The Winner is...

The Winner of the blossom guessing contest is Kim from the Netherlands. Of course being a florist she had a bit of an advantage here...She is the only person who guessed and posted her correct answer in the comment section. I had one other correct answer but it wasn't posted in the comments. Hmm. Should they win a price anyways?

The correct answer was

1. Pear

2.Cherry

3. Apricot

Our apple tree did not bloom at all this year - unfortunately. Sorry, if I threw you off with the many choices. I will have another giveaway in the near future. I promise I'll make it a lot easier next time!

Happy Mother's Day!

This is one of my favorite pictures of my kids and me. It was taken a few years back in the summer...Can you tell how happy we all were playing in the grass?

I've been kind of distraught all week because I misplaced a box of pictures from when I was little in Germany. I was going to post a picture of my mother for today. So I'll have to go with this one for now...

Old Doll Clothes - New Ideas

A dear customer of mine sent me a pile of old doll clothes recently. For inspiration ...I think it worked. I took some pictures of the pretty clothes she sent me. Some of them did not have any labels. So I don't know where they came from. But I particularly loved the old bloomers and pantaloons!

I got some great ideas how to spruce up my inventory and offer some new clothes that fit my style. The ruffled bloomers I posted yesterday where inspired by the old fashioned doll clothes you see in today's pictures. My mom made doll clothes like that for me when I was little. Unfortunately I wasn't able to save any of them. They got lost when I moved to the US. =(

New Dress Design

I have been working on this new dress design. I wanted to make a shorter summer dress or top with the pocket, so the dolls can carry their babies around even when it's hot out. =)

What do you think?

I also made some oldfashioned type of bloomers. I think this little ensemble looks cute. I may have to widen it around the belly section, since it is a wee bit tight when I add a baby to the pocket...

justyn rebecca's w0nderful Foto

justyn rebecca's w0nderful Foto, originally uploaded by germandolls.

That's another photo from a while back. It still makes me smile every time I look at it.

One Happy Customer =)

Look, what I got in my e-mail today! Isn't that a sweet picture? It totally made my day this morning. When bad news strike about wars, bombings, oil spills and such - a picture like this will inspire me to keep going...

Happy May Day Fruit Blossom Guessing Game

Here are perfect pictures for May from my garden for you. I had to take them quickly before it snows again...Can you believe that we had snow again two days ago? I know it's Colorado. I have been living here for nearly fourteen years. It still throws me off every time. One always has to worry about loosing all the fruit on the fruit trees. We have plenty of them. What use is a garden if you can't eat what grows in it? Can you guess which blossom is from what kind of fruit tree?Your choices are: prune, apricot, pear, cherry, or maybe apple. You need to identify each of the three blossoms. Picture number one is...Picture two shows...Picture number three is a ....Leave your answer in the comment section for a chance to win one of my sweet Pocketdolls. Happy guessing! You have till midnight next Sunday, May 9th, to polish up on your botany. =)