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Warmer spring weather is upon us. And the perfect time for a sweet collaboration for your bunny friends. And with one of my favorite clothing lines for the littles, The Tortoise and the Hare. I have a small limited edition number of dolls and bunnies wearing the sweetest plant dyed, hand sewn ensembles from Tortoise and …
Meet Colette of Paris, A Doll to Travel the World with. Colette is from the magical city of Paris. She loves to climb the steps of Sacré-Cœur Basilica to look at the most beautiful view of her city. Or Spend an afternoon at the Musée du Louvre, exchanging greeting with Miss Mona Lisa. She takes her …
I’m so thrilled to be sharing one of my favorite collabs. A few years back I created a gigantic oversized map for Tiny Traveler Tilda and A Midsummer Mingle. Since them I’ve wanted to do something with it, even had a few ‘almost’ moments with it, but nothing ever felt or lined up right. Until …
Meanwhile at the Banister House… We repainted the kids floor this past week as they were getting to a point that only paint could bring back to life ;). In doing so we had to take out the kids stuff and put it all in the master bedroom. Which had me wanting to dejunk once …
This past 3 day weekend we took some time to work on a few projects and I decided to finally transform our vintage doll house into a doll’s stage. We’re happy with how it turned out and have been putting on magical performances ever since!I had been wanting to transform this particular doll house into …
This year for the holiday I released a small limited batch of dolls in my shop. I’m especially excited to introduce the newest girls to join our group of friends, the Angel Wish Dolls. Each angel comes with a special keepsake scroll where you can write a special wish to your little. A sweet wish …
I’m excited to share that I have designed an exclusive collection of dolls at Land of Nod!
Meet Freja. Freja is a friend to the end. She loves writing notes to friends and others letting them know just what she appreciates about them. She’s a great listener and a sweet companion for whatever adventure you are on. She’s also very good at telling exciting stories with a touch of magic and mystery in …
We’ve wanted to make a swan costume for Miss M ever since we put together this little Valentine tissue box swan. We followed basically the same idea, just enlarged to fit her. So simple and and so fun! And just in time for this year’s Swan Princess Halloween costume (although I think it will go right …
We had such a lovely family outing where we made boats from scrap wood and took them down to the river to float them. It was such a simple and sweet activity for us. To make one yourself: