Month: March 2009

I’ve been working a little bit on the new Flickr page that will have photos of children and their dolls and pictures of things people have made for their Bamboletta’s. I’ve just gone through photos that people have sent me to use on the site and posted them – I have a bunch more that…

I’m gearing up for the store ‘opening’ which I’m thinking will be around the middle of April (?). I am so excited about this next step in our business. First off, we are building up doll stock so that there will be a good assortment of dolls ‘ready to come home’ and  getting a good…

Part 9 (!) of Lucy’s journey with Heather and Greg from Project Somos! If you are reading about Lucy for the first time, she is a Bamboletta ambassador travelling in Guatemala, hanging out with Heather and Greg while they establish a eco village for abandoned and orphaned children. Esperanza’s niece, Sandra came through with Lucita’s…

And the winner of Jasmyn is Colleen! Congrats Colleen! I have to admit, I was quite excited when I saw Colleen’s name – she was one of my first customers on Etsy. I made her a doll for her daughter to mark the birth of her second child and now she is expecting her third…

I had a total Amanda Soule kind of day. We had family organic spelt pancakes, did a couple of crafts and then we went for a nature walk looking for Fairy homes and to teach the kids about tree fungi. Apparently learning about tree fungi is really important (according to John). I’m trying to catch…

A while back I asked for everyone’s opinion on fabric ( I just mailed the winner her fabric winnings yesterday.. embarrasingly late!) With everyone’s opinions in mind I ended up choosing 5 different fabrics. Here are 2 of them all sewn up into new clothing. These 2 gals are going up on Etsy tomorrow. I…