The Bear Necessities

As I mentioned before our backgrounds were done in black and white so they didn’t distract from the colour of the dolls. The inspiration for these backgrounds came from a childhood love affair with a little bear from darkest Peru.

We avidly watched Paddington Bear as children and I loved to read the books under my blankets with a torch. I dreamed of joining Paddington & Mr Gruber for elevenses, so when we were thinking settings for the dolls the image of the wonderfully drawn backgrounds came to mind. Although they are not a patch on the scenery in Paddington, I am proud that a little bit of Paddington is still inspiring me today.

Meet Sabrina & Fifi

These two cuties are the first felt doll kits we have put up in our Etsy shop, there are four more felt doll kits ready to follow them as you can see. We have sketch pads full of designs to develop into felt dolls and we are already working on our next dolls.

The cut out backgrounds are drawn by us, we thought that the black and white colour wouldn’t distract from the felt dolls themselves. The colourful rickshaw type of cycle we picked up in a local charity shop, I have no idea where it’s from but by the writing on it I think someone must have brought it back on holiday.

Two Heads Are Better Than One

This has been a hectic week what with a Wimbledon fascinator turning into brooch at the 11^th hour, but that’s another story. We finally seem to have got there in the end, we have two felt doll kits up in the Etsy shop four more to follow next week and after that we hope to have items up on Folksy too. I know that if I’d had to do all this on my own it would have been a nightmare, I would have been stressed to the hilt and wanting to pull my hair out. But that is the beauty of working with my sister, everything is easier when you have someone else to discuss things with. Any problem which would seem like a mountain on your own now looks like a bump on the road. So thanks sis for making life and felt so much easier.