Here you'll find a little about the two of us. We have raised our children and now enjoy our grandchildren, but our love of dolls still continues to grow. So if you wonder why we continue this fascination with dolls remember:

Grandmothers are only antique little girls

Germaine Roux -- This doll shop is a realization of a dream from long ago. I've always been fascinated and have had a love of dolls. I guess dolls bring back many good childhood memories. Learning to make dolls was always a dream, but raising 5 children came first. In the 80's I started to make cloth dolls, many like the Cabbage Patch Kid dolls that were the fad at the time. But doll making was limited to after bedtime, since raising two sons and three daughters occupied my days. I had looked into porcelain doll making when the two youngest ones were still small but that required money that was needed elsewhere. Then came the grandchildren, 3 boys who aren't sure what to think about a dollmaking gramma.
Then around 2001, my sister-in-law Dianne mentioned it and we started classes in September of that year. We were hooked. It's amazing how much joy comes from pouring the porcelain slip then taking greenware to the final porcelain stages when the doll comes alive.
I've been making dolls ever since. It's a little easier now, I have a kiln in the basement so I get to work on dolls whenever I feel like it. A bedroom has opened up to become a great sewing room with everything I need to dress and create costumes.
I'm also very fortunate to have a husband who supports my endeavors, since taking seminars often consumes extended weekends and sometimes traveling out of state. He also takes it in stride when I shop and go off looking for items for the dolls. He even has his favorites which will not be sold.
So this website is phase 2 of a dream, phase one was the classes and seminars, and the final phase will be the opening of a store front. I'm not sure when or where just yet, we have a few ideas but nothing definite. I need to retire first. So for now this is a part-time job after my full-time job as a security manager. I hope you enjoy the site and find something to please you. Enjoy.

Dianne Brousseau -- As a wife and mother of two grown children and grandmother to three granddaughters and a grandson, I am reliving my youth through porcelain dolls.
Thanks to my grandmother, I have been sewing since I was a young teenager. I have sewn for my children, husband and now my grandchildren. So making clothes for my dolls and yours is a wonderful pastime. I also made cloth dolls similar to the Cabbage Patch Dolls of the 80's.
When I became an empty nester, I started collecting porcelain dolls. My fascination with porcelain dolls led me to find a dollmaker who would teach me to create my own dolls. Then in 2001, I cleaned and painted my first doll. There really is something wonderful about a handcrafted porcelain doll.