Meet .DOLLY (sorry no relation to Ms. Parton)

My husband and I love to visit various thrift stores for hidden gems.  My favorite find was a Le Crueset frying pan for 2 dollars.  You know what they say, one man's junk is another man's treasure.  My eyes usually wonder to the Kitchen supplies when it comes to second hand and antique stores.  I love finding unique, old pots especially copper, or cast iron.  That was something Martha Stewart loved doing too.  Almost every Anything old and antique piqued her interest!!!!

A few months ago my husband was off from work and we went into a Habitat Store that sold both antiques and garage sale items.  That's where my husband first saw Dolly (the name he affectionately has given to her).  He loves anything and everything that is old (or I should say older than he is), or anything that reminds him of his childhood.  This is a doll that some little girl must have valued probably 50 years ago.  And the mysterious thing is that there are absolutely no markings on her at all.  We were hoping to find the manufacturer or something that told us where she came from or when she was made.  I think we paid 5 dollars for her.   We brought her home and my husband thought it would be funny to have her randomly pop up in one of the kids rooms.  And when that happened that kid (victim) moved it either back to our room, or another siblings room.  Let's just say Dolly received a lot of love moving from room to room. 

So it it with honor and love that we have knighted her to mascot of Cook n Craft Academy.  You might have seen her sitting underneath the Christmas Tree in the store window. You will see her pop up now and then in the store, in the kitchen and in the craft room.