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This week has really whizzed by and I can hardly believe it’s time for Handmade Monday again!
I’ve had a busy weekend, celebrating a birthday with a wonderful friend on Saturday night and then a visit to WonderWool with another friend today. WonderWool was great with lots of beautiful fibres, wool and ideas, the only downside being the temperature which was arctic! We both ended up having to buy some lovely merino wool hand knitted socks to save our feet from freezing – I felt so sorry for all the exhibitors who couldn’t walk around to keep warm! I kept my purchases to a minimum (believe that and you’ll believe anything) and have a very exciting felting project up my sleeve!
I have made a couple of things this week which I am very pleased with, both inspired by folk dolls. The first is a Russian Matryoshka doll.
She took quite a long time to make but I am really pleased with her and am hoping to eventually make a set of three – small, medium and large – but haven’t quite worked out how to make the small one yet.
The second doll is a Japanese Kokeshi doll.
My husband used to work for a Japanese company and spent a lot of time over there, so I have amassed quite a collection of these which I used as models for this one. She even has chopsticks in her hair! Again I am really happy with the result and have started a second in a vibrant blue colour.
I’m going to take the dolls along to the Bizart fair in Malvern this coming weekend and see what the reaction is. I do hope that people will like them as much as I do.
This week has also seen the first competition on my blog. You still have time to enter, so please click here and join in. The closing time has been extended until midnight UK time on Monday 30th April and I’m looking forward to seeing what you can come up with.
I’m going to link up with Wendy at 1st Unique Gifts and to cheer myself up after all this miserable weather (it’s still raining here in Herefordshire’s Golden Valley) I’m going to take a look at all the other lovely Handmade Monday blogs – you should take a look too!
Tickled Pink Crafts 
I love your dolls – they are superb. Yup, still raining up here in Cheshire too. I’m heartily sick of it!
What gorgeous dolls, such attention to detail too. Good luck at the Bizet Fair, No reason why the reaction should not be excellent.
The dolls are stunning 🙂 good look at the event I’m sure the dolls will go down well 🙂
You’re clever with your needle felting. They are cute little dolls. People should like them at the fair.
We had a sunny day today! That means rain for the rest of the week!
The dolls are so sweet, so pretty
Your dolls are lovely, especially the Russian lady. The sun is shining here at the moment and it isn’t raining – clearly something has gone wrong. Hope you have a good week.
Visitors to Bizart are going to love them. They are so perfect!
Wonderwool sounds fantastic! what a shame it was so cold.. at least you were in the right place for some winter woolies! 🙂
Your dolls are gorgeous and so beautifully made! I’m sure they will go down very well at the fair 🙂 x
Love those dolls, especially the Kokeshi doll. It’s got such a sweet cheeky grin. Good luck at the Bizart fair.
Your dolls are so lovely – especially the Russian one.
Wow those dolls are amazing – good luck with your fair xx
Super dolls, I think there may be a stampede to your stall 🙂
Those little dolls are just adorable! I am still planning to eventually learn to do that. Well, hopefully. 🙂
Awww the dolls are fab! So cute!
LH
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