~~~SALE - SALE - SALE~~~

Who doesn't LOVE a SALE? I am having a 40% off SALE in my Etsy shoppe! Go take a peek and see if there is an epattern you must have. If there is a epattern you would like and don't see it listed, just leave a comment or convo me and I will be happy to create a listing for you. The coupon code is SPOOKY40 just enter that in at the time of check out and it will take 40% off your purchase! Just click on the image and it will take you to my shoppe...

I do have one dollie listed and yes, she is 40% off. I have not had any time for creating and I miss it terribly. I have had my nose to the books and learning quite a bit. We are smack dab in the middle of an INDIAN SUMMER and I am loving it! Enjoy each day to the fullest! ~Tonya

~Scary Mary Halloween Doll~

***FINALLY*** a NEW Halloween Dollie! I should just say a NEW dollie in general. I think I have only made one other dollie this year and that was a dollie with bunny ears. This is my first Halloween dollie. Halloween is just around the corner. I have listed her in my Etsy Shoppe, but if she does not sell by Tuesday, I may move her to Ebay, we shall see...


Her name is Scary Mary, but she really does have a sweet side to her. She has tons of detail. I really enjoyed creating her. I have missed creating. I was so busy with my summer college courses and children, that I didn't have any time until now for creating. I do hope that you will stop by my Etsy Shoppe to take a peek at her. Have a wonderful weekend. ~Tonya

~Sweet Anna Angel Bunny~

The cooler temps in the evenings here in MN, got me thinking about Christmas (not to mention the dept. stores are already putting Christmas things out), so I thought I would bring a little bit of Christmas Magic to Life....hence, Anna Angel Bunny was born! She is so very pretty. I enjoyed creating her, although there is never enough time in a typical day or week...

I have listed ~Sweet Anna Angel~ on Etsy. I had to take pictures of her on different backgrounds, due to her white angel wings. She has tons of detail on her, I always have fun with that!
I made for Anna Angel a banner that reads BELIEVE, not only during the Christmas Season, but ALWAYS! I know I have received some emails from some of you wonderful gals and I thank you for thinking of me. I am going great and school is going very well for me. I enjoy getting out of the house and learning. I did always enjoy school.

Have a fabulous Sunday. Thanks for stopping by to visit. Peaceful Blessings to you, ~Tonya

~Miss JOY Bunny~

I finished up Miss JOY and I think she has the sweetest face! I really enjoyed working on a little bit of Christmas. This heat has me thinking of a little bit "cooler" time of the year, hence Miss JOY was brought to Life! I don't know how much time I will have to create Winter/Christmas handmades with going back to school! Yes, going back to school, I start on Aug. 23rd, just around the corner...

Miss JOY has tons of detail. I have trimmer her in gold, which does not happen often. She has a little star sprig that I made for her, along with her JOY banner and look at that neckline...

This picture is a little "foggy", due to the high humidity. Once I walked outside to take the pictures, from the camera being in air-conditioning, this is what happened. It got better, as time went on. I due hope you will stop by my Etsy to have a peek at Miss JOY. I hope your day goes well and if it is HOT where you are, stay COOL! Toodles for now, ~Tonya

~Miss Blooming Betsy~

Fabric can be so very inspiring! I purchased a few different fabrics and have been so inspired from them. I use to make things a little more distressed, but with such pretty fabrics and prints, I do not have the heart to dirty them up...thus, making my more whimsical side coming out. I love Miss Blooming Betsy. I have used glass eyes on her and that look, in person is just so very neat. Those eyes look like they have SOUL!

Miss Blooming Betsy Miss Blooming Betsy is full of "POSITIVITY" and Believes we all should ~Thrive & Grow & BLOOM~ So very true and words we all should live by. I made for Betsy 5 flowers that are removable and have some sparkles on them. I have her listed on Etsy, with shipping included. I had so much FUN creating her.

I also wanted to wish each of you a Happy & Safe 4th of July. I thought I better do that now, just in case I am not around to post something on the 4th. Make some Happy Memories. Toodles, ~Tonya

~Hunny BEA Bunny~

Oh I love this lil Hunny Bea Bunny! She has oodles & oodles of detail and hand stitching on her. I use to load my dollies up with lots of detail, but slipped away from that, on account of it being so time consuming. From time to time, you will see a highly detailed creation from me, but not many...well this Sweet Bea has it all!

