The story behind huggable cloth dolls with perky smiles and big eyes — modern-day cousins of Raggedy Ann and Andy — captured the heart of Maureen Ennis. The handmade dolls are given to children who ...

Handmade Black Dolls at the Mingei Nina and Naia Helms are in their playroom, in front of a tub of Barbie dolls. "We have a whole lot of different barbies," said 10-year-old Nina. "A whole lot," said ...

Better hurry if you want a unique handmade Christmas gift made with love. Bobbie Carra’s rag dolls are going fast. Carra is a resident at Good Samaritan Society-Comforcare, in Austin, MN. The 45-bed ...

Not so long ago, I had a love affair with cloth doll making. I spent years burning the midnight oil, honing my craft as I discovered new and exciting techniques that resulted in whimsical little ...

EUNICE, La. — Located on Highway 190, one mile past the Walmart, you will find Cajun Girls Corner. Owned and operated by Kindy Devillier, she is the craftswoman behind all the Mardi Gras decor inside ...

The idea came during an ill-fated romance. Harrisburg native Barbara El Wilson was smitten with a guy when she traveled to west Africa in the late 1980s, but it was the women in a Ghana marketplace ...

After his mother passed away, Fritz Peltonen is now in possession of her porcelain doll collection. She made most of these dolls by hand: In total, there are nearly 2,000 of them. Peltonen said he’s ...

AMMAN — On the occasion of the International Women’s Day and the Japanese Doll Festival, Jordanian women participated in an exhibition on Tuesday to present home-made decorations that reflect the ...