Bamboletta Blog. Dolls and random musings ..

  • Hk’s Bicycleitis

    This gorgeous weather we’ve been having has motivated me to get on my bike and cycle around Shawnigan Lake.  I love Bicycleitis, our local Shawnigan bike shop.  Hans, the owner, knows me by name and helps me with even the smallest things.  I stopped by the other day to grab a repair kit for a…

  • Vintage Wrapping Paper

    I try to live a ‘green’ lifestyle, always doing my best to be conscientious about my consumption. One place where I noticed a lot of senseless waste was in gift wrapping. Huge piles of paper, that if lucky, would at least end up in the recycling. For a long time I switched to wrapping with old newspapers. They…

  • Staff Pick!

    Hello Friends! Well today was certainly a whirlwind day here at Bamboletta-land and if it’s any indication of the whirl-windiness of the day, our Staff Pick blog is a wee bit late! 🙂 We were fortunate to spend the first half of the day with a super special guest and now forever friend to the…

  • Getting to the point, Bamboletta style.

    There’s one thing that we do a lot of at Bamboletta, and that would be repetitive motion!  It comes in forms of sewing, hair and fabric cutting, typing at the computer and sewing machine, packing and making boxes, etc. Throughout the day we’ll pause to stretch and then get back to work. This really helps…

  • Scrap Busting

    One of the many perks of sewing frocks for Bamboletta is the large assortment of fabric scraps that accumulate. I despise waste so am very frugal with cutting but no matter how I try there are always odd shaped bits and ends that just won’t work. So I save them… ALL of them … and…

  • Danny Rebel and the KGB

    Just want to share some nice tunes I’ve been enjoying over the last few months. It was a beautiful Summers evening when I came across Danny Rebel and the KGB. The band was playing on the sidewalk here in Duncan and I just happened to be walking by. The enthusiasm and energy Danny and his…

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