The last 3 custom dolls for April are finished. a 20" one (Emmaline on the top left), a 12" one (top right) and Kyla, a 15" pinkie :)
I still have custom spots available for May, just purchase the custom deposit in the shop and we can discuss your dolly :)

 One of my favourite Childhood stories by Erich Kaestner: Lottie and Lisa meet at summer camp one summer. Soon they find out that they are identical twins. When their parents separated, they took one child each with them. Lisa grew up with her dad and is a bit of a wild child whereas Lottie is very well mannered and helps her mom where she can at home. The girls want to get to know their other parent and so they switch roles at the end of the summer. Lisa lives with her mum and Lottie gets to know her dad. Both parents are surprised about the changes in their child after their return from summer camp. When Lottie finds out that her dad wants to remarry, she gets very sick and Lisa and her mum are coming to see her. The parents find out that the girls met at summer camp, everyone is happy and the parents fall in love again ♥ Lottie and Lisa are very happy together but they will be fine in separate homes as well :)
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Penelope Sprinkletops and Imogen Fancypants hopped in the shop today ♥






Imogen's hair is made after the wonderful method by Gabi of Fairywooldolls: http://fairywooldolls.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/wig-tutorial.html?spref=fb

These 3 sweeties are one half of the custom dolls for April 2013. Now onto the next 3 custom dolls. I really enjoy hearing my customers visions and am always a bit excited to see if the dolls turned out the way they imagined.
I really love these 3 cuties.
Back to work now xx

These four sweethearts will hop in the shop tomorrow. Aurelia, the tall dark girl, is my first time to work with Laib Yala fabric. Very special girl ♥

These 5 balloons will be in my Etsy shop on Monday :)
Love them!!

There might be a few of those showing up on my facebook page/ in the shop soon.
I always had a fascination for hot air balloons and it is one of my dreams to go on a hot air balloon ride :)
I just love these giant, colourful bubbles floating in the air, so peacefully. It is not about speed and getting from point A to point B as fast as possible, it is about soaking in the moment, feeling the aliveness and connection between you and the world/ nature and realizing the peace and stillness that surrounds us.
Well, this all sounds a bit grand...
I just love hot air balloons, they make me happy. And since dolls make me happy as well, dolls AND balloons are just perfect.
I have been thinking about a way to make them in a way that they can be send around the world as affordable as possible and thanks to a lot of creative input from friends here on the page and in the Sami group as well as me remembering some handy tips from other craft projects... I cut out the prototype for a hopefully wonderful hot air balloon for the dolls today and will sew it up tomorrow. Fingers crossed it works out the way I imagined or even better :)