Hello Again!

Hi there! It has been quite a while since I have been in this space.  At the beginning of this year our family packed up and left Los Angeles for the Louisville, CO.  We have been happily exploring our new state and town for the first half of this year.  It took some time...but a few months ago, I finally set up my sewing machine and started sewing again.  It feels wonderful to be making dolls again! Here are some pictures of two little guys I made recently hanging out in our backyard.  One is currently listed in my etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/100064993/parker-135-waldorf-inspired-boy-doll.  Stay tuned for more to come :)

Meet Moby

Meet Moby

I just finished a custom doll for a sweet four year old boy who loves to be outside.  I know that Moby can't wait to play outside as much as possible, climbing trees, watching clouds, and singing and dancing under the stars with his new daddy.  Unfortunately, Moby is going to live in Canada, so for the next few months Moby and his new daddy will dream about the long summer months outside, play with cars and trucks, and figure out how to trick Mom into giving them more cookies! 

 

The Great Outdoors

When I was a kid many of our famiy vacations involved sleeping in a tent.  My husband and I have yet to brave camping with our little ones yet.  As soon as sleep patterns are a little more normal in our house, I hope we have the chance to head out and introduce our girls to the joy of early morning frost breath, long johns, jumping off rocks, cold creek water, the smell of camp fire, cooking on a coleman stove, rolling up a sleeping bag, and signing under the stars.  Until we are ready, I will live vicariuously through the little set of dolls I am making for an upload in July.  

Playing Around

Over the past few weeks I have been participating in a "just for fun" contest on the Gals and Dolls FB page called Project Dolly Play.  Every couple of weeks we are given a theme and we can create a doll or accessory.   All the entries are amazing - you should definitely head over to check it out.   It has felt like high school art class and I love it.  Creating with no boundaries can be liberating but sometimes my creativity sparks more when I have some constraints within which to work.  Major experimenting with my patterns, creating new patterns, adding noses, etc. I have had the chance to really play around and it is so fun.  This week's theme is "On the Farm." This is my Sofie - she has been in my head for awhile now, begging to be made, so I made her for me.   This way when my girls beg me to play babies with them I have a baby to play with too.  

Hockey

Today I sent off a this little guy to Canada for a boy who loves sports...espcially hockey.  To be perfectly honest, we don't watch a lot of hockey in Los Angeles but with some coaching from his mom, I think we came up with a appropriate outfit for a hockey fan.  

I hope these two are great friends...playing games together, building train tracks, and helping mom in the kitchen.  Bon Voyage little guy! 

Hansel and Gretel

For round two of the little contest in which I am participating, I made the protaganists from one of my favorite stories.  As I made these two little dolls, I spent a large amount of time contemplating the story itself and why I am so drawn to it.  I love how corageous the children are in the face of such adverse circumstances and how the siblings draw together and care for one another.   As a mom to two small girls, one of my biggest hopes for them (as I am sure is true for most parents) is that they will form an unbreakable bond with one another, that they will protect one another during hard times and rejoice together during times of joy.  

Super Spy Ryan Dylan

Ryan Dylan (named by his new buddy) is a custom doll I finished a little while ago for a very sweet little guys birthday.   He is a super spy and love to slooth around the house, listening and looking for cluse to all the mysteries happening around him. He weats a special spy cape with an inside pocket to hold his Top Secret notebook.