Comments on: Paper Dolls

By: carlahoag

carlahoag — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:48:05 +0000

My sister was older than me, too, and paper dolls were about the only thing we did together (besides argue).

To this day I still love them. I don’t have any of my originals, but I’ve been able to replace some of them.

My sister collects new ones, like the Tom Tierney from Dover press. I prefer used vintage ones.

And I also collect old Sears and Montgomery Wards catalogs. But I make photocopies for projects. My dad would never have believed that I actually pay for those catalogs like the ones they used to throw away.

A very pleasant, enjoyable post.

By: M. Diane Rogers

M. Diane Rogers — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:56:23 +0000

Ah, nice to have a big sister even if she wasn’t into playing with you too much.

By: valentinoswife

valentinoswife — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:49:27 +0000

My sister doesn’t remember as much about the paper dolls even nthough she is my ‘big sister’ – I guess they were really more what I loved so I cherished the memory! Also because she is the older sister, we did not often play together so guess this was a good memory from when she was tolerating me! Thank goodness we both grew up so we could become better friends!

By: M. Diane Rogers

M. Diane Rogers — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:07:30 +0000

I, too, played with paper dolls, but they weren’t my favourite things. My mum loved paper dolls though as a girl, she said, and I have often thought she must have been disappointed I didn’t care so much. I still have a few and even some paper doll pages she cut out from magazines.
Sounds as if you and your sister were very organzized about your paper doll collections. What good memories!