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 IT'S BEEN SAID THAT LIFE BEGINS AT 40, AND
THAT'S WHEN I STARTED HAVING FUN. I DISCOVERED THAT GROWN WOMEN
COLLECTED DOLLS AND EVEN HAD CLUBS TO SHARE THEIR INTEREST. I FOUND
A CLUB, AND WITH MY CREATIVE ABILITIES TO DESIGN AND SEW, I WAS ABLE
TO MAKE COSTUMES FOR THOSE DOLLS THAT WERE SO DEPRIVED. I ALSO
SCULPTED ONE OF A KIND DOLLS, AND FROM SCRATCH FASHIONED THEIR WIGS
, COSTUMED AND PAINTED THEM. I AM ALSO WORKING ON A STONE DOLL HOUSE
MANSION WITH A WONDERFUL ENTRY HALL WITH CURVED STAIRCASE AND
MURALS UP THE STAIRCASE ,ON THE WALLS AND THE CEILING ALL BY MY
HAND. THIS IS MY 6TH DOLL HOUSE BUT THIS ONE IS FOR ME , AND IT'S
MY MASTERPIECE. I WAS INSPIRED BY MY DAUGHTER 'S DARLING EFFORT
IN MAKING A GINGERBREAD HOUSE FOR ONE OF HER FRIENDS.
I WAS SO SURPRISED AT THE RESULT, AND OF HER
OWN VOLITION, AND NO HELP FROM MOM, AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. WOW!
THAT'S WHEN MY OWN GINGERBREAD HOUSE JUICES KICKED IN. THIS WAS
RIGHT UP MY ALLEY . I STARTED MY OWN PRODUCTION, AND FOR WEEKS I
MADE ONE AFTER ANOTHER. I WOULD LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT, DESIGNING MY
NEXT CREATION. NOW I WAS HAVING FUN!!
THEY DELIGHTED THOSE WHO VISITED MY HOME OR
RECEIVED THEM AS GIFTS. I BEGAN RECEIVING A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM
LOCAL NEWSPAPERS AND A LOCAL TV STATION . FROM THERE IT WAS BUT A
HOP , SKIP AND A JUMP TO PRODUCE A HOW TO VIDEO FOR INTERESTED
PARTIES. MAYBE IT WILL BE AS MUCH FUN FOR OTHERS AS IT IS FOR
ME. ALWAYS REMEMBER IT'S NEVER TO LATE FOR A HAPPY CHILDHOOD. I
WISH EVERY ONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS, I SIGN MYSELF
AUNT BILLIE LOU
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