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In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelGregg Ortiz of Gregg Ortiz LLC Timeless Heart, internationally renowned, award-winning doll artistIt’s FANGIRL TIME!! I am truly excited to have the internationally renowned, award-winning artist, Gregg Ortiz of Gregg Ortiz LLC Timeless Heart, who creates licensed collectibles from one of a kind to exclusive high-end couture limited edition dolls with me on In The Doll World. (www.inthedollworld.com/podcasts)We had such an amazing time together as Greg shared his wonderful journey into dollmaking, from dancer to actor, to model, to self-taught artist. From childhood, expressing himself artistically has always been a prominent part of his life, as an ou...
2022-03-2354 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelRobin Hickman-Winfield, Artistic Director and Founder of A Celebration of Soulful DollsRobin Hickman-Winfield, Artistic Director and Founder of A Celebration of Soulful Dolls joins In The Doll World podcast for an inspiring interview at www.inthedollworld.com/podcastsRobin shares with us her journey to create A Celebration of Soulful Dolls. She credits her love of dolls, her creativity and entrepreneurship to her mother as she talks tenderly about how her mother influenced her love of Black dolls and how she made sure that her daughters had dolls of color growing up.She also shared how living with people who were very much involved in the...
2022-03-1051 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelDominique Jean-Louis, Associate Curator of History Exhibitions at the New-York Historical Society and upcoming Black Dolls ExhibitionA great interview with Dominique Jean-Louis, Associate Curator of History Exhibitions at the New-York Historical Society for the upcoming Black Dolls exhibit, February 25th-June 5th, 2022 as well as other wonderful exhibitions including: Our Composite Nation: Frederick Douglass' America (forthcoming February 2022), Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow (2018), and the ongoing exhibition Meet the Presidents at www.inthedollworld/podcasts Dominique shares with us how the curation of this fantastic and upcoming Black Dolls exhibition came about. She also sheds light on the importance of work that the New-York Historical Society does t...
2022-02-2351 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelDarla Davenport-Powell, Creator of the Niya Doll, Niyakids and founder of I AM ENUF Foundation, Inc.We are excited and honored to have Ms. Darla Davenport-Powell, creator of the Niya Doll, Niaykids, founder of I AM ENUF Foundation and Greater Works LLC to be our guest on In The Doll World doll podcast for an empowering show, filled with over 38 years of amazing journeys, challenges, triumphs, legacy building and inspiring life lessons www.inthedollworld.com/podcastsDarla began her journey thirty-eight years ago when she and her husband went looking for books and dolls that looked like their daughter, Niya. “We searched high and low to find books and toys that reflected our cul...
2022-02-1647 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelMarie Georghy Jacob, Doll Artist & Owner of Atelier Miss Georgia Doll on In The Doll World, doll podcastJoin our conversation with Marie Georghy Jacob, Doll Artist & Owner of Atelier Miss Georgia Doll on In The Doll World, doll podcast as she shares her amazing and dedicated journey to becoming a doll artist www.inthedollworld.com/podcastsIn early 2000, Marie started working in the fashion industry. It was by pure chance that she discovered the doll magazine BARBIE BAZAR, which gave rise to a whole new passion, that of collectible fashion dolls! Or was it?The magazine highlighted the fascinating world of high-end dolls. In addition, many of these luxury dolls were created ei...
2022-02-0957 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelITDW w Vanessa Lee, owner of The Angel Doll Company and Doll SculptorVanessa Lee, doll sculptor and owner of The Angel Doll Company shares her fantastic journey to becoming a doll artist. www.inthedollworld.com/podcastsIn her own words, she believed she came too late to the doll world, although we would never believe that due to the outstanding dolls she creates.Vanessa grew up very poor in a small town (Barberton, Ohio), as one of five children. Her mother and teachers always allowed her to freely express herself artistically and with very few limitations or restrictions on her imagination. As far back as Vee could re...
2022-02-021h 02In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelAndrew Yang (aka Astor Yang) Owner of AY Collections, OOAK Doll Artist & Visual ArtistAndrew Yang, Owner of AY Collection, (aka Astor Yang) and OOAK Doll Artist joins In The Doll World doll podcast for an introspective look into his fascinating doll journey. www.inthedollworld.com/podcastsAndrew's doll journey has taken him around the world from New York to Hong Kong to Paris and in his interview with us, he shares how a chance meeting and a blog feature changed his life. His beautiful dolls became a must-have exclusive window display installation in prestigious stores such as Barney's in New York and in Hong Kong and Paris.The AY...
2022-01-191h 03In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelWilliam Grant Still Arts Center Doll Exhibition GroupIn The Doll World is joined by the William Grant Still Art Centers Doll Exhibition Group. www.inthedollworld.com/podcasts The group includes Ami Motevalli – Director, Myshell Tabu - Dollmaker, Collector & Curator, Sofía Gabaldón – Administrative Assistant/ Office Manager and Monica Bailey – Education Coordinator of the William Grant Still Arts Center. A wonderful discussion about the 41st year of the annual Black Doll show at the William Grant Still Arts Center. It is the longest-running annual exhibition in the City of Los Angeles. They also share the fascinating history of the Will Grant Still Arts Center and talk ab...
2022-01-1244 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelITDW 2021 Wrap Up & Thank You from Georgette and Tammy of In The Doll World doll podcastIn this new ITDW 2021 wrap up episode, we (Tammy and Georgette) get to share a few of our thoughts on what a wonderful year been this has been for us podcasting and producing In The Doll World, some of our wonderful fangirl moments, and our many thanks to all of you In The Doll World community. www.inthedollworld.com/podcastsWe had such an amazing year growing our In The Doll World doll podcast and YouTube channel and couldn’t have done it without all of you, from all of our amazing and talented guests sh...
2021-12-2915 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelSuzanne and Erick Lamba, creators of Lyah's TV on In The Doll Word doll podcastIn The Doll World doll podcast is joined by husband and wife duo, Suzanne and Erick Lamba, creators of Lyah's TV. The UK's first black Barbie doll show on YouTube which actively aims to promote black dolls, black families, and black history for all children. What a wonderful, powerful and inspiring interview we had with them. www.inthedollworld.com/storytellersThe channel was created in July 2020. During the first lockdown, the couple was surprised and saddened to find their 3-year-old daughter begin to question and compare her appearance to the dolls she was seeing on...
2021-12-2249 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelAllison Hernandez, Host of Muñecas, Poupees and Dolls, joins In The Doll World, doll podcastTHIS SHOW IS A REPLAY - In The Doll World, doll podcast is joined by Allison Hernandez, host of YouTube's Muñecas, Poupees, and Dolls and avid doll collector. https://www.inthedollworld.com/storytellers.html We sit down for a wonderful interview as we talk about her love of dolls, even at the tender age of 11 she knew she wanted to be a doll collector, at which point I told my family, “I’m a doll collector I think by telling everyone I was a doll collector, it spared many of my childhood dolls, and my mom n...
