Month: June 2008

  • Annabelle’s Has a New Family

    Okay, my kids are somewhat settled and we have chosen a winner for Annabelle…. Allison Bloom– you are Annabelle’s new family! Just to let you know how we did this. We made it WAY more complicated then it needed be. John hand-wrote, yes hand-wrote, everyones name on pieces of paper. We went through all the…

  • feels good to be back..

    Win a Bamboletta! Please see June 15th’s post. Even though I was only off for about 3 weeks from making dolls it sure does feel good to be back making them! I’m almost finished these ones that are up for sale tomorrow on Etsy. The red headed guy is a custom, but the girls are…

  • a dream come true

    Ever since we moved here I’ve wanted to have chickens.  I love eggs and I love little Bantam chickens- like this little guy. They are so fancy looking. John has always opposed the chickens knowing that he’d get stuck with most of the cleanup and maintenance. And he doesn’t like eggs.  Tonight is my lucky…

  • Deer 2 – Platts 0

    Win a Bamboletta..see June 15th post below! If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you will know about my love/hate relationship with the deer in the ‘hood. We have lots of deer around, we live basically in the forest with farmland all around us. Last year we grew a garden that was demolished…

  • Last day of school..

    Win a doll! See here.. Today was Ben’s last day of school. We were treated to a beautiful puppet show and then a potluck snack time, what a great time. These moments remind me why I’m at this school. Ben’s teacher had asked if I could make the children each a doll as a goodbye…

  • win this doll!

    I’m doing my first ever draw for a doll. Annabelle is looking for a new home. All you have to do is sign up for my newsletter, which you can do on the front page of my website on the left hand side. (I send out like 3 newsletters per year and I’m not a…