I have another one in the works, but a Whimsical Witch, that will also be on a stand. Love how they are on lil stands. They stand so PROUD and look so very SWEET! I have this Sweet Hunny Bea Bunny listed on Etsy...she is more expensive compared to some of my other handmades, due to all of the time invested in her details. She has a petal - neckline all hand stitched, and metallic trim around that. Her dress is full of sweet flowers...

With lil button centers. She has hand sewn ric-rac and then another trim to showcase the ric-rac and teeny ric-rac hand sewn on around the pants and more hand sewn trim around her shoes with stitched on buttons. Hand painted base and it goes on and on. I even made a neat, removable flower by her ear. It is held in place with decorative matching pins...


My sneak peek I sent out to my email customers. I had to show the bee here.....I hope you will check Bea out on Etsy. I hope to have my Whimsical Witch done tomorrow....we shall see. My lawn is calling my name. *smirk* It is nice out today and we are to get rain tomorrow, so I better shake a leg! Toodles for now kiddies, I hope your day is a GRAND ONE! ~Tonya

~Bunny Rabbit Tinkets~

Aren't they so SWEET! I love them and am so happy with the way they turned out. Each one has so much detail and personality! They are attached to little wooden trinket boxes...


I have listed them in my Etsy Shoppe. These are just the heads, pulled off the top of the little trinket box...


I hand painted each wooden box to match the fabric and such. Each have a ruffle collar and I made each of them a wool felt hat and then added pretties of course...

Isn't she so shabby! So sweet. I love the pinks that I used for her. I normally do not leave things so "white", but for this sweet bunny, it turned out so very neat and just what she needed...


I just had to make a Halloween one! I made the stripes on the trinket look a bit torn, I did that with painters tape. It turned out very neat and I LOVE that hat and I added tinsel glitter to the center of that ribbon rosette! So much fun to work with. They are listed in my Etsy Shoppe, I do hope that you will go and take a peek.

It is such a nice day out...BEAUTIFUL! I must go and enjoy the day a bit. Toodles for now, ~Tonya

♥ SWEETNESS ♥

I have been really busy and FINALLY completed something to sell! Sweet Bunny-Bunnies just for SPRING ---- but really, they can be kept out all year through! I am very pleased with the way that these two sweetie-pies turned out. I have them listed on Etsy. If there is no action over there with in a couple of days, I will move them to ebay. So, if you are interested in them, hop on over to my Etsy Shoppe...


They are smaller bunnies and just so stinking cute! I had a lot of fun with these and I hope that you like them. I am going to try to offer smaller items most of them time....because times are tough for everyone....let's just hope that things start to turn around in this economy...


It is so funny, when I first finished up the pink dot one, she was my favorite, then I was finishing up the blue dot one and she became my favorite....let's just say, I can not really decide *smirk*

I think the black & pink are so striking together. Full crepe paper collars with glass glitter all the way around on all the edges. It took a while to do, but so worth it!

And I also made some OLDE hang tags. You can add them to dollies, fixins or where ever your little heart desires. Today we has some more melting going on...as long as it melts slowly like this, there will not be any flooding. I hope you all had The Perfect Day. Take Care. Toodles for Now, ~Tonya

~Just CHILLIN' Snowman~

This is my NEWEST Handmade! I have decided to call him ~Just Chillin'~ Doesn't he look like his is "just chillin". I have just been chillin too....hoping it would warm up. Today I took the kids down to the bus stop and it was 9 below ZERO and that is not with the wind-chill factored in! Just too cold. We have a wind-chill advisory out until around noon...

You will find this neat Snowman on Etsy. I just finished listing him. I hope to get some more smaller things made, but Christmas is just around the corner, so that means no Santa's, probably just snowfolk (which I love to make).

