tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32532929140791631892011-08-23T13:06:23.568+01:00Fashion dolls, jewellery making & knitting are my thing*Layla*http://www.blogger.com/profile/01236624849250647317noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3253292914079163189.post-10311412955574951142011-08-08T17:58:00.002+01:002011-08-08T17:58:42.715+01:00

I'm in a gradual process of moving (I know I'll be moving house sometime in the near future, but nothing definite) and so I need to shift some dolls. And I mean REALLY shift some dolls. I'm a hoarder by nature, so I've got all sorts of fashion dolls lying around that had grand ambitions. Some I used as models for my knitwear, some I was going to lovingly restore to their former glory, others

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Last weekend saw the very first Nottingham Bead & Craft fair; you would think that a city of this size would be swimming in craft fairs, but apparently not. Anyway, there was a hidden agenda to me visiting the fair (apart from the obvious of going on a spending spree). I wanted to check it out in the hopes that my small bead business, Kitsch 'n' Kaboodle Beads would be able to set up a stand

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And when I say 'going live', I don't mean the Saturday morning TV show with Philip Schofield and Sarah Green (revealing my age there). No, there's been an update. Sign up before 1st October 2010 and you'll get the $5.95 rate. There, just wanted to put it in big letters so you wouldn't miss it. Yes, instead of waiting to hit the 20,000 mark, ArtFire have decided to go ahead with the deal on 1st

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If you buy or sell on Etsy, chances are you’ve heard of ArtFire. It’s a similar venue, where you can buy/sell handmade, fine art, supplies and vintage items. However, the setup is different; you can either have a buyers account, a FREE basic selling account or a pro account (which currently costs $15.95 per month). Yup, that was correct…a free basic account, which has a few tools (but not as many

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A  year or so ago I knitted a bunch of li’l hats for the Big Knit. It was great fun and I got a ‘thank you card’ and a warm fuzzy feeling for my efforts. Last year I was supposed to do the same, but somehow I forgot. Anyway, a week or so ago something magical arrived in my inbox. No, not somebody telling me I’d won a lottery in a foreign country, but an email from Innocent, reminding me that

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Everybody has had so much fun testing the new Artfire Collections. So, what’s a collection? If you’re used to Etsy, then you will know them as ‘treasuries’. Essentially, members collect listings which fit around a theme. It’s a great way to see a variety of shops and items, and a great way to while away the hours if you’ve got some time to kill. Another great thing about the Artfire Collections

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I’ve noticed treasuries over at Etsy for some time, but they were always such a bother to set up; first you had to gather your listings you wanted to feature and save them somewhere, then you had to watch the clock for when the treasury was open and then hope you were quick enough to get all your listings in. Blah! Well, those nice people at Etsy have now changed a few things; for one thing you

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As I've probably mentioned before, I subscribe to a lot of newsletters and mailing lists. I suppose the amount I sub to kinda matches the amount of magazines I also subscribe to. Anyway, here's a few gems (almost wrote Jems there; got '80s cartoons on the brain!) that have arrived in my inbox lately I thought I'd pass on. This time 'round it's for knitting/crochet. Knitting Daily This is from

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Who said knitting and gaming doesn't mix? Hmmm, well nobody actually. Unless you're a geek gaming fan, you probably didn't know that it was E3 this week. Or maybe you did. Anyway, one of the cutest of the cute unveilings was this li'l gem from Nintendo - Kirby's Epic Yarn. If you don't know who Kirby is, he's this guy who's normally inhaling food...and things. SQUUUUEEEE! If this trailer

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Who knew that the li'l yellow, ghost-chasing guy was 30 today? Wow, he makes me feel old. Anyway, celebrate in style by crocheting your own Pac-Man and ghosts; this is a free pattern by Full of Fluff. Or, you could knit yourself a scarf, courtesy of geeknits. And once you've done all that, you can relive your arcade days by having a quick game (only this one you don't need coins for). And, who

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Nope, I didn't forget about you guys, just busy with boring stuff }:( Anyway, I was just going through my old bookmarks and what not, and decided to log into YouTube for the first time in a gazillion years. Seriously, I can't remember the last time I bothered to log in, but looking at my account profile apparently it was sometime in 2006....EEEK! As I was going through my 'favourites' (mainly old

