Hello!!!

My name is Linda Dillon and I would like to thank you for dropping by my web site!!

I hope you enjoy all things Bridal and Barbie as much as I do. All the Bridal designs you see on these webpages are my own. More then anything, I love finding luxurious fabrics, sparkling sequins, beautiful beads and pearls, unique appliqués, fantastic trims and ribbons, delicate flowers, etc. etc. and putting them all together to create my unique masterpieces. I so enjoy adding just the right sequin or elaborate trim--taking a pretty dress and turning it into an elegant creation you only dream about.

As you can see from my photo, I also love hats! I think they lend such an elegant finish to any outfit, sooo, many of my designs include hats. I love a complete look, so all dolls come with new makeup and hairdos, earrings, a necklace (if the outfits needs one), lace undies, a hat or elaborate headpiece, a purse (for daywear), appropriately matching shoes, bridal bouquets, and a garter for the brides. And, of course, the back of the Bride's gowns is just as beautiful as the front!!

In the beginning . . .

I, like most of you, played with Barbie and her friends when I was growing up (on a beautiful farm near the small Ohio town of Ashville, just south of Columbus). In fact, I learned how to sew by making my own doll clothes. Of course, they were not quite this elegant. But then I grew up, or so I thought! I graduated from college (David Lipscomb in the delightful city of Nashville, Tenn.) moved to the wonderful city of Houston, Texas, started a career in typesetting, and only made doll clothes for my nieces as Christmas presents!! But then, one by one, they grew up and stopped playing with dolls (sob!). What was I, a frustrated (and potentially famous, of course) designer, supposed to do??!!

Well . . . in the eighties, I moved up in my career and to the elegant city of Boston, Massachusetts. I made a few outfits for my nephew's step-daughter and began getting more and more elaborate with my designs. I would also take these works of art to my job during Christmas holidays and sell them to my co-workers. A couple of years ago, I moved (for the last time I hope) to the beautiful city of Bethel, Connecticut (after living 5 years in the wonderful city of Huntsville, Alabama where I began making elaborately beaded wedding gowns for close friends and family members). And, finally, in the fall of 1997, I began selling my dolls at the various Barbie Doll shows located in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

And now . . .

I have really enjoyed creating my web site for you and I hope you are pleased with the designs enough to purchase my creations.

Please, be sure to tell your friends about me!! Also, email me to let me know what you think or what you would like to see!!

There are so many exciting new designs I want to create for you!! So, bookmark my site and come back often to visit and to buy!!