Here is the link to my ETSY SHOP. I do hope that yo will stop by and take a peek. I hope you all have a GRAND Day....as for me, lots to do and time is not standing still. Toodles for now, ~Tonya

**Paper Pretties ** and....

A Warm Hello!! I have been *MIA* a bit...well, most of us have been sick (including ME)! Ninny, hubby and I have had a touch of broncitis and Jordan had an allergic reaction...to what?? Who knows. He was non-stop itching, they even had to give him an oral steroid.

Well after about a weeks worth of Benedryl and a day off from school, he is doing better. Ninny and I sat at "Urgent Care" last Sunday for almost 3 hours...non-stop SICK people kept coming in. I didn't see the Doc. me being a stubborn thing ya know *smirk* Hubby went to the Doc. just on Friday. I am taking over the counter medicine and I am "kicking it", slowly - but surely!

On to my ~Paper Pretties~ as most of you know, I love playing with paper! When I have a bit of "down-time" or not feeling like working on a dollie, I play with paper. It does not happen all the time and as Oct. ends and Nov. approaches I am going to have less time to play with paper...so if you see something you like, do not wait. I may not have time to make more or may not have the same paper and such....

I have all of these cards and gift tags listed in MY ETSY...you will have to check them out. They have tons of detail....were so much fun to make and are unique!

I have some listed as singles, some as a set of 2 and also as a set of 3...I have discounted them with more then one card. Just a lil something I like to do, if you are purchasing more then one card, when listed in MY ETSY...

I have glittered the wegde green snowflakes on these cards, so pretty! I love glitter. I have close-up pictures of the glitter in ETSY...so if you want to see any or my cards in greater detail, check them out in ETSY...

This is the last of my Holiday - Christmas Goodies --- with paper. You will have to wait, I have been quite busy and "quiet as a mouse", I am gearing up for TDIPT Mercantile's update on the 1st of Nov. and I have lots to WINTER FUN coming your way! No PEEKS here...don't know if I will be showing any on here. I might show a sneak peek to my EMAIL update list, but I am not sure.

I must go. I have lots to do and time does not stand still. I hope your Sunday evening is a BEAUTIFUL one. Toodles, ~Tonya

FUN Cards --- On Etsy!

Yes, I am a day late listing these....but better late then never. Right? I made these a while back, but do not like taking the time to always list. That part is no fun....but it has to be done. I have listed 4 different cards on Etsy. I do hope you will be able to stop by my Etsy and take a peek...

This card is a larger card and is 5 x 7. It has lots and lots of detail and is the only one, that is made like this. It was too much work and too much detail to make another one. I have fun making them, but they are very time consuming....

This was a FUN little Notecard that I made. I used glitter and dew drops on this one...so neat.

And now for Ninny and her little sleep-over. She has lots of FUN, but they had me up at 6 a.m. oy! That was way too early for me. I took these pictures when they were playing dress up and just being pretty little girls...

I of course had to order these as prints and was going into town, so I picked them up right away on Saturday morning. When I showed Ninny, we made them into a scrapbook page for her scrapbook. Years later, when the memories fade, all you have sometimes are the pictures. I made copies for the girls, her Dad and for me. Just to sweet, not too.

Other then trying to stay dry, finish up some special requests and such, nothing much going on here today. I hope you all have a Beautiful Sunday. Many Blessings, ~Tonya

Vintage Halloween!!

If you have followed me in my doll making...well then you know that I love VINTAGE Halloween things. This is a NEW Halloween Handmade that I made and to me, it screams VINTAGE Halloween of the years gone by. I had so much FUN making this and I have just listed it on ETSY!! Go and take a peek on ETSY. I do have more then one available and if you purchase more then one, the shipping will be combined and reduced and refunded...

I glittered the CAT and the Set of 5 STARS in Real German glass glitter and the Silver, will tarnish over time. Love SILVER stars! Lots of detail in this. It is 6.75 inches across, so it is bigger then it looks...

I have added a vintage seam binding hanger for it. You can tuck it behind, if you are just going to set it about. I hope you will go and take a peek at ETSY. Today is a ho-hum day. Just been playing. Paper Pretties are so much FUN to make....but I do have a dollie calling my name that I have put on the "back-burner" for a while now.

