New Year Blessings

God Bless!

Merry Christmas!

Read Me A Story Annie

newest doll in my charmingsbycmh jointed Annie collection

I am really enjoying making these Annies that can stand along or sit

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decided to try a different hair 

but still love the best my curly hair Annies

 this was also my first try at making a tiny book

Read Me A Book Annie loves

The Gingerbread Man story ♥

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this might be my last blog until the new year

if I have time I will post some pictures

of the newest member of our family

a chocolate lab puppy named Rufus!

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thank you all for visiting

wishing all a blessed holiday

Jesus' birthday!

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God bless

Sit or Stand Flower Girl Annie

Well I do have another Annie

this little one was naked for a few months

and yesterday she kept asking

me to dress her

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I was not going to post her yet

but my hubby said she is "cool" and "do it!"

Flower Girl Annie is a 

free standing button jointed Annie

and will be on Ebay tonight

Thank you all for visiting again

God bless   ♥

Christmas JOY

this is probably my last Annie for the year

I have a few orders than

taking a nice break

actually a little chocolate lab puppy

will be keeping me busy   :)

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I am not sure I will be posting before

Christmas

so wishing all a blessed holiday

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please remember

what Christmas is about

the Savior of the world

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God bless

Winter Theme "Believe" Annie

trying a different yarn

for my Annie's hair

Burly Spun by Brown Sheep Yarn

is a straight spun wool

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I loved Paternayan rug yarn

it was so soft and gave Annie curly hair

unfortunately it is no longer made

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Halcyon rug yarn is very close in color

to Paternayan but it is coarser

and Annie's hair is harder to control

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now Annie will have either

curly or straight hair

the decision will be made

after she is all dressed and we see

which she looks best it!

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thank you again and again for visiting

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God bless

Gingerbread *JOY* Annie

I have a only few more Annies

planned for Christmas/Winter 2013

then taking a break

we are getting a new chocolate lab puppy 

in December

my free time will be spent playing and training 

so excited!   :)

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everyone loves gingerbread men!

newest Annie has her own gingerbread ornie

she will be up on Ebay Sunday evening

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my prayer for our world

"seek God while he's here to be found,

pray to him while he's close at hand. . .

let them come back to God, 

who is merciful, come back to our God, 

who is lavish with forgiveness."

Isaiah 55: 6-7 The Message

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thank you all for visiting

God bless

Poinsettia Annie

working on Christmas Annies and a few orders

♥

Poinsettia Annie has brown burly spun hair

and a little kitty in her stocking

she is scheduled

for ebay this Sunday

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only creating a few more Annies for this year 

looking forward to a rest to 

enjoy the holidays with family and friends

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"We thank you, God, we thank you

Your name is our favorite word;

your mighty works are all we talk about."

Psalm 75:1 - The Message

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thank you again and again

for visiting

God bless   :)

Polar Bear and Annie

finally finished another Annie

she and her minky polar bear will

be on Ebay this Sunday

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time keeps slipping away from me

with work and family

it seems I do not have enough time

to create as many Annies that

I would like to

so please forgive me if 

I do not post every week 

or have an Annie on Ebay every week

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"Pile your troubles on God's shoulders--

He'll carry your load, He'll help you out"

Psalm 55:22 The Message

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thank you all for visiting

God bless    :)

Christmas Joy Annie

 so happy to finish this Annie

and now on to completing some orders

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Joy Annie has her own

little 4 inch angel dressed with a hankie

and a "Joy" heart ornie

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 my daughter asked me to make an 

Annie doll with an

"angels watching over me" charm

for Ariana who was just diagnosed

with acute leukemia

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prayers going up for this young beautiful girl

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please continue to pray for Ariana

she just started her chemo treatments

and is not feeling well

thank you all so much

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wishing all a beautiful week

thanks for visiting

God bless     :)

Thanksgiving Annie

Blessings in Rust 

Thanksgiving Annie

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A Thanksgiving Psalm

On your feet now - applaud God!

Bring a gift of laughter, 

sing yourselves in His presence.

Know this: God is God, and God, God.

He made us; we didn't make Him.

We're his people, his well-tended sheep.

Enter with the password:  "Thank you!"

Make yourselves at home, talking praise.

Thank Him, Worship Him.

For God is sheer beauty, 

all-generous in love,

loyal always and ever.

Psalm 100  The Message

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trying to get back to my normal schedule 

of posting an Annie

before she is listed on Ebay

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thanks for visiting

wishing all a wonderful blessed week

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God bless

:)

Please Santa No Coal Annie and Elf

sorry I am behind in posting 

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I ended up selling Let It Snow Annie

before she could be listed on Ebay

know she will be happy in Australia!

