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Meet Freja. Freja is a friend to the end. She loves writing notes to friends and others letting them know just what she appreciates about them. She’s a great listener and a sweet companion for whatever adventure you are on. She’s also very good at telling exciting stories with a touch of magic and mystery in …
I’m so in love with how Jenner Brown, friend and film maker, captured our ‘Summer Nostaglia’ collaboration with Wren & James. A collection that brings girls and their dolls together in matching pinafores. You can see more from our collection and from the amazing photo shoot here, here, and here. And if you have to …
We’re so excited to announce the launch of our collaboration ‘Summer Nostaglia’ that has been in the works for over a year with timeless children’s wear designer Kiley of Wren and James. Together we created 4 unique pinafores for both little girls and their dolls to wear. We wanted something that reminded us of the simple …
In addition to new prints (in several sizes) in the shop, I dropped a few more dolls today. These are technically the second drop of our Spring Whimsy collection but as summer is right around the corner it soon became clear to me that these gals are most definitely Summer Solstice Sisters. Each girl has …
The lovely Brittany of House that Lars Built is the guest editor over on Brickyard Buffalo this week and we’re thrilled that she picked our new doll shop to be a part of her curated selections.
Friends I’m so excited to finally share with you my new doll shop, merrileeliddiardshop.com. It’ been a long time in the works and it’s almost surreal to see it finally come to life! Each heirloom doll is one-of-a-kind, handmade with a hand painted face. They are oversized at 26″ long (with the exception of the mini dolls) and are …
We had a fun time playing with some extra cardboard laying around the house (online shopping…you know the drill :0). I decided to make a little doll face mask for Miss M and my little performer loved it. She has her first ballet recital in a couple of weeks and I can’t wait. She’s going to be …
We had such fun at our sleeping doll slumber party shoot. Miss M was such a good party host and care taker of all these dollies. I’m hoping to have a handful of these oversized craft-along dolls (and maybe even a few sleeping bags) made specifically for Christmas orders soon. But in the mean time …
I’ve been working on a few custom craft-along rag doll orders and it’s been such fun! I wanted to share that for a very limited time only I’ll be taking a few more custom orders so if you’re interested please email me. These sweet oversize dolls are perfect for little ones to cuddle and older kids love …
I’ve been working on my series of oversized craft-along dolls and have been having lots of fun! I’m planning on three different hair styles, starting with this two bun version – so we’ll see how it goes. Each face is hand painted, so each are different, and I’ve loved getting to know these dolls in the process. I …