BubbaChic

Gnomie available now!

This little poppet is available now in my etsy store. She is 10" tall and as sweet as can be - she will be sent priority mail so will be with you in plenty of time for Christmas!

 

She is off to a new home - thank you x

Happy Thanksgiving

Little Red Riding Hood

She's a cutie - me and Mads want to keep her!

She is 12" tall with long strawberry-blonde hair

She has the cutest little crocheted red shoes and mushroom dress

...and of course, the soft minky red cape

She is available for purchase now - so in plenty of time for Christmas! (she also comes with a special purse - go take a peek!)

Little Red has been adopted - thank you x

Giving Thanks

We are on holiday here in the US - a holiday that we wouldn't get back home - Thanksgiving!

The house smells delicious right now - a cross between cranberry sauce and a root beer glaze which is going to baste the ham. We are joining sweet friends tomorrow to celebrate Thanksgiving - American style. I believe the turkey has been cooking since Sunday - which is a hint as how big that bad boy is going to be!

In the midst of the preparations, I am still beavering away on Christmas doll orders (which have to be all finished up and sent by next wednesday - eek!) Here are 2 cuties waiting patiently on the stairs to go the the post office...

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving all!

In the Shop...

Email me to nab yourself a pre-Christmas bargain! devida.bushrod@cox.net

All custom orders are now closed until the New Year - thank you x

Craft Fair!

Saturday's craft fair was fun, not least because I got to spend a whole 8 hours chatting to my sweet friend (and craft fair partner) - Steph!

Our stand looked very pretty and it was a great experience!

Today - I have to clean my house, oh yeah, really clean it and spend some time with my neglected babies and husband. Once I am back on track I have some dolls to list in my shop, which will be the very last ones before Christmas...now, wheres that vacuum cleaner....

Us, right now...

A few facts about our household right now:

The house is a mess - I am sewing more than anything remotely related to tidying because of an impending craft fair this saturday. I have a feeling next monday I am going to have to have a cleaning blitz.

Maddy has had the last three days off school with a virus - I have liked having my little lady home with me (obviously wish she could have been 100% but enjoyed her company none the less)

Joshy is convinced that 'Bats' are actually called 'Fats' and is very firm in his belief.

Jasper has now doubled in size and has on his winter coat - I am trying hard not to do the same before the trip back to England in December

The house is a mess...did I mention that already?

When the kiddies are asking for something without saying please, we have always prompted them by saying 'what do you say? p....p.....p.....'  having heard a certain song they now respond by saying '....p.... p.... p.... poker face'   ala Lady Gaga

And whilst we are the Lady Gaga subject - I may as well come completely clean and admit that I bought her album when we got to see her live in London supporting Take That this summer. The kiddies have put it on the CD player and danced to it a few times - and one song in particular called 'Boy, Boys, Boys' is their favourite, because they think Lady Gaga is singing 'Boing, boing, boing'  Time to hide the CD away methinks!

I am loving this song right now - just a bit different from Lady Gaga!

and whilst we are on the subject - I am loving this series at Church right now, go check it out!

...oh, and my house is a mess too....

Work in progress

Mr B managed to keep the kiddies amused today so I could have a clear day to focus on some more craft fair sewing (6 days and counting!) I managed to get some projects finished, including:

Some little fabric bags and cloth balls....

cushions....

tags for the merchandise...

The flurry of activity has taken its toll on the sewing room though, its not usually like this (honest...ahem!)

Enjoying Autumn in Oklahoma

 

 

craft o' clock

Even though my speed at creating for the craft show feels painfully slow...I am still beavering away...

Mermaids are being made...

Baby Sets are coming together...

and there is still lots and lots to do...

Phew!

We are winding down from a busy busy weekend, full of parties, late nights, candy, ice cream, happy meals and fun (with a big dose of whiney tantrums thrown in there too!)

The kiddies looked glorious in their fancy-dress costumes and thoroughly enjoyed wearing them to a special late night party at the zoo. I was unable to convince Mr B to get a costume to wear to a party on saturday night - I thought he would make a very fetching Borat especially if we were able to track down a Borat Mankini (google that at your own risk!)

Today, after a trip into Maddy's school to perform some more mama-related activities - I will get back to sewing for my impending craft fair (in 12 days eeek!)

and finish up the last of the custom-doll orders I have before Christmas....

Little Amber

Another custom doll on her way to her new home tomorrow - sweet Amber.

I will miss her not sitting on my shelf anymore - I think I have been deliberately dragging my feet on finishing her....

Today will consist mostly of...

...baking.

I have a party tonight and needed to make a dessert:

aka Bakewell Tart

Which then progressed into needing to make some Autumnal inspired cake balls to take with me also:

Which then progressed into some pumpkin inspired cakeballs to come along for the party too:

I don't think I will be needing to feed my children too much else for dinner tonight - the cake balls are disappearing and the little pile of sweets they got from Church last night seems to have magically vanished....

Tonight...

Dinner with good friends - and getting to experience our first taste of Texas Caviar

Dressing up and heading to a kids night at the museum...

Power Ranger Joshy got well into character

Maddy and her Troop

I have finished a few custom dolls over the last few days, so took them outside to photograph this afternoon. Mads quickly joined and brought all of her mama-made dolls out with her. She then set them all up, grabbed Jasper and asked me to take a photo of her and her dolls....how could I resist?

I have seen it can be quite perplexing at times for Maddy, to see mama spend hours and hours hand sewing each custom doll and asking if she can pleeeeeasee have this doll?? She has developed quite a sense of patience and understanding now that they are not all for her - however, she does have the very real perk of mama making her a new doll everytime I want to try something new for the first time....hence her little (and growing) collection...