With all the bells and whistles of today's dolls, clever action figures and dancing bears, a simple rag doll with yarn hair, knit stockings and a prairie outfit seems almost fictional, an embodiment ...

Anything goes when it comes to Day of the Dead. And it is all the better if it is handmade. Toys, frames, candles, food - even dolls! Here is an easy rag doll project, complete with a pattern! Make it ...

It was a simple rag doll, and yet one that meant the world to me. Not because it was expensive, but because my father placed it in my little hands with the words, “Mija, look what I saw on the way ...