The Story Behind the Anne Geddes Dolls

You will be captivated by the incredible Anne Geddess Dolls collection. Anne Geddes is one of the most respected and successful photographers in the world. Anne Geddes dolls represent her beliefs and ideals that we must protect, nurture, and love all children. Her first photos were released in New Zealand and Australia. They have now become a classic icon, celebrating birth and life that now has stationary, bestselling books, greeting cards, calendars, photo albums, and the list goes on.

One of the favorites of the Anne Geddes Dolls is the Anne Geddes Newborn Baby Doll. The Newborn Baby Doll is just made for hugging and loving by little girls, and comes with a specialty designed doll carrier for 18" dolls. This doll has exquisite sculpting and will not ever be repeated and the stocks are limited, so don't disappointed. This a doll that will be very valuable to collectors. You can get these dolls in gift sets that will make your collecting easier. The sets will include the beautiful baby clothing, toys, greeting cards, plus much more from her Baby Bee, Baby Bunny and Ladybug collections.

The Anne Geddes dolls plush toys are totally irresistibly huggable. They are 9" long and are filled with a soft fiber. They are presented in reusable plastic eggs and arrive beautifully gift wrapped when purchased new.

She has a creative way of dressing babies and/or young children as fictitious characters, such as little insects, flowers, fairytale creatures and animals. As she photographs the babies, she says "Babies are my inspiration and my joy. In them, I see innocence and the precious possibilities of each life unfolding. In my images, I hope to convey a measure of the beauty that exists in all children".¹

Anne is actually selected by parents, midwives and hospitals in her area. People send her photographs of their children and she keeps a file of hundreds of children. For her Anne Geddes Dolls, she prefers to concentrate now on infants under 6 weeks of age.

Her studio is very baby friendly. She evens has a special room set aside for the mothers. But the question that we all have is, how does she get those babies to sleep? She has said that they provide a very comfortable and peaceful environment for the babies and the parents. Usually, when you see sleeping babies in her images, they are newborns. As long as they are fed, they usually sleep for a long time. Which one is Anne's favorite? Anne's reply was, "'Cheesecake' would be one of my top three favorite images, because the baby has the most wonderful smile".²

The Anne Geddes Dolls are heartwarming, endearing and an inspiration to all of us. They are readily becoming a hot collectible item. You will find many Anne Geddes dolls and many more hard to find dolls at www.vintagedollcollection.com. Come and see what you can find.

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