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A New Arrival This Evening

It’s been 16 months since a new doll has come to live in my studio. It wasn’t intentional, I simply wasn’t tempted by any dolls. That is, until September 25, when I got an email from Happily Ever After. What a surprise! They were now selling Dianna Effner sculpted 10″ Boneka dolls. It took me about 15 minutes to choose one, and get mine ordered!

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Rose arrived today, much sooner than expected, and I must say that there’s nothing like a new doll to bring a smile to my face.

She was snuggled in this padded cotton bag with an appliquéd heart and metal eyelets for the ribbon drawstring.

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Although not hand painted, Rose is as cute as the Little Darlings, but smaller. She’s such a tiny, petite thing, simply adorable.

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I introduced Rose to Ivy, a gift from Carolyn at Warm Heart Bears. Since they are both the new kids, they have something in common, and have become fast friends.

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Rose has yet to meet her Little Darling cousins. She’s a little worn out from her travels. I’ll save those introductions for another day.

Bye for now!

“Autumn Sunset”

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We’ve been having some of the most gorgeous sunsets this month. This fabric by Rifle Paper Co. reminds me so much of the orange-y reds and peach colors in the autumn sky. Aren’t the the colors in this print gorgeous for this time of year?

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My Little Darling, Alice, is here to model “Autumn Sunset” for you.

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I hand dyed bare merino wool to a tonal peach to get the perfect color of yarn for this sweater. This merino yarn is a single ply, so it’s very soft and slightly fuzzy. I embroidered two coordinating floral motifs on the front of the sweater.

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Alice wears a vintage styled headband ear warmer which also has an embroidered rose motif at each side. The bow ties off to the side under her chin. I also have a pattern available for this headband ear warmer.

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Black accents looked perfect with this ensemble, so I used jet black Czech beads, Delica beads, and black grosgrain ribbon.

Alice’s other accessories include a customized miniature bear, bracelet, and peach cotton tights.

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“Autumn Sunset” will be available tonight (September 30, 2017) at 7:00 pm CST, cindyricedesigns.com.

Enjoy this last September weekend everyone!

“The Gift of Learning”

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Wasn’t it fun learning, or even teaching the ABC’s? I don’t remember learning them, but I remember teaching them to my daughter. We got lots and lots and lots of fun books from the library. Yes, fond memories.

Gina says she already knows them, but there are some students in her class that are still learning them. “G is for gift, and g is for Gina”, says Gina.

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Gina’s jumper is knit with navy heathered Peruvian Highland wool. There are flecks of hot pink and green in this yarn. The slightly flared skirt has decorative decreases to form soft folds before the fitted ribbed area. The wide shoulder straps button and unbutton, but do not need to be undone for dressing. The floral embroidery at the hemline is mirrored on the right and left side.

Polka dotted and striped bows in rose, blue, and yellow are sprinkled on this Japanese cotton fabric used for the blouse. Gina’s school blouse’s bodice is lined, double turned seam allowances/hems on the sleeves, and hand stitched facings are what you see on the inside of the blouse, no raw edges at all. It is finished like my dresses.

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The felt bag is hand made by me to hold Gina’s classroom gift to her teacher. Gina has been asking me to teach her embroidery, so the embroidery on this bag was her first project. Not bad, eh? The flash cards were found at ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com. I resized them to be the proper scale for Gina. They include every letter of the alphabet, and are printed on card stock, and carefully cut out.

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