My Rough Sketch for the Toy Shoppe before the Painting

Welcome to Victoriana's Gingerbread Mercantile & The Toy Shoppe. Actually Dove Chapel was next, but I have decided to save that for the Last Page of Victoriana, As we Celebrate Charles Coleridge & Felicity Bronson's Wedding, For more information, click the other Victoriana Pages at the top of the Page, May Cottage will give you the Beginning of the Concept, & Story, The next two Pages of Victoriana, will familiarize you with the Story of how this all came to be in the 90's, for Hawthorne Architectural Structures, a division of Bradford Exchange. It was during the middle of their development, that I had relocated to Arizona, after my Divorce from the 747 Captain, Bill. So it is also why the storyline didn't continue. As you can imagine life became quite Traumatic. I had Brunette Hair for about 5 yrs. back then. One of the articles I share in this is from the Last Collectible show in Rosemont Illinois, I drove from Sedona where I was living at the time,  with everything to set up the show, in my horse trailer, I had one friend to attend the Awards Banquet with, We had been friends since second Grade, so it was a special blessing to share lifelong dreams we had since childhood, now being fulfilled in our lives. I won the single booth award, so that was really special. I chose the lilac background for these two cottages, for my love and missing of Lilacs here in Arizona.  Blessings to you, Thankyou for Visiting Victoriana once again!      Corinne Layton

Hawthorne's Architectural Renderings for the 3 Dimensional Designs

Single Booth Award at Rosemont Illinois, sorry don't remember who was giving me the award.  I had Dark Hair after my Divorce for about 5 Years. 45 - 50, Blonde since, 65 with dark hair wouldn't be good anymore. My x remarried about 18 years ago, I have been single for now 21 years, never dated, just live like a contemplative Artist, an odd kind of Nun! :)  Just one of those things in Life not how I planned ! The Lord has been eternally Faithful! He always makes me feel loved, just like when I was a Child on the Farm growing up Alone.                                                                               Thanks for checking in!                                  Love, Corinne Layton

Victoriana's Gingerbread Mercantile & The Toy Shoppe