It all started with a friendship and an arting commission...

My good friend, De-De, and arting cohort (we've been meeting mostly weekly for nearly two years to art and schmooze...) loves dolls and the collecting and cherishing thereof... She proposed trading some of my customized arting for her for a doll for me... I was ripe for the picking for a variety of reasons and that brings us to Rose Gabrielle...

She came to live at our home in late October 2005... and life has been changing daily ever since!

On this page, you see her first portrait (left), and the two photos that prove to slow-thinking mamans what her name was to be. Below left, she reaches for and cradles a rose in the basket of fleurs picked in her honor... below right, she is in the midst of oodles and oodles of stories she's sharing with her new friends Sunny Bunny and Max the Owl (read: Gab-rielle).

Rose Gabrielle is a reproduction, SFBJ 301 Bleuette Silver on a JN style compo/wood, painted by Linda Sears in Nebraska. She is about 11" tall, has grey-blue eyes and auburn hair.

Click on the links at the bottom of the page to follow more Rose adventures with her friends!

Rose Adventures

Kitty's treasures: A variety of goodies older sister Kitty has made for Rose
Tiny Treasure Trolling: Treasures we've picked up for Rose and friends
Dressing up for Rose: Rose shares her dressups!
Blythe's Doll Lovers Buffet: Want to buy? Or see other doll goodies from other folks?
Rose's townhouse: Rose Gabrielle's current place of residence, an antique portable wardrobe...
A Bleuette Wedding: Click here to see Rose and Etoile as flower girls at the wedding...