Bamboletta Blog. Dolls and random musings ..

  • New Shop!

    Well, friends, dreams do come true. We just opened up a wee studio/shop in Vancouver! I’ve been pining for a storefront in the city for a few years now and now it’s happened and I couldn’t be more thrilled!     Our shop is stocked full of dolls of all sizes (including the shop exclusive…

  • Blessing Dolls 2015

    If you aren’t on Facebook, you may have missed this year’s Blessing Doll giveaway. I started it as a sort of ‘anti’ Black Friday thing. Instead of discounting 20 dolls I decided to gift those dolls to families that needed some magic in their lives. I did a post on Facebook and one on Instagram and…

  • It’s been a crazy few months … a Bamboletta update

    As many of you know, my family and I moved over to Vancouver a few months back. Well, before the summer actually – time has flown. The dolls are still made over on the Island by our lovely sewing mamas but the other side of stuff is now done over here. Where I used to…

  • Price Adjustment July 1st

    I had all these pics done after our award last year – I think this one was for the Small Business BC website. This is my mom’s doll. I put something up on Facebook last week that as of July 1st we will be increasing our prices. Although many people saw this, I wanted to…

  • My New Studio

    I’ve put the word out (to the universe, mainly) that I’m looking for a little studio here in Vancouver. What I need is really tiny compared with the 2500 square feet we had before. Now that production is mainly on Vancouver Island, Audrey and Jes house most of the materials (like 250lbs of wool a…

  • My Inspiration

      Beautiful image by Erin Wallis Photography. I was asked recently by a friend as to why I started making the dolls and why I didn’t make those cute monster dolls or stuffed animals. Surely, I could make those too – she suggested as a way to expand my product line. But, I make dolls,…

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