Emily Temple

Emily Temple has been in the works for far longer than I intended.  When I first began her journey, I made several drawings of dolls and posted the pics I took of them to my Flickr page. 

I then asked my friends to pick which of the dolls they liked best.  From their answers, I put together a new doll based on attributes they liked the most from each doll.

For the next while, I worked on designing the outfits. Once I had chosen which of them I'd be using, I went about colouring them all with pencil crayons.  And then.... I got my sweetest, dearest, most wonderfullest hubby to make everything into a little booklet!!  Oh, he's a wonderful man and I really don't know what I'd do without him!  Here's what he came up with..

This is the front cover.  It's made from a creamy, heavy weight card stock so Emily is nice and sturdy.

Here's a sneak peek of the inside.  Each page is vibrant and full of fun!  There are seven pages of dresses, hats, play suits and accessories to cut out and each booklet is packaged into a clear, re-sealable plastic sleeve, all the better to keep everything together once you're done playing with her!

I'm so glad she's finally ready and I'm hoping to intice a new generation of children to discover the joy of Paper Dolls!

These little booklets are now available in my shop:)

Wishing you all a very happy weekend!

hugs,

~Shelly

xo's

Holiday Weekend Sale

Wishing you all a very happy holiday weekend!  Hope your Thanksgiving was relaxing and enjoyable!  To celebrate this very special weekend, I'm having a sale in my shop.  From now till Monday, enter GIVETHANKS in the check out and recieve 15% off everything in my shop!  It's a great time to stock up on patterns and kits especially if you love giving handmade gifts!

These are some of the patterns to chose from.













Hope you'll pop in for a visit!
~Shelly

Paper Doll in Progress

I've been working on a new Paper Doll Set and have a few more outfits to colour before she'll be ready.  Here's a sneak peek so far...

My plan is to make a little book which will be similar to my colouring book which you can see here.  The cover will be made with a sturdy, heavy weight Bristol paper and will be printed with the paper doll itself.  I'm not sure yet whether she'll be on the front or back cover as I might do a little pic of her on the front dressed in an outfit.  The pages on the inside will contain all the dresses and accessories that I've chosen from the ones above and will be printed on medium weight, acid free drawing paper.  I'm looking forward to finishing them up and having them ready for my shop by the weekend.

For those of you who've been following the story of our sweet Little Miss, thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!  We had to take her back in to the vet's on Monday night as her incision had opened up and they ended up having to re-stitch her.  Today, I noticed a hard lump running along the entire right side of the incision about as thick as my little finger.  So, once hubby gets home, we'll be taking her back in to make sure it's not something serious.  I must say that she is looking good, eating well and is as pert and playful as ever, so hopefully everything will be fine!

Enjoy the rest of your week:)
hugs,
~Shelly
xo's