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- Because of this small business started by Amy Jandrisevits, dolls are finding their way to children all over the world.
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- When her doll arrived from Santa last year, Ellie, the daughter of Miranda Todd, said, “I guess Santa knows my hands!” They live in Texas.
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- Susan Ferris tried for 17 years to find a company that could make a doll with an arm and hand like her daughter’s – Rachel, 17, Napa, Calif.
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- “I look at the doll making much like making a prayer shawl. I like to sit and think about each child as I make their doll and hope that the doll will provide some type of comfort,” said Amy Jandrisevits.
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- Louanne Mason’s daughter Amelie was adopted from China just before she turned 2. She didn’t know how to pretend play and had no interest in dolls or stuffed animals. After receiving her Doll Like Me for her sixth birthday, her mother said, “She sleeps with her, takes her everywhere and plays with her like little girls do. It’s been such a blessing to see her bloom in this way.”
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- Kimmy Allison lives in San Diego.
Amy Jandrisevits, a member of Cross Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, is creator of A Doll Like Me, hand-crafted dolls she makes for recipients who have limb differences. “Doll making combines my love of dolls and passion for social work,” said Jandrisevits, a former pediatric oncology social worker. In October 2014, a woman asked Jandrisevits to make a doll for her daughter, whose leg had recently been amputated. Jandrisevits did just that, and when word spread on Facebook, her business blossomed. Some of her many recipients are in this week’s photo blog.
