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.  

Frozen set Giveaway!

This is my most popular item right now.  It is a favorite of my girls in our house and when I am painting them I am usually surrounded by neighbor girls that keep asking if I have any extra.  (ha ha ha).  Now is the time to get your hands on one for free!  Check it out!

There are 5 different ways to enter to win this set for Free!!
1) Like my Facebook page www.facebook.com/clairabells
2) Share my Facebook page on your page
3) Leave a comment
4) Follow my instagram Clairabells_dolls
5)Share on your instagram by taking a snap picture of your screen and reposting it on your instagram feed with the hastag #clairabells.


Giveaway ends May 10th at 6pm.  Winner will be announced here, on Facebook and on my instagram about an hour later.

No time to lose enter now ;)