2021-12-1656 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelSydney Schoenfeld, Artist, Creator & future Doll DesignerIn The Doll World (ITDW) is honored to introduce you to Sydney "Syd" Schoenfeld! www.inthedollworld.com/creators We had such a wonderful time learning more about Sydney's doll journey, her talent, aspirations, and the ways she wants to inspire us all through dolls.I, Tammy, stumbled upon Syd quite by accident. I saw some of her art and found it fun and refreshing. I was so excited to have found someone early in their career who we could follow as they transitioned from college to the work world! Little did I know, Syd was no...
2021-12-0846 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelTamara Casey, Owner of Designs by Jude on In The Doll World doll podcastWe are joined by the delightful and talented doll clothing pattern designer, Tamara Casey, Owner of Designs by Jude, on In The Doll World, doll podcast. https://www.inthedollworld.com/podcasts As Tamara states, her doll journey was similar and different from others who have become dedicated doll lovers and collectors. When I was growing up my mother and grandmother were both accomplished crafters. My grams owned a ceramic shop, and my mom would make ceramic and porcelain dolls and enter them into competitions. Both women were amazing sewers and quilters and I was neither. I dabbled...
2021-12-011h 02In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelRenata Jansen, Master Doll Artist, International Award-Winner on In The Doll World doll podcastIn The Doll World is delighted to share an interview with international, award-winning, master doll artist, Renata Jansen. www.inthedollworld.com/creatorsRenata's doll journey began quite by accident! In 2004, Renata's elementary-aged child wanted to help raise money for people who were impacted by a tsunami. To reach her goal, the child made and sold friendship bracelets. Renata thought it would be fun to help her daughter by making clay charms. Renata enjoyed making the charms so much, she decided to learn how to sculpt a fairy! She stumbled upon the world of one-of-a-kind dolls ... an...
2021-11-2557 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelNik Moronese, Designer and owner of NiniMomo and Marie Lebreton, Designer at NiniMomo on In The Doll World doll podcastWhoo...hoo... NiniMomo is in the House with In The Doll World! www.inthedollworld.com/customizersNik Moronese and Marie Lebreton, the talent behind the exquisite OOAK line, NiniMomo, joined In The Doll World for an interview. Nik and Marie shared wonderful stories about how they got started and how they became friends. They also shared their incredible 25-year doll journey.Nik shared touching stories about his love for dolls and how it impacted his relationship with his father. Marie spoke about how her mother taught her to sew as a child...
2021-11-171h 05In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelPatrizia Cozzo, OOAK Doll Artist on In The Doll World doll podcastJoin our wonderful conversation with Patrizia Cozzo on In The Doll World doll podcast as she shares with us her unique story. One that did not start with a love for dolls at https://www.inthedollworld.com/creators Patrizia says was not very fond of dolls until she fell in love with the wonderful world of OOAK dolls years ago while surfing on the net. She did play with dolls when she was a little girl, and liked them, but was not in love so to speak. For her, discovering the art dolls world...
2021-11-1134 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelPing Lau, Sculptor & Doll Artist on In The Doll World doll podcast.Join us as we talk with Ping Lau, Sculptor & Doll Artist about her unique journey to creating dolls, from illustrator to sculptor on In The Doll World doll podcast www.inthedollworld.com/creatorsPing shares with us her encounter with Marie Osmond and how that meeting truly kicked off her career and lead her to over 12 years working with Marie Osmond in helping to sculpt and along with a few other artists, Marie Osmond Dolls. Ping's dolls, paintings and other creations have been displayed at art galleries, art shows, and on national TV on the Hom...
2021-11-0339 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelGarrett Sander, Conceptual Creator of Monster High Dolls & Principal Designer with Moose Toy on In The Doll World doll podcast.MONSTER HIGH DOLLS, GARRETT SANDER in the house. Conceptual Creator of Monster High Dolls and Principal Designer with Moose Toy on In The Doll World doll podcast. www.inthedollworld.com/creatorsGarrett's wonderful creative spark was initially ignited by his parents, who never said certain toys were for boys and girls, so he grew up playing with all kinds of different toys growing up! From He-Man and She-Ra to Barbie and GI Joe figures. Which gave him a huge canvas to dream about wanting to create toys.One of his professors heard him talking about wan...
2021-10-281h 09In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelYatabazah: Artist, Wig Maker, Designer on In The Doll World doll podcastWhat a fascinating interview with Yatabazah, Artist, Wig Maker, Designer on In The Doll World doll podcast at www.inthedollworld.com/podcasts Yatabazah, shares with us how his love for hair and wigs was inspired when he was around 9 or 10 by a ponytail his mother kept of her own hair. He talks about how he would snip strands from it, unbeknownst to his mother to create wigs for his sisters dolls, with whom she was the only one that allowed him the freedom to play with dolls.As he created wigs from these strands he wa...
2021-10-211h 03In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelEva Hovelsrød, doll clothing maker and owner of Tirin & Katten on In The Doll World doll podcastA wonderful conversation with Eva Hovelsrød, doll clothing maker, artist and owner of Tirin & Katten on In The Doll World doll podcast. Eva shares with us a very different background coming into the doll world, from a background in computer science for over years to doll clothing designer. She discovered dolls in 2013 via an interest in knitting, and was soon up past midnight most nights, working on doll-related projects.The urge to make doll clothes took her by surprise--stating "I have never thrown myself quite like that into a hobby before. I found a...
2021-10-1444 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelValerie Gladstone, Owner of Brooklyn Dollworks and Award Winning Artist on In The Doll World doll podcastThe amazing Valerie Gladstone, award winning artist and owner of Brooklyn Dollworks joins us for a wonderful conversation about her journey into creating art dolls. www.inthedollworld.com/creators Valerie's journey into dolls was not your typical journey into doll making. As a self confessed tom boy she didn't really play with dolls, but was very creative. She trained in painting, costume design, wig and makeup design, needlecraft, ceramics, and photography. An amazing featured article and picture in Art Doll Quarterly caught her eye and jumpstarted her journey into Art Dolls where she th...
2021-10-0654 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelRia Mendoza Hoyt, Doll Artist and Owner of OrangeJar.com on In The Doll World doll podcast In The Doll World doll podcast is joined by Ria Mendoza Hoyt, award winning doll artist and owner of OrangeJar.com for a wonderful interview at www.inthedollworld.com/creatorsRia shares with us that her doll journey came a little later in life. In 2010, she began using polymer clay while taking a class a one-day class. In that class, she learned the traditional methods for making clay pots in Sharjah, UAE. She fell in love with clay and continued making a variety of items and figures using clay.It wasn't until 2015, when Ri...
2021-09-2952 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelJoe MacPhale, Award Winning Doll Artist on In The Doll World doll podcastIn The Doll World doll podcast is so excited to have Joe MacPhale, award winning doll artist join us. Not only is he a talented artist he truly is a renaissance man with so many talents and varied careers. His doll journey is just amazing. Visit www.inthedollworld.com/creatorsFrom starting sculpting at the age of 6, to winning a grade school art project and having his prize taken away because it was so good they believed his teacher did it. His journey into doll make has been an eclectic one from a bagpiper to a...
