craft and quilt Fair - Brisbane

 

I will have these guys with me at the show.

 

well there is only two day to go till the craft and quilt fair here in Brisbane, I get to set up tomorrow, I have a couple of busy days ahead of me.

 

Craft and Quilting Fair - Brisbane

I will be bringing along some of my giraffe's and lots of other little guys.

 

this year I will be attending the Craft and Quilting fair here is brisbane,

 the dates are 17th october  to 21st October

at the convention centre at southbank

 

So I am working overtime at the moment getting organised for it.  I am really looking forward to it again the last show I did was two years ago and it was really amazing! I got to meet a lot of amazing women.

 

you will be able to find some of these guys at the show, I have lots of extra things for the show this time around. the one in the above photo I have just finished for a customer.

 

 

I will also have the pattern for these little annies and more! as I said i have been working overtime on my dolls bears etc.

 

have a beautiful day Lisa

 

it's been far to long

 

I have been so busy the last couple of months working on my new shop, it is going really well. I never seem to stop for to long these days.  I have not worked on a bear since the last bear show in June! I miss them so much. I hope to pop in more often now the shop has settled down.

 

the above photo is the shop I do on sundays at Old Petrie Town on the North side of  Brisbane (Australia) I have another shop now that i do during the week at lawnton which is also on the north side of brisbane.

 

hope you all have a beautiful weekend Lisa

Wonderful bear show



Good Morning ,

It's taken a couple of days to get over the bear show, it was a two day show and Julie and I had lots of fun and got to catch up with some friends  and to have a good chat with everyone.

here is the lovely Alison from Alisons bears

she does the most amazing bears, I fell in love with one but by the time i went back to buy her she had sold! So Alison said she would make one for me.

Pat was next to us again with her gorgeous golly's they are just amazing.

here are a couple of julie's bears you can visit her at bears and old lace

we alway share a table when we do the bears show's

I have been so busy working on my shop that I am opening in a couple of weeks, if you pop over to my Inn Country blog you will see daily updates on what is happening at the shop, you can also follow me on facebook to get daily updates.

first day over



What a wonderful day we have had at the Doll and teddy bear show. day two tomorrow I am off to bed its been a long day.

Doll and teddy bear show



well tomorrow morning I am off to the doll and teddy bear show here in brisbane at the RNA Showgrounds it's called Winter wonderland, I have worked really hard all week on some new teddy bears.  Hope to see you there.

have a beautiful weekend Lisa

New things are happening

I have some wonderful news, I am opening a shop again, I have a shop now at old petrie town here in brisbane. which is only open on sundays.  Well I decided to take the jump again and will open a shop at lawnton on the north side of brisbane. I will have more details soon.

what you will find at the shop french country style new and vintage finds the name of the shop is called Inn Country.

At this stage i have an opening date of the 3rd July. So i will be back soon with address details and opening hours.

have a beautiful week Lisa

What I am working on

here are some bears I have finished up in the last couple of weeks.

 I thought i would share some photos they will be listed on etsy tonight and if they don't sell they will be off to the next doll and bear show. 

the above pink lace ellie, have a very vintage prim look with lots of lace and ribbon and a vintage button.  she will be added to my etsy store tonight. pop over if you would like to take a look at her.

this little Doll will also be listed on etsy tonight.

have a beautiful day



I am having an etsy sale

I thought I would have an etsy sale, I have never done one before, so everything in the shop is on sale

all my e-patterns are now $5.00 each,
 and my artist bears have reduced prices.

have a beautiful weekend Lisa

listed on ebay - elly blue

Well i have not listed anything on ebay for a long time and it took me a long time to work it all out again, I could not get the photos to show up in the template.

 So anyway here is the link

if you would like to check her out

have a beautiful Evening Lisa

Meet Parker

I have just finished this little grungy bear called parker. she wheres a vintage button with the words

 j parker wooloongabba which is here in brisbane Australia where I live. she has been sitting on my desk since before christmas unfinished and she was wearing different trims than what she does now. today was the day that she wanted to be finished.

 I have found it really hard to get a good photo of her. here is the link to Parker on etsy
Visit Parker here on etsy

Here ears are stitched down lower than normal. she is very grungy

she wears a pink ribbon on her head

she has been made using viscose vintage style mat boot button eyes

she sits at 16cm tall 6.5"

she will be listed on etsy this afternoon.

have a beautiful weekend

changes to the blog



the wonderful amy from amy bug has been making some small changes to my blog, It's alway helps to freshen things up. I have a new blog header and side bars. Once again she has done an amazing Job

have a beautiful weekend Lisa

Little Golly

Hello all,

here is a little golly I made for a friend a while ago and have not had the chance to post a photo, she looks so cute sitting on the vintage style horse.

Have a beautiful day Lisa

What I am working on

I found some porcelain doll head at a recent doll and bear show I have been wanting to make one of these bear/Dolls for so long so this is the first one I have come up with



I have been busy for the last week working (Playing) with a new pattern to make this little bear doll which I have named poupee which is french for doll. it will need some refining but I am in love with this one. I have made a french hat beret for the doll bear but I think I will also need to work on my skills at making hats. 

Just gorgeous! It has been lots of fun playing with this one. Still a bit more work to go. I just wanted to share some photos with you all. Have a beautiful weekend Lisa



I am having a sale on all my e-patterns

Sale has now finished. thank you

Sale time, I have not done this in a long time and thought now would be great, so if you have always wanted to buy a pattern or 2 now is the perfect time. buy 2 and get the 3 one free.

You can pop over to my etsy shop here

have a beautiful day Lisa

Working on some new dolls

I made this doll about 2/3 years ago for a customer and loved the candy striper doll so much I would love to make one using my own pattern, I used a raggedy old annie pattern for her. I love her patterns I used them a lot along with sweet meadows farms pattern and threadbare primitives before I started making my own patterns,  I love nurse annie dolls, along with lots of others.



Well I gave up on making and selling dolls last year as I can't seem to sell or make some money from them, I really missed it so I thought this year I would pull out the design book again and get to work on a couple of new dolls, so hopefully in the coming weeks I will have some new dolls and photos for you. I am not sure which will come first! i have been doing lots of thinking.

have a beautiful monday Lisa

first post for 2012

little annie laying on the blanket

Hello all,

 well I took a short break from blogging.  Now the kids are back at school we are getting back to our normal routine.  I wanted to share some beautiful photos with you. which you can see my little annie dolls

A friend of mine styles photo shoots and here are a couple of photos taken by big dream photography

you can also visit linda at lilly cottage.  wonderful Job ladies.  I can't wait to see more photos

I love this photo and the kids are just beautiful!

two little annies in the photo

little andy sitting on the suitcases

it's been a wonderful start to 2012, and I am going to get back into making some more dollies I have had a couple of requests for some.  I might even design a couple more patterns.

Have a beautiful weekend Lisa