kokeshi cuties.....

...i have had it in mind

for quite some time...

..that i'd like to try and make

my own japanese style

kokeshi art dolls...

..i love the simplicity of their

sweet faces...

....just a few painted dots or lines..

ko-ko' kokeshi available in my etsy shop

...and then their very simple

body shapes decorated with

florals and stripes...

...well i just so happened to be

in my lovely local craft emporium

butterfly bright....

...when i spied some fabulous

felted beads in all sorts

of amazing colours....

...i immediately knew their destiny...

..and snaffled a few into my basket...

...only to rush home...

....and set to work....

(i love this bit...putting fabrics,colours

 and lace together...looking for inspiration)

....this is my work in progress...

she's nearly there....

...just a few little extra tweaks needed...

...i am so close to having a little

bundle of them complete...

...back soon with the finished dolls!

...stitching in front of 'downton' tonight methinks...

p.s. small claim to fame that in my former life

i played the wife of the gorgeous new love interest

 'michael gregson' in a musical!

 (many moons ago ...he he ..secret squirrel???!) 

p.p.s gosh and i just remembered.....jude law was our son!!!

X

......shiny happy people....

....so the sun has got his hat on...

...and everybody's happy....

...i could get used to this...

...because it has been a lovely, happy week...

....and it's a bank holiday week-end too...

..woo hoo!!

...happy things this week include...

...the gift of a darling dolly coat...

...beautifully stitched and lined

 for my new wardrobe...

...from lovely daisy  

....a sweet little cheeky etsy delivery....

....a vanilla squirrel of course!!!!

...it would be rude not to....

...so thank-you so much

katy pillinger

(do follow this link to her etsy shop 

it is full of gorgeous things)

...we even managed lunch outside...

in a favourite coffee shop...

....i have had some time to browse through

my ever-increasing crafty books...

...and 'borrow' my little squirrels

 lovely scarf...

...because it was colourful...

and has nice pom poms...

***

....i then found myself unannounced

at my hairdressers...

...and promptly cut all my hair off..

...including a rebellious 

little undercut on one side!!!!

(only to be told by my nephew that

'that's for teenagers')

...know what?

he's probably right...

...but i don't really mind....

...it feels good..

(even if it is a bit bonkers)!

x

are you having fun in the sun?

.....coffee with the girls..,...

...and a quick catch-up!

....so the sun came out to play at last...

...and i have been very busy...

....having coffee...

 ...lots of work-related meetings of course..

 ...just relocated to local coffee establishments...! 

....and i have been 

watching and waiting for this bud

to burst outside my kitchen window...

...come on sunshine!

...inspired by a darling dolly coat

given to me by miss daisy

that fitted my deers perfectly...

...i decided they all needed one...

..and set to work...

...so once she was fitted and finished...

....i delivered her and some other

squirrel makes to the lovely

Ruby Rockcake

who is so kindly stocking my wares...

ruby is in Lyme Regis...

..so poor me had to spend the day there...

(more coffee...2 cups..oh and lunch too)

....such a chore....

(so beautiful on the beach today!)

..and look at these poor lovelies..

...being sold by the beach...

....very hard for me to walk on by!

...but i did...

...because i have lots of new lovely girls

already just listed in 

my etsy shop

...kiki the kokeshi...

...gertie the geisha...

..and pretty polly the polish poupee...

*****

...so you see i have been busy..

..just that i'm running on caffeine!

X

....fruit pastels.......

...i have found some pretty pastels 

on my travels...

...this lovely mabel lucie attwell box...

...a cute spring lamby and some

signature 'm-l-a' chubby cheeked children...

..and with some thorough squirrelling

i rummaged about and found a bag of

darling dolly knits...

...all for £2!

the lady selling them asked if I had any dolls....

hmmmm....what to say?

...well just a few(I didn't mention the monkeys, the bears,the squirrels........)

...a perfect fit!

X