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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Save 10% on a variety of Stella adorable baby in August to PlayMerrily.

Baby Stella is one of our brands preferred to PlayMerrily. The dolls are adorable, perfect for a first doll for a young toddler with her sweet face and body, but with enough clothing and accessories to last until the older children. Stella baby can come little maiden with hair like a traditional baby doll or a doll, she was even a little brother, Sebastian.

http://www.playmerrilytoys.co.uk/product/4849/baby-stella-blonde-dollStella Blonde baby doll

The accessories available for the Mummy fantastic little include a delicious potty more to be a realistic and incident of toddlers, baby has the added benefit of encouraging jar formation for the Mummy soon! Also the wonderful Baby Stella Bath set which is made solely of soft tissue with little duck and soft toweling robe.

Baby Stella Lullaby Wooden CradleBaby Stella Lullaby cradle wood

Save fantastic 10% in the month of August means that you can get a Baby Doll Stella for £ 18,85, making it an affordable companion to your child.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

It's a wonderful world! Save 15% on Wonderworld in July at toys PlayMerrily

The Wonderworld range is known as it is environmentally friendly and beautifully designed wooden toys. The range is wide, from child kitchen appliance size offering realistic and imaginative role play opportunities for toddlers and exciting baby toys that provide smaller with gather exploration. The best sale of blocks of Rainbow sounds symbolize the brand, unique and imaginative and totally child concentrate.

Wonderworld Wooden Cooking CentreWood Wonderworld kitchen Centre

Range is the fabulous slide, a collection of vehicles chunky rubber, ideal for 18 months from in the Wonderworld. Robust and brilliant, these vehicles have hard rubber wheels and are completely robust to withstand all kinds of game and we sufficiently heavy to ride on smooth ground, but enough to be transported on small hands of light.  As well as the classic popular such as the police toboggan car and the truck of garbage slide, new additions to this popular range include a fun and bright yellow school, which is perfect for the roles of new experiences and the fire station fantastic bus and fire engine.  Autonomous fabulous chunky wooden toy is a gift for lovers of young emergency vehicle!

Wonderworld Miniworld Fire StationWonderworld slide Fire Station

For the first vehicle, Wonderworld have created a range of vehicles with proper adorable baby for 12 months. Mignon and chunky with friendly "eye" headlights, moving parts, wooden wheels and a siren beep. The tow truck baby has a special bolt locking system on the arm of towing wooden crane to attach to the front of all other vehicles of baby and tow them when they have broken down. These vehicles are encouraging fundamental as motor pushing and manoeuvres while playing. Just don't forget to make the sounds of "brumming!"

Wonderworld Baby Fire EngineWonderworld Baby engine fire

Take advantage of the discount of 15% this month to buy one of the biggest toys Wonderworld. The modern Dollshouse Wonderworld is a fantastic, modern wooden doll house enough to be realistic, quite classical in the test of time. This Dollshouse comes with furniture and doll family and the roof and the Panel can be opened to facilitate access, while playing.

Wonderworld Modern DollshouseWonderworld modern Dollshouse

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This entry was published on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 2 h 38 and is filed under toys baby, special offers, and wooden toys. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Comments and pings are currently closed.

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Fantastic savings! 15% discount Gotz dolls in July at JollyDollies.

The range of doll Gotz is quite new for us at PlayMerrily. When dolls arrive we ooh - d and d - ahh on their little cute faces and the fabulous range of clothing and accessories. Style shoes little croc rose are simply lovely, modern and realistic. A few Mummy wants when his baby clothing selection.

Gotz Baby Boutique Pink Doll's Shoes 30-33cmGotz Boutique Pink baby doll shoes 30-33 cmGotz Pram & Stroller For Dolls up to 58cm Gotz of the Pram and stroller dolls up to 58 cm

There is something for all ages in the range of Gotz dolls. The small but perfectly formed Mini Muffin dolls for dolls Aquini bathable for fun in the bath or the wading pool. Just Like Me Girls or precious day dolls are wonderful for the conscious mode with their able to style hair and hip clothing Mummy.

Gotz Precious Days Jessica Blonde Hair Doll 46cmGotz precious days blond hair Jessica Doll 46 cm

The dolls of Gotz Hannah permitting a child to grow up with their favorite dolls. Baby Hannah with her rather blue eyes and teeth smile dog Walker Hannah chic, elegant and all grown up.

Gotz Baby Hannah 33cm Baby DollBaby Gotz Hannah 33 cm Baby Doll

So take advantage of the magnificent 15% saving on this beautiful range of Gotz dolls in July at JollyDollies and treat your Mummy shortly.

