A fairy ring

The girls got up from their nap and were playing in their room when I called them to the kitchen and asked if they'd seen my wooden mushrooms (which are usually on a shelf above the sink)...They said they hadn't seen it...so we searched the nature table...still no luck! Then we started searching the rooms and this is what we found!!! The fairies had collected mushrooms from around the house and put them in a fairy ring! How'd they do that!?



The card reads...

It's time for us to set up for the Solstice all but it's just TOO HOT outside! I hope you don't mind if we move the summer celebration indoors!

We'll be setting up the next few days but we promise to be quiet and stay out of sight!

Your friend,

Sunny

The Summer fairy

Mad dash of birthdays

I have had so many moments that I've thought I would blog only to remember how far behind on blogging I am! So I've decided to just blog what's on my mind and then maybe make up some other thoughts later...

Our house has been a flurry of birthday events for weeks it seems! The girls' birthdays are only a day apart and of course they always fall on Easter weekend so we ended up having the party a week later. Everything went great and the girls seemed to have a great time with their friends but the two weeks or so leading up to it was nothing but planning on birthday stuff, working on birthday stuff and hearing "Is it my birthday yet?" "How many days till my birthday?"and eventually it was "Did you get my present done yet?"

I have always been an over achiever and I usually get in over my head and end up stressed out in a big way. This year was no different! lol I wanted so badly to have everything done in time, and for the most part I did actually get it all done! I had new name banners made for each of the girls, a crown for each of them AND new babies (with matching blankets, pillows and pjs)

Well, they are definately not flawless but they are pretty much done...finally! I need to touch up one eye on the big one but other than that they are just waiting for little girls to love them! I am so nervous and hope that they love them! I can't wait to give them to the girls!!!

There's magic in the hair!

Ok, so I took the plunge and finally sat down to work on the hair....I was SO nervous!!! It took me all evening to make the "scalp" before I could even start on the fun part of attaching the hair. Not to mention the numerous times that I had to hide the doll away because of little ones not wanting to stay in bed! I still have a ton of hair to put in on the crown of her head and down the back (in addition to finishing an eye) but I was too excited to go to bed before posting a picture! The hair is magic and the doll is starting to look more worthy of a little girl's love! I can't wait to start on the little one!

Cuddly...aliens?

I know it's all part of the process but these dolls just aren't coming together as cute as I had hope. At the moment, they look more like aliens ! I promised to show progression though so here they are! Cross you're fingers that with hair they will magically be transformed into the beautiful little babies that my girls deserve!

Soft and Cuddly

I don't know where the time has gone but I find myself playing "elf" these days trying to get little trinkets ready for under the tree. I know to a certain level it is stressful but when a little girl only asks for a soft cuddly doll of wool and a Barbie necklace how do you purposefully disappoint her?
I have been stalking Waldolf dolls for months but we just can't afford to buy one of these works of art x2 so I have also been searching online for patterns and ideas. It's been about a week and I currently have two "bodies" in my closet both in various stages. Sharing this endeavor with the world is a leap of faith that I am in fact going to finish them and that they are going to turn out! lol So please cross your fingers and say a prayer that this little doll lives up to the expectations of two amazing little girls!