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 new Annie comes with her own 4 inch elf

hope you enjoy her too

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she will be on Ebay tonight

"When life is heavy and hard to take,
    go off by yourself. Enter the silence.
Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions:
    Wait for hope to appear."

Lamentations 3:28 The Message

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please pray for a friend of my daughter 

his 15 year old daughter

was just diagnosed with ALL leukemia

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thank you for visiting

God bless  :)

Let It Snow ~*~ Let It Snow

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I am keeping busy in the "factory"

with new Annies for Christmas

this is a new winter Annie

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I am trying to read a chapter from
The Message every morning.
hope you don't mind if I share
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"Know this: God, your God, is God indeed,
a God you can depend upon.  He keeps his
covenant of loyal love with those who love Him
and observe His commandments for a
thousand generations."
Deuteronomy 7:9 The Message
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Wishing all an amazing week
thanks for visiting again and again
God bless    :)
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Friends Gather Here ~ eye painting help

I've been asked many times how 

I do Annie's eyes ~ hope this helps

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first I use a button to draw two perfect circles

then paint the circles (eyes) with Gesso

 I use acrylic paint for Annie's eye color

then give her eyes highlights using white paint

when dry I place the black pupil (using end of a brush)

and with a stylus the white accent

I stitch her eye lashes and 

outline her eyes with Prismacolor pencils

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my newest Annie is in autumn colors

she has a hand stitched heart ornie

to match her dress ~

even a tiny burgundy dragonfly

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busy watching my grandchildren

even having a sleepover this Friday

 hope to have a chance 

to work in the factory on Saturday

if I am not too exhausted   :)

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God is good, He is good all the time!

Thanking Him for my family.

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thanks for visiting

God bless.

First Christmas Annie for 2013

  doesn't everyone just love gingerbread men!  

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Gingerbread Men Cookie Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/3 cup molasses
1 egg
2 tablespoons water
2-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon each ground cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice
Directions:
in large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy
beat in molasses, egg and water
combine flour, ginger, baking soda, salt,
cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice: add to creamed mixture
mix well
divide dough in half
refrigerate for 30 minutes or until easy to handle
on a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 in thickness
cut with floured 4 inch cookie cutter
place 2 inches apart on a greased baking sheet

reroll scraps

bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes 

or until edges are firm

remove to wire racks to cool

decorate as desired

makes about 2 dozen gingerbread men  :)

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"Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time;

thank God no matter what happens.

This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live."

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (The Message)

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Thanks for visiting
wishing all an amazing week
God bless!

Autumn and Harvest Blessings

harvest time is fast approaching

autumn is coming

and two new Annies are ready for Ebay

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Annie's dress is an apple print from JoAnn's

I love apples :)

 Harvest Blessings Annie has a new shade of hair

it is Halcyon's classic rug yarn in honey blonde

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thank you all for visiting again and again

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Psalm 1-3

What a beautiful thing, God, to give thanks,

to sing an anthem to you, the High God!

To announce your love each daybreak,

sing your faithful presence all through the night,

Accompanied by dulcimer and harp,

the full-bodied music of strings.

The Message

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wishing all a wonderful week

God Bless!

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Thinking Autumn

beautiful autumn is almost here

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"I'm asking God for one thing, only one thing:

to live with Him in His house my whole life long.

I'll contemplate His beauty; I'll study at His feet."

Psalm 27:4    The Message

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Autumn Annie is in fall colors 

with hand dyed eyelet lace trim

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"warts be gone" Annie's dress border 

was a gift from a dear friend and I love it!

was also thrilled to find a perfect frog in my 

stash of stuffed animals

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thank you for visiting

God bless     :)

Faith*Hope*Love Annie

Happy Monday :)

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"Day and night I'll stick with God;

I've got a good thing going and I'm not letting go"

Psalm 16:8 The Message

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was blessed to have time to

sew in my factory this weekend

finished "Faith*Hope*Love" Annie

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even had time to make this tiny 3 inch elephant 

to go with a future Annie

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thank you for visiting

may you have an amazing week

God bless

Paisley Pumpkin Blessings Annie

hi everyone ~ thanks for visiting

this Annie is ready for autumn with

a burnt orange paisley dress

and a vintage linen for her apron

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i hand stitched "Blessings" along the edge

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her straight brown hair 

was made with burly spun yarn

wishing all an amazing week

thanks again and God bless   :)

Happy Haunting Witch

started working on fall Annies

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this is my only witch for this year

i enjoy making autumn Annies 

loved making her broom with crow

and stitching the tiny spider on her hang tag :)

