Bamboletta Blog. Dolls and random musings ..

I hear this expression from moms (and grannies, and aunties) at least once during almost every custom order I fill. Then there are the emails after the doll has arrived with ‘but, I secretly want to just keep it for me – I don’t know if I can give it to her/him’. These emails always…

  Lucy and Tika, the night before Lucy heads off on her journey. I posted a bit yesterday about Heather and Project Somos. Today is the first installment of Lucy ( a Bamboletta that I made for their journey – she is my ambassador!) joining Heather and Greg on their journey to Guatemala. I will…

          This is one of my most favorite dolls. She is a custom doll for a customer in Toronto – who wanted a doll to reflect her rock and roll-ness. The requests for a black sweater and skull and crossbones made me smile – this is a doll I’d make for my daughter. Then I’d…

My great friend Heather is on her way to Guatemala today. She is there to lay the foundations for her Project Somos, an eco-village for orphaned and abandoned children. Heather has been working so hard on this project and has had amazing success fundraising and raising awareness around this project. I have so much admiration…

Its a short one tonight – Jasper is not wanting to sleep! Fabric winner is.. Cynthia #3 is my favorite =) And the winner of Jasmyn is.. Christine Schmidt These dolls are amazing!! Very beautiful–what a talent!! I have five girls–one in particular who would give much love & care to sweet Jasmyn!! I’ll be…

Please see December 30th post for your chance to WIN A DOLL!  So, if you’ve read my last few posts, you’ll know that I’m trying to streamline what I do. Make choices easier for my customers and less emailing for me. One of these things we want to do is offer several fabric choices for…