Stephanie Finnegan, Author at DOLLS magazine | Collecting Dolls Advice By and For Professional Doll Makers Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:16:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 Show and Tell: Adoration for JAMIEshow Dolls Continues After 15 Years https://dollsmagazine.com/show-and-tell-adoration-for-jamieshow-dolls-continues-after-15-years/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:23:06 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=25282 The JAMIEshow's ability to conquer the runway and to make both historic beauty and opulent contemporary costuming is a laudable superpower.

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]]> Joy Blooms Eternally: Doll Artist Brea Banks Creates BJDs That Are Chic, Jubilant, and Sunny https://dollsmagazine.com/joy-blooms-eternally-doll-artist-brea-banks-creates-bjds-that-are-chic-jubilant-and-sunny/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:18:56 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=25129 Brea Banks, whose business is named Le Petit Monde (“The Tiny World”), is aware of how interconnected everyone and everything seems to be.

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]]> Everything’s Popping Up Poppy: Integrity Toys’ Poppy Parker Celebrates Her 15th Anniversary in Style https://dollsmagazine.com/everythings-popping-up-poppy-integrity-toys-poppy-parker-celebrates-her-15th-anniversary-in-style/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:04:59 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=24953 In 2009, the doll world was taken by storm with the emergence of Poppy Parker. Integrity Toys’ teenage fashion model

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]]> Flourishing and Inspiring: Zwergnase Has Brightened the Doll World for 30 Years https://dollsmagazine.com/flourishing-and-inspiring-zwergnase-has-brightened-the-doll-world-for-30-years/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:36:38 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=24500 Founded in 1994, the German firm, Zwergnase, has forged a reputation as a brand that both idealizes children and humorously captures them.

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]]> Creature Comforts: Sophie Louis’ Characters Embody a World of Love and Happiness https://dollsmagazine.com/creature-comforts-sophie-louis-characters-embody-a-world-of-love-and-happiness/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:39:55 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=24185 Doll artists and their admirers inhabit a mutual world of pure imagination. This is especially true of French artist Sophie Louis.

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]]> After-Hours Elegance and Sophistication https://dollsmagazine.com/after-hours-elegance-and-sophistication/ Tue, 14 May 2024 13:32:47 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=23807 The Barbie movie proves that the film-going public can’t get enough of cin­ematic backdrops and shapely plastic protagonist

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]]> Preserving the Past for the Future https://dollsmagazine.com/preserving-the-past-for-the-future/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:57:52 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=23520 Jennifer “Jennie” Sykes is the proprietor of Porcelain Classics, a multifaceted busi­ness that serves a crucial role in the doll world.

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]]> Alternate Realities: Jo Sammons Puts the “Other” in Her Otherworldly Creations https://dollsmagazine.com/alternate-realities-jo-sammons-puts-the-other-in-her-otherworldly-creations/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:15:36 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=23346 A lifelong devotee of expressing herself through artwork, Jo Sammons gravitated to a full-time career as a doll artist relatively recently.

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]]> Quality Is Key: After Nearly 40 Years of Making Dolls and Memories, Ashton-Drake Remains Committed to Excellence https://dollsmagazine.com/quality-is-key-after-nearly-40-years-of-making-dolls-and-memories-ashton-drake-remains-committed-to-excellence/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:19:33 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=22986 Ashton-Drake is a revered business because it has its finger on both the pulse of what collectors emotionally yearn for and also what artists want to sculpt and share with the public.

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]]> Elegance Abounds: Kathleen Hill Fashions Dolls That Embody Luxury and Beauty https://dollsmagazine.com/elegance-abounds-kathleen-hill-fashions-dolls-that-embody-luxury-and-beauty/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:33:43 +0000 https://dollsmagazine.com/?p=22779 Given the quality of her work, award-winning doll artist Kathleen Hill could easily be de­signing costumes for film and television.

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