The couples are hanging out in the dining room these days.

I am helping my family clean out my parents house; the one I grew up in. They have lived there for almost 50 years. So much stuff. So much personal history. I am driving 2 1/2 hours each way, with car fulls of stuff.

Fabric and sewing stuff, a collection of silk ties…

tons of vintage clothing… there are 26 hat boxes here. Each box has several hats in it and although they are all labeled, the label almost never matches what is in it! I am meeting with a vintage clothing dealer on Monday.

I got lots of things that I like… I’ll post pictures. Here is the first-

I will be back and forth for the next few weeks and so there won’t be much doll-making.