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Monster Bun!
Sammy was born with a third eye and a long ridge of spikes down his back. Despite the fact that the spikes had caused an unusually painful childbirth, his mother loved him very much and did what she could to make his monstrosities seem normal. She immediately made him a little stuffed bunny that looked…
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Mohair Monsters
Deep in the glade, a little faun child has lost his favorite toy, a sweet little imp of a stuffed goat. Won’t you comfort him? I’ve created this little mohair doll in the style of a vintage mohair teddy, using top quality crimson Intercal mohair. His limbs and neck are jointed and poseable, and he…
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Madeline
In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived 12 little girls in two straight lines….the smallest one was Madeline. Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline stories were among my childhood favorites, mostly because Madeline was a total troublemaker. She ran away from boarding school, taunted tigers at the zoo, and joined a gypsy band’s…
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Punks!
My husband Pete and I have been collaborating on a new project, creating an army of circus punks! We’re making these for our booth at The Dirtiest, Most Bizarre Art Show That is Not in an Alley, Ever (September 9 at the Old Miami, Detroit) so we won’t be listing them in our Etsy shop……but…
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Last Custom of 2017
You might have noticed that things have been a little quiet on this site. Life stuff has been getting in the way of my dollmaking for the past few months, but I was so happy to have pulled off this commissioned Wednesday Addams Blythe. She’s the third version of Wednesday that I’ve done; each are…
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Sweet Summer Sisters
Sunny and Honey are two mellow, sun loving sisters. Sunny is the hippie chick; her dreads were each individually needle felted with alpaca and wool fiber (definitely a lengthy labor of love!) Honey is hovering between tomboy and super model. Her hair is a gorgeous, golden human hair sewn weft. They are available in my…