{"id":2994,"date":"2010-07-07T09:34:59","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T13:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=2994"},"modified":"2010-07-07T09:34:59","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T13:34:59","slug":"connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/07\/connections\/","title":{"rendered":"connections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Probably the best thing about having a blog is the people I have met because of it. Traveling is so much more fun when I meet up with people who actually live in the place I’m going to be. I was able to connect with 2 people in Paris.<\/p>\n

Catherine invited me to her doll-making gathering. Her website is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The dollmakers meet at a store that repairs dolls, music boxes and mechanical toys and is part of the Le Viaduc des Arts<\/a> (which is under the Promenade Plantee from the roofs post<\/a>). It was a beautiful day and they were sitting out on the sidewalk in the sunshine, working on dolls. Wonderful!<\/p>\n

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She showed me many dolls she has made. The Purl girl<\/a> in the photo above was made by her 12 yo daughter! And, aren’t these clothes pin dolls amazing? I love the ribbon joints.<\/p>\n

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Another day, I met up with Laure<\/a> for lunch and a drive out of town to see her family’s country house. Paris was terribly hot and it was a treat to get out among fields and trees. The house and grounds were lovely.<\/p>\n

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A structure in the woods- a Folly<\/a> maybe?<\/p>\n

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And inside the house- what a beautiful chandelier.<\/p>\n

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Old walls and the road.<\/p>\n

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I actually spent some time in the studio yesterday. Hopefully I will have some finished work to show by next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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