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just love blue and brown together

this Annie i made a pocket and stitched

some brown leaves and "blessings" 

then tucked a little bear in it

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this is one of my folk art dolls

she has been hanging on my factory wall

for quite some time

i am having trouble parting with her

but finally took some pics

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i still don't know when or if i will list her   :/ 

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thanks for visiting

wishing all a wonderful week

God bless    :)

Blue Feathers

new Annie this week is

"Blue Feathers"

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 love, love trims so this Annie has a wide cotton trim

for dress and loons

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also hand stitched her little heart ornie with flowers to

match her dress and added tiny beads

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 felt she still needed something and then found

the perfect blue feathers

added some "sweet annie" to a tiny pitcher

and she is complete  :)

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hope you all like her

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Camila Nicole  is the Annie I made for my granddaughter 

the real Camila Nicole ♥

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well, thanks for visiting everyone

have a fabulous week!

God bless   ♥

"Be Fabulous" Annie

back from a wonderful vacation with my family

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we just celebrated my granddaugther's first birthday 

and she loves the beach ~ just like her mother   :)

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two new Annies

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"Be Fabulous" Annie

wears a hand knit purse with a crocheted flower

she will be on Ebay Sunday evening

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Shabby Love Annie is currently on Ebay

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Thank you all for visiting

have a marvelous week!

God bless     :)

Annie with Butterfly Heart Ornie

Happy Monday!

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my newest Annie has a hand stitched butterfly 

on her bodice

and on her little heart ornie

 I used picmonkey.com to edit 

her pictures and add a border

this site is wonderful and easy to use

just love it!

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will be on vacation in Ocean City, N.J.

next week so I will not be posting until July

can't wait to spend time with my grandchildren

Dominic just turned 4 and 

little Camila will be one on July 2

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God is so good!

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wishing you all a wonderful summer

thanks for visiting

God bless!

Bloom Where You Are Planted

Happy Monday to everyone!

please meet a new Annie 

Bloom where you are planted

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she is similar to one I made

a few years back with brown hair and eyes

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this Annie has coppery brown hair

and blue eyes

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thank you again and again for visiting

have a wonderful week

God bless!

Summer "Welcome Friends" Annie

I have to show to off my soon to be

one year old grand daughter

"Camila Nicole"

isn't she a cutie ~ love her!

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next week's Annie is Summer "Welcome Friends"

I seem to be on a pin cushion theme

most of my Annies have pin cushions lately

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thanking God for being able to make

and sell these little rag dolls

I just love creating them

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thank you again for visiting

have a blessed and happy week

God bless!

God Bless America ~ Memorial Day

  a special thank you to all veterans this 

Memorial Day weekend

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people seem to be leaving their blogs for Facebook

just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on this

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I wasn't going to stitch God Bless America on

 Annie's hang tag

afraid it might affect her sale on Ebay

but I am glad I changed my mind

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 we all really do need to pray for

God's blessing on America and the world

so this little raggedy is

 "God Bless America" Annie!

 

Summer Blessings Annie

 comes with her own 4 inch doll

and her gown was made from a piece of

Annie's vintage apron

thanks for visiting again

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be safe and God bless

Ladybug Hugs

important things first!

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happy 4th birthday to my first grandchild 

and only grandson, Dominic

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now on to my lastest Annie

it still amazes me how my Annies develop

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my husband likes to buy me minature rose bushes 

in these adorable little planters 

so I finally decided to start using them 

as pin cushions 

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a dear friend sent me this little ladybug bear 

(thank you Madelyn)

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found the perfect fabric in my too huge stash of quilting fabric

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and here she is "Ladybug Hugs" Annie

wishing all an amazing week

enjoy the upcoming Memorial Day weekend

and please stay safe.

God bless

Raggedy Annie Angel

first off

I hope every mother had a wonderful Mother's Day

I am thanking God for the family he has given me

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my wonderful husband and daughter

both work in the health care field and had to work

yesterday but that gave me the entire day

 in my factory making Annies!

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I love adding trims to Annie's dresses

Butterfly Annie has a lovely eyelet trim I just bought

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Raggedy Annie Angel came about 

because I had an 11 inch naked Annie 

in my factory for the past 3 months

just waiting to be special :)

thanks for visiting

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enjoy your week being thankful in all things

God bless!

Cherish Annie ~ Butterfly dress

this week's Annie is Cherish

I like to try different dress styles so

for this Annie I sewed her dress skirt in three pieces

 main skirt ~ cotton lace trim ~ bottom piece

making the lace trim see through

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thank you all for visiting again

wishing all an amazing week

God bless!