How Offerings Work~

I will post the offering date and time on my Facebook and IG a day or 2 before. When the time arrives; the names, pricing and other details will be revealed. You will send your email with your first/ second choice. Just put the name choices in the subject line and send. The first ones requesting will get the piece. Sorry, I don't mail outside the US. thegoodewife.folkart@yahoo.com

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Viking Witches





Rune: Protection
Spoken for ~ Thank you!


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Rune: Journey
Spoken for ~ Thank you!

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Rune: Joy
Spoken for ~ Thank you!

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Rune: Strength
Spoken for ~ Thank you!


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Welcome!
Tonight's offerings are
so special~ 
As a young girl,
I will never forget
learning about Leif Erikson.
From our ancestry,
my father told us,
we were most likely descendants.
I was IN! 

   

Each VikingWitch
 is approximately 17-17 1/2 inches tall, 
and is a wall hanger.
They are made of
Paper clay on a stuffed, fabric body.
Cradled in each of their arms,
 is a wooden Rune
 that I have wood burned and sealed.
  They are surrounded 
with green moss and lichen

My original piece will come to you signed and dated.

Each Witch is
280.00
and 14.50 for shipping
in the continental US.
Please specify your choice by name

To contact me for adoption, please email me at:
thegoodewife.folkart@yahoo.com

As with all of the Goode Wife's offerings, they are for display purposes and not for wee hands.


Thursday, April 24, 2025

Bridgerton Frogs

 


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Daphne
 Thank you~ she is spoken for.


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Eloise

                                                   Thank you~ she is spoken for.


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These two Bridgerton Frogs are what I call, 
"Door Dolls".
They are meant to be lighter so to hang nicely.
Their bodies are made in a simpler manner than the china doll style.
They will still sit in a small chair or shelf.
They are sculpted of paperclay 
with fabric bodies.
They each have glass eyes
 and wear a chippy distressed
metal crown.
They also hold a handmade wire basket 
with preserved Sweet Annie
 from my garden.

        They are approximatley 10 1/2 inches tall.

My original piece will come to you signed and dated.

Each Bridgerton Frog is
280.00
and 14.50 for shipping
in the continental US.
I do not ship outside the US

Please specify your choice by name


To contact me for adoption, please email me at:
thegoodewife.folkart@yahoo.com

As with all of the Goode Wife's offerings, they are for display purposes and not for wee hands.


Sunday, April 6, 2025

Liberty Ladies


Abigail

Spoken for~ Thank you

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Molly

Spoken for~ Thank you

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Deborah
Spoken for~ Thank you

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Anna

Spoken for~ Thank you

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These four dolls are what I call, Door Dolls.
they are meant to be lighter to hang nicely.
Their bodies are made in a simpler manner than the china doll style.
They will still sit in a small chair or shelf.
They are sculpted of paperclay 
with fabric bodies.
They reflect some of my favorite women
whose input was imprtant during the Revolutionary War.
My hometown is a
 sleepy little village 
along the NY and VT border. 
It is rich the Early American history.
A nearby town is the birthplace of the Navy~
and now you know how
these ladies came to be

            The tricorn hats are approximatley 10 3/4 inches and the bicorn hats are approximatley 11 1/4 inches tall.

My original piece will come to you signed and dated.
Each Liberty Lady is
275.00
and 14.50 for shipping

in the continental US.
I do not ship outside the US
Please specify your choice by name


To contact me for adoption, please email me at:
thegoodewife.folkart@yahoo.com

As with all of the Goode Wife's offerings, they are for display purposes and not for wee hands.

Sunday, March 2, 2025

Ghostie Girl, Twilight Votives

 


Welcome to my March Offerings~

Tonight, for your consideration, 
I have 4 Twilight Ghostie Luminaries


~Aislynn~
(Spoken for~ thank you)
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~Blaine~
(Spoken for~ thank you)
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~Calli~
(Spoken for~ thank you)
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~Darcie~
(Spoken for~ thank you)

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Each of my Ghostie Girls is unique,
they all are made of paper clay with paper dresses.
It is quite a process! 
They are all wonky~ 
The hand made papers used are not perfect, 
but that adds to a spooky background look.
Each is approximately 7 3/4 inches tall 
and will come with a battery operated
flickering votive.

