...About Alli...

Let me tell you a little about myself. I am 26 years old. I'm just finishing up a degree in art at the University of MN. I am currently working as a freelance artist and writer. I like all kinds of art. My favorites are painting, drawing, ceramics and electronic art. I have been taking a lot of electronic art classes in college. I build my web pages from scratch in pure html with some javascript as well and use all my own graphics. I have another web site which showcases some of my artwork. You will find a link to it on the bottom of this page. Please check it out! For all the cpk collectors, I have some collages on that web page that I did using pictures of some of my Cabbage Patch Kids! I also love to scrapbook and rubber stamp and I am an independent consultant for a rubber stamp and scrapbook company called Close To My Heart®, Formerly DOTS®. The new catalog is now available! If you want to know more about Close To My Heart email me!

I have always loved dolls. I have been collecting dolls since I was 12 years old. I collect all kinds of different dolls and my tastes change from time to time. I got my first Cabbage Patch Kid in the summer of 1984. She was a Preemie and her name was Katerina Marilyn. I called her Katy. After I got Katy I was hooked and throughout the next couple of years I adopted over 15 Cabbage Patch Kids, all Coleco kids. My interest in them faded over time, but I still loved my kids and had kept them all these years. Spring 1999 I was at a doll show where a soft sculptured Cabbage Patch Kid named Amber Stacy caught my eye. As soon as I saw her I knew I had to take her home with me. I had always wanted a soft sculptured kid and now I finally had one. That sparked my interest in Cabbage Patch Kids again. I started looking online and found tons of kids on ebay and the rest is history! In May, 1999 I had under 20 kids and now I have over 200! And I am always adopting new ones! I love the origninal soft sculptured Little People and Cabbage Patch Kids, Coleco kids and Jesmars the best. My first visit to Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia was Fall, 2000. I had wanted to visit there since I first heard about it in 1983 and it was an incredible trip! I have since made another trip to Babyland in May 2001 for the CPK Collectors Club Spring Event. I also plan to go to Spring Event next year.