Welcome to A Doll's Life!

A Doll's Life is my new blog. I'm CJ Stutz, an artist and miniaturist living and working in Lowell, Massachusetts. After spending years building dollhouses when I had the time, I became increasingly frustrated--somehow, I never had enough time! I found that I resented my time away from my studio. So, this summer, after graduating from law school, I decided to leave the legal profession and pursue my first love full time. In this blog, I plan to chronicle my adventures and misadventures.

Building a dollhouse is often a comedy of errors. When I was first learning to build dollhouses and other miniatures, I made lots of mistakes--I wish I'd had someone to talk to, someone to give me advice and reassure me that I was not the first person to end up with warped wallpaper, buckling floors and bizarrely striped paint.

Here, you can follow along with me as I tackle various miniature projects. I hope to get lots of feedback, so we can create a genuine discussion forum for whatever ideas, issues or problems we all have. This blog is a companion to my website, http://www.cjstutz.com/, where you can learn more about me and see pictures of some of my art. Check back soon for the start of my series on building a wall-hanging dollhouse.