As it's new year's eve I have made a few sensible and worthy new year's resolutions that I probably won't bore you with, but I've also made some dolly vows!

In no particular order...

1) Take a minimum of one dolly pic a day in 2012 (I thought I might start posting in this new 2012 doll challenge on Flickr):

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1830382@N24/

The idea being that once a week you ...

Don't forget that it is BBC Children in Need on friday.  This charity do so much valuable work helping under priveledged and suffering children to help make them feel:

Safe

Happy and Secure

Allows them the chance to reach their potential

I know that Pudsey and Blush are teddies, but teddies are a KIND of doll so here's how you can adopt a Pudsey while also helping g agreat cause

I was racking my brains for a connection between Comic Relief and dolls and the answer was staring me in the face all along!  I had to go back a few years though!

And to find out what it's all about...

We have all been watching, in horror, the unfolding events of the Japanese earthquake and its aftermath.  Events such as these tend to leave one with a feeling of helplessness so it is always encouraging to see people determined to help, with no matter how small a gesture.  As usual the dolly community have not let the side down!

I would like to draw y...

One of my favourite activites is scouring the charity shops looking for dollies to adopt.  It's really great fun having a rummage and never knowing what you are going to find!  It's also fairly guilt free as I know:

Photo courtesy of MeL * via Flickr

This story recently appeared in the South Wales Echo concer...

I know I have ranted on in the introduction about using dolls in a positive and responsible manner.  This post is to offer a concrete example of how dolls can be used for good

According to their website Rag Dolls 2 Love is a non-profit, project through which volunteers create cloth dolls t...