Wishing You All the Best for Christmas and New Year

 A bit of a Marmite Christmas Mouse, Aurea was from a couple of years ago and I loved the effect. The black, gold and frosted white really appealed to me. With touches of gold to her sampler and gold silk petticoats with the black made for a dramatic Christmas mouse.

When I find a fabric I like as much I will repeat the idea again but this year I couldn't find such a fabric.
I want to thank everyone who supported me this year with both buying from me and from sending such warm thoughts on Instagram. Thank you to you all and wishing you the best Christmas and the most peaceful New Year, with all my warmest wishes.
I will be back in the New Year xx

The Last Week of Trading Before Christmas

 

Christmas Sale!
This is my last week before I close for the Christmas break. My shop will close at midnight on Sunday 14th of December. For this last week all the dolls on the shop are now on sale with new stock coming in early January.
Snowberry is my last Christmas mouse of 2025 and is dressed in a lovely warm Makower print from their Glad Tidings collection. This print is Sarissa Cream. Finished with golden leather shoes and golden organza ribbon she sports a sampler sachet with a golden pine cone charm.
Despite all the difficulties this year, it has been a great year and we are looking forward to 2026. Christmas cards are posted and I just need to wrap all the presents now. Have a lovely week and I hope the Christmas craziness is not too bad xx

A Late Autumn Trio

 

This small collection of fuzzy furry mice is my latest make. All based on the Liberty tana lawn Mitsi in late autumn berry and russet. Each mouse has a fuzzy mohair body in a warm brown with leather ears and tail. They have hand embroidered features with deep brown glass beads for twinkling eye,
Within this collection is a little girl in an embroidered linen dress, a little boy in smart plus fours with his foraging bag and a little girl in a lined wool cape. They are the last dolls added to my shop before Christmas this year.
There is only one Christmas mouse left and two trios of hanging birds. All now on sale in the run up to the big day.
I will be sharing new Fairytale dolls in January, starting with the Granddaughter of the Cailleach Bheur. The Mother of Winter in Ireland. A great story.

Elderberry, The Elder Fae

 

Elderberry (Sold) is an elderberry fairy with tiny tattered wings and a big heart. Dressed in an Acufactum print called Elder Elves, she has elderberries and tiny fae across her dress on a warm green. Her wings and her petticoat are Berry Dot Cotton and she has Broderie Anglais drawers with white tulle underskirts.
Her apron has a simple folk art pattern of elderberries and the colours are picked up in her bonnet and her tiny felt shoes. She carries a sampler sachet in counted thread work and has tiny white bobby socks.
Her face is hand embroidered and her hair is hand styled in a rich berry wool with frosted glass beads for eyes in a dark violet blue.
She was the last of my autumn fairytale and fable dolls and went to her forever home several weeks ago but I wanted to share her with you. I was looking at my Flower Fairies of Autumn book and came upon the Elderberry Fairy, The poem really spoke to me -
Tread quietly:
O people, hush!
—For don’t you see
A spotted thrush,
One thrush or two,
Or even three,
In every laden elder-tree?
Then I remembered this wonderful Acufactum fabric and she came alive in my mind. I just had to make her and see her complete. She was a joy to make xx

Curly Locks, Curly Locks wilt thou be mine ....

 

Curly Locks wilt thou be mine ......sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam.
And dine upon sugar and strawberries and cream.
The berry fabric by Acufactum and the little rhyme inspired this wee fairy tale doll. She carries a tiny embroidery frame also with her counted thread sampler and has strawberry flowers and fruit to her apron. With tiny red boots and a gentle face she is a sweet girl. As always she has hand embroidered face with deep brown glass bead eyes and hand styed brunette hair. Her bobble hat is a tweedy Rowan yarn and her underskirts are red chambray cotton with white tulle lace.
She is part of the little event I am having on my Folksy shop until the end of November. To get into the spirit of the Cyber Week I am offering everything on my shop at Show Prices.
These are the prices I sell at when I am at an actual show in person. As I am looking after my aunt and have had to cancel all my winter shows it seemed a good idea to offer dolls on my shop at these prices plus postage, getting in the mood of cyber week. I am a little early with this and I am never sure when it actually happens but I have lots of hospital appointments all week with various family members and wanted to get it right when I have the moment.
Have a peep at the shop and pick up a show price bargain until the first of December.