Meet Tiffany

Well it seems this girl now has a name:  

As I walked past her last night, Tiffany came to mind, I have no idea how or why, but it did.

So Tiffany it is!  

She is wearing a dress I knitted a few years ago.

Happy Valentines Day

A few of the smaller girls have dressed up for Valentines Day

We have: Hitty Madge, Kiwi Sindy, Little Miss, Was Willow, but now waiting on a name change, Lili, Wren, Now Willow, Nancy and Nancy Ann Storybook who is either called, He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, or Queen of Hearts. Personally I think she should be called 'Love Letters'. 

All the dolls are wearing dresses made by me, except, Nancy, and 'Love Letters'

 

Wow! An Exciting Parcel.

Wow!  I didn't realise just how long it had been since I last blogged.  I am going to try and blog more this year...but no promises.  

My lovely husband has been spoiling me...

This huge box arrived last week, and no it is not a dolls house, of which that hobby has been occupying me quite extensively the last year or so.  

Instead, inside we have SIX Makies tubes.

with SIX Makie dolls inside for me to dress and develop characters for.

Three boys - they won't necessarily be keeping the wigs they are wearing.

and three girls.

I have temporarily dressed the girls in some of Wren's clothes...shhhh don't tell her, she doesn't know yet.

To say I am absolutely thrilled is an understatement and I am so very grateful for the lovely lady who sold them to me and for my lovely husband for buying them for me.  Thank you both so very much.

I am looking forward to finding out what their little characters are, and how they fit in with the rest of the Makies here on Makie Island. 

First Post Card Received by Wren's Friends.

 The first of Wren's postcards has been received by her online Makie friends.

First Last and No Name Makie are reading their postcard and dreaming of a holidays!

If any other of Wren's Makie friends would like to receive a postcard, please let her know :)

FOR SALE: Dresses for Makie Dolls

These will be the only dresses I make using these types of fabrics.  One of each for Makie dolls, and there will also be one of each to fit the Sindy dolls (slightly longer skirts)

Each dress is £12 including postage in the UK.  Anywhere else I will have to find out the postage cost and adjust accordingly.  

1:  Orange with black hats.

2:  Orange with black and white cats.

3:  Orange with black cat heads.

4:  Black with blue hats

5:  Black with spiders

6:  White with black skeletons.

 

Wandering with Wren - Sandown Beach

Wren would like to take you for a wander along Sandown Beach today...

Come stroll with her down to the sea front.

Yes this way.

There are little streams of sea water

Watching the small rolling waves.

Looking at the cliff faces in the distance

Hi there!

Have a little sit down on the sand.

Help!

 

Wandering with Wren - Mottistone Gardens

Now the school/summer holiday crowds have gone home, it is time to start exploring the island again.

We have been here before, but Wren hasn't so she was excited to wander around Mottistone Gardens, a National Trust property.

There were a lot of lovely flowers for her to admire.

Little nooks and crannies to sit and just enjoy the weather and beauty of the gardens.

She strolled around the footpaths

Stopped to say hello to a pig in the raised vegetable beds.

Smelt the herbs

Had a shock at the giant spider she spied in the window

Said hello to a flower pot creature.

Sat a while

Read about the mining bees

Posed on a post

Balanced on a round concrete ball

Stood on a fence post

and waved to passers by

Rested on a tree.

What a great afternoon it was.  A really beautiful garden well worth a visit.