2021-09-2350 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelIn The Doll World is Asking for YOUR Support Georgette and I LOVE being part of the doll world! We are blessed every day in knowing you enjoy and support our show. For 18 months, we have carried In The Doll World by ourselves. We wanted to ensure 1) we would enjoy doing a podcast and 2) we could develop an audience. We are happy to say we both enjoy the show and have developed an audience! Actually, we do not see you merely as an audience. We see you as integral members of In The Doll World's family! Now, we are reaching out to you and asking if y...
2021-09-1703 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelAnanda Free: artist, co-owner, and creator at Wyrd Wonders, on In The Doll World doll podcastIn The Doll World doll podcast and YouTube channel is excited to share an interview with Ananda Free, artist, creator, and co-owner of Wyrd Wonders. Ananda is a very spiritual person who thinks it is important to uplift people--especially Black children. She shares her book and mermaid dolls. Their story is empowering. She also shares her new project, the Galactaboos: it is a complete production including dolls, books, and a cartoon series. She currently has a GoFundMe campaign to raise enough funds to bring the Galactaboos project to life. To learn more about Ananda and her dolls, p...
2021-09-1649 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelNoemi Smith, award winning doll artist and owner of Angels by Noemi on In The Doll World doll podcastWe are so excited to have Noemi Smith join us on In The Doll World doll podcast, she is an award winning doll artist and owner of Angels by Noemi. www.inthedollworld.com/creatorsNoemi shares her journey as a little girls playing with dolls , even though her mom didn't have money to buy many dolls or doll clothes, Noemi found a way to style their hair, create fashions and accessories for her dolls. This truly was the beginning of her craft.As a self-taught artist, she has learned how to work with such...
2021-09-0954 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelCecelia Arrington, Award Winning Doll Artist on In The Doll World doll podcastIn The Doll World doll podcast is joined by award winning doll artist Cecelia Arrington. We are so excited to have Ceceila join us to talk about her journey to creating award winning dolls. www.inthedollworld.com/creatorsShe is also a member of the Professional Doll Makers Guild and volunteer for their upcoming 2nd Annual PDMAG Online Convention, October 15th-24th, which we are also a sponsor for.In part of her doll journey, Cecelia shares with us among many other things, a wonderful story of how as a little girl she loved dolls a...
2021-09-0238 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelK.D. Domoto, owner and creator of k.d. Dolls on In The Doll World doll podastIn The Doll World, doll podcast is joined by k.d. Domoto, creator of k.d. Dolls. www.inthedollworld.com/podcastsA wonderful conversation with k.d. Domoto. She is a rag doll maker from Harlem. She was born and raised in Japan and moved to New York 20+ years ago. k.d. is a writer contributing to Japanese publications. She's been writing about NYC's rich culture of people of color.We talks about how her journey in making dolls, she also shares her apprehension at first in showcasing the most adorable rag d...
2021-08-251h 01In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelGlamourOz Doll Giveaway, Sept. 13, 2021! Listen for Details! From In The Doll World, doll podcast & YouTube channel.In The Doll World (ITDW) doll podcast and YouTube channel is excited to announce it is hosting a doll giveaway! Jozef Szekeres, creator of the beautiful, collectible doll-line, GlamourOz Dolls, is providing the limited-edition GlamourOz Doll. The doll will be given away Sept. 13, 2021. The doll is free; but, shipping the doll is NOT free. Details: To enter the giveaway, you MUST be subscribed to ITDW's mailing list. To subscribe go to https://www.inthedollworld.com and subscribe.Fine Print: The winner will win a new GlamourOz Doll. The doll will be shipped nude. The doll wi...
2021-08-2402 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelDr. Lisa Williams, creator of The Fresh Dolls and CEO of the World of EPI, on In The Doll World doll podcastIn The Doll World, doll podcast is joined by DR. LISA WILLIAMS, creator of Positively Perfect, The Fresh Dolls and The Fresh Squad. www.inthedollworld.com/creatorsFrom professor to entrepreneur and doll creator, Dr. Lisa's passion and desire of not wanting children growing not loving their true beauty and brilliance is very much present in this heartfelt conversation with us. Her journey of loving dolls and books, was very much evident, when she shared that she loved dolls, but grew out of playing them much earlier than her sister did and as she go...
2021-08-1849 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelByron Lars, Fashion Designer, Owner of In Earnest & former Barbie® Signature Line creator on In The Doll World podcastIt's FANGIRL TIME again!! BYRON LARS, joins us on in the Doll World podcast. We cannot say enough about Byron Lars, he is an iconic fashion designer, owner of In Earnest and former Barbie® Signature Line creator responsible for 16 beautiful, gorgeous and fiercely styled fashion dolls.He shares with us his unique doll journey. He also talks about the complexities of creating fashions for dolls and not humans and how involved and long it was even with a team of people to bring dolls to market.As a designer he knew how...
2021-08-1240 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelAkari Shigeta, (Pt.2) Director of the Doll Division VOLKS Inc. on In The Doll World doll podcastIn The Doll World podcast and Youtube channel is joined by Akari Shigeta, Director of the Doll Division VOLKS Inc. creators of Dollfie and Super Dollfie lines. This is Pt.2 of our interview and our first interview with an interpreter and we want to thank Ann for being so amazing at it. This interview is in Japanese and English. Part 2 shares with us the beautiful "Omukae Ceremony (Welcoming Ceremony)" that allows you to deepen the bond with your Super Dollfie. The ceremonies are done at their doll museum Tenshi-no-Sato, located Saga-Arashiyama, Kyoto. Akari also shares how...
2021-08-0447 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelAkari Shigeta, (Pt.1) Director of the Doll Division VOLKS Inc. on In The Doll World doll podcastIn The Doll World podcast and Youtube channel is joined by Akari Shigeta, Director of the Doll Division VOLKS Inc. creators of Dollfie and Super Dollfie lines. This is Pt.1 and our first interview with an interpreter and we want to thank Ann for being so amazing at it. This interview is in Japanese and English. Akari shares some amazing facts about VOLKS Inc. and how it all began, from how her father built the company, which was a very popular hobby shop, to how her mom was very instrumental in bringing the dolls to the forefront. Her d...
2021-07-2955 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelRafael Nuri, owner of BiDolls & Artist and Doll Master on In The Doll World doll podcastIn The Doll World, (ITDW) doll podcast and YouTube channel shares a powerful and riveting interview with Russian artist and doll master, Rafael Nuri. www.inthedollworld.com/podcasts Rafael shares some impactful, vulnerable and powerful moments with us. From from her burning desire to own a Barbie that fueled her doll journey, to her strict education that enhanced and honed her craft, to a riveting story of how a doll she created to help stand up for justice and basic human rights in the place she lived in and went to school that has left her fear...
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Growing Through GriefGeorgette Taylor | Love Story With Mom Continues After DeathIn grieving, as almost in every other thing in our lives, we have our unique way of going through it. For instance, when losing a parent, not every sibling will deal with it the same way, nor be sad or mourn for the same period. After losing her mother, with whom Georgette had a close relationship, yet different from the one her siblings had, she realized each one of them was grieving their own way. Visiting us today is the inspiring Georgette Taylor, owner of Dynamic Life Enterprise, podcast producer and host, author, in-powerment guide, consultant, a...
