A trip to the Shoe~Maker........





We have just arrived home from a long day to town~ fitting is complete, and dolly was in 'such' a goode spirit as to have enough patience to drop by the shoe~maker on the way home. She just adored these c1780 slippers, and told me she MUST have them~ so here they are....a Diamond K Folk Art Original.....




See how teeeeeeeeeeeeeensie weeeeensie!!!!

Something **Special** This Way Comes................

For those of you who are not on my mailing list, I will have a special something posted this week for sale, ONLY here~ a One of a Kind........above is a little peek....just a peek, as she has not yet finished her fitting...then she will be going to the Salon for a special 'Do'....so this week, keep an eye out for her~ I am making her available on my Blog as a special Thankyou for all of your kind emails and calls! If you are not on my mailing list, you can go to my page on The Primitive Gathering , link to the right, and you will see a link at the bottom of that page to be added to my email list~ you have to click on the picture below the link.

Something Special This Way Comes.............................

Red.....it really is a 'Goode Thing'..................

Here are some of my favorite shoes~ all in red. During the 16th, 17th & 18th centuries, red was considered the color of Nobility~ to have shoes of chrimson red, meant you were the who's who of society....very wealthy, and very fashionable. The fawn color side lacing shoes in the very back, c1854, are adult size, to give refrence to how small some of these are~ all worn by children, NO DOLLS. The red pair directly in front of them, second from the BACK, is c1830, of wool with patent leather heel & toe foxings.



Above a pair of teeniest teeny red morocco leather shoes, latchet tie, with covered heel in contrasting leather. Worn my a young girl in 1740, age 2. The tiny hand stitching on these is a marvel to behold in person.


This pair of shoes is dated 1780, with a bit more detailed family provenance than the first pair~ and fit directly in the wooden pattens below. The pointed toe is a direct reflection of the bigger pair Mamma would have worn..........


This ia a pair of wooden "Pattens". These are hand carved wood above a raised wrought iron oval ring~ one would put these on by fastening the leather strap up over the shoe, to go out in the mud or rain~ like an early overshoe. It is hard enough trying to teach a toddler to walk, let alone balance on these things~ but yes, they were actually worn. I have seen the bottom iron in different fashionable shapes....squares, circles, hearts~ most endearing.

Do you have the time???????


I hope you will stop in to the Primitive Gathering on the 15th to take a peek at our new offerings~ mabey youll see somthing you cant live without, and help support the Museum as well! You can click the link to the right to get there!!

Farewell Dear Poppy~

Ohh my precious little darling~ sail well o'er the blue ocean and write to me when you arrive to youre new home in Brazil~ Mommy will miss you Dearly~

Here is my latest One of a Kind Dolly~ Ladye Catherine Swift. Shes not totally finished, but she wanted to say "hello"~~
I used my only and largest pair of antique c1840 pupiless brown eyes, and well~ shes my cross between a late William & Mary style , and early Queen Anne doll. The later (late 18th century) Queen Anne's were very crudely carved with hardly no facial features but eyes and a slit nose~ the earlier ones, had well defined features, lips as well as ears. I was going to give Ladye Catherine a gorgeous set of green tourmaline faceted earrings, but, she will be a dolly in 'undress'...just stockings, chemise, stays, pannier and bonnet. She is hand sculpted mache, stuffed with only excelsior wood shavings and gravel for weight. I will be working on her stays in the next few days~ the wood is stilllll soaking.
Thankyou to all of you for your kind words and support~ I really do appreciate each and every one of you. Diamond K Folk Art is the soul source of support for the Museum...and golly~ you should seeeeee what is comming!!!! Im so excited!

Everyone keeps asking me what my inspirations are.....I never really thought about it I guess. My Mother, of coarse~ she can do ANYTHING, and it comes out **perfect** the very first time she tries......and she always said to me growing up~ "If you want something done~ DO IT YOURSELF" ....so I would suppose that is my mantra & motto~ I always have a ton of things zooming around that I want to do~ just never enough time....... I am due to post of the Primitive Gathering blog on the 21st of this month...so was taking a few pictures of little inspirations that I have around me here....and this is one~ a beautiful hand carved c1830 ladys tortoise shell hair comb. I ADORE this comb~ it came from a Maine estate....its so smooth and lusterous, and feels like butter in your hair. Every now and then, I wear it around a bit in mine, to renew its oils and keep it from drying out, as real tortoise will do over time.