They are 250.00 each
and 14.50 for insured shipping~

(Continental US only, I do not ship outside the US) 
Please send your requests by name. 
only 1 purchase per collector.


To contact me for adoption, please email me at:
thegoodewife.folkart@yahoo.com

As with all of the Goode Wife's offerings, they are for display purposes and not for wee hands.

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Beloved

 



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Siobhan


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Saoirse

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For your consideration
this evening,
I present 2 Beloved
skelly girls.
They are aged lovingly
with tea~ 
Thewr neck trim
 is vintage cotton trim 
that I have stitched
 the sweetest tiny, 
Mother of Pearl button on. 

These two dolls are what I call, Door Dolls.
they are meant to be lighter to hang nicely.
Their bodies are made in a simpler manner than the china doll style.
They will still sit in a small chair or shelf.
They are sculpted of paperclay 
with fabric bodies.
Each carry a bouquet 
of vintage paper 
millinery flowers that have
aged. 

        They are approximatley 13 inches tall.

My original piece will come to you signed and dated.

Each Beloved is
270.00
and 14.50 for shipping
Thank you,
both are spoken for~

in the continental US.
I do not ship outside the US

Please specify your choice by name


To contact me for adoption, please email me at:
thegoodewife.folkart@yahoo.com

As with all of the Goode Wife's offerings, they are for display purposes and not for wee hands.


Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Winter Owl Princesses


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Gwyneria



Eirwen

For your consideration this evening,
I present two Owl Princesses.
My heart is always present in my beloved Adirondack and Green Mountains.
I lived up on a hill once upon a time, 
A small house in the country, 
overlooking the Green mountains. 
Many a night, 
a barn owl would hoot 
and lull me to sleep. These two speak of those memories with their beautiful dresses that depict a winter's scene.

These two dolls are what I call, Door Dolls.
they are meant to be lighter to hang nicely.
Their bodies are made in a simpler manner than the china doll style.
They will still sit in a small chair or shelf.
They are sculpted of paperclay 
with fabric bodies.
They each wear a chippy distressed
metal crown.
Each holds a wire basket 
with preserved Sweet Annie
 from my garden.
They are approximatley 11 inches tall.

My original piece will come to you signed and dated.

Each Princess is
270.00
and 14.50 for shipping

Both have been spoken for~ Thank you!
in the continental US.
I do not ship outside the US

Please specify your choice by name


To contact me for adoption, please email me at:
thegoodewife.folkart@yahoo.com

As with all of the Goode Wife's offerings, they are for display purposes and not for wee hands.


Friday, November 29, 2024

Victorian Mourning Cockades

Thank you so much  
for your time and patience,
during our trying, 
technical past few days!
Please list your first and second choices. 
I know it's hard!
 I have 9 brooches and ideas for more!
                      All have been spoken for ~ thank you!


Annie is spoken for~ thank you!
 

Alice is spoken for~ thank you!

                             Abigail is spoken for~ thank you!




Belle is spoken for~ thank you!


                         Beth is spoken for~ thank you!

Bailey is spoken for~ thank you!



Claire is spoken for~ thank you!



Charlotte is spoken for~ thank you!


                        Catherine is spoken for~ thank you!

These Gloomy Lovelies 
are my take on Victorian Mourning Jewelry.
They are cockades made from
 heavy millinery grograin ribbon.
They measure about 4 1/2 " in diameter.
Old crepe paper
 that has been aged and cut 
with scalloped scissors
adornes the circular base.
 In each center is a skelly girl head,
 sculpted from paper clay, 
with glass bead eyes.
The back is neat and tidy
 with a pin back stitched on. 
They will come signed and dated by me.
A unique gift for yourself,
or the lover of black and dreary on your life.


