tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.comments2023-09-13T18:15:55.025+01:00☆Sharon's Sunlit Memories☆sharonssunlitmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00817837936506262964noreply@blogger.comBlogger1221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-77401648967486223492017-01-30T15:21:42.526+00:002017-01-30T15:21:42.526+00:00I have a vintage print of Nocturn (Les Sylphides) ...I have a vintage print of Nocturn (Les Sylphides) nr 948 by Carltta Edwards. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106013673062275276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-60009932150851582302016-10-22T23:46:03.269+01:002016-10-22T23:46:03.269+01:00Thank you for a sunlit nostalgic journey. I used t...Thank you for a sunlit nostalgic journey. I used to play with paper dolls as a child. I have the Original 1960s My Fair Lady Paper Doll if you are still interested.Catherine Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-58546575967845219382016-10-22T23:46:01.788+01:002016-10-22T23:46:01.788+01:00Thank you for a sunlit nostalgic journey. I used t...Thank you for a sunlit nostalgic journey. I used to play with paper dolls as a child. I have the Original 1960s My Fair Lady Paper Doll if you are still interested.Catherine Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-87387949381332024082016-09-18T17:39:29.953+01:002016-09-18T17:39:29.953+01:00My goodness, how did you get such clear, high-res ...My goodness, how did you get such clear, high-res illustrations? They are beautiful. I love book illustrations and I have quite a number posted on my personal web site: reader.homestead.com. Check it out.Hsiaoshuanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064491106175619948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-21601029162433244652016-07-16T11:51:59.330+01:002016-07-16T11:51:59.330+01:00Yeah, my mum's Gill :-)Yeah, my mum's Gill :-)Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052686869041547894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-59676713068389164372016-05-19T18:47:26.999+01:002016-05-19T18:47:26.999+01:00Hi Timbo - Gerritt Vandersyde was my grandfather t...Hi Timbo - Gerritt Vandersyde was my grandfather too and I'm working out who you are! I think your mother is Gillian or Wendy.<br /><br />To Sharon - as far as I know I'm the only one in our family who takes an interest in and collects his art. I have about six originals - three of which are not in the public domain - and several prints. Also a quantity of the artist's original sketches for his work, and some books and magazines that use his art.<br /><br />Delighted to discuss further.Lancebo81noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-82963545489412997542016-05-19T17:10:34.951+01:002016-05-19T17:10:34.951+01:00He was also our grandfather and we used to stay wi...He was also our grandfather and we used to stay with him in London. We have many of his early sketches and drawings for childrens' book covers. He not only painted beautiful children but older people too. Jasmin Rowland, Lance van der Syde and Jason Gerritt van derSyde.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-20603594749606440062016-05-04T20:06:19.136+01:002016-05-04T20:06:19.136+01:00These are so gorgeous Sharon! So sophisticated an...These are so gorgeous Sharon! So sophisticated and elegant. Donna Heberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510395666314072728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-42856807467975359272016-04-12T14:50:00.739+01:002016-04-12T14:50:00.739+01:00Hi there! Dorelle was my father's cousin, and ...Hi there! Dorelle was my father's cousin, and lived with her husband, Laurie, in Auburn Road, Kenilworth, Cape. Her real name was Dorrie Humphris. She did a great deal of work for the Cape Argus both as an artist and a cartoonist. My son owns a Dorelle sketch of the great men of the day queueing before a camera: Roosevelt, Churchill, Smuts, Halifax, Bailey and others, all headed by a bizarrely pompous Mussolini. My brother and I have some of her paintings - mine are a striking Arab head and an evocative black mother and child. Philip Le Feuvre philcharm@gmail.comCharmianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693838039709605151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-85887031610744046802016-04-08T22:23:55.464+01:002016-04-08T22:23:55.464+01:00Wow! You have been busy. They are all fabulous. Th...Wow! You have been busy. They are all fabulous. Thanks for sharing these with us. Sending hugs from Spain!!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252671846285594734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-60457029372862126942016-01-28T16:31:17.481+00:002016-01-28T16:31:17.481+00:00How fun to come across this post! I have this exac...How fun to come across this post! I have this exact same book from childhood(imagine, it was only 25 cents at the time!). I had to run and dig it out of storage before typing my comment. I wasn't sure if any bits of clothes were left, but no, sadly the paper dolls and clothes are long gone. The middle section has the story intact and flipping through it, I remember my favorite illustration was the same one as yours. Another favorite Little Golden paper doll book I owned (and still do) was Little Red Riding Hood (again, the dolls and clothes are missing). Thanks so much for sharing your great find!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-44589286274063274982016-01-17T18:28:48.427+00:002016-01-17T18:28:48.427+00:00They're so awesome. They make me remember happ...They're so awesome. They make me remember happy memories of the childhood. This is a nice fairytale.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10160496352824369825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-31784622736054528822016-01-14T22:34:52.487+00:002016-01-14T22:34:52.487+00:00Oh my goodness Timbo... thank you so much for leav...Oh my goodness Timbo... thank you so much for leaving a comment ... how wonderful to have such a lovely heritage. I hope you still have some of his work to keep and enjoy.sharonssunlitmemorieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817837936506262964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-29063617869224359592016-01-14T07:57:59.464+00:002016-01-14T07:57:59.464+00:00He was my.grandfather, though he died over ten yea...He was my.grandfather, though he died over ten years before I was born. Grandma used to still have quite a lot of pictures up until she passed away. They were lovely to look at.Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052686869041547894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-32926659764810116532016-01-14T04:03:21.524+00:002016-01-14T04:03:21.524+00:00What a wonderful find! So glad you scanned it for ...What a wonderful find! So glad you scanned it for all of us to enjoy. Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819627908122183686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-29366726148011393062015-10-03T15:07:23.942+01:002015-10-03T15:07:23.942+01:00Fabulous! Too bad the wig couldn't be included...Fabulous! Too bad the wig couldn't be included on the second one- but I think it must have been due to space. These are so beautiful. You are so talented and obviously love creating these gems. Thanks for sharing! :) <br />~JessDMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-57766799109814618742015-10-01T04:34:33.588+01:002015-10-01T04:34:33.588+01:00This is a very charming paper doll book. I love th...This is a very charming paper doll book. I love that the dolls are double sided. That's something I've always wanted to try with my art and never have really managed to do. RLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15774835518802499012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-87792685125559319222015-09-24T03:22:48.884+01:002015-09-24T03:22:48.884+01:00So happy to see you back! Hope all has been well ...So happy to see you back! Hope all has been well with you. I am so happy for you that you found such a sought after treasure. I can see why you wanted a copy so badly. Beautiful! Sorry to hear about people taking things that don't belong to them!<br /><br />Have a lovely week.<br />~JessDMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-10700545984680728962015-09-21T15:40:12.322+01:002015-09-21T15:40:12.322+01:00First place, I'm so sorry that there are unscr...First place, I'm so sorry that there are unscrupulous people out there. I hear about them all the time. I've even found my books on sites.<br />I love this whole Sleeping Beauty one, but then she's my favorite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-22606163825488022522015-09-20T22:40:23.314+01:002015-09-20T22:40:23.314+01:00So wonderful to see a post from you. Hope you are ...So wonderful to see a post from you. Hope you are well. The book and dolls are fabulous. So pleased you found one. We don´t know what we have when we are young do we. We have moved to Spain and I couldn´t take much with me but I did bring along a couple of my favourite books from my childhood.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252671846285594734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-38570814506300934712015-09-20T09:36:20.409+01:002015-09-20T09:36:20.409+01:00Hi Nora ..... it has always been one of my favouri...Hi Nora ..... it has always been one of my favourites too ..... (made the year I was born so there is something in that!) ... the artwork is magical... whoever decided on that style was a genius.<br />If you want to use the email button on the sidebar I'll email you the scans without the watermarks. I don't mind doing this for people I know well and can trust ...... like you I had seen them piecemeal before so finally holding the book in my hands and paging through it was wonderful!sharonssunlitmemorieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817837936506262964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-62395317359821745852015-09-20T00:38:50.865+01:002015-09-20T00:38:50.865+01:00Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful book!...Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful book! I've wanted a copy for myself as well. But as you said, they are pricey when one is lucky enough to find one in mint condition. Maybe one day.... Sleeping Beauty is one of my favorite Disney animated films. I couldn't tell you exactly why I love this particular film so much. Perhaps it is the fact that it was released a year after I was born, or the artwork that went into creating it, or the fact that she meets Phillip and falls instantly in love with him (since in Disney's version they don't wait the 100 years for her to awaken with a kiss) and he with her. I will admit too that I had a crush on Phillip when I was younger and to this day, out of all the Disney Princes he is the handsomest in my eyes. Aurora is also the prettiest of all the Princesses. Whatever the reason, the art of this particular movie is the best of all the Disney films in my humble opinion. <br /><br />It is a shame that you had to put a watermark over the images but one can't really blame you. I've even seen my efforts of sharing my collection on other sites without an acknowledgement as to where they found them.<br /><br />Thank you again for sharing this beautiful storybook. I'd seen the paper dolls in bits and pieces but not all the pages. I never had this storybook as a child, but wish I had. :)Norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05907484778170816166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-4678751338636966632015-06-14T06:12:03.429+01:002015-06-14T06:12:03.429+01:00Hello? Hello? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601030339219072056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-39156715039652278852015-06-14T05:35:27.009+01:002015-06-14T05:35:27.009+01:00I have a vintage Carlotta Edwards Giselle print ...I have a vintage Carlotta Edwards Giselle print framed just wondering how much they are going for ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601030339219072056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628938970716871468.post-4267453010914339102015-05-02T20:30:03.173+01:002015-05-02T20:30:03.173+01:00I loved playing with paper dolls as a child. My ol...I loved playing with paper dolls as a child. My older sister used to help me cut them out and we would play with them for hours. Heidi and Peter must have been one of my first sets but I had forgotten all about them until I saw them on your blog. As soon as I saw the costumes, though, the memories came flooding back, so thank you for sharing them with us.punkinseekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07991948087342948332noreply@blogger.com