2021-07-2050 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelIn The Doll World, doll podcast & YouTube channel, wrap up their Pride Month CelebrationIn The Doll World (ITDW) doll podcast and YouTube channel wraps up our PRIDE Month celebration. We just wanted to thank you for the love and respect you have shown both us and our guests for our First Pride Celebration! Our goals included uplifting LGBTQ+ voices as well as helping us to all understand more about what is happening in the LGBTQ+ spaces--especially the blossoming Queer Vernacular. We also thank the following guests for joining us and sharing their journeys: Aidan Prince creator of the comic, TheKenCouple; Raymond Paul Leslie, creator and host of @RayTheUnusual; HeXtian, doll customizer, YouTube...
2021-07-1516 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelDr. Sabrina Thomas, Doll Collector and Historian on In The Doll World doll podcastIn The Doll World (ITDW) doll podcast and YouTube channel is excited to share an interview with the beautiful and fascinating, Dr. Sabrina Thomas. https://www.inthedollworld.com/storytellers.htmlSabrina takes her doll collecting very seriously! Not only is she an avid doll collector; but, she is also studying dolls as part of her degree program as a social scientist in the department of Education at Duke University! She shares with us her wonderful journey into doll collecting, which started out with only 3 dolls and the stories behind those first 3 dolls, are just as fas...
2021-07-1458 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelJacquie Anderson-Frazier, owner online store KittiJ's Boutique, diorama maker and doll customizer on In The Doll World doll podcastIn The Doll World (ITDW) doll podcast and YouTube channel continues its PRIDE Month Celebration with a powerful interview with Jacquie Anderson-Frazier, owner of the online store KittiJ's Boutique. Jacquie is also a diorama maker and doll customizer.We found Jacquie to be beautifully powerful and honest. She was also very truthful--including telling us that she doesn't understand people's fascination with other people's sexual orientations. She described the fascination "perverted'!Jacquie also shared wonderful stories about her doll journey. She loved dolls as a little girl. When she grew up, she bought them for her...
2021-07-0746 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelHextian, Doll Customizer & YouTube Sensation, Celebrates PRIDE with In The Doll World doll podcastIn The Doll World (ITDW) doll podcast continues its PRIDE Month celebration with an intimate interview with HeXtian, doll customizer and YouTube sensation. HeXtian is a tremendous doll influencer: over 1Million people follow his YouTube show! Listen at https://www.inthedollworld.com/podcasts.html One of the most powerful things HeXtian shares is his fear! He speaks about how he loves to dress in a variety of clothing styles--including the glamourous 1950s and Drag. If he chooses to go out dressed in these styles, he has to first make sure he is safe. Safety includes: being with a...
2021-07-0154 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelRaymond Leslie of “RayTheUnusual” IG and YouTube channel, Celebrates PRIDE with In The Doll World doll podcasthttps://www.inthedollworld.com/storytellers.html In The Doll World (ITDW) doll podcast and YouTube channel is excited to share a very intimate and honest interview with Raymond Leslie, creator of “RayTheUnusual” Instagram and YouTube channels. Raymond’s channel fills a small, but important niche in the doll world. He unboxes and discusses 1980’s fashion dolls—primarily Barbie.Raymond speaks to us about his doll journey which began with him being a little boy who loved playing with dolls. He also shared the pain of how his love for dolls strained familial relationships. Raymond also shares how he has suffe...
2021-06-2353 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelAidan Prince, creator of The Ken Couple instagram series, joins In The Doll World doll podcastwww.inthedollworld.com/storytellers In The Doll World, doll podcast and Youtube channel Celebrates PRIDE MONTH with a wonderful interview with Aidan Prince, he is the creator of the successful and delightful TheKenCouple on Instagram.We know that during these difficult times, especially when the pandemic started, we all were and still are looking for a reason to smile. “Thekencouple” Instagram account does just that! Aidan talks about he started two months into the pandemic, how the account chronicles the life of Aidan his husband with a tongue-in-cheek “art imitating life” style, by using Ken dolls that...
2021-06-1642 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelDarla Davenport-Powell gives the followers of In The Doll World doll podcast a free doll to celebrate World Doll Day! Get your doll soon!inthedollworldGet your FREE doll and outfits at, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrN4j1Hy3vwIn The Doll World doll podcast and YouTube channel collaborated with Darla Davenport-Powell, author and creator of the 'Here Comes Niya' doll, for World Doll Day, June 12, 2021. As a result, Darla is giving a free paper doll and outfits to YOU! I asked Darla to have keep the doll up for a short time. So, if you want her, you need to get her soon!Thank you for continually supporting In...
2021-06-1609 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelAllison Hernandez, Host of Muñecas, Poupees and Dolls, joins In The Doll World, doll podcasthttps://www.inthedollworld.com/storytellers.html In The Doll World, Doll Podcast is joined by Allison Hernandez, host of YouTube's Muñecas, Poupees, and Dolls and avid doll collector We sit down for a wonderful interview as we talk about her love of dolls, even at the tender age of 11 she knew she wanted to be a doll collector, at which point I told my family, “I’m a doll collector I think by telling everyone I was a doll collector, it spared many of my childhood dolls, and my mom never made me get rid of them. I’m...
2021-06-0256 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelIn The Doll World, doll podcast & Youtube channel, is on Hiatus until June 5, 2021!https://www.inthedollworld.com/podcasts Georgette Taylor and Tammy Fisher are taking a hiatus until June 5, 2021; so, we will not be publishing In The Doll World doll podcast or doll YouTube shows for a few weeks. We are excited about returning! We will continue with the Black Doll Celebration, give away more dolls, and introduce you to more of your favorite doll professionals and to new people in the doll world! You can access our social media accounts via our Linktree account at, https://linktr.ee/inthedollworld Support the showHe...
2021-05-1701 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelTraveling Doll Pants Project w Patricia Marcos Coutsoucos & Izabela Kwella Joins In The Doll World, doll podcast & YouTube Channelwww.inthedollworld.com/podcasts In The Doll World, doll podcast and YouTube Channel is joined by the Traveling Doll Pants founders, Brazilian doll collector PATRICIA MARCOS COUTSOUCOS and Polish doll photographer IZABELA KWELLA.We are so excited to bring you this wonderful and powerful conversation with these two talented and gifted women as they share with us how the love of a movie, The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants, sparked and inspired an amazing international travel-and-fashion project connecting doll photographers and enthusiasts from all over the world, which has now been seen by thousands of Instagram users arou...
2021-04-2857 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelTHE COVID INTERVIEW: Living in China at the onset of COVID w Jozef Szekeres, creator of GlamourOz DollsThe COVID INTERVIEW: In The Doll World, doll podcast and doll YouTube channel, is excited to share a powerful interview with doll artist, Jozef Szekeres about his experiences with living in China during the onset of the COVID virus. https://www.inthedollworld.com/podcasts.htmlAs COVID ravaged the world, leaving a swath of death around the globe, Jozef was at the epicenter of the pandemic determined to complete his GlamourOz Dolls. As we sat locked in our homes as thousands died, Jozef sat alone in his apartment contemplating his future. He knew two things...
