All my dolls are handpainted and handmade by me. They’re all One Of A Kind… If you know of anyone who could be interested, please Share! Hope to see you there…There’ll be a pair of french earrings given away with each order

I got into it a little bit by chance, being a crafty person naturally curious about anything to do with sewing I purchase my first teddy bear pattern. I liked it but sewing furry fabric being a bit tedious and given that there’s a limit to customising options…I got my first ballerina stuffed doll pattern from www.dollsanddaydreams.etsy.com. And moved on from there really…

Now, I paint, sew, stuff, sew clothes and love it!! the sky’s the limit. Getting better with experience too, It’s a journey that I’ve undertaken and that I can’t see myself stopping anytime soon lol.

I started with felt hair dolls based on Wee bit of whimsy patterns (available here )….

(available here)

And then I thought I’d love my dolls to have ‘real’ hair…

(available here)

and more photos of my dolls on my facebook page that I update regularly with promotions and giveaway. at the moment I’m offering FREE WORLWIDE SHIPPING for the last one of my tahitian dolls on the left…If you are on Facebook what don’t you pop over to the page and have a wee look around? ^_^

Come on over to Lori’s Blog and have a look at all the different crafters who are participating and giving away prizes every day during this week! All you have to do to is:

The draw will be held a after the event. Simple, fun and a great way to get to the craft market without leaving the comfort of your own home

Dangling daisies, blue, white, pale yellow…A breath of fresh air!
The Lampwork beads have been handmade by american artist Torch by Night which I topped up with mini baby blue lampwork beads made by a french lampwork artist and with carribean blue opal swarovski crytals.
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All set in sterling silver…and ready to wear

Anyway, I managed to get a thing or two done, like a couple of toddler skirts and a few vests…

ruffled bum bum, cute!

Jewellery and accessories will also be on the table.

I’m a bit nervous about tomorrow, hope everything goes ok…will let you know,

smile,

Virginie

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That said: Have you seen these?! Seriously, I’d like your opinion: do you think they look humongusly ridicule, or they look absolutly fab?

If you’ve fallen in love with them, they can be gotten here at the little fashion gallery for a mere E65… have a look at the other models…what’s your verdict?

Here’s a couple of bits I’ve been doing…

Eye masks with travel pouch wich is ok for travelling but for migraines, a blackout fabric as backing would probably be more suitable. Still need to work on that one

Custom order for a French Jewelry roll

And two more rolls for the shop you can see more pictures here and here

I hope to make more makeup bags and gift sets soon, I’ve got some nice fabric I’d like to use but just didn’t get a chance lately to do more sewing… Also I’ll have to update you with my dressmaking class, It’s quite exciting as I’ll be probably finishing my dress next week at the class. I finally settled for this pattern Vogue 8278, but I must tell you more about it next time and show you the fabric I picked…

Til next time then!

A very earthly selection with blue crystals…blues, browns, ecrus…nice! (see more pictures here) Unusual for me as I do more colorful and lampwork and sterling silver Jewellery. Unfortunately, when Wire wrapping the handcrafted pendant, here’s what happened:

N o t     g r e a t.

So I had to rethink my piece ( using one of Rach’s lentil beads as pendant) and came up with TWO pieces. Hope you like…

I made all the copper links myself. Not bad considering I’d never used copper before in my life.

And added a cute little porcelaine birdie..

‘Copper Bird Song Necklace’

 and my second piece…

Here they are…Thank you Rach for giving me the opportunity to challenge myself : I have never used copper before and I’ve been meaning to give it a go for ages, so that’s great !

 Beaded bead, round quartz beads, resin lentils

 Stone beads

 swarovski and czeck crystals, handcrafted pendant

Handmade copper toggle

See here the bead selection I sent to Rachel and you can actually check out what other BSP goers have sent here on Flicker

Bead Soup Party reveal on the 26th February!! Stay tuned…

 to participate!

I had the best time, meeting lampworkers, crafters, jewellery makers and…teddy bear makers!

These teddy bears are the cutest edgiest thing ever! Barbara and Andy from Barbara-Ann bears handcraft traditional and modern bears. They even do dragons!  I fell in love with the ’new wild bears’ and so Betty and I bought a kit to make Kerfuffle and a pattern to make Pugwangler.

(This a photo of the front page of my pattern to make Kerfuffle)

Their kit contains hand died Mohair (Barbara does it herself and you can find her mohair pieces here) glass eyes, threads…

As you can see, my teddy is going to be green/turquoise, very hairy and very soft…So many colors and types of mohair to choose from!

So I’m sort of slowly making it: pattern traced and cut out… I’ m taking my time and really don’t know how it’s going to come together. But eh! If Teddy looks presentable, I’ll show it to you. Hopefully…^_^