old rabbit

here is the rabbit which was drying in the oven...I especially love the blue and white polkadot fabric in her ears, and on her paws and pads

White Rabbit

I love the way this rabbit doll has turned out. She is mostly white, with hints of pink in her silk dress and dusky pink tutu net underskirt. I have kept her simple, not adding fussy buttons or ribbons to her dress or too much shading to the face - I wanted nothing to detract from her dreamy deep blue eyes. She will definately be hard to part with!

Springtime Fairies

I adore making these fairies...they each have their own personality, and never turn out the same twice! Each one is a labour of love with lots of details which don't show up too well in the photos -their velvet patterned wings, hand-stitched vintage tinsel/ruffles and velvet waistbands, hand-painted eyes and tiny stitched eye-lashes, and shoes adorned with little rusty bells.

Hare

Have just finished producing a Spring 2008 'paper' catalogue with photos of the new dolls, and finally got round to re-photographing the Mad March Hare - I just love his needle-sculpted paws! I think this photo shows him off much better. The berry pips were left out from Christmas, but add to the rustic look and match his little stitched love heart.

Springtime chick

The evenings are slowly drawing out, and I saw on our local news last night that two lambs had been born yesterday at a farm somewhere in Yorkshire, so Spring must be on the way!

With that in mind here is my own offering for the approaching season - a newly hatched chick, resting in the base of her egg. The word 'spring' is stamped on the broken egg shell, and she is craning her neck and flapping her little hessian wings for attention!

The chick is made from Osnaburg, painted, sanded and stained with coffee for a Primitive look and a yummy smell.

'Spring' chick in eggshell £18