{"id":2386,"date":"2010-12-16T16:57:42","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T16:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/?p=2386"},"modified":"2010-12-16T17:05:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-16T17:05:26","slug":"raggedy-ann-from-christmas-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/?p=2386","title":{"rendered":"Raggedy Ann From Christmas Past"},"content":{"rendered":"

My kids are way grown and gone and I don’t decorate like I use to. I have a smaller tree and don’t have all the “things” sitting around everywhere.<\/p>\n

One year about 6 or 7 years ago, I bought a bunch of large plastic “under the bed” boxes and separated all my Christmas things. I made different boxes of Santas, Angels, etc. \u00a0I gave the boys all their ornaments and still I have hundreds and hundreds. I know, I know, “what was I thinking”.<\/p>\n

But the happy thing is, each year I just get out a couple of boxes and that’s it. No fuss no muss. It really has worked out so well and each year I get to look at something different.<\/p>\n

This year, I decided to get out a couple of boxes that I haven’t had out in awhile, boxes full of some of the oldest things I have. Mostly kiddie things, teddy bears and all the ornaments that the boys made. It was great fun and I know the kids will love looking at them this year.<\/p>\n

There were also tons of things I’d made as well, some that really should never have been made in the first place…yikes, and some things that brought a smile to my face. Like this Raggedy Ann made with polymer clay.<\/p>\n

\"Raggedy<\/a>

Raggedy Ann - 1980 Something - Polymer Clay<\/p><\/div>\n

In 1980 something, I found polymer clay. I was dying to try it out, so one Christmas as I was decorating the tree I was hanging a Raggedy Ann and Andy \u00a0from 1975 made by Hallmark. I wanted to try my hand at something in polymer so I picked Raggedy Ann.<\/p>\n

I had made so many things out of dough art with the kids and this was a step up for sure. All the dough figures are long gone but Ann is still here.<\/p>\n

Here’s a picture of the Hallmark Raggedy Ann, she was a great model wasn’t she? \u00a0The Hallmark Raggedy is in another box that I take out more often because Ann and Andy are favorite ornaments of mine, they were some of the first that I bought when the boys were little, actually my oldest wasn’t born yet. So They really take me back to a magical wonderful time.<\/p>\n

\"Hallmark<\/a>

Hallmark Raggedy Ann - 1975<\/p><\/div>\n

Thanks for taking the walk in the past with me, I sure enjoyed it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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