New Year, new luck!

Happy 2014 everyone!

 I wish you love, joy and happiness and may all your wishes come true!

I am getting my finishing touches on this little girl here...

 

 

 

There's no better start!

 

xox

Christmas is almost there and I just wanted to take the chance to say

THANK YOU.

It's been an amazing year for my little label and it makes me happy to know that my dolls are being loved all over the world already. I haven't listed any RTG dolls recently because I was busy with a few customs

but the next one will be up in January for sure.

Have a wonderful Christmas and enjoy this precious time with your loved ones!

xox

 

The giveaway

Those of you who follow me on facebook might have noticed that I made two dolls to give away. It takes me many, many hours to make my dolls and I do everything myself – all the sewing and stuffing and eye-felting, I make my own wefts and crochet wigs and it always surprises me how much time I need to place eyes, nose and mouth until it feels right. So I invested a lot of my time in those two girls here....

Why? 

I was really impressed when I read that post on Esther’s page. She is an excellent doll maker from the Netherlands and a lovely person – no wonder she got over 1000 facebook-likes within a few months. She started a giveaway project on her page to say thanks and asked other doll makers to join her - so I did. I didn’t really think about it, it just felt right and I watched myself texting her about me joining her project. I ended up making two dolls because I got so many messages on my own page on top that really touched my heart and I wanted to make dolls for everyone…so at least two.

While I worked on the two girls I thought a lot about giving away. Do we ever really give away? I remembered something my dad told me when I was a child. He is a scientist so he tends to explain life in scientific terms and he told me something about the law of conservation of energy – difficult topic for an 8-year-old. But he narrowed it down to a very simple bottom line: energy never disappears – it just transforms! So it’s never lost – you might not see or smell it but it’s still there.  

Well, I believe that this is actually really related to the idea of Karma in some way. Everything we do has an impact and it’ll come back to you for sure. So the energy we put in our actions is not lost or given away – just transformed.

I heard from my winners that these two girls will be madly loved and cherished by two young ladies and that puts a big smile on my face – like I said: it comes back, always!

xox

Ready to play: Hannah

Honestly, I don't know why Hannah's hair is purple now...all my dolls just come out and I can never tell how the next one is going to look (except customs of course). One of the things I enjoy most while working with my hands is that my brain finally shuts up.

Here's the result...Hannah

 

 

Hannah is a 46cm ready-to-play-doll with brown eyes, apricot skin and purple/blackberry/lilac hair made of Wendsleydale locks (surprise...they are my favorite these days...isn't this an amazing color?).

 

 

 

She wears undies (not visible on the pics), frottee pants, a jersey shirt and a cotton dress as well as woolen shoes.

 

Hannah is available in my etsy shop on Saturday, Nov 9th, 8am CET. http://www.etsy.com/shop/vivirosalie?ref=search_shop_redirect

 

xox

 

 

opening update

The shop opening this morning was overwhelming -

all dolls were sold within minutes!

Thanks to all of you...

 

PS: If you are interested in ordering a custom doll please send a message to

vivi-rosalie@web.de.

Have a wonderful weekend!

xox

Ida

...and finally Ida

 

 

she is about 46cm toll and her skin is apricot like the others. She has very long blonde hair and light brown felted eyes. Her clothes are kind of colourful - she wears undies (not shown on the picture), a white/blue dress and pink pants, blue shoes and a very warm pink woolen coat with an ornamental design.

She will be available tomorrow for 260€.

xox

 

CAUTION: this item is not suitable for children under age 3! Choking hazard!

Mia

Here is MIA

she is about 47cm tall and her skin is apricot. Her hair is mid-long, dark-brown and kind of tousled and she also has brown felted eyes.

She leaves my studio completely dresses - she wears undies (not shown on the picture), a Jersey shirt and pants, a pink flowery dress, pink shoes and a knitted cardigan.

She will be available tomorrow for 260€

xox

 

CAUTION: this item is not suitable for children under age! Choking hazard!