This is the 19th week of 2018 and the 19th week of my personal 50-week "States of the Union" challenge. Each week I research one of the states (in the order they attained statehood) and I create a card that is inspired by some bit of information about that state.
This week's state is Indiana, and this is the bit of information I chose for my card inspiration...
Generation after generation, one doll remains ageless in the arms of little girls across the nation. Raggedy Ann was “born” in 1914 when Indianapolis resident and children's author Johnny Gruelle found a faceless rag doll in his parents' attic, and then later gave the doll a face and a personality once he and his wife saw their daughter Marcella take a special interest in dolls. Raggedy Ann's name is purported to be a combination of Hoosier Poet James Whitcomb Riley's poems “The Raggedy Man” and “Little Orphan Annie,” and stories of the red-yarn-haired doll and her brother Raggedy Andy have warmed hearts since 1920.
You can find more photos and information about both my card and the state of Indiana on my blog...
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Tue, May 08, 2018 @ 9:27 AM
Awww, such a sweet card! Love your coloring of Miss Raggedy Ann! And thanks for including the history of this sweetheart! She's still my favorite dolly! TFS!
------------------------------ -----Liz "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, ..." ~~1 Thess. 4:11 (NIV)
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Thu, May 10, 2018 @ 4:41 PM
That's an interesting bit of trivia that I will have to share with my mom. She makes the most beautiful ragdolls. She's been making them since the seventies and has made literally thousands of them. I think I need to go buy that stamp now...
Fabulous card, Jeanette!