2021-04-2148 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelIleana Hernadez-Carafas, Mixed Media Doll Artist, Joins In The Doll World, doll podcasthttps://www.inthedollworld.com/creators.html In The Doll World, doll podcast and YouTube channel, has a wonderful conversation with Ileana Hernadez-Carafas, mixed media doll artist.Ileana talks about her journey from art teacher to doll creator and how her lack of funds to purchase a Santa doll led her to creating her own unique, and whimsical spirit dolls. We get to learn about some of the natural fibers she uses that are not only native to where she lives, but the properties that they inhabit that help to embody the wonderful spirit do...
2021-04-1448 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelA BIG Thank U from In The Doll World, doll podcast, as We Celebrate Our First Anniversarywww.inthedollworld.com Hello everyone. Thank you for listening to In The Doll World, doll podcast and YouTube channel. I am coming to you with a message from us to say thank you for being amazing listeners of the show and also a way you can help us to celebrate our First Year Anniversary on April 15-30, 2021.We are asking our listeners to join us in our celebration and leave a short Happy Anniversary congratulations message for Tammy, me, and In The Doll World doll podcast.It can be short, something like Happy First Year Ann...
2021-04-1305 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelAndrea Collum, Repainter & Customizer Joins In The Doll World, doll podcast and YouTube channel,www.inthedollworld.com/customizers In The Doll World, doll podcast and YouTube channel, shares a delightful conversation with ANDREA COLLUM, repainter and customizer as she shares with us how her doll journey began Barbie when her Aunt Mary gave her, her first Barbie for Christmas, to becoming a porcelain doll-maker, all because of her hubby. She also shares with us how cancer ignited the collecting bug within her again and discovered a world that she could only dream about.Although she loved collecting, she also talks about how much she missed creating her own OOAK do...
2021-04-0838 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelPatrica Coleman-Cobb, Mixed Media Artist, joins In The Doll World, doll podcastwww.inthedollworld.com/creators Patricia Coleman-Cobb, Mixed Media Artist, joins In The Doll World, doll podcast, for this wonderful kick your shoes off, just relax and listen-in conversation as she shares how she has gone from soft sculptured dolls, to clay sculpted figures and busts, to her newest addition of beautifully framed mixed media sculpted pieces. Her journey has been amazing and sometimes unexpected, especially when you find out where her inspiration came from in creating her first doll. You won't believe it!The conversation also lead us to talking about a piece that she create...
2021-03-2740 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelLisa Jameson (aka Pepstar) Doll Repainter & Customizer joins In The Doll World, doll podcasthttps://www.inthedollworld.com/customizers.html Join In The Doll World, doll podcast and YouTube channel, for a truly delightful interview with Lisa Jameson, aka Pepstar as she shares how being an avid doll collector, starting with Barbies, then evolving to the Tonner Fashion Dolls in the late 90's, began her doll repaint obsession. She soon discovered the ball joint dolls (bjd) and how finding them she decided to switch over to them as they were resin and she enjoyed working with that medium over vinyl and how all the dolls that she loves have all become wo...
2021-03-1945 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelAmy Jandrisevits, Doll Creator and Founder of A Doll Like Me, joins In The Doll World, doll podcastwww.inthedollworld.com/creators In The Doll World, doll podcast and doll YouTube channel, shares an inspirational and passionate interview with Amy Jandrisevits, doll creator and founder of A Doll Like Me. Join us as we talk about the amazing cloth dolls that Amy creates for children with limb differences, birthmarks, facial anomalies, and albinism and so many more and how truly important it is for these children to be represented in a doll ...."because everyone deserves to look into the sweet face of a doll and see their own".Amy talks about her journey fr...
2021-03-1150 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelPat Henry, Founder & Publisher of Fashion Doll Quarterly, joins In The Doll World, doll podcasthttps://www.inthedollworld.com/storytellers.html In The Doll World, doll podcast and doll YouTube channel, shares a wonderful and candid interview with Pat Henry, the founder and publisher of Fashion Doll Quarterly (FDQ) which was retired after seventeen years in 2020. When Pat retired FDQ, she endorsed In The Doll World!Pat shares with us her amazing journey, from loving dolls as a child to creating a magazine that The Hollywood Reporter called FDQ “the Vogue of collector magazines”. She has given rise to showcasing unknown doll artists to interviewing seasoned doll creators, to amazing photograp...
2021-03-0458 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelDr. Linda Beed, Creator of Dolls for Our Daughters, joins In The Doll World, doll podcasthttps://www.inthedollworld.com/podcasts.html In The Doll World, doll podcast and YouTube channel, continues our celebration of the In The Doll World First Annual World of Black Dolls Celebration, by sharing a powerful interview with Dr. Linda Beed, creator of Dolls for Our Daughters.In our interview, Dr. Beed shares an amazing story of how her journey to becoming a published author took her on a detour into creating a line of play dolls that showcase--not only how precious young girls are with her V.P. (Very Precious) doll line--but also how empowered they...
2021-02-2646 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelRev. Dr. LaVerne Hall, Doll Artist & Collector, joins In The Doll World, doll podcastwww.inthedollworld.com/podcasts In The Doll World, doll podcast and doll YouTube channel, share an amazing HerStory with Rev. Dr. LaVerne Hall, Doll Artist and Collector of Contemporary African-American Doll Artist as she shares with us how her daughter inspired her to create the My Little Mahji paper doll that has taken her life in many directions, from paper doll to getting a doll pattern into McCALL's pattern book to being featured on HGTV to a featured museum exhibit and so much more. You truly have to listen to this interview. The history of herstory is beau...
2021-02-181h 00In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelITDW w Cee Robinson (Pt.2) creator of HerStory Dolls and Doll Customizerwww.inthedollworld.com DISCLAIMER: This show was recorded around Feb 2020 the beginning of COVID, so some of the info related to that will not be as current and also her mixed race doll is now available to order. Cee Robinson aka Queen Dollylama joins us again for an empowering conversation about how her daughter inspired her to be a customizer as well as the still important need to have dolls that represents the African Diaspora. She customizes and reimages Black dolls and turns them into more positive representations of Black people and creative characters. Queen Cee ha...
2021-02-1044 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelREPLAY EPISODE - Cleaveland Wykoff (aka CJ Starz)REPLAY EPISODE - FOR OUR IN THE DOLL WORLD's 1ST ANNUAL WORLD OF BLACK DOLLS CELEBRATION WE WILL BE REPLAYING OUR PAST INTERVIEWS WITH BLACK DOLL CREATORS.www.inthedollworld.com Join Tammy and Georgette as they talk with Cleveland Wycoff aka Cj Starz as he shares how he got started designing dolls, his love for this medium and how he is creating a new line of dolls with his newest company Studio XOXO!Studio XOXO!’s Mission Statement: Studio XOXO!’s mission is to produce beautiful, high...
2021-02-031h 01In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelErnesto Padró-Campos aka Dolldomwww.inthedollworld.com In The Doll World shares a wonderful, candid interview with Ernesto Padró-Campos, a humble, honest soul. Though Ernesto is known for his stunning photography, he refers to himself as an “illustrator” because he isn't a "trained photographer". Join us as Ernesto also discusses his unusual journey into photography and how the collaborations in his life with amazing and talented creatives throughout the doll community that he has worked with, from well known to new and upcoming creatives helped him to expand his own creativity and skills to bring amazing dolls to life, via Dolldom...
