Saturday, January 24, 2009

Show and Tell Saturday ~ Antiques


My lovely friend Kim at Homesteaders Heart started a new meme for Saturdays called Show and Tell Saturdays. Sounds like fun to me! This week's theme is Antiques.

This is a special one for me and I am happy to have a reason to post about it.


This doll was given to me when I was a little girl (first grade maybe?). What makes it so special is that it belonged to my Mother when she was a little girl. That makes it at least 60 years old! For one of my birthdays, my Mother and my Grandmother took the doll to someone to have it fixed up - new wig, cleaned up and I don't know what else was done. I loved her! Her head, arms, and legs all move around and she came with a cute dress, shoes, coat and hat. Some of the items have been lost over the years. Now that I look at her, she could use a bit of repair.

I named her Elizabeth. I had a couple of reasons for that. The first was that I had just discovered a book at my Grandparents' house about a little girl with a pretty little doll named Elizabeth who came alive when other people weren't around. I thought it would be wonderful if my doll was just a bit magical. The second was that I really felt that my parents should have named me Elizabeth, a much more elegant sort of name than Lisa! I even asked my parents why they didn't give me a name like that. My Mother did let me know though that the name Lisa is actually a shortened form of the name Elizabeth. That led to me telling anyone who asked that my name was Lisa, short for Elizabeth! ( By the way, I am so glad they didn't name me that as I already had a long last name and I happen to love the name Lisa!)

I'm glad I was able to share her with you. She stays tucked away in a cedar chest for now. Maybe someday I'll be able to pass her on to a special little girl. And I think I might even have that book about a girl and a doll packed away in a box - I'll have to look.

Stop by Homesteaders Heart to see more antiques and link up if you have one to share!

Have a wonderful weekend!

8 comments:

  1. OH I love it. She is so precious and what a great story to go with it. I think you make a lovely Lisa!
    Hugs to you my friend and thanks for joining in today!

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  2. I did not take a picture of my doll that was my mothers. I should have done so. My doll is also an Elizabeth. She is 100 years old. My grandmother made her for my mother's first Christmas which was in 1909.
    Lois

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  3. Oh Lisa, she is precious. I think at some point I'd like to get my little girl a very special doll that she will have and give to her children. Unfortunetly for me, I didn't have one I would pass along!

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  4. Such a beautiful doll and I loved the story to go with it. And if I had ever had a daughter I was going to name her Elizabeth. Alas, I have Rusty, Stephen, & Jonathan. Maybe someday I'll have a granddaughter named Elizabeth.

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  5. Thank you. That was a nice blog today. I think I like show and tell.

    Love ya,
    LW

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  6. i have a holly hobby doll that i got when i was a baby, but i guess it would only be considered vintage.
    btw, i luv your chocolatey background! did you design it yourself? i prefer having my blog be the stretchy template, but i can't find cute backgrounds for stretchy, only minima.

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  7. Oh how pretty! I love her. And the Elizabeth story. I wanted my name to be Patricia growing up. I don't know why. I just liked the name. I wanted to play along, but felt too bad to get it together. Oh well, maybe next Saturday.

    Take care my friend!
    I hope you have a great weekend!

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  8. Ok, my head is still in a fog apparently. That should be I hope you have a great week, not weekend! Although I do hope you have one of those, too :o)

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