Actural wallpaper! Blog no 14!

Were have i been? at a homestead in the country. Halfway from were i live and the town i was born in. we arrived early and i homestead well was huge!! it was creep us the 4 of us there. it felt like a house from an english murder mystery. everything was old and rustic. most of the rooms if not wood or brick had real wallpaper!!! WOW. apparently the place was old (no darr) so i was told not to pick at it (as if i would!!). within the hour i had taken photos of everything! thats when my cousins and co came with there cousins and co. Then the house was noisy and messy. shame. we had to tie up our dog then and argue.
there was six or seven bed rooms. the young kids shared the kiddy bedroom. boo n i shared of course. there was horses, sheep, cow and PIGS on there too! i love pigs i want to make a pig softie! i also made a monster softie in the car while driving there! peace!

Shop Manikins Blog no:13

Have Manikins ever interested you? they interest me! they ARE life sized dolls!!! come on how don't they interest me! over the past few days (because family came down) we went shopping in melboure alot. i spotted the first photo in the Miss Shop section of the Bassment (which is the tween to twenties section in Myer stores. because the department stores are under ground, very cool). I was very impressed that they placed the manikins in wooden larger than life barbie doll cases!!! don't you agree that it cute?

The second pic is from a top high street bra shop. The shop was very glossy and lavish. i was impressed how this doll really communicated the style of the shop. I loved her wig and the effort the shop had gone too, to add feathers, flowers, fur and butterflies in her hair. She really greets the customers! my brother seemed to like her too.

Sparkle the fairy doll! blog no: 12

Sparkle the fairy doll is delicate! she has lots and lots of beads and sequins! the most interesting part about he ris her wings which one side is covered with white sequins and the other side has silver and white. This took Time to do!! also sequins are rapped around her pigtails. two tear drop beads (which shine purple) act as the bow for her pig tails. she hold her self up easier than my other doll because she has a peice of wire which runs inside of her. only on one side of her skirt does she have blue heart shaped beads. To have this affect your self you must sew the decorations on before sewing with the back half and stuffing.

i decorated her by sew scrap peices of ribbon and felt wrapped around her body.

i made her for myself, to prove i could make her.

I will put the pattern of her wings, skirt, top and hair up. Her legs and arms are standard and was the same as the mawako doll.

Sparkle likes drinking cups of tea and singing to herself!

Pattern to Miwako doll! Blog no:11

Hey guys! to the left is a proper pic of Miwako from the anime! as you can see her hair is pink! with is very important if the doll is of miwako! oh also she's cute! You will need four buttons for her hair, but i think nice beads would look very nice also! Her outfits i think are always very cute and i outfit i chose for this pattern is copied from afew of her's from the manga!

The next pic is inspiration and shows a breif lay out of how the dolls body should look. I suggest you stick a peice of wire through the body to make her sit up right. the cross hatched parts in the pattern is the part of felt which must be sewn into another part. I think it is pretty striaght forward. However if you have any questions please email me and ask! bellababekisses@hotmail.com
also please do not sell any miwako doll you make and claim as your own design! i designed and worked hard on it! please send me pics of your creations!!!
lots of love! Elisa

All in the face!!! blog no: 10

FANCY FANCY FACIAL FACES

Here's some idea for not only the "Happy Apples" but for well any softie doll that you could design or make of mine. It is important for your softie doll to lots of personality.
don't worry if you make a face that is not perfect cos it's the inperfections that make the softie sometimes!
An easy way to make a curve is to leave the thread a bit loose and not pull the thread. i have some photo copys of types of knots that will help u understand how to make some of these face that i will up load at a later date.

remember big eyes= cute

Pattern for HAPPY APPLES blog no: 9

HAPPYHAPPYAPPLES
Enlarge this pattern to any size! please do not sell anything you create out of my patterns.
i must admit i was not completely novel when i made this pattern i did see this idea in another persons craft blog but this is not there pattern!
that is why i do not sell any "happy apples"
you will need read and green felt. perhapes black and white scaps of felt.
i will up load some face ideas for your apples soon.
happy making!!! x o x o x o

Finally friday! new softie doll! blog no: 8

This is miwako! she's a character from a manga and anime called Paradise Kiss! i designed her myself from the help of the 3 "para" (short title for the manga books). Paradise Kiss is all about fashion and clothes design. She's the only character that i feel i would be ok to make into a softie!

Miwako is cute and loveable. She is a lotia character and child like in personality. She wear para kiss cothes and of course her sister's band happy berry.

It was timely to make and her face was quiet differcult. i love her!!!

pattern up soon!!

happy happy apples! blog no:7

ain't these the most happy apples you know??
a simple pattern. i saw on another softies site and thought i can do that! and i did!
and easy pattern.
ill post it soon!
you'll need red and green felt. also suffing, black and white felt leftovers, black thread and a key ring.
easy!!!

getting inspired! blog no:6

I went Op shopping in melbourne yesturday and found inspiration in the toys they were selling there for softies.
the toys were displayed on the second room's back wall. (at super savers) and as soon as i saw the wall i thought i gotta take a picture!!!
enjoy!