Month: September 2008

  • And We Have a Winner!

    The winner is Melanie. I’ve contacted Melanie and have told her the news! Yah Melanie! I will be doing another contest very soon! Thanks so much everyone for entering. **Lets all give a big round of applause to my lovely John for sorting through all the entries and new subscribers. My subscriber list for the…

  • Teenage Years and Guatemala

    This picture has absolutely nothing to do with my post. I love it because he never takes a shining to a doll, but he did with this one.               Win a Doll! One day left..see Sept 10th post for details!  I feel as though I’m in the teenage years of my business. A little awkward…

  • sometimes good things come from a can

     I’m a commercial canned food snob. My mother is an amazing canner/preserver and I was fortunate to grow up with most my food handmade.  We lived on a 1/4 acre suburban lot, a lot in which my Italian parents had most of it as garden, labyrinths of beans, tomatoes, zucchini and peas provided me with…

  • anniversary

    Only one week left to Win a Doll..please check September 10th post for details! Today we went into Victoria to check out the Sunday Market on Government Street to see if it could be a potential vending spot for Bamboletta next summer. I’ve been checking out all the different markets to see where I might…

  • another doll making tip..

    This tip really helped me quicken my doll making process and I only figured it out about 2 years ago. It’s so simple but I’ve never seen it in any dollmaking how-to’s. Anyways, it only works if you use a type of pattern like mine which is the arms attached to the ‘muff’ of the…

  • My cricket post has disappeared. Not sure what happened there, I think I may have flipped between Firefox and Safari..who knows? Anyways, I have to show you guys my first ever tie dye experiment on Jasper..                       I will blog tonight.. I’m so bummed about my missing post! Where did it go?