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I really love putting on doll faces – I feel like this is when the dolls really come ‘alive’. Something magical happens once they get their little faces put on and they say their first ‘hello’. OMG – I really must sound a bit crazy , maybe a bit like these people! Basically I spend…

I’m going to have to sort of redo Thursday in the next few weeks. It felt like we were so behind today even though everything got done in time. It’s something about doing an evening upload adds in an extra little dose of stress .. maybe because I have to finish up at the shop…

Snapping pictures of our Wednesday. Typically on Wednesdays myself and Rachel are still on the cozy chairs .. I’m doing eyes and she’s working away on her stuff. Shauna cuts hair and blushes the dolls. Brandi with Jennie does the shipping for the clothing upload the day before and Thamar, Nicole, Kristin and Brooke are…

I’m trying to do this every day this week .. here’s some pictures from a typical Tuesday here at Bamboletta.. Rachel and I are basically glued in our seats for two days only breaking to make tea, eat and go to the bathroom. I work on getting all the faces done and she works on…

I just thought it would be fun to share shots from our Monday .. First thing in the morning we put together the bodies and match up hair to create the doll ‘packages’ that the sewing mama’s will collect and put together. Big ‘Pile ‘o’ Hair’ … Some sewing mama’s picking up and dropping off…

I’m in tears right now reading your sweet, amazing and supportive comments on my last post. Even though Brandi said that all the comments were good – I still felt a tad chicken to go on and read them. The decision to raise my prices was so incredibly hard for me to do and I…