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Elita is 2cm high, made from a wooden spring peg. "Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.” Mark Twain  ELITA  ELITA (REAR)
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Charmian is a tiny peg doll, only 2cm high. “Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” Benjamin Franklin  CHARMIAN  CHARMIAN Bonita is one of many worry dolls I have made from 2cm wooden spring pegs. "If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.” Dalai Lama XIV   BONITA (REAR VIEW) There is something intriguing and fascinating about tiny dolls. They can be held, carried, popped under pillows, put in pockets and purses. The Guatemalan worry dolls are probably the most well known. Many creative people have designed their own version. "Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” Corrie ten Boom, Clippings from My Notebook  AMORETTE  AMORETTE (REAR VIEW) Grace is one of a series of angels remembering children who die violently. "Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Evangeline"  GRACE Catherine is one of a series of angels honouring those who are murdered. "I believe we are free, within limits, and yet there is an unseen hand, a guiding angel, that somehow, like an submerged propeller, drives us on " Rabindranath Tagore  CATHERINE Dawn is one of an on-going series of angels, honouring those who have died in school massacres. "Angels around us, angels beside us, angels within us, angels are watching over you when times are good or stressed. Their wings wrap gently around you, whispering you are loved, whispering you are blessed."  DAWN Madeleine is one of an on-going series of angels which have been created to honour those who have died violently. "Angels shine from without because their spirits are lit from within by the light of God." Eileen Elias Freeman  MADELEINE Ana is one of a series of angels honouring those whose lives end violently. "Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you." St. Francis de Sales  ANA Josephine is one of a series of angels remembering those killed in massacre. "Every man contemplates an angel in his future self." Ralph Waldo Williams  JOSEPHINE |
AuthorI am Liz Pearce. I am a passionate doll-maker; a doll interpreter. I believe in the power of dolls to transform lives. Archives
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