Any questions, give a shout! Have a fabulous Saturday evening. Toodles for now, ~Tonya

Oh, how Pretty...

Oh, how pretty--I love them, is what Courtney said when she seen these 2 cards today. I made the cards, while my kiddies were at school and it is so neat to hear how excited the girls get, when they see a new handmade of mine. It does not matter if it's a doll, cards, tags, etc. they love to see them (so very sweet)...

They took me waaaay too long to make today, but I really enjoyed creating them. The pictures do not do them justice (I know, how many times have you heard that) and they do have lots and lots of detail. I love the vintage cats on this one. They have dimension, sparkle, vintage appeal and some velvet - glitter ribbon...

This BOO BAT card has an embossed tree and glitted bats. I also shaded the tree for an "eerie - spooky" look *smirk* This card looks a bit "busy" in some pictures, but in person -- so very neat!

Here is the inside of each card. I love the way they turned out. I left them blank, so that they can have a personalized message can be put in them. I have them listed on ETSY along with a set of CAT tags. I forgot to add a picture of them here...you will have to visit ETSY to take a peek.

Other then keeping myself busy and a picnic at Ninny's school this evening, not much else going on around the ol' homestead. I am having fun with my "Paper Pretties", but must sometime soon get back to my sewing for a bit. I have TDIPT Mercantile update coming up on the 1st and these dollies and such....just do not make themselves. Have a wonderful evening and Sweet Dreams, ~Tonya

More Owls & Tags...

After a busy couple of days...I have been playing with paper again! More --Paper Pretties-- have been listed on ETSY. I love these lil notecards. I really think I am stuck on OWLS this week, but that is okay...

I added a lil "sparkle" to these owl cards. They are sold in a set of 6 and I have only 2 sets available. I just listed them on ETSY...

I could not resist making another set of tags...these are a bit different. They are more muted in person, but the black trim paper is a shimmer paper and is Bazzil Bling paper (love the look) of it. I hand barnished the edges on the tags and the owl cards. I just can not seem to leave the edges alone! Gives them a nicer look I think...

There are two different colors in this set, 3 of each. I love the die that I used on this one. I just thought I would share, I hope you are having a grand day. Here it is BEAUTIFUL!! Could not ask for a nicer day...Autumn is about here thou. Leaves are falling and the nights are getting chilly, as is are the mornings.

If you should have any questions, just give a shout. Ta-ta for now, ~Tonya

---NEW--- 4 Esty & OHhhhh MY!!!

Look at that SWEET Lil Mousie I finished up atop a Jack-O-Lantern! I love the way this pair finished up...they make me smile! You can remove the HALLOWEEN tag, if you wish...

Sweet Lil Mohair Mousie (love them made of mohair). I have FREE shipping on this piece and it is listed in MY ETSY. All of the details are there as well, so you can go and check it out on ETSY, if you would like...

Here is the banner, removed. I had fun making this piece. I am going to make some more paper pretties...I am having FUN with them. Not so serious --- like doll making. *smirk*

Here aer some Vintage FUN & FUNKY Punkin tags. All the details are listed on ETSY about these too.

Here is a close-up shot. I love these stamps together...combinded from 3 different sets. Hand barnished edges for an olde-thyme look....Set of 6 sells for 5 bucks. Get them while you can. My OWL cards already sold. Thank you Marcy! You are a doll.

And here is the OHhhhhh MY!!! Here is Mr. Jordan and one of the biggest fish in person, that I have ever seen anyone catch (as I said ---- in PERSON). A HUGE Norther! Over 34 inches long and he is having this baby mounted.

He was PROUD --- me too, but I could not help but think of the life, that was sucked out of this fish (being an asthmatic and all) --- to just have it mounted and hung on a wall. So very sad. Hubby let him keep all of them, they caught a total of 4. I believe in the "catch & release", but Jordan loves to eat fish....so all of them, except this one will be "good eatin" for Jordan. You should have seen the teeth on this fish. I could not believe the RAZORS on it.

Well kiddies I must shake a leg. Lots to do and my kiddies came home, while typing this...Have a wonderful evening. I hope you enjoyed my ramblings today. Toodles for now, ~Tonya