2021-01-131h 00In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelKaren Germany, Creator of Daddy's Long Legs Dollswww.inthedollworld.com/creators Karen Germany, creator of the Daddy's Long Legs line joins In The Doll World for a fun and educational interview! Georgette also shares her long and amazing connection to Karen Germany and how after 20 years coming full circle.Karen talks about her journey from sculpting a line of dolls with animal faces and human bodies into creating Daddy's Long Legs and how creating one African American doll Nettie, garnered such a positive response from an African American woman who was so happy to see Nettie that she thanked Karen for creating her. Tha...
2020-12-2549 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelDoreen Lawrence, Creator of It's Reuben Dollwww.inthedollworld.com/creators Doreen Lawrence, creator of It's Reuben Doll, joins In The Doll World (ITDW) for a fun, enlightening interview. Doreen decided to create It's Reuben after the death of her son. She also shares how her childcare business with her husband also helped to solidify her passion for dolls again and that also created a desire to create dolls that reflected a lot of the little black and brown boys and girls that were hard to find and still lacking representation in the doll world, while helping to use them to help build self-esteem and en...
2020-12-1744 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelGene Foote, Fashion Doll Collector & Historianwww.inthedollworld.com/collectors In The Doll World is excited to release this interview with Gene Foote, fashion doll historian and collector! He tells us how he happens to be in the room when Barbie is introduced at the New York Toy Fair; how while purchasing napkins and winds up buying a #1 Barbie for a goddaughter; and how he was almost ticketed for jay walking across a street to get a closer look at his first Bild Lilli!Gene’s stories are hilarious and lovely. He has memorized so many details about the Barbie, Bild Lill...
2020-12-0249 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelMike Buess, Doll Artist and Creator of Fabiola of Hollywoodhttps://www.inthedollworld.com/creators.html Mike Buess, doll artist and creator of Fabiola of Hollywood, joins us for a delightful show. Mike has set the collectible doll world on fire with his line of one-of-a-kind, Latinx dolls! Though each Fabiola is made from the same mold, Mike hand paints and individually dresses them; so, each one has her own personality! Mike , whose mother was born and raised in Puerto Rico, shares stories from his life that speak to why he chose to create Fabiola as a Latina. He expresses his love for his heritage and is...
2020-11-1138 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelDoug James, Creator of C.E.D.Dolls, first fully-articulated modern fashion dollswww.inthedollworld.com/creators We get to have a wonderful conversation with Doug James, another amazing pioneer in doll history. From Doug's entrance into the doll world as a doll fashion designer. He and his friend Laura Meisner created clothing for Mel Odom's Gene Marshall doll and for Madame Alexander dolls. To his being credited and earning the honor with his friend Laura with articulating the modern fashion doll through the C.E.D. Though vintage dolls had previously been articulated and other doll artist had articulated dolls at places like the neck, shoulders, hips, and knees, Doug and...
2020-10-281h 02
Good Morning Gwinnett PodcastStorytellers Kim Andrews & Georgette Taylor Are My Guest Todaywww.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Kim Andrews Bio:Kim, Story Shepherd, Spiritual Leader & keynote speaker, is dedicated to helping seekers create inner sanctuary & self-mastery in their lives. Her professional and entrepreneurial life spans a wide range of industries, from fitness and wellness to training and development and the investigation of federal employment discrimination complaints.In 2010, she said “yes” to a divine calling to create the Global Red Circle (GRC). First, Kim began writing her book, The Global Red Circle: Standing in Truth, Unleashing Our Most Powerful Selves, an anthology of letters from women about watershed experiences in their live...
2020-10-151h 06In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelProfessional Doll Makers Art Guild w Cherie Fretto & Peggy McChesneywww.inthedollworld.com Join us as we talk to Cherie Fretto and Peggy McChesney, the President and Vice President of PDMAG about the PDMAG upcoming online convention, Thursday, October 15th. Thursday, through Saturday, October 17th, 2020. The convention runs from 10am Eastern Standard Time (EST) to 10pm EST! Chere and Peggy also shares with us how how much fun is in store for you with 12, full hours of studio tours, classes, questions and answers, interviews, raffles, and more! PDMAG artists are giving away almost 500 items--including one-of-a-kind art dolls!They also talk about the organization and how over...
2020-10-1321 min
The Dynamic Life ShowCaylin White, Owner of CBCInked, Artist, Marketing Magicianwww.dynamiclifeenterprise.com Join us for another inspiring and fun In The Conversation episode with Caylin White, Owner of CBCInked. Caylin is the creator of Marketing in a Box, an amazing way to help other learn the ins and outs of marketing . We talk about her love of art and how has used that along with her marketing to help inspire people personal lives and business lives through another creative and inspiring product called Artfirmations. Caylin is known for being a marketing magician, avid artist, organic food enthusiast, content marketer, WordPress student and advocate. Positive energy person, and lover of a...
2020-10-0438 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelFrantz Brent-Harris, Doll Artist & Sculptorwww.inthedollworld.com Frantz Brent-Harris joins us for a powerful In The Doll World podcast this week! Frantz creates one-of-a-kind and limited editions of dolls that ignite emotions ranging from love to rage! Join us as we go on an a eye opening journey to how Frantz found himself surprisingly not only creating dolls, but how his dolls have literally brought people to tears as well as enraged them the point the dolls have been knocked to the ground! Get ready for Frantz’s passionate journey based upon his experiences as a Black artist who creates dolls to honor and re...
2020-09-3050 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelWilliam Ooi & Marcus Kelso, Emperis Dollswww.inthedollworld.com Join us as we talk to Emperis (pronounced m-Paris) Dolls creators William Ooi and his husband, Marcus Kelso. A fun and enlightening interview! William shares how his love of dolls from an early age has helped him to define and create beautifully designed and crafted dolls. A very informative, fun and delightful look into what makes Emperis Dolls come alive! William also shares how important it was to create some dolls with 23 points of articulation in order to get the kind of unique poses that is needed to be more creative and unique in telling and creat...
2020-09-2448 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelNiya Dorsey, Creator of Brains and Beauty Dollshttps://www.inthedollworld.com/creators.html BRAINS & BEAUTY DOLLS creator Niya Dorsey joins us this week on In The Doll World™! We think you will enjoy hearing about her journey as a doll creator. Her dolls are innovative because they a voice box that tells children positive phrases like: You are beautiful, you are intelligent, and don’t give up! They also have human hair which gives you more styling options! ENTREPRENEURS: If you are an entrepreneur, there are lots of nuggets to help you along your way! One of the things we found most interesting was how custom...
2020-09-0936 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelRobert Tonner Doll Artist, Sculpture, Designer and Entrepreneurwww.inthedollworld.com/creators In The Doll World™ welcomes Robert Tonner to our show! Robert speaks to us about his 30 years of doll design. He speaks--not only about his dolls--but also about being an entrepreneur. His history includes creating dolls from his original sculpts as well as purchasing licenses and producing other creators’ dolls. Do you wonder what he’s been up to? Listen, you might be surprised to hear about his new artistic love.Thank you for joining us and enjoy the show.If you are interested in learning more about Robert Tonner and his doll...
