Bamboletta Blog. Dolls and random musings ..

  • Staff Pick!

    Hi Friends! It’s Thursday again and that means it’s Staff Pick time again!!!! Our resident cutie-pie, Brandi, got the lucky pick this week and she chose Miriam, the dark-haired sweetie with the pretty braids. Clothes by: Thamar Hair styled by: Christina Likes: Rainstorms Dislikes: Green peas (canned and frozen) Why she chose her: “I picked…

  • Recipe: Rice Crusted Nettle Quiche

    I’ve been spending my time the last week harvesting nettle. Such a delicious gift of the season. My first mug of fresh nettle tea always seems to awaken me from my winter hibernation. Here’s one of my favorite ways to incorporate nettle into my weekly menu. Rice Crusted Nettle Quiche preheat oven to 400F Crust: 1.cup uncooked brown…

  • Thamar’s ‘Go-to’ company for newborn essentials.

    Hi There, I needed to buy some newborn gifts over the last few months… some  of them I sent to The Netherlands, some I was able to gift in person. But the question is always, what to buy? I think my friends and family are all stocked up on Blanket Dolls and Pocket Dolls by…

  • Granville Island

    One of the first things I did when I started making dolls, almost 10 years ago now, was sell the dolls over in Vancouver at various markets and craft fairs. And as you’ve probably heard me say before it was really the ‘food’ that made me grow. I would literally be buzzing with excitement after…

  • Recipe: Quick energy fix!!

    Hi everyone, I don’t want to call myself a kitchen princess and I have been always a little anxious to share anything that comes out of my kitchen, but brave as I was, I brought over some energy balls to the Bamboletta studio and guess what, Christina took one bite and she was hooked! Luckily everybody…

  • Studio Style

    Hello Friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful week 🙂 It’s been busy as always in the studio. We finally got to introduce our newest member of the Bamboletta Doll family, our ‘Sitting Friends’ in todays doll upload and Christina has been working the Granville Island market since yesterday (we miss you!) and is having a blast…

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