Month: May 2013

  • Customs …

      Some customs dolls we made back in 2006 came back for a visit on a recent vending stint on Granville Island. Customs have been something we’ve been going back and forth on for YEARS! When I started making dolls 10 years ago customs were a great source of joy for me. I loved talking…

  • Staff Pick!

    Hi Friends! It’s been a big change this week in Bamboletta-land as we’ve opened up our new store space next to the studio. It’s been SO nice having people come to the shop and getting to meet everyone and show them what we do! It’s Staff Pick time again and our sweet Thamar  has chosen…

  • Sarah’s Favorite New Product ‘Pacifica Perfume’

     I’ve been a friend of essential oils for over 15 years now, and have occasionally chatted with the girls at work about them. The idea of blending several together to create my own personalized fragrance came up the other day. This week while I was at one of our local health food stores, Lynn’s Vitamin Gallery, I browsed through their their beauty products and ended up…

  • Tutorial on Paper Bunting

    Flags everywhere, Bunting is a simple way to dress up a room or outdoor space. It makes me allways so happy and in a party mood seeing  these strings full of happiness. Because of that I decorated my house with bunting. Here at Bamboletta we have in each corner something nice from dolls and bunting…

  • Shauna’s Peanut Butter Squares

    Peanut Butter Squares are one of my old standbys as far as quick and easy plus being a total crowd pleaser.  I used to live on Salt Spring Island and there was a little cafe that served these and I loved them, as did my kids.  Eventually the cafe closed.  I was super sad that…

  • Coming along ….

    New shop space is coming along very nicely … in case you have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m moving my shop into our studio. The perfect spot opened up beside us so we banged through a wall and have moved over a bit! Here’s the progress so far. I’ll be sure to post…