2020-09-0348 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelServando Hernandez, Owner of Livin' Plastic Dolls and Doll Customizerwww.inthedollworld.com What a wonderful interview with Servando Hernadez, from industrial designer to doll artist. He shares his journey to becoming an avid Barbie doll collector and how is grandmother whom he adored, had a lot to do with that part of his adoration of Barbie. He said that he likes the "aesthetics and emotional charge" that Barbie represents. He also shares with excitement being selected to create the Roma Fashion Convention Doll after only 5 years of being on the scene. We are delighted and excited to share his journey with you.Servando on Facebook visit...
2020-08-2635 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelStacelina Monique, Doll Artistwww.inthedollworld.com Known for the "stories behind the dolls" doll artist Stacelina Monique creates miniature dolls and accessories come to life with diaromas that are as unique as she is. She shares a sweet story on how her mom knew she was artistic in a unique way, to how a mentor helped her learn the business and navigating the doll world, after getting kicked out of many dolls groups. Stacelina also talks about how you can truly make a living being an artist and how being part of community groups help to support and grow an artist.
2020-08-1939 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelEmilia Nieminen, Designer of Inamorata dolls and Emilia Couturewww.inthedollworld.com Emilia shares with us a wonderful and sometimes challenging entrpreneurial journey on her road to being an amazing couture doll artist. Her tenacity has led to creating a living for herself creating dolls which is what most creatives and artists long to do. From selling her drawings in school to get pocket change to learning the skills of sculpting from her time being an art model which gave her a very discerning eye for sculpting and creating Inamorata dolls and Emilia Couture. Her journey is a fascinating look into an amazing artist who also shares her fas...
2020-08-1259 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelStacey McBride Irby, former Mattel Designer, creator of So In Style™, The Prettie Girls™ and IamU Dollswww.inthedollworld.com Join us on this fabulous journey with Stacey McBride Irby, one of most famous former Mattel designers. She created the So In Style™ a line of African-American Barbie® dolls which were released in 2009. While at Mattel®, Stacey was tapped to design the sorority Barbie®, celebrating the centennial year of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first African-American Greek Sorority. She also designed a one of a kind take on the 1980’s Black Barbie. In addition, Stacey designed some of the 2010 Barbie career dolls including Pet Vet Barbie®, Rock Star Barbie® and Bride Barbie®.We are so happy to brin...
2020-08-0549 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelStephan Davidich, Deja Dohls' Designerwww.inthedollworld.com Stephan known for his advocate doll Deja Dohl, talks about how he modeled his first figure in clay at 4 or 5 years old while my mother was teaching ceramics at summer camp which jumped started his passion in sculpting. He shares how his art continued, but eventually the passion for art was in a lull until Deja came along. He talks about how Deja came about and how she has since become his life's' work. He also shares how Deja Dohl has become an advocate and has quite a following on FB.To learn more a...
2020-07-2935 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelBukola Somide, Creator of Somi the Computer Science Dollwww.inthedollworld.com A passionate and inspirational show with Bukola as she shares her journey from being a software engineer to becoming a doll creator and author. She talks about how her passion, faith and desire to help empower youth and communities through her Somi the Computer Science Doll has lead to a doll that not only educates them about coding but brings awareness to Computer Science in a fun and exciting way that helps to foster a more self confident, smart and successful life. Inspiring youth to realize their passion early in order to pursue and excel in th...
2020-07-2240 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelPaulette Goodreau, Pioneer of the American BJDwww.inthedollworld.com A delightful interview with Paulette Goodreau. She shares her story on how she and her sister Annette became the pioneers of the American BJD (Ball Jointed Dolls). Talks about her mom, who she used to often accompany to doll shows was the catalyst for many of her doll creations. She also tell us the surprising and unusual company where she produced her first doll. You won't believe what they produced there before Paulette's dolls and how she introduced a whole new product line to that company.In 2012, Paulette stopped manufacturing dolls full time and became...
2020-07-1535 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelHextian (aka Christian) Repaint Artist & YouTube Content Creatorwww.inthedollworld.com What a fun interview with an amazing talented repaint artist and YouTube content creator with almost 1 million followers, as he talks about his journey into doll repainting and how he combines all of his interests from anime, video gaming and fashion nerd into one artwork. Hextian began his career as a YouTube content creator. As a channel owner, he tried many different subjects before almost accidentally landing on doll customization. One day, he posted a video of himself repainting a doll and was surprised to see a spike in the number of viewers! He co...
2020-07-0145 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelJoey Versaw, Creator of Mary Magpie-the first 3D printed dollwww.inthedollworld.com Join us for a delightful interview with Joey Versaw, Creator of Mary Magpie--the first 3D printed doll; a First Love; and, Little Head Doll lines (from the USA) as he talks about how his love for dolls helped him to bring his years of planning and dreaming to fruition. His first fashion doll, “Mary Magpie”. Also his introduction into using the new technology of 3D printing. Excited by the idea of not getting sick from resin fumes in his own kitchen, Joey and fellow doll designer friend Dennis Beltran collaborated on designing a boudoir doll together using...
2020-06-2446 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelMel Odom, Creator of the Gene Doll and Illustratorwww.inthedollworld.com A Fathers Day special for one of the fathers of the fashion doll. A wonderful conversation with Mel Odom, creator of the Gene Marshall doll, a sultry movie star doll from the film noir 1940's era and introducing the 15 1/2" fashion doll to the market with the creation of the Gene doll. Join us as he shares his amazing story, from how supportive and loving his family was towards a little boy who loved dolls, to his wonderful life as an illustrator, to how he chose Gene's name and so much more of this extraordinary and amazing life...
2020-06-211h 19In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelAma Gueye, Founder of Operation Sankofawww.inthedollworld.com This is wonderful show with Ama Gueye, Founder of Operation Sankofa: ‘I want one just like me!’ Join us as we learn more about this amazing educator and how she became the catalyst for providing and continuing the discussion of accessibility to affordable black dolls in the UK, and why that is so important.What began as a one off exercise to locate where to buy black dolls in 2009, has blossomed into the Operation Sankofa and Black Dolls Expo an annual event which showcases a vast range of black dolls featuring collectors, doll makers, doll ma...
2020-06-171h 10In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelNav Sikand, Creator of La Poupee Mannequin: Anoukwww.inthedollworld.com Join us for this fascinating conversation with Nav Sikand as he talks about his journey into creating his vintage inspired doll, Anouk and his love for dolls from a very young age. When friends began to request his services, the seed for making ooak dolls and restoration professionally was sown For more information about Nav, Anouk, and VA studio, visit, lapoupeeanouk.blogspot.com.Support the showHey!!! Get a shout out on an upcoming episode as a thank you for your monthly support of In The Doll World. Cli...
