Bamboletta Blog. Dolls and random musings ..

I love to share a good find. I’m sure most of you are familiar with Fabricworm, but I have to spread the word to those who haven’t found her fabric-y goodness. This makes me salivate.. OMG, the possibilities.. This is quite possibly the sweetest fabric I have ever seen. The whole series by Alexander Henry…

The winner is Melanie. I’ve contacted Melanie and have told her the news! Yah Melanie! I will be doing another contest very soon! Thanks so much everyone for entering. **Lets all give a big round of applause to my lovely John for sorting through all the entries and new subscribers. My subscriber list for the…

This picture has absolutely nothing to do with my post. I love it because he never takes a shining to a doll, but he did with this one.               Win a Doll! One day left..see Sept 10th post for details!  I feel as though I’m in the teenage years of my business. A little awkward…

 I’m a commercial canned food snob. My mother is an amazing canner/preserver and I was fortunate to grow up with most my food handmade.  We lived on a 1/4 acre suburban lot, a lot in which my Italian parents had most of it as garden, labyrinths of beans, tomatoes, zucchini and peas provided me with…

Only one week left to Win a Doll..please check September 10th post for details! Today we went into Victoria to check out the Sunday Market on Government Street to see if it could be a potential vending spot for Bamboletta next summer. I’ve been checking out all the different markets to see where I might…

This tip really helped me quicken my doll making process and I only figured it out about 2 years ago. It’s so simple but I’ve never seen it in any dollmaking how-to’s. Anyways, it only works if you use a type of pattern like mine which is the arms attached to the ‘muff’ of the…