Sometimes the New Year starts, the Christmas presnts get packed away, and I get all nostalgic for Christmases and years gone past. This year is no exception...I started to think about all the fantastic dolls I received as gifts in the past, and the next thing you know it I've come up with a list of some of everyone's all-time Favorite 1960s Dolls. Is your favorite doll on the list?

Alice in Wonderland has long been a popular theme for dolls. Many doll companies and doll artists have created Alice in Wonderland dolls...of Alice herself, of other characters in the Alice books, and even of certain licensed Alices, including Disney's Alice and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Find out more about the enchanging world of Alice in Wonderland dolls in Alice in Wonderland Dolls - Dolls from the Lewis Carroll classic.

If you are anything like me, after putting away all the holiday decorations, I look around my house right after New Year's Day and want to clean and spruce everything up. My doll collection is not an exception to that! One of the things I like to do in January is dust my doll collection thoroughly. Dusting a doll is not like dusting a piano, however. If you'd like to properly dust your collection, read my doll dusting tips in How To Dust Your Doll Collection.

This year, the IDEX show has a brand new venue! That's not all that is new for this annual show that will be held from January 26 through 29th 2012. Find out all about this year's upcoming, exciting, and slightly refocused IDEX Debut of Dolls in IDEX 2012.