24 January 2011

A busy few months with lots of sewing involved ;)

My new second hand Janome is my new best friend and together we have made
some truly lovely little dolls.

Ruby's Room is still keeping me busy and one off orders are coming in all the time.
Oh I wish I could sew all the time...but for the moment it's just about fitting it in around everything else.

We've been on school holidays....quiet holidays at home doing day trips here and there.

The weather hasn't been too good but we've nothing to complain about in comparison to the other flood ravaged parts of our vast country.

It will soon be back to school in mid February and my little Amelie starts kinder...can't believe it...where does the time fly?  I'm hoping to spend a school day a week on sewing this week....but we'll see ;)

Better go for now....take care...love Lalie

PS:  I found this lovely quote today which I thought just perfect:  It was on "little blue wren's' blog but as I don't know how to link other blogs yet (have to ask my friend Miriam) ...I'll just paste it here:

'Hidden within the pure hearts of the young  and the distant memories of the old is a secret truth.

This magical wisdom is passed from generation to generation by gentle souls who softly whisper,

"Treat them kindly and with great love, for dolls are just like people"

They need to be well loved, held tenderly, and always respected for their uniqueness.'

from The Doll Lady by H. Elizabeth Collins-Varni

Sunday 15 August - update

Hello Again,
Where is the time going?
Hope you are all well....we just keep ping ponging the cold germs around in our house but anyway only another 2 weeks till Spring officially hits - according to the calendar anyway!
I've been very busy with the dolls...lots of custom orders...thank you all  :) It's nice to know my dollies have gone to good homes!
The dolls are still popular in Ruby's Room too.
I've tried using 'Spoonflower' for the first time....and my personally designed 'babushka' fabric is arriving
next week....can you tell how excited I am?  This is such a great service/product and for me resolves quite  a few issues in my Babushka fabrication - so I can't wait to try out my new method.
Better go for now - take care ..love...Lalie

Renovation time

Just letting you know that I'm in the process of changing colours, logos, tags etc for Lalie M and am
reworking the blog too....can't seem to change the font colour so it's all a bit hard to read....should be better soon once I ask hubby's help ;)

Latest :)

Hello Friends, A little peek at what I've been up to:

An Update - Finally ;)

Hello Everyone,

Sorry that the entries have been a bit few and far between....so I'll make up for it now with a little recap.

My dolls have been selling well and bringing joy and delight to little faces which is the best part I think.

I really get a buzz from putting together fabrics in varied combinations to produce that one special doll.

I've been getting custom orders regularly as well as selling steadily in Ruby's Room.

I'm out of stock and working hard to built it up again as well as developing new designs....all around the crazy busy life of being a working mum and wife.  It would be heavenly to be able to sew all day :)

My sewing room is coming together but a little cold at night now....oh well that's living in Tassie for you.
I've also finally finished some craft projects I've been working on as well.....so I'll add a couple photos of those too.

I'd better go for now....take care ...x nat

We did it - The inaugural Barn Market - Saturday 13 February 2010

Thought it was time to update my blog with all of the goings on at Lalie M.
I'd been sewing like a mad one woman sweat shop and was finally ready for the market.
It was fairly nerve wracking setting up but I was really relieved to see that my dolls
could hold their heads high so to speak ;) as they were up to the high standard of goods on offer.
We had a wonderful day :)
The venue was terrific and certainly contributed to the 'mellow' & 'relaxing' mood.
I especially enjoyed meeting lots of lovely fellow crafters, exchanging stories and gaining valuable
insights and ideas.
Thanks to all the friends who came along to support this first market  - it was really appreciated.
So now that I have my first market under my belt I'm ready to start sewing again for the
next one. I'll give the April one a skip and concerntrate on June 2010- winter time, nice and cosy in
the gorgeous barn.

If you'd like to see some photos of the market here is the blogspot:
thebarnmarket/blogspot.com.

A big Thank You to Miriam and Helen for giving Lalie M this first market opportunity - you were both so helpful and your feedback was encouraging.
Well that's about it for now ...x nat