The Stories Of Nancy Ann Dolls

The Nancy Ann Dolls were famous for its storybook concept. The company began in 1936 and was founded by Nancy Ann Abbott who started her company with only 5 from her apartMent. A year after, Nancy hired Allan "Les" Rowland to promote her products and handle her business finances. On February 23, 1937, the Nancy Ann Dressed Dolls was incorporated in San Francisco, California. The company then earned its million dollar income by the year 1942 and in late 1945, the company was renamed to Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls Inc..

The first batch of dolls that was made by the company measured 3 ¾ inches. The baby dolls were made of bisque but the doll bodies were initially made in Japan. In 1936, the Storybook series was launched with doll measuring 5 inches. By 1939, the dolls' bodies were then made locally in California. The facial features of the dolls were hand painted, thus giving the each individual doll its own unique look.

The company manufactured its largest volume of dolls in the US by the late 1940s. Yet it began to slow down by the 1960's due to the deterioration of Nancy Ann's health. In 1964, Nancy Ann Abbott passed away. In 1965, the company file for bankruptcy after Les Rowland's health also started to deteriorate. Eventually, Albert Bourla purchased the company along with other stockholders wherein they continued the company's production of dolls but now they were made in Hong Kong. However, the venture was short-lived and the company auctioned its last remaining doll parts and accessories.

Until Jesco started making storybook dolls which were patterned after Nancy Ann. Still having the copyright for the storybook dolls, Bourla reintroduced the 5.5-inch bisque doll series in 1998. The dolls were to be produced in limited numbers but only four dolls were produced prior to selling the company to sisters Delene Budd and Claudette Buehler in 2003. The new company had then hired doll artist and designer Dianna Effner and costume designer Londie Phillips to revive the Nancy Ann dolls. Their first creation was launched in 2005.

The storybook feature still remained as part of its offering and was still based on nursery rhymes. Nancy Ann's design consisted of 125 characters in 1943 but these were reduced to 77 characters due to some constraints in the costume materials. Nevertheless, the characters have different wardrobes every year since the 1900s. Now, the new doll collection available is still reminiscent of the classic designs and the legacy has still continued.

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Places to Go While Dating in Texas

Texas is a state in the South central region of the United States of America. The capital city of Texas is know as Austin. This state has been nicknamed the Lone Star State. In 2006, the population of Texas was estimated to be around 23,507,783. The climate of Texas is varied. The eastern part of Texas has a humid subtropical climate, the northwestern part of the state has a temperate semi arid climate and the southern part has a subtropical steppe climate. This state is among the largest and most populated states in the United States of America. If you are dating in Texas, you can go to various places in the cities to have fun. You can go to Austin, Houston and San Antonio. All the cities in Texas have something you can do for fun with your date.

Texas state has so many Parks. Within the Houston city alone, it has about three hundred and thirty parks. When you are dating in Houston, you can not run out of parks to go to each day, in fact, you can almost go to a new park every day until the year ends. There are parks you can go camping in or picnicking with your date or simply to play golf. You can go to the Smith Fountain, Urban Garden, Lee and Joe Jamie Skate Park and so many other parks. Lee and Joe park is great for couples who love skating and having fun with the ice. If you love golfing, you can go to the Houston Municipal golf which has seven great golf courses. All this parks are maintained in a very good way and you are sure to have fun in all of them.

The museums are also a great places that you can go to. In these museums, you can learn great history about various things. Be it the people who stayed in Texas long before the nineteenth century or some history about some other place. The Holocaust museum in Texas has a lot on the history of people who were imprisoned and killed in the Nazi death camps. This place is always opened through out the week from nine in the morning to five in the evening. However on Saturdays and Sundays, the place is always opened at around mid day and closes at five in the evening. The Art Car Museum is also nice museum to go to. They have great displays of art cars and some of them are custom decorated.

While dating in Texas, you can go to see the beautiful lakes and beaches. You can go spend the day at the Guadalupe river. Here in this river you will have a lot of fun kayaking or rafting. Go visit the Lake Amistad where you will get an opportunity to see the best preserved archaeological sites in North America. In this area you can do activities like boating, swimming, camping, Fishing and skiing. You can also picnic here if you like and the weather allows.

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3 Magical Questions to Motivate and Inspire Your Entrepreneurial Life

As kids it was easy. As kids we knew how to dream and how to motivate ourselves - and our parents - into getting the things we really wanted. We simply didn't know we couldn't get what we wanted. But as adults it's a different story. Even the things we started out wanting to do often become the "have to's" we avoid.

Remember when you started? Remember how excited you were to tell the world all about what you were doing and how wonderful it made you feel? Remember how you just dove in, in your own way, and got started... until.... Until that first road block when you got overwhelmed with the work of developing your message, your business cards, you client base, your schedule, etc. etc.

Do you want it back? You can have it again any time you wish.

It only takes 3 magical questions you can ask yourself anywhere, anytime in 3 minutes or less. And the more often you ask yourself these questions - whether it's while you're driving, in the shower, or just hanging up from a phone call that didn't go your way - you're sure to find yourself re energized and feeling good again.

Ready? Here they are:

1. What do I really want?

What is the outcome you really really want? Envision it. Let yourself see it as if it's already happened. Maybe it's finding a way to make it right with that client who's upset (envision that client smiling again). Maybe it's landing the biggest contract of your life (envision shaking hands with your dream client with the signed contract complete). Maybe it's as simple as getting what you need done in the day so that you can make it to your child's recital tonight (envision Watching your child on sTAGe). It doesn't matter, just envision it as if you've already accomplished it. Don't worry about the how, just the what.

2. Why is having that really important to me? What will I really have now that I've accomplished it?

Is it a sense that you've done the right thing? Is it a feeling of freedom or success? Is it a feeling of satisfaction? Is it a feeling of connection with your family? Whatever it is for you, let yourself experience the emotion of already having it. And pay attention to how your body responds to that feeling. Does your stomach relax? Do your shoulders drop? Do you sit up a little straighter? These are important signals to be aware of.

3. What one thing could I do right now that might move me in the direction I most want to go?

Take action! Do the thing that comes to mind first - even if it's as simple as allowing yourself to feel more of the 'why' for another minute, or as random as taking a walk. The action you take serves as an acknowledgMent of the outcome you most want. Without action, it remains a dream. But with action, you begin to make it a reality. Think of it like a car. If it's sitting still, you'll never get there. But if it's moving you can begin to steer it in the direction you want to go.

The more often you ask yourself these 3 questions, and follow through, the more you can feel like a kid at Christmas about your life and your business all over again.

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