Grace gets a little clean

Grace cleaned up beautiful with a soft toothbrush and a little swarfega .The glue came off her head really easy , her old hair ..to be ho eat there wasn’t much , so I stuffed it inside her head , I’ve bought a beautiful strawberry blonde mohair , I want to give her a short shoulder length look ,.I touched her paintwork up on her face and boots ..complimenting the colours that were left , not painting over them ,with watercolours and Matt sealed them ,

Next I will make her hair , I curled some hair on some knitting needles and dunked them in hot water …it’s been years since I’ve done this…I used to do the dollhouse dolls hair this way 

Next when they are dry I will carefull add the hair 

 

I am making bears n rabbits ..honest

 But I had to finish this for my beautiful dinning room 

Letitia’s Garden by Roseina Plane 

Just love ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Little things make me so happy

 New note pad for shopping ❤️

And Bic pen 💚💚💚💚💚

When I was a child ..

 One Christmas my mother bought me a book , all about dolls , I dreamt of owning these beautiful old treasures .. I didn’t think it likely ..I loved the tiny dolls in their trunks , with their outfits ..only dreaming I would own one 

Sunday this little girl arrived 

I’ve called her Grace , she’s beautiful 

I’ve named her after my Granddaughter ..

And I plan on restoring her ..making her very own travelling trunk ..she’s very exited ..and already tried on shoes …

I was quite surprised she arrived Sunday ..we never have Mail on that day ..but she did ..and I’m thrilled 

Almost as thrilled and the Big Bic pen …with Bic pens inside …and unicorns ! Again as a child ..I wanted these pens so bad at School …. I loved how the colours changed and that satisfying click as you do so …I’m even more exited as one of these has a pencil in too 

I’m going to fish out my watercolours and journals ..I can feel some painting coming on ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Letitia’s Holiday ..Rosina Plane

I have blog catching up to do ..I really wasn’t well before a Christmas .. surgery on my mouth , then I caught a lousy virus ..which needed up me getting toncilitis ..but Christmas was lovely Catch up with my family and I added the last stitches to this  heist as Eve 

 I have wanted to crochet like this all my life ..I still can’t believe I am ! I’m so pleased 

Beautiful pattern , online videos ..I will be doing more of hers this year !

It’s beautiful on my bed and so warm 

Happy New Year

So far this year I’ve started off slowly ..still getting over this dreadful bug I’ve had …swollen glands now ..I feel so tired but at least I feel ok now 

I’ve completed the gifts / projects I’ve wanted to do 

Now I have a couple of things to do for Gracie’s birthday ..I’m quite organised at the moment

Next week I’m going to start on stocking my shop again x

Bunnies and bears ..and boots and shoes are coming and I have 3 BJDS ..2 light tan Thistledowns and a dark tan Mina full sets so plenty to do ❤️

I want to do colourwoek knitting again …beautiful soft alpaca mix Norwegian socks forGracie .. lots of mistakes LOL but they are quick to knit so I can improve 

Grand kids getting socks this year 

EVERYONE getting socks this year LOL

Merry Christmas 🎄

 

Happy Christmas Everyone 🎄

Last stitch’s

 I finished this beauty last night x

I’m smitten , I’m so pleased , I never thought I would be able to crochet like this ,after years of trying to learn …at last I can and all up crochet dreams can come true ❤️

I always wanted crochet blankets and scarves 

And miniature bears !!!!!

I have to do the envelope boarder ..so I think perhaps another weeks work 

But she will be on my bed for Christmas 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Flikr and Christmas Crochet 🎄

Well this week I decided I’m not going to have a Pro Flikr account …just a standard one , and my blog , 

So I’ve been rescuing a lot of my old photographs before they vanish 

I had this beautiful old girl arrive 

She is stunning ..a couple of cracks which I can fix ..and she needs a new face up and lots of love ..She’s a Mary Lee , with her original wig …I keep calling her Betty ..so Betty she is 

Can’t wait to restore her x

I’ve finished my Pigs in blankets ..which keep making me laugh ..one for each of my grandkids and one for my Sis 

Just a couple of gifts to do ..and I really think I will get my blanket 

Finished …it’s beautiful 

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/letitias-holiday-cal

I’ve chosen the vintage colours 

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pig-in-a-granny-square-blanket

For the piggies 

Coco and BonBon 💜

 

Coco and BonBon 💜

I have wanted to do these for ages like this , the outfits are  made from vintage cotton and silk .
Their face ups are done by me now , viscose wigs
Both sold .. 

And she is done x

ive thoroughly enjoyed dressimg her ..something about fine old cotton fabric , it drapes so well on miniatures ...ams there is nothing like silk ribbon ..it just drapes so well BonBon ..managimg to look festive , fairy and springlike all at once i do have a Coco too , to dress , a d i know how i wamt her too i will try and finish her today