scenes #3

I hope you all have a lovely holiday. I will see you in the new year. take care x

scenes #2

I dug out the old trees made from Stephanie's pattern last year.
some paper ornaments tutorials to play with when i find a minute: paper balls, flower garland (via udder), and snowflakes

scenes #1

the pre Christmas days are definitely the busiest days of the year..
I finally managed to grab my camera today and took a few shots around the house. julian thinks the little lady in Welsh traditional costume is creepy but i love her.

babette

these festive Babette will be added to the shop tomorrow Friday 12th at about 3.30pm GMT.

I'm afraid that if you order a doll and live outside of the UK your package will not make it in time for Christmas, you can still place an order but please be aware your doll will certainly turn up after the festivities.
there may also be a Lewis rabbit in the shop if i can finish it in time.. and this will be the last shop update of the year.
thank you all for your support and enthusiasm dear friends, it means the world to me x

pinecone

a nice little package arrived in the post today. as you can expect from Stephanie her handcrafted pinecone is beautifully made, I love it!
wishing you all a lovely weekend x

stickers

thank you to those of you who visited the shop today.
the familiar faces and the new stickers can be found here

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first chocolate cake, first ride on the car, first birthday on the first of December.
Leaving the maternity yard and going home with little Lucien feels like yesterday..

julian and Léon made the birthday card using one of these pop up card tutorials (found via Elsita)

shop update

Thursday already. we are slowly recovering from a stomach bug that affected half the household (including me) early this week..
so the shop update will now be on Monday 1st December at about 3.30pm GMT
i've been trying to take decent pictures of Lumi but these little guys kept on trying to steal the limelight.
Elisabeth's show & tell home tour is very enjoyable, isn't it?
have a nice weekend x

tartan

a Lumi dressed in tartan ready for a shop update at the end of next week.
she will be accompanied by some little ozzie rabbits and Babettes.
below, more thrifted ornament..

I'm loving Cara carmina's no one children dolls featured in the new issue of Small magazine.
lumi is there too!
have a great weekend x

seasonal thrifting

Above: some Lumi dolls on their way to Little Circus
below: a J&G Meakin plate + baubles thrifted yesterday

the new Apolline à Paris' site is simply beautiful (via little circus' blog)
we are away tomorrow so wishing you now a lovely weekend x

cool tattoos

rain, rain, rain
Chacha's tattoos brightened the weekend up. I grew up with Alain Gree's books and Chacha's collection with his illustrations makes me very happy.
thank you for your nice comments about the website, it still needs a bit of work but a nearly one year old is keeping me pretty busy at the moment and i can't do much about it.

back

after much head scratching the website is now up and running.
there are just a few dolls available in the shop, more is to come very soon.

mess

i may as well admit defeat now, i still have loads to do so the shop update has been postponed to next Tuesday.
i'm very much in love with the Japanese fabric above purchased from Reprodepot, i have been using some on the dolls. I am only showing part of my worktable, the rest of it is absolute chaos. no time to browse the internet so that's it for now.

oh joy

we are connected again after being cut off from the world for nearly two weeks. the computer is still healing but I am very happy to be able to come back to this space.
Above are my latest charity shop treasures, a miniature wooden tea set and a floral scene with a butterfly in a jar. love.
and my new winter Lumi, she will be in the shop with a few more I would like to think next week but this may be optimistic. we'll see.
Camilla and Elisabeth have created a perfect place , haven't they?

magnets story

dear all, thank you so much for your warm comments in the previous post.
I'm sorry I may have to be away for a while once again. On the day I wrote my first post my computer broke down.
This happened after we noticed Leon was playing with some super strong Moomins magnets over the laptop while watching a Polish version of the Moomins on You tube!
Fortunately most of my important documents and pictures are backed up.
I'm sorry if i owe you an email, i am hoping to be back online as soon as we figure out how to sort it out.
x fanja

creature feature

hello and welcome back!

These very special creatures will be featured at the Creature feature exhibition which will be opening at the end of the week.

I have enjoyed making a new rabbit, I am hoping to have some ready for a shop update at the end of the month. Enjoy the rest of your weekend x