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    Reader, She Made It

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    Image of Maulleigh Maulleigh
    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    that is soooo fucking cool!!! I know this is a dumb comment but I had to weigh in. I love stuff like this! :)
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    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    The winner bidder is going to be pretty pissed went the madwoman doll hidden in the attic burns that mo-fo down to the ground.
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    12/10/08

    @hatepaperdoll: 'when'
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    12/10/08

    @hatepaperdoll: LOL!!
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    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    i crossed the diamond-encrusted puppies off of my list to santa and replaced it with this.

    hopefully he will give me both, cuz i really need a shiny puppy to play dolls with me.
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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    The lower classes will always have to pinch and scrape for those who have a great deal more money and time than they know what to do with. If you're a poor governess in the 1800s, you have to make a dollhouse for rich people. If you're a poor slob in the 2000s, you have to try to pay your rent despite a lot of rich people doing unimaginably stupid things with credit derivatives.


    Same thing, right? Right?

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    Image of Dottie Gale Dottie Gale
    12/10/08

    @tscheese: Making a dollhouse in 1839 = picking up your boss's dry cleaning in 2008
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    Image of shan_a_rama shan_a_rama
    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    Want!


    That is all.

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    Image of Kivrin Kivrin
    12/10/08

    @shan_a_rama: Me too! I literally gasped when I read this. I didn't even know it existed, but it sounds WONDERFUL.
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    Image of heykoukla heykoukla
    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    Only £8000? It's more than I have in the bank, but I'm seriously tempted. Can you take out a doll-sized mortgage on a dollshouse?
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    I would have made a terrible governess given my proclivity to cut the hair off of every doll that has ever crossed my path.
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    12/10/08

    @BabyJane: I would have put them in very inappropriate positions and giggled for hours.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    12/10/08

    @BabyJane: I would have made a terrible governess given my proclivity to beat children.
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    12/10/08

    @bluebears: And with some subtle tweaking, that fact now appears on your resume as:


    As a governess, I look forward to taking a hands-on approach with my charges.

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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    12/10/08

    @BabyJane: Maybe mine should read that. As it stands it says "As a governess, I look forward to setting the charges under the children."
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    12/10/08

    @BrutallyHonestBabes:May I suggest:

    I enjoy lighting a fire under those in my care.
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    Image of Easybreezy Easybreezy
    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    I just re-read Jane Eyre last month. Soooooo goooooood.


    Sadie, if you want to go in together on the dollhouse, I'm in!

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    Image of EkaterinaBallerina EkaterinaBallerina
    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    Oh wow. I was obsessed with dollhouses as a child. When I was about eleven my father decided to make me one from scratch. It took him a year but he constructed me a pink and purple townhouse outfitted with electricity and a porch. As a little girl I was obsessed with living in a pink and purple house, hence the color scheme (although I give him props for making the colors a lot more solid and understated than my original desires). It is one of my most prized possessions, most significantly because he constructed just for me.
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    Image of Mkp-hearts-NYC Mkp-hearts-NYC
    12/10/08

    @ekaterinaballerina: My grandfather built me a dollhouse for my 5th birthday..it was pretty detailed but unfinished so I got to paint and decorate it myself. I went to sooo many miniature shows to furnish it :D
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    12/10/08

    @ekaterinaballerina: WOW! Your dad sounds awesome. That's a real treasure!
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    12/10/08

    @Mkp-hearts-Cheesy-Potatoes-(and also NYC): Your dollhouse sounds amazing too!
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    Image of Liz11685 Liz11685
    12/10/08

    @ekaterinaballerina: My grandfather made my dollhouse I had when I was very young- it had a folding roof for the third floor and I could do with it what I pleased. I also had a really cute little cottage from a kit and then later my mom bought me a new dollhouse to replace the one from my grandpa(it broke! :() and I got to customize that one too.


    I may have been slightly obsessed as a child and STILL want to make one now that is perfect.

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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    "Bawwww!" said the post-humously famous authoress, "Wail, weep! I have to PLAY WITH DOLLS FOR A LIVING! Cryyyyy!"


    Celebrities! They're just like us!

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    Image of funnyface funnyface
    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    I hope the Bronte museum in Haworth gets it. You all MUST go there if you can.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    12/10/08

    @funnyface: gasp! i didn't know such a thing existed. def. going on my list of places to go someday (i've never been anywhere besides mexico and canada though so...long list)
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    Image of PrairieGirl PrairieGirl
    12/10/08

    @bluebears: I agree with funnyface. It's a very cool museum. It's the parsonage that her father worked from. My extended family all live in North Yorkshire and we always make a pilgrimage whenever I visit. The best displays are the dresses of Emily and Charlotte. TINY! Like what a 12 year old would fit into today.
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    12/10/08

    @PrairieGirl: I got to go on a college trip, and we stayed in a tiny b&b/tea house across the street from the church: [www.theapothecaryguesthouse.co.uk]

    We hiked across the moors, tried to catch baby sheep, and had good times in The Black Bull pub.
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    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    Droooool! All I wanted growing up was a super fancy like multi-thousand dollar dollhouse. sigh...
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    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    I'd like to think that one day, after I'm dead and famous, my Eiffel Tower of Tampons will be sold at auction.
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    Image of Mkp-hearts-NYC Mkp-hearts-NYC
    12/10/08

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (subservient to the ovumlord): Pre-emptive $20 bid!
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    12/10/08

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (subservient to the ovumlord): Does it light up at night like the real one?
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    12/10/08

    @BrutallyHonestBabes: No, but I've programmed it to turn red once every 28 days.


    @Mkp-hearts-Cheesy-Potatoes-(and also NYC): Can I also interest you in a fabulous Mount Rushmore model made of papier-mache maxi pads?

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    12/10/08

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (subservient to the ovumlord): I'm hoping one day my copper IUD will be melted down and become a tooth for future President 50 Cent.
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    12/10/08

    @BrutallyHonestBabes: I'm going to turn my maternity bras into cereal bowls. Whose milk is it? You'll never know!
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    Image of Mkp-hearts-NYC Mkp-hearts-NYC
    12/10/08

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (subservient to the ovumlord): ...I'm listening...
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    12/10/08

    In reply to Reader, She Made It
    Ohh man. I just emailed my dad "Daddy, I want an Oompa-Loompa now" and sent him a link to this. At first glance I didn't get that Bronte herself had decorated it, I thought it was an enthusiastic fan. Now I'm doubly wowed.
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    12/10/08

    @Mkp-hearts-Cheesy-Potatoes-(and also NYC): Just remember what happens to bad eggs!
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