Each Mourning Cockade 
is 90.00 
and 11.00 priority shipping.
in the continental US.
Please specify your choice by name

To contact me for adoption, please email me at:
thegoodewife.folkart@yahoo.com

As with all of the Goode Wife's offerings ~ they are not for wee hands.

Monday, July 29, 2024

The Grimm Girls

 





Rose ~Spoken for





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Marigold~Spoken for



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Lily~Spoken for

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Daisy~Spoken for

 
The Grimm Girls 
were very beloved
by Mr. and Mrs. Grimm.
A fever broke out in the Spring 
 of '01 
It claimed
so many children
 in their wee town.
The Grimm family was devastated
 by the loss of the girls, 
along with so many children
 within their town

Each one of the girls
has been lovingly sculpted 
from Paper clay 
and made china doll style, 
with wired arms.
The dresses are madwe with buttery soft lightweight cotton. 
it has been lightly aged.
A shell hem has been lovinly hand sewn.

Each has a wee coffin pillow,
 I have hand-sewed trim 
along the edge.
They each hold a wee bouquet 
of vintage
paper millinery forget-me-nots.

Each Grimm child is 
280.00 

All are spoken for~ thank you

and comes signed and dated.
Insured travel expenses are 12.00 
in the continental US.
To contact me for adoption, please email me at:
thegoodewife.folkart@yahoo.com




Thursday, June 27, 2024

Ghostie Girls Twilight Luminaries

 



Welcome to my June Offerings~

Tonight, for your consideration, 
I have 4 Twilight Luminaries

Mercy~ spoken for



Faith~ spoken for



opHHHope ~ spoken fore



Charity~ spoken for


Each of my Ghostie Girls is unique,
but all are made of paper clay with paper dresses.
It is quite a process! 
Each is approximately 7 3/4 inches tall 
and will come with a battery operated
flickering votive.

They are 250.00 each
and 12.00 for insured shipping~
(Continental US only) 
Please send your requests by name. 
only 1 purchase per collector.
They are still curing, 
so will be mailed out on Tuesday,
 of next week.

To contact me for adoption, please email me at:
thegoodewife.folkart@yahoo.com

As with all of the Goode Wife's offerings, they are for display purposes and not for wee hands.





Tuesday, June 25, 2024

A Special Note~


A few words about offerings~
First, THANK YOU!
  I truly appreciate all of your time and efforts trying to secure a piece. I am thankful every day, that I have the opportunity to have the job title ~ Artist. 

  I know that so many of you try for pieces,but there are never enough for everyone. This is so hard! I revisit quite a few characters and keep them one of a kind. I'm sorry, but I do not take comissions. Their magic comes from not sitting and making my little lovelies like I was a factory. I urge you to keep trying! More often than not, there are first time Goode Wife collectors.
I am older now and slower. I am navigating a challenge, but I still have so much to create!   
 

Friday, June 7, 2024

Day of the Dead

Catrina
Please welcome Catrina.
I have wanted to do a Day of The Dead doll
for many years now. 
As an Artist, I want it to fully reflect
who I am and my vision.
These things come in their own time,
 and their vision is not to be rushed.
I also needed to be ready in skill 
as well as technically.
No matter how good you are, 
you always learn from your work.

So I present to you,  
my Catrina...
my way to honor death.

She is made of paperclay
and fabric
 She is a light waeight hanging dolly, 
 but can also prop on a shelf or wee chair.
Her face designs are drawn with
archival ink pens 
so that they wont fade with time. 
She is approximatley
12 1/4 inches tall. 
she carries a small skelly basket
filled with preserved Sweet Annie
from my garden.


My original piece will come to you signed and dated.


Catrina is
270.00
and 14.50 for shipping
in the continental US.
Sorry, I do not ship out of the US
Thank you, she is spoken for~

To contact me for adoption, please email me at:
thegoodewife.folkart@yahoo.com

As with all of the Goode Wife's offerings, they are for display purposes and not for wee hands.


Viking Witches

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