Spring is coming! (I think)

I know the calendar said that spring has already arrived. You can just never be too sure here in the Pacific Northwest since there isn’t a significant difference in the weather. But I’ve been seeing cherry blossoms as we drive around and the days aren’t quite as cold. It does give some hope that better [...]

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Hippity-hoppity

I’m proud to introduce the newest addition to my etsy shop: an Easter bunny! I say “an Easter bunny” because I don’t know that I can claim him the title of THE Easter bunny. Besides, I plan on making more. Actually, I’m just ears and a tail away from finishing a little miniature bunny that [...]

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Yee ha!

Sunday was Rana’s 6th birthday! She has been telling us for weeks that she wanted all kinds of cowboy-related things, including a cowgirl doll. If you remember from Granota’s birthday, my original intention was to make them both fairy dolls, but I was willing to switch gears. I used a slightly different doll pattern because [...]

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Sneak preview

My etsy shop is this close | | to being ready. It should be up by the end of the week, but just in case you want to see what I’ve been working on this summer, here’s a sneak peek.         This is just the beginning! I have other colors and styles [...]

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Finished fairy doll part 2

Or, Capricious Four-year Olds. The girl who dresses up as a fairy all the time all of a sudden doesn’t like fairies anymore. The doll was the last gift. Granota flung out the tissue paper and then grabbed the fairy by the hair and flung her out, too. She was a little wound up, so [...]

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Finished fairy doll part 1

Two weeks ago, I began making a doll for Granota’s 4th birthday. You can see the beginning stages here. This week I sewed up a little fairy dress, embroidered the face, and sewed on the hair. Whew! The hair was the most interesting part of this process. In the past, I’ve seen little bags of [...]

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Head and shoulders, knees and toes

Granota’s 4th birthday is coming up in early September, so I needed to get started on making her birthday present. I’ve had in my head for awhile to make each of the girls a fairy doll for their birthdays. Back in December, I was the recipient of tons of sewing and crochet patterns and part [...]

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Toy drop #2 Prepare to die of the cuteness!

Since my sewing machine has been in the shop for the past week, I took the opportunity to make a new toy for The Toy Society. One of these times, I plan on sewing up a little stuffie using scrap fabric (these toys are great stash busters!). This time, though, I crocheted a cute little [...]

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Our toy has been found

We went back and checked the bus stop pole today after lunch and all that was left was the string! The bag with the doll had been cut off. And I did check the trash can, just to be sure. I hope it is a bright spot to the person who found it!

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I joined the Toy Society!

Sometime over a year ago, I came across The Toy Society. It was started by an Australian crafter named Bianca who wanted to bring a little joy to a stranger’s life through the unexpected gift of a toy left in a public place. The whole concept intrigued me and I wanted to be a part [...]

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