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Author: Jessica and Susan Partain ISBN: 0823024849/978-0823024841 Now, before I begin, I just want to draw your attention to the subtitle of this book: Tiny Food Jewelry to Whip Up and Wear (yes....it's the old 'jewelry' word again...grrr American spellings!) If I didn't, you might be forgiven into thinking this was a book about how to make mini foods for dolls houses and the like. It's not. If

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Well, that was a nice surprise :) I'm at the bottom, second on the left 'Sweet Butterfly earrings'. Yay for me! Oh, and in case you were wondering, I was on Coriandr because I've opened a new shop - Kitsch 'n' Kaboodle (it's a British 'sister' to my Kitsch 'n' Kaboodle shop on Etsy)

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So, I wait forever for The Huntress to appear. Now we get an email of the Tonner newsletter saying that they're doing a special doll for the Chicago Comic Con (C2E2) in April. And guess who it is? A deluxe version of The Huntress! Whaaa, that's not fair! Sure, there'll be eBay, but you can guarantee that the $150 she's retailing for will suddenly increase to double that for those people who

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Yes, as you can see from my previous post that I was hoping The Huntress would be revealed at IDEX and Tonner's 2010 collection. But she wasn't BAH! So, my hopes were up for Toy Fair. I hadn't seen anything officially announced and I'd actually forgotten about Toy Fair, until I saw a tweet linking to Tonner's Facebook page, talking about some pics taken there. Amongst the chatter about Dr Who and

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It's been a while since I really cared about the new dolls Tonner was releasing. Don't get me wrong, I still like his fashion dolls and such (Tyler et al), but ever since the sYbarites and Jason Wu's influence on Gene and the Avantguards, my interest in Tyler's world has waned. But over the last few years, it's become apparent that ol' Bobby T and I share a common love (apart from dolls :P)....

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Got an email this morning, telling me that unflappableproducts had included me in a treasury! Yeah :) So, here it is, my 15 minutes of fame - Pearl Jammin (I'm in the bottom right-hand corner of this screenshot)

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For many years now I've been meaning to make a display for Christmas, using my dolls. For one reason or another, I never got around to it, but this year I made sure that I would do my festive diorama. So, here's this year's 'Seasonal Scene'. The guest of honour hasn't arrived yet (hence the reason why I'm posting these pics so late), I think she's somewhere over the Atlantic. Oh well, I'm sure

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Author: Jennifer Perkins ISBN: 1600611168 / 978-1600611162 Looking at the title of the post, you may be forgiven into thinking this book involves lewd stories involving working late and office romances. It's not. The full title of the book is The Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girl's Guide to Handmade Jewelry' (and, yes, because it's American it's spelt 'jewelry' and not 'jewellery' BAH!)

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Here's another great website for those of you who are Etsy fanatics; Statsy. There are a number of great features on here, so lets have a closer look: Locator - want to know where your items are when they're searched for on Etsy or Google? Or even where your shop places in search? Then type in either your shop name or a listing and Statsy Locator will search and tell you what page it appears

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As you can probably tell from the 'blurb' in my banner, two of my loves are knitting and fashion dolls, as well as knitting for fashion dolls. One of the questions I hear continually is how to resize and rejig patterns, either from one type of doll to another, from human size to doll size or by using a different type of yarn to the one stated in the pattern. I'm going to tackle each of these

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A friend has bought a new camera, so we've borrowed his old one. Of course, compared to my trusty 5 year old, 3 mega pixel point 'n' click, his 'old' one is practically space-age! So, here's some pics of Poison Ivy by Robert Tonner (oh, this is the 18" version that's on the athletic/action hero body, not the 16" Tyler body). I suppose I should also confess that my boyf actually took these, not

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  To those of you who are new (and not-so-new) to Etsy, here's a website you may be interested in - Craft Cult. So, what makes this so useful to fellow Etsyians? Heart-O-Matic - type in your Etsy ID and see who has hearted your shop. You can also see who has hearted your items at a glance, how many views your items have had and also if any of your things have been featured on the front page,

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When I finally get around to starting this properly, here's what to expect. I love fashion dolls and I love to knit/crochet, so information about knitting for fashion dolls and other such stuff will go here. I'll also put stuff on here about yarn, where to buy it for dolly clothes, notions, where to find patterns etc etc. Who knows, maybe I'll actually put free patterns on here {gasp!} I'm also

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Well, I've had this poor thing in limbo for too long now; it's about time I got it into action! So, what to expect here? Stuff and nonsense about fashion dolls, knitting, knitting for fashion dolls and general rants and ramblings about similar stuff. There. Now go along and play.

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