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Welcome to A Sweet Remembrance!

To Start Shopping Click Here or on the Shopping tab at the top of the page ❤ At the moment this new website update is a bit of a work in progress. Should you have any questions about anything I make, please feel free to email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com. If something you want to buy is currently unavailable, or is only available during one of my Pop-Up Shops, please click on Wishlist and let me know what you are looking for! That will be a huge help in determining the items and categories I should open up on a regular basis.

My name is Paula Walton, I’m a working craftsperson. I’ve been self-employed since 1986, when I started selling the items that I make under the name A Sweet Remembrance. Among other things, I am a doll maker, mainly known for my reproductions of Izannah Walker dolls, a dressmaker that specializes in reproduction women’s and children’s clothing, a folk artist, and a freelance designer. Upon occasion I write magazine articles and am a Craftsperson in Residence. I teach and do demonstrations now and again, plus I was previously the director and curator of a small museum in Connecticut. You may have seen my work, home, and articles in Early American Life, or my articles in Antique Doll Collector, Prims and other Stampington publications, or in Better Homes and Gardens/Meredith Corporation publications.

I live in a c.1790 farmhouse, surrounded by gardens, woodlands, and a field that grew tobacco once upon a time. Nestled around the house are my two studios and three historic barns, one of which is pre-revolutionary.

I hope you will enjoy looking through the things I make and sell! There are also a smattering of antiques posted for sale, as well as information about my restoration work.

I am very honored to have been named one of America’s top traditional craftsmen by Early American Life 44 times in the course of 23 years, in the categories of – Clothing and Accessories, Textiles or Needlework, Miscellaneous, Toys and Dolls, Miniatures, Santas, Other Holidays and General Christmas. I have been juried into the Directory annually from 2004-2023 and 1996-1998, many years in more than one category.

If you have questions about my work you are very welcome to email me at paula@asweetremembrance.com or you may try calling me at 203-313-5973 between the hours of 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Eastern Time Monday – Saturday. Fair warning, I am usually out working in one of my studios, so you will probably have to leave a message and I will return your call. I intentionally do not take a phone, tablet or lap top to the studios.