May 12, 20202 minInstallment #48Growing Older I wonder, do all at some point in their life think they will not age? Every day it seems that I wake up to more blurry visi...
May 5, 20201 minInstallment #47I’ve always had a love for photography, I received my first camera as a Christmas gift when I was in the fourth grade. My teachers would ...
Apr 28, 20202 minInstallment #46Henry’s Litter Box One of the things that people who visit my home notice, and make mention of, is how I turned an old steamer trunk into...
Apr 21, 20202 minInstallment #45Tonner Con 2011 – Romance is not dead! The Tonner Doll Convention is a four-day doll extravaganza. Attendees come from all over, and as f...
Apr 14, 20202 minInstallment #44In April of 2011 I finally made the decision to “move on up”, to a larger apartment that is. It was a very hard decision to make, but a s...
Apr 7, 20203 minInstallment #43March 24-27, 2011 – Tom and I loved the Sweet Potato Queens so much we had to go back for more! This particular year they changed things ...
Mar 31, 20202 minInstallment #42Traveling Gnomes. I always just thought this was a Travelocity thing. Didn't realize it was a "prank" that started back in the 80s which ...
Mar 28, 20201 minMarch 28, 2020 NewsletterAll of this self-isolating has been the perfect time to revamp the Brodjam website and design some new Tees! Read our latest newsletter a...
Mar 24, 20202 minInstallment #41A nostalgic trip back to my childhood… I would have never said that my mother was a good cook, don't get me wrong, she cooked, there was ...
Mar 17, 20202 minInstallment #40It is the beginning of October 2010 and I find myself toying with the idea of entering the photography competition at the upcoming Tonner...
Mar 10, 20201 minInstallment #39Waiting for Dinner Guests - starring Henry the CEO (photos taken in 2011) <Installment #40 ...
Mar 3, 20202 minInstallment #38In May of 2010 I decided to invest in a friend-of-a-friend’s invention: a self-portrait photo booth called SnapShot Studio. Having a love...
Feb 25, 20205 minInstallment #37The following excerpt was taken from The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love as told by author Jill Conner Browne. “A stranger arrives at a...
Feb 18, 20203 minInstallment #36It is the tail end of February, 2010 and I am on my way to Maine to pick up a load of dolls from a client; my friend, Tom, is riding alon...
Feb 11, 20202 minInstallment #35The year is 2010, it is February 14th Valentine’s Day and what a surprise I got... My boyfriend at the time was stuck in California deali...
Dec 24, 20192 minInstallment #34So to recap 2008… Five weddings, two funerals, a trip to Italy, and my first Tonner Doll convention. And let’s not forget the expansion o...
Dec 17, 20193 minInstallment #33‘Tis the season… This week I’d like to share with you the time I took Henry with me to go chop down a Christmas tree. It was December 20...
Dec 10, 20192 minInstallment #32I attended my first doll convention in 2008; it was the Tonner Halloween convention in Framingham Massachusetts at the Sheridan that rese...
Dec 3, 20192 minInstallment #31And now that I am back on track with the timeline of my story, let’s pick up where I left off with Installment #24. My trip to Italy was...
Nov 26, 20192 minInstallment #30After a year of selling dolls full-time, attending a Tonner Doll factory sale, and gaining a new client, I took a good, hard look at my e...