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Hello everyone... Thank you all for your continued support of my work this year so far.

I have had a few people write recently asking questions but cannot answer them because they have not filled in their email address correctly... If you don't do that properly on the contact form there is no way for me to write back to you.

This is my retirement year and I am counting the months now until October when it becomes official, and I can collect my Old Age Security Pension... Then perhaps I can relax a bit and just "play dolls" and do what I want instead of what I think everyone wants to buy. I will continue to create in a more limited way in future, and some new things will be offered but not as many as I have been offering in the past years. My Doctor has been telling me for years to stop this work as I have disc degeneration and must not be lifting the heavy molds much more now.

I have been waiting and waiting for a shipment of porcelain to work with and still want to do a big pouring and make a few more of some of the best faces... At this point I no longer do custom order dolls, but I will make a note of what you might want and if I have it in future I will let you know. Most of the heads I painted this year in February have been sold, so this was quite a surprise for me. Many of them were only listed for a few hours and they sold.

My wigmaker and I have been working hard together to create a new and very beautiful wig style... the "Mindy" wig will be a showstopper and also we are working to create new and better colors for the wonderful mohair wigs she makes for me. There will also be boy wigs made now and some changes to the "Emily" wig that has had too much hair in the bangs...

I will start doing some sewing again and do the kind of costumes that take three weeks each to make... these are called "competition quality" and are meticulously made with much hand stitching with invisible stitches and often beadwork or silk ribbon work... Few of these have been shown for sale since I began buying my costumes from Mary Lambeth and Sue Laurent. I have made my concentration on the porcelain work and not my own sewing that is more like the Genuine Antique clothing was made.

I also look forward to learning the complicated ribbonwork flowers that I have had a book on how to make for years, but never the time to focus on learning this interesting craft. I have been slowly searching out sources and buying as I have found them and now have a significant stock of wonderful ribbons, Vintage stamens, Vintage laquered leaves, and velvet leaves to work with....It is time for me to enjoy life now and just "play" at my creativity instead of working long hours just to make ends meet.

I think retirement is going to be a lot of fun for me... Finally I will be able to relax and let the real Masterpieces flow out of me...

I am not quite gone yet... Sending love to you all... Emily