nikita92 Posted April 14, 2013 Posted April 14, 2013 http://www.saintlysisters.com/default.asp Reasonably priced (one is never to old to own a doll, or give one away as a gift)
FutureSister2009 Posted April 14, 2013 Posted April 14, 2013 They've been mentioned on here before. I love them all and I wish I could have them all!
Guest Allie Posted April 14, 2013 Posted April 14, 2013 I'm ordering a Poor Clare Doll. I plan to leave it with a note for my folks on the day I enter, It's today's Act of Faith. :nun:
Strictlyinkblot Posted April 14, 2013 Posted April 14, 2013 Hmmm, I don't know whether to order a Carmelite doll to match my other Crafty nuns, a Dominican doll, or a Sister of Life doll. Or a pink nun doll. Probably a pink nun doll. I have issues
Guest Allie Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 Ahhhh I want a Sister of Life doll :yahoo: They're on sale. :hehe2:
nikita92 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Posted April 15, 2013 Oh..I didn't know they were mentioned before. :/ The Blessings dolls are so expensive...I'd loved to get a Poor Clare doll to send to the sister I send small donations to every now and then. I don't know if they would let them have some thing like this though....
Guest Allie Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 Oh..I didn't know they were mentioned before. :/ The Blessings dolls are so expensive...I'd loved to get a Poor Clare doll to send to the sister I send small donations to every now and then. I don't know if they would let them have some thing like this though.... I have to special order the Poor Clare Doll and provide descriptions of each part of the habit and a picture. It definitely is not on sale ($75.00). Maybe after she has the pattern it will be available on the site.
Chiquitunga Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 the old thread on this - http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/111900-saintly-sisters-nun-dolls/ linking it as it has some interesting info/links :like: I like nun dolls! especially if they inspire vocations. I agree with the comment there about not liking the baby faces on these dolls though.. but maybe they are the most affordable for the Saintly Sisters co. Here's a picture I took at the PCCs in Minooka, IL. They had a very beautiful PCC porcelain (I believe it was) doll for sale in their little shop. Wish I got a closer picture. I forget the price, but I don't think it was that high. The habit was very authentic of course, made by PCCs themselves. I feel like I want to buy it if/when I go down there again for Mass. I bet they keep making them. The Rockford PCCs (who founded them) made one like this too - http://www.rockfordpoorclares.org/page-8.html I have seen this set, it is cute! Of course this is not so good for kids, whom the Saintly Sisters Dolls are especially made for. But yeah .. she's beautiful :heart: Speaking of though, the Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Iron Mountain, MI make Carmelite nun dolls that would be good for kids.. picture from the video on their life .. yes, I have too much time on my hands tonight!! better get to sleep :smile3:
FutureSister2009 Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 How do you manage to find the old threads? I can't search anymore. :cry:
Kathleen777 Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 Before email and even photographs that were taken by people other than professional photographers, Sisters had to make small copies of their habits to send to other houses in their communities if there were changes made. They mailed these small outfits to their Sisters or Superiors for approvals to the changes.
EmilyAnn Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 How do you manage to find the old threads? I can't search anymore. :cry: Use Google: site:phatmass.com/phorum yoursearchterms
Totally Franciscan Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 Oh..I didn't know they were mentioned before. :/ The Blessings dolls are so expensive...I'd loved to get a Poor Clare doll to send to the sister I send small donations to every now and then. I don't know if they would let them have some thing like this though.... Unfortunately the Blessings doll company is out of business, but I have kept a catalog of theirs. I just can't seem to throw it away! The Blessings dolls are much taller than the Sisters dolls and are actually meant to be a collector's item, not for children to play with. Their habits are amazingly accurate, something the Sister's dolls cannot accomplish due to their small size, but as someone said, you can never have too many nun dolls - of any size. I too was put off by the Sister's cupie doll face, but then it was made for different reasons than the Blessings dolls.
Chiquitunga Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 I have to special order the Poor Clare Doll and provide descriptions of each part of the habit and a picture. It definitely is not on sale ($75.00). Maybe after she has the pattern it will be available on the site. Alle, did you order it yet? I found another nun doll co. that will make a PCC habit too (very accurate, cute dolls) besides PCCs themselves of course which would be the best. I need to scan a few things in for this, so I can come back later. God bless!
Guest Allie Posted April 15, 2013 Posted April 15, 2013 Alle, did you order it yet? I found another nun doll co. that will make a PCC habit too (very accurate, cute dolls) besides PCCs themselves of course which would be the best. I need to scan a few things in for this, so I can come back later. God bless! No. I need to get her the directions. I'll wait. Thanks! :bananarap:
FutureSister2009 Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 http://www.nunsandsuch.com/Catalog.html Here's another Nun Doll website from the old thread!
Chiquitunga Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 http://www.nunsandsuch.com/Catalog.html Here's another Nun Doll website from the old thread! That's the one I'm talking about :like: I was emailing the lady who makes those a while back and she sent me that book Lest We Forget with a bunch more pictures of the dolls she makes (though b&w) Here are two of the Poor Clares (I tried taking pictures but that was blurrier) There's a little typo there, Eternal Word* :j There are a ton of other orders in the book too. Many of them are very detailed. She mostly uses Barbie dolls but she also has two other types .. little Kelly dolls (made by Barbie) & porcelain dolls (which are more beautiful but more expensive) On that site, http://www.nunsandsuch.com/Catalog.html the Mary Knoll doll is porcelien. And she will also do custom orders/you can send in your own doll to dress, I'm pretty sure. She told me she sometimes does American Girl dolls too :heart: I was never a fan of Barbie but I loved American Girls!
Chiquitunga Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 (edited) So in the back of the book there were the Kelly dolls and I thought they were cute and prettier than the Saintly Sisters, although their faces/eyes are painted on like Barbie dolls rather than the "sleep eyes" the SS dolls seem to have. Still I like their expression better, but that's just me :like: It's still the baby face look. I'm not sure how their sizes compare, but I believe Kelly dolls are.. 5'' (just looked it up, oh that is pretty small, smaller than I thought, still cute though) I wonder how she can get such detail on such tiny dolls! Just looked it up and Saintly Sisters are 13'' Okay, they're pretty different. I just wish the faces on the SS's were a little different.. I guess they look a lot like Ginny dolls, which are pretty classic. So I emailed Josie and here's what she said for the prices for a PCC doll I do the Poor Clares either in Brown or Grey, I leave that to the buyer. The cost of the dolls is as follows: Barbie Nun is 85.00 plus 7.00 shipping Kelly Nun is 55.00 plus 5.00 shipping 16 inch porcelain and cloth doll is 150.00 and 15.00 shipping. Also, she has another site here with bigger and more pictures (almost the same url as the first one I almost missed it) - http://www.nunsandsuch.com/index.htm Either way, if you decide to go with the Saintly Sisters you can send them these pictures! : ) And don't forget you could also try to get one made by PCCs themselves of course ... like Minooka maybe since they had that one in their shop. Sorry if I'm making things complicated though! lol I can be a perfectionist at times! :smile3: God bless! Edit: just an FYI, it says here that those Kelly dolls can be dressed to "any order" :like: in case anyone was wondering - http://www.nunsandsuch.com/other_dolls.htm Edited April 16, 2013 by Chiquitunga
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