White Wedding

I completed my first wedding cake topper and was really excited with the way they turned out.  Not knowing exactly what kind of time I needed to complete one, I completely underestimated my time.  I have been completing custom families for two years now and can gage the time that is needed for the most part for each family so I knew I would need more time with the detail of the wedding dress and tux but was not quite prepared for the lace of the dress that was presented for my first dress.    That being said I was thrilled with the finished product and wanted my client to see the peg dolls for more than they were wooden peg dolls.  I wanted them to identify with them and to see themselves when they look at them.    It will be such a keepsake for years to come.

The hard part of all this is loving the end product so much and not being able to keep it.

Our house...

I have an upcoming craft show in October and wanted to find some fun ways to display my dolls.  I had pinned this template a while back and remembered it and thought i would give it a try.  It was super easy to put together and my kids can't leave it alone!

"I am Robot!"

These guys are my new addition to my etsy store.  I wanted something that was more for the little guys.  My ideas have been mainly for custom orders or for girls as my two daughters where the ones that I had first started painted the peg dolls for.  I was thrilled with how they came together and love the chance to offer something else to boys as an option for imaginary play.  Imaginary play has always been something I love watching my kids do.  My husband is not a fan of batteries.  He is one that won't buy more batteries and despises the toys that go through them like crazy.  So I have tried to even this out with toys that push more imaginary play.  Something the encourages the kids to create their own idea of how to use the toy.  I have always been drawn to the wood play sets for this reason and have enjoyed expanding this into something that I enjoy doing as well.

Adventure Time!

Adventure Time is a favorite in our house!  This idea was brought to me from my sister who wanted them as a gift.  This is just the start of a set, but I made some for my son as he is usually forgotten when I make peg dolls as he feels to old for the superheros and robot sets and has no interest in the princesses ;)  So this was the perfect thing for him.  I was so excited to see how much he loved them when I gave them to him.  He's 11 going on 12 and is way to cool to "play" with them but as a "cool" observer I say they passed.

Engagement Snap shots

These are some couples I did from engagement pictures that were sent to me to create for their wedding gift.  It's fun to help create something original for the couple as a wedding gift in hopes that they enjoy for years to come.

Teachers

I am posting more teachers that I completed for a friend that lives in Texas that she ordered.  I was so excited with how they turned out. 

Baptism

This is a picture of a sweet doll I painted this last weekend for an old friend that approached me with the wonderful idea of painting a doll of her niece for her baptism.   I loved that she asked me to paint this doll and how it turned out.  I usually don't add arms on my wooden dolls but I wanted to have the girl hold a book that she was holding in the picture that was given to me to use as my direction for her.  I love how it turned out and wished I had done it for my daughter at her baptism.