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  • Crossed a few things off my bucket list ..

    I’ve always wanted to attend a yoga retreat, it’s always seemed like a dreamy thing to do. Last month I felt like I needed a break so I found a retreat close by on Salt Spring Island and booked it. I was a bit intimidated as it’s been years and years since I’ve had any…

  • My messy basket

    This is my floss basket. For you who may not know what the heck I’m talking about, floss is the type of string/thread stuff I use to embroider on all the doll faces. I can’t really remember my life without my friend floss – my first recollection with it was at age 8 or so…

  • Funny things I find on my hard drives …

    I have thousands and thousands of doll pictures. I’m fortunate enough that even though I destroyed two MacBooks via tea spillages that the hard drives were recovered. So, when going through the pics I find dolls like this guy. I think he’s 2006? And was for a religious organization of some kind as his black…

  • Turn it Around …

    As many of you know already, I’ve been vending dolls over at Granville Island for the past few months.  It’s been an interesting venture. I really love meeting and seeing my customers (I dislike that word so much – it’s honest to God like visiting friends when you guys come here!). There are literally hundreds…

  • Doll Types

    With the introduction of our newest style dolls, the Cuddle Doll and our Sitting Friend, we’ve been getting a lot of questions in regards to what the differences between the dolls are. So, I thought it would be good to do a blog post explaining the difference between the 4 styles. The Little Buddy These…

  • The Heart

    I’ve had such a huge influx of new people visiting our site, either from Facebook or from seeing us at the various market’s I’ve been attending. I always get asked why I started making the dolls from interested people. I go on about this in length on this blog post about the history of Bamboletta…