Ruby doll in action!

Charlie found herself the proud owner of a polka dot tea set this morning... 

It was outta control cuteness all round. Gosh I'm glad I had a little girl. I think I enjoy these things more than she does!! Te he he.

I love seeing my dolls in action, it makes all that hard work worthwhile :)

Meet Miss Lucy!

The latest addition to the family... Little Miss Lucy.
O' I'm so in love with her! She is just adorable.

She is up for adoption... you can see more here :)

Welcome!

Scarlet...

and Maya! (Sold)

Formerly known as body parts hanging on a clothesline....

The latest addition to the family...

I've been busy little bee... sewing and crafting like mad to get ready for the Made in Thornbury Market. Not mention looking after kidlets and generally trying to enjoy life.

I often feel frustrated at how limited my time is these days... there are so many things I want to do and often I want to post about about the millions of ideas I have and the projects I'm working on but it's usually more important to actually work on the projects than blog about them! I wish I had more time to post more often... I really do. Perhaps this week I will make more of an effort!

Anyhoo, the past weekend was devoted doll making... and though I had the entire day Saturday and grand plans of making 5 dolls, I finished up with one complete doll.

Her name is Madeline (SOLD). You can see more about her here if you like.

I also slipped in a visit to Camberwell market on Sunday. I acquired this gorgeous vintage fabric child's nursery rhyme book which I'm going to make into either little bags or t-shirts. I LOVE Camberwell!

Happy Mothers Day!

Love to all mama's new and practiced!
Here I am spending my day in bed... with a hangover after a beautiful wedding last night, breakfast in bed lovingly prepared my wonderful man, a beautiful Lea Stein brooch as a gift a few hours of rest and special mums day dinner (homemade pasta with a carbonara sauce and tarte tartin- my favourite meal :)... a perfect day!

Earlier I pictured a half finished doll.. and here she is whole & complete.
I've called her Ruby Rose, partly due to her gorgeous coloured wool felt hair and partly because a friend of our has recently had a beautiful baby girl of that name :)
She has a gorgeous NZ Merino wool scarf and boots and I used this amazing antique 20's trim I inherited for her belt. Will have to get a close up of that later. She looks kinda Scottish I think...

Thank you Thornbury!

We had a wonderful Day at the Thornbury Community Market :)
Thank you to everyone who came along and especially to all of you who gave our little friends a new home. It was great to meet some talented local crafters and so many lovely local people. We left the market feeling very happy to live where we do!
So the next Market will be in September and I will spend the cold winter months creating some wonderful new things so stay tuned :)
I will also be listing lots of new stuff on Made it over the coming week.

Some new additions to the doll family, one of which is still in the making... I really want to make multicultural dolls, but I'm finding it hard to get fabric the right skin tones. I think i will have to dye some myself.
Escher and I made badges today for the market. We made them from vintage kids books and fabric bits. We are going to make fridge magnets too, as we got lots of magnet backs thrown in when we brought the badge maker. I think we will put old school kitchen appliances on them.
And the final shot is a suitcase full of goodies for the market.
I have a blister on my finger from the scissors.

Holly Golightly

Meet Holly. She's the first doll I've ever made (I normally make animals and weird monsters)... I've been very excited about doing this since I first saw my beautiful friend Neen (Nettle & Brier)'s amazing dolls.

I had a wonderful time putting her together- choosing the fabrics and deciding what kind of face & hair she would have. Just making it up as I went along, like playing with those gorgeous paper dress up dolls.

As I did this, I daydreamed happily about what kind of life she might have, what her voice sounds like and the kind of person she is. I guess that's what dolls are all about!! I love it, and I can't wait to make more :)

She is up for sale here :)