopping in FAO Schwartz. There she was...the loveliest fashion doll I had ever seen! Her name was Gene Pin Up and she was in a show case all by herself.  Every time I would go to the mall I would stop by and look at her again. I was a single mother raising two children on not much more than minimum wages and a monthly child support check. There was no way that I could afford her so I made myself content with visiting her every so often. Then I met Brandon. (or I should say, re-met Brandon) We had been aquaintances for a long time through a historical group we both belonged to. We re-connected and fell in love (awwwwww  ;>)  Unknown to me, he had noticed my adoration for this doll and as a surprize on my birthday, he took me to FAO S. and bought her for me.  (awwwwww)  Oh my gosh...she was sooo beautiful- and so much fun to sew for!  Well...many dolls and lots of homesewn doll creations later, here I am.

Thank you for looking at my doll creations and I hope they inspire you to find and develop your own creative streak!

Then I got my first Barbie doll. My mother was an incredible seamstress and was always sewing the most wonderful outfits for the three of us girls! I graduated to constantly asking her for fabric scraps to make doll clothing with. I guess that's where my passion for designing and sewing clothing came from.

Fast forward. I joined a historical re-creation group (the SCA) and started making costumes to wear to events for myself and my husband, and then for my daughter and son. I absolutely loved it!!! I branched out to making outfits for my friends in the group and my creations went from being costumes to being historically accurate period clothing. I made some clothing for the Sacramento Historical Society. I also worked for the Sacramento City College Theater Department making costumes for Shakespeare in the Park..."Taming of the Shrew" and "Hamlet".  I learned French sewing techniques from a very talented seamstress I met through the historical re-creation group we both belonged to.

Life was not always rosey for myself and my children and we went through a very painful divorce. I didn't have the time or the money to participate in SCA events any more as I was busy trying to provide for myself and my two children on not much more than minimum wage. At one point I gathered up about 2/3s of my SCA garments and sold them so that I could make the rent that month. I had taken a bank teller training class and after working at a big department store for a while (also not a happy experience) I got a job as a bank teller. It took me 2 years of going through the court system to finally start receiving reasonable child support. Finances became a little less tight after that and I would buy some fabric and sew once in a while. During this time I made a very good friend who had gone through what I was going through. She is a wonderful seamstress and even has her own home historical clothing business. I would sew stuff for her to make ends meet as well. Those were turbulent times but we made it through.

I married again to a terrific guy and received my first Gene doll. Well, I've told the rest of the story elsewhere so I won't repeat it.

What could be better than that...  Having a hobby making beautiful clothing for my dolls...thats what. For me anyway!