Habits, Habits And More Habits!

[DameAgnes]

A site dedicated to saving photos of nuns in habits.

http://nunsandsisters.com/Photographs.html

And very accurate habits on dolls http://oripter.com/cath%20nun%20dolls%201.html

[laetitia crucis]

This is most excellent, DameAgnes -- you have made me a very happy camper, indeed!

I've seen the nun dolls before and loved them. Very impressed by the details in each doll's habit.

Thank you for posting these links!

[osapientia]

[quote name='DameAgnes' date='15 March 2010 - 05:02 AM' timestamp='1268640171' post='2073393']
A site dedicated to saving photos of nuns in habits.

http://nunsandsisters.com/Photographs.html

And very accurate habits on dolls http://oripter.com/cath%20nun%20dolls%201.html
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Oh my gosh...I have a confession to make. I have to tell you I LOVE LOVE LOVE the coronets. I am convinced this love is in part <wink wink> why I have not been chosen to form a community.

Of course then again my favorite scene in the movie My Fair Lady is Audrey Hepburn at Ascot...If I had the opportunity, I'd give her a run for her money where that hat is concerned.....and once, long ago in what seems now another lifetime, I actually paid WAY more for a hat than I did for an entire outfit I was wearing to a formal affair.

What can I say...

Pax
Osap

[CatherineM]

When I was a kid and my mom made habits, she always made a copy for my Barbie. Sometimes they ended up on my GIJoe instead. I have 5 older brothers, so my hand-me-down toys were usually of the masculine variety.

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='CatherineM' date='15 March 2010 - 12:50 PM' timestamp='1268668204' post='2073462']
When I was a kid and my mom made habits, she always made a copy for my Barbie. Sometimes they ended up on my GIJoe instead. I have 5 older brothers, so my hand-me-down toys were usually of the masculine variety.
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Barbie habits!!! That must have been so fun!

Reminds me of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini -- she would make little habits for her dolls and send them on mission to China.

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[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='16 March 2010 - 02:06 AM' timestamp='1268669208' post='2073472']
Reminds me of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini -- she would make little habits for her dolls and send them on mission to China.
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She did? I love it because its little things like that that draws me to particular saints. Speaking of which you know what would be awesome? Saint barbie dolls! Instead of GI Joe for the boys you could have St Ignatius of Loyola (comes with removable cast) and any of the other guys who were in the military. For girls one could be a Teresa of Avila doll that comes with a build your own convent construction set.

Edited March 15, 2010 by vee8

[Cherie]

[quote name='vee8' date='15 March 2010 - 12:35 PM' timestamp='1268670959' post='2073487']
I love it because its little things like that that draws me to particular saints.
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Then you *MUST* read "[url="http://www.sophiainstitute.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=305"]A Bedside Book of Saints[/url]" - it is full of endearing stories like that, some of them very funny!

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='vee8' date='15 March 2010 - 01:35 PM' timestamp='1268670959' post='2073487']
She did? I love it because its little things like that that draws me to particular saints. Speaking of which you know what would be awesome? Saint barbie dolls! Instead of GI Joe for the boys you could have St Ignatius of Loyola (comes with removable cast) and any of the other guys who were in the military. For girls one could be a Teresa of Avila doll that comes with a build your own convent construction set.
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I would LOVE saint dolls like that!!!

I mean... just imagine the possibilities!

Maybe even a Padre Pio doll that bleeds from the stigmata, a Philip Neri doll that has an expandable chest (since his heart became enlarged and broke some of his ribs all because of his great love for God), etc, etc!!!

I used to have a JPII doll that two of my friends bought for me one Christmas. Loved him. He stayed in the box, next to a huge poster of JPII and a picture of Mary and my original Marian Consecration. Kind of like a mini-shrine.

I'd totally want the Teresa of Avila doll complete with the "Build Your Own Convent" set! Hahahaha!! Gives new purpose to Lincoln Logs and stone-colored leggos.

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='CherieMadame' date='15 March 2010 - 01:39 PM' timestamp='1268671142' post='2073492']
Then you *MUST* read "[url="http://www.sophiainstitute.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=305"]A Bedside Book of Saints[/url]" - it is full of endearing stories like that, some of them very funny!
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I think I would like that book very much! Anything that helps me get to know the saints as being "just like me/you" or at least somewhat "normal" is always a good thing. Sometimes I find it too easy to get overwhelmed by their outstanding saintliness, you know? Usually then my melancholic side comes out and I get all... [i]melancholic[/i]. Hahaha!

[osapientia]

[quote name='CatherineM' date='15 March 2010 - 12:50 PM' timestamp='1268668204' post='2073462']
When I was a kid and my mom made habits, she always made a copy for my Barbie. Sometimes they ended up on my GIJoe instead. I have 5 older brothers, so my hand-me-down toys were usually of the masculine variety.
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OH That is adorable!!!

[CatherineM]

When my boys played with GIJoes, I made a set of Franciscan monk robes for them. That seems like a very long time ago now. Almost 20 years I guess.

[Cherie]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='15 March 2010 - 01:39 PM' timestamp='1268674745' post='2073528']
I would LOVE saint dolls like that!!!

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http://www.softsaints.com/

Check it out!

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='CherieMadame' date='15 March 2010 - 05:50 PM' timestamp='1268686239' post='2073621']
http://www.softsaints.com/

Check it out!
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Oh my gooooodness! This makes me want to have babies and form them into little saint-loving future-saints.

I'll just have to pass this link along to my (wonderfully Catholic) friends that are called to Holy Matrimony and pray for them and their future children..

I want these dolls:

[IMG]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/laetitia_crucis/Random/joan.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/laetitia_crucis/Random/theresedoll.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/laetitia_crucis/Random/rose.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/laetitia_crucis/Random/padrepio.jpg[/IMG]

[Saint Therese]

Posting that link in here is like bringing brownies to a Weight Watcher's meeting.

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[quote name='Saint Therese' date='16 March 2010 - 08:29 AM' timestamp='1268692181' post='2073665']
Posting that link in here is like bringing brownies to a Weight Watcher's meeting.
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Those dolls are awesome but they dont have Teresa or Ignatius... yet.

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[quote name='CherieMadame' date='16 March 2010 - 02:39 AM' timestamp='1268671142' post='2073492']
Then you *MUST* read "[url="http://www.sophiainstitute.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=305"]A Bedside Book of Saints[/url]" - it is full of endearing stories like that, some of them very funny!
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[img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/caption_cool.gif[/img] I`ll look into it.



[quote]When my boys played with GIJoes, I made a set of Franciscan monk robes for them. That seems like a very long time ago now. Almost 20 years I guess. [/quote]

Also very [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/caption_cool.gif[/img]

Edited March 16, 2010 by vee8

[Cherie]

[quote name='Saint Therese' date='15 March 2010 - 06:29 PM' timestamp='1268692181' post='2073665']
Posting that link in here is like bringing brownies to a Weight Watcher's meeting.
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Aaackk !!!

I promise I didn't mean to ... they're quite a bit expensive, but it's great to know the resource is out there!

[TradMom]

+Praised be Jesus Christ!

What a great thread. Beautiful resources. Thanks to all who contributed! The dolls make wonderful First Holy Communion gifts!!! Oh, dear...I see our "toy" budget increasing radically!

Pax,
TradMom

[brandelynmarie]

I used to build altars with my dolls dressed as saints when I was younger...I would have other dolls kneeling & praying...& this was all BEFORE I became Catholic!

[FSM Sister]

I used to do the same thing, except I was Catholic - so I guess it wasn't all that unusual. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif[/img]