Doll heads. I found one the other day that just made me crazy happy and realized I have a small collection. I saw this particular head at Farm Chicks and did not buy it (you may have seen it on my IG feed if you follow me there). It stayed in my brain and when I saw it again at Palmer Wirfs Expo show, with the same vendor, I knew I had to bring it home.
I thought it was a doll head when I first saw it, but evidently it is a ball! It is marked Tommy Boy on the back. I can't imagine it being tossed around and so glad it survived the years of being thrown about.
The best collection of doll heads I have seen was in Flea Market Style Magazine, Fall/Winter 2012 issue. You can see the cabinet FULL of doll heads.
I will never have that amount as I only pick them up if they look forlorn or smile up at me from a sale. This gal lives in my studio. (her eyes blink back usually, so she does not have this sleepy eye look)
This gal lives in my studio too. I could not resist the blue bow!
My mom gave me this three faced doll a few years ago. She lives in my china hutch. Sometimes I flip it around to reflect my mood!
Usually the middle face is turned outwards..the other faces scare me a bit!
Short and sweet today and happy to bring Tommy Boy home to live with me and add to my stash!
If you have and idea for a future collection, leave me a comment and finish the sentence "Show me your collection of ___." Another week, another collection.
I love the one with the blue bow but the one with three faces is over the top. I have never seen one like that!!
Posted by: Kathy | July 29, 2014 at 06:15 AM
You and Tommy Ball were meant to be if he found his way all the way down the I5 corridor to you!
Stay cool. This hot weather? Done with it.
~Erica
Posted by: Erica | July 29, 2014 at 07:13 AM
Usually I don't like doll heads. Not the heads themselves, but the fact that they are detached from the body. Of course, your are cute heads! and only a few. The three headed one is great. It must have been an expensive doll in its' day. Perfect for Miss Magpie.
Posted by: Annette | July 29, 2014 at 07:59 AM
Love the blue bow doll head. Maybe it's me, but I immediately started to think of Halloween crafting when I spied doll heads on your blog.
Posted by: Musings from Kim K. | July 29, 2014 at 09:18 AM
I love the first ball-head. Think of all the places it's been... behind the hedge, over the fence and into the crabby neighbor's yard, out in the street, maybe a dog grabbed it and had to be chased and 50 years later into your hutch!
Great collection of treasures.
Posted by: janet johnson | July 29, 2014 at 10:05 AM
That blue bow doll head is adorable. I crack up when people get creeped out by doll heads but I do get it. I lived around the corner from 2 sisters who had 1,000's of dolls in their collection. Their house was on the historical home tour and everywhere you stepped there were probably 30 dolls staring at you. On each stair a pile, in the bathrooms and kitchens... then I got it! I imagined myself in their house at night in the dark... I understood why people get scared! Buwaaahahaa!
Lol! karen....
Posted by: karen | July 29, 2014 at 11:20 AM
Every time I see a cabinet full of doll heads on a blog, I can only think about a dumpster full of doll bodies. :0 I'm not really a fan of the doll heads, but the ones you have are super sweet. The girl with the blue bow is super sweet.
Posted by: Shara | July 29, 2014 at 12:25 PM
Your Tommy is cute. Glad you rescued him.
Posted by: Danielle @ Blessed Serendipity | July 29, 2014 at 01:27 PM
I would totally buy the three face baby head just for my Halloween display. Nothing says creepy like a schizophrenic doll head.
Posted by: Marla | July 29, 2014 at 05:01 PM
Dolls are bad enough. Dolls without bodies? YIKES! Run away! But I do love being surprised by your many collections!
Posted by: Eddie Mitchell | July 30, 2014 at 05:37 AM
Oooo, that three faced doll is creepy! I would have to hide her waaaaaay back in my cabinet. The rest are cute though :)
Posted by: Marci | August 01, 2014 at 03:24 AM