Diana Lax

Diana Lax passed away on Jan. 17, a little over two years after Garth's death. What a dynamic couple they were. Two of the friendliest people you could ever hope to meet. So glad I had a chance to meet them, and learn about the rarest antique paper dolls in their collection. They usually won a trove of ribbons at Convention competitions! This picture is from the 2009 convention in Las Vegas.

I'll miss their smiling faces -- their joy in sharing their paper doll treasures and greeting friends, old and new, at every convention. 

Be Best Paper Doll, MAD magazine

December 2018 issue. And thanks to Bruce Patrick Jones for the heads up!

This issue also has the excellent riff on Edward Gorey's "The Gashlycrumb Tinies." MAD's version is "The Ghastlygun Tinies." It will break your heart.

Morgantown Paper Doll Luncheon 2019

A Happy New Year

Merry Christmas to a Sweet Girl, ca. 1960

A Barker Card, Barker, Cincinnati

Less than a week away! How'd that happen?

Lovely image found online

Using vintage scraps in greeting cards

I found these cute cards at a store called Tuesday Morning, and thought I could glue on some scraps to break up the pattern...so I did! It was a happy coincidence that I had a batch of scraps that blended nicely with the color scheme of the cards. 

I'm not sure if the scraps are from a paper doll set or not...they do resemble the lovely artwork in the margins of a baby paper doll book. If anyone recognizes them, let me know.