2020-06-101h 08In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelJozef Szekeres, Pt. 2 Doll Creator of Glamour OZ Dolls & former Disney Animatorwww.inthedollworld.com In this part 2 of our interview with Jozef Szekeres he shares with us the amazing and touching family history his Glamour Oz dolls have as well as how the fashion he has chosen for his current dolls pay homage to his Austrialian roots. He also talks more of his time as a Disney animator. Another fascinating time with Jozef.To see more of Jozef's work visit his facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/jozef.szekeresSupport the showHey!!! Get a shout out on an upcoming episode as a t...
2020-06-0353 minIn The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channelBrenda Ragland, CEO of My Heart Expressionswww.inthedollworld.com Join us for a wonderful conversation with Brenda Ragland, Founder and CEO of My Heart Expresions, as she shares with us her journey into creating the inspirational fashion doll Makayla and her mission in helping young girls develop self-love through her doll.My Heart Expressions Inspirational Fashion Doll Makayla's mission is to Inspire Young Minds to Believe in their Dreams. Makayla's Inspirational Fashion Line will help young girls develop self love, Beauty within, build self confidence, discover their purpose and understand their value, While having fun. Brenda's goal is to one day have Makayla a...
2020-05-2735 minThe Dynamic Life ShowJacquelynn Peterson, Owner of Joyful Living Mindsetwww.dynamiclifeenterprise.com We are in the conversation with Jacquelynn Peterson, Clarity and Mindset Coach and owner of Joyful Living Mindset, as we discuss her journey on how she climbed the corporate ladder and having it all to almost losing it all including her marriage, her home and her confidence, to now helping others to get redirected, clear and focused on what truly brings them joy, purpose and direction.Jacquelynn is also offering our listeners a free 45 minute clarity session with her. Please give yourself the gift of this call. If you are passionate about living your b...
2020-05-2551 minThe Dynamic Life ShowNot With Your HeadThis show talks about how I was inspired by a comedian turned transformational speaker and this one statement he made about Not With Your Head. It really had me wanting to share my thoughts on what he said and what we are experiencing now in this country with this coronavirus.I also highlight a family of siblings who wanted to help the seniors in their community and how they banded together to make that happen and how it has also inspired me to do something in my neighborhood and I hope it will help you to do a...
2020-03-2328 minThe Dynamic Life ShowDear MeInspired by Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman and a Reiki healer friend of mine, LaShawn McCrary, this episode is all about taking care of your younger self via letter writing. I had the amazing opportunity to write a letter to my younger self and the transformation that occurred from it and I share all three of them with you. It was a very touching and emotional thing for me to write these letters and I am excited to share them with you. I also share our amazing I AM-YOU ARE word of the week.www.dynamiclifeenterprise.com
2020-02-1032 minThe Dynamic Life ShowThe Unlived LifeIn this episode, I talk about how I was inspired by watching a episode of "The Crown" on Netflix and how most of us are living other people's lives, while some maybe getting glimpses into what that unlived life could have been and for many some may still be waiting to live it. Don't wait, live that unlived life, today, this week, this month, this year.I also share an inspiring story of 14 abandoned children and how their dance number brought tears to the eyes of the judges on a popular talent show and how it has...
2020-01-1331 minThe Dynamic Life ShowIn The Conversation with Adam Perez, Host of A+ OpinionsWell this In The Conversation episode was definitely a little different for me and little more personal than most, as I get to have the honor of interviewing my son, Adam, who truly does inspire me and believe it or not I think I was the most nervous.We get a chance to talk about his growing Youtube Channel and Podcast for A+ Opinions, his fears of starting his show and how he was able to move pass this fears and create something that he loves sharing with others. As well as his goals for moving A+...
2019-12-0243 minThe Dynamic Life ShowShedding Baggage and Holding SpaceFinding my way back after some sinus issues which affected my throat but I really wanted to do this show because I get to share an inspiring story of a teacher who is helping her students to shed their baggage off their young shoulders and finding ways to hold space for each other, by doing an exercise that helps them to find a way to have empathy, kindness and so many other qualities that will last them a lifetime and of course I share the word of the week and sneak peek. I also mention in the show how...
2019-11-2520 minThe Dynamic Life Show"In The Conversation" with Denita Lewis, Founder of 50 Shades of Red: Every Woman Has A Story!www.dynamiclifeenterprise.com Our "In the Conversation" shares a wonderful, delightful yet powerful conversation with Denita Lewis. A dear friend of mine for over 35 year. She shares and discusses openly her life's challenges with love, loss and a decision that she made years ago that haunted and tormented her for many years, leading to depression and ultimately finding the faith to forgive the most important person. Powerful lessons and triumphs and her never ending faith has led her to the work she does of giving other women hope and healing, allowing and helping them to transform their lives through t...
2019-11-1153 minThe Dynamic Life ShowA Doll, A Deck and A StoryIn this episode I share a challenge that set me back and had stopped me from recording any new episodes for this podcast until today and how I found my way back and hope that it can help you when you find yourself challenged with moving forward. I also share how writing my upcoming new book A Doll, A Deck and A Story helps me to tap into the energy of these three accomplishments in my life and how it also helped to get back to being a transformational storyteller and why I continue to share a story that w...
2019-11-0428 min
The Dynamic Life Show"In The Conversation" with Dr. Keshia KeithWe are In The Conversation with Dr. Keshia Keith, Dr. Keshia D. Keith is a native of Rock Hill, South Carolina. She is a best-selling author, international speaker and licensed professional counselor (LPC). Dr. Keith is the owner of Life Interrupted Counseling Services, LLCDr. Keith shares her personal journey into Post Partum Depression, leading to some time in a mental institution herself, leading her to do the work that she does. She also sheds light on her amazing counseling work which I witnessed first, hand at her annual "Drop Your Bags Here" Women's Retreat where women we...
2019-10-0144 min
The Dynamic Life ShowNo Matter What!Join us for another inspired show as I share my Super Soul Afterglow insights from another segment of Super Soul Sunday with guest authorWes Moore, who has this amazing way he was able to know what is passion and calling was. Can't wait for you to hear how this could also help you to hone in your calling. I also share the inspiring story how one young lady has made the Bronx, my home tow, a more well read community when she took it upon her self to fundraise money to open the only boo...
2019-09-1725 min
The Dynamic Life ShowIn The Conversation with Lee Gaitan, Humorist Writer and AuthorThis show introduces my "In The Conversation" segment of The Dynamic Life Show, with my friend Lee Gaitan, Humorist Writer and Author of My Pineapples went to Houston. Join us as Lee talks about how her ex-husband broadsided her by announcing he was leaving her on Christmas Eve, losing all their money and at the same time dealing with her father just passing away and her mother in a coma, Well hell, Merry Christmas!! How do you bounce back from that? Well join us In The Conversation as well talk about how she finally picked her self up again, c...
2019-09-021h 01
The Dynamic Life ShowWhy I Do What I Do: My Origin Story OFAHello My Dynamic Life Listeners, this episode of Why I Do What I Do is in a little different format. It is part of my OFA (One Funnel Away Challenge) to share my Origin Story of Why I Do What I Do, so I hope you enjoy, also I hope you get more of a sense of who I am and why I love working with positive words and affirmations and how they have and continue to effect me in my along this journey we call life.I will be sharing a few more things about me th...
2019-08-2620 min