The Wee Peeple Newsletter

December 2024                                        Issue 214

Dollmaker Onboard!

December and- my-oh-my! Look at that!

 It's the Smithville Train!

a rare sighting of the Smithville Train-  like a child's drawing come to life..

like it was rushed off the desk of a first grader and sent straight to the manufacturer...

w So in a small town, well, the Smithville Library just up and called a Holiday!

and for their Open House they gave away food and hot chocolate

AND they

spirited out the elusive Train to benevolently provide the community with free

TRAIN RIDES!

Roll on Train! Right Down MAIN!

Crazy Small Town FUN!

And, for the Dollmaker, Winter Begins.

 ahem... not so fast...

So... lest it be completely (already) forgotten... there was

that One Last Jolly Weekend in

at the

on the 50th Anniversary of

The Grand Finale!

The ludicrous er- Lucrative! ..er.. Three Day Weekend!

oh yes~ nothing says Festive like BLACK Friday!

Witness the Magic Melding of Thanksgiving to Christmas in a single Day!

and nothing says Celtic like- um- well, here's a Yule Log:

Right Ho Ho Ho!

SO! NOW it can be Told!

Which person in this picture

is being "furtive" - buying a doll

secretly for a gift?

Can you guess?

(Top right corner...)

 Spontaneity is key... when one least expected it...

cleverly disguised as a Pirate... inconspicuous in the motley crowd...

a Conspirator arrived!

The Fairy Door was not only NOTICED

but Knocked Upon!! The Secret Knock was employed!

This is how the Wee Peeple know their own kind!

 Mystical and transformative!

Transformative, indeed!

What a Year! Clothespins - now known as "Doll Pins"

tried their best to steal the show.

Those old-fashioned Clothespin Dolls

..made into Fairies, Angels, Wizards, Greenmen etc..

yup. Celtic Christmas was their preferred Themed Weekend!

Many visitors envisioned these small dollfriends

nestled in the branches of the Yule Tree!

The Dollmaker was pleased with her Free Ad in the

50th Year Anniversary Issue of the TRF Program...

and then...

Closing Day was Sunday, December 1st, 2024

and - finally- the dawning of the last day..

The steam rose from her coffee cup while

 the Dollmaker bucked up to herd Dolls toward pedestals..

She was Happy. Not a trace of bittersweet sentiment.

Glad to be moving on to the next adventure...

That night those dolls who had declined to leave the premises

in the company of New Friends

were all packed up neatly in boxes and taken home

to be photographed for the December Online Doll Sale.

...and that went well.

So, yes, it was a good year for the Dollmaker...

was an amazing Project..

...lately given recognition in the Smithville Magazine..

yes, Public Art

 is one way to really bring the Community together.

This year she met (and photographed) ALL THESE PEOPLE!!