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The mine of love - beautiful dolls back to JollyDollies and a fantastic 10% saving grace August

The Mine to the range of the love of Melissa & Doug is a wide range of dolls hard to fuselage and accessories ranging from the traditional functional Nuisette Annie Drink and wet doll that can sit on her potty and drink its bottle (not within the same time, we hope!) to the Princess elegant dolls.

Mine to Love Princess Larissa DollThe mine to love the Princess Larissa Doll

The range also includes a beautiful bridal doll that could make a beautiful gift for a little Maid of honour or the flower girl or simply to be a beautiful addition to doll girl collection. The bride, ballerina and Princess Dolls have fabulous attention to detail in the robes and the handcuffs which will satisfy the aesthetic desires of even the small Princess will.

Mine to Love Lindsay Bride DollMine to love the Bride of Lindsay Doll

Fantastic baby accessories are realistic and functional with the juice or milk in the bottle and the bib number sets disappear like baby "beverages."

Mine to Love Doll's Nappy Bag SetThe mine to love Nappy bag doll set

Nice Nappy bag is made from a floral fabric pink and lilac mignon and contains all the essential baby will need when outside.

Mine to Love Brianna DollMine to love Brianna Doll

Adorable Brianna Doll has cute brunette clusters and can suck its thumb or artificial and can be put down or sitting. His nice suit is removable for bath time and changing.

Take advantage of the large 10% discount on these products through August to JollyDollies to treat your Mummy soon.

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Sunday, August 28, 2011

The mine of love - beautiful dolls back to JollyDollies and a fantastic 10% saving grace August

The Mine to the range of the love of Melissa & Doug is a wide range of dolls hard to fuselage and accessories ranging from the traditional functional Nuisette Annie Drink and wet doll that can sit on her potty and drink its bottle (not within the same time, we hope!) to the Princess elegant dolls.

Mine to Love Princess Larissa DollThe mine to love the Princess Larissa Doll

The range also includes a beautiful bridal doll that could make a beautiful gift for a little Maid of honour or the flower girl or simply to be a beautiful addition to doll girl collection. The bride, ballerina and Princess Dolls have fabulous attention to detail in the robes and the handcuffs which will satisfy the aesthetic desires of even the small Princess will.

Mine to Love Lindsay Bride DollMine to love the Bride of Lindsay Doll

Fantastic baby accessories are realistic and functional with the juice or milk in the bottle and the bib number sets disappear like baby "beverages."

Mine to Love Doll's Nappy Bag SetThe mine to love Nappy bag doll set

Nice Nappy bag is made from a floral fabric pink and lilac mignon and contains all the essential baby will need when outside.

Mine to Love Brianna DollMine to love Brianna Doll

Adorable Brianna Doll has cute brunette clusters and can suck its thumb or artificial and can be put down or sitting. His nice suit is removable for bath time and changing.

Take advantage of the large 10% discount on these products through August to JollyDollies to treat your Mummy soon.

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Save 10% on a variety of Stella adorable baby in August to PlayMerrily.

Baby Stella is one of our brands preferred to PlayMerrily. The dolls are adorable, perfect for a first doll for a young toddler with her sweet face and body, but with enough clothing and accessories to last until the older children. Stella baby can come little maiden with hair like a traditional baby doll or a doll, she was even a little brother, Sebastian.

http://www.playmerrilytoys.co.uk/product/4849/baby-stella-blonde-dollStella Blonde baby doll

The accessories available for the Mummy fantastic little include a delicious potty more to be a realistic and incident of toddlers, baby has the added benefit of encouraging jar formation for the Mummy soon! Also the wonderful Baby Stella Bath set which is made solely of soft tissue with little duck and soft toweling robe.

Baby Stella Lullaby Wooden CradleBaby Stella Lullaby cradle wood

Save fantastic 10% in the month of August means that you can get a Baby Doll Stella for £ 18,85, making it an affordable companion to your child.

Tags: August offer, Baby Stella, accessories of dolls, stroller doll, doll girl, cloth dolls, baby soft, of special offers

This entry was posted on Thursday, 4 August, 2011 at 11: 46 pm and is filed under dolls of cloth & dolls, special offers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Comments and pings are currently closed.

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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Fantastic savings! 15% discount Gotz dolls in July at JollyDollies.

The range of doll Gotz is quite new for us at PlayMerrily. When dolls arrive we ooh - d and d - ahh on their little cute faces and the fabulous range of clothing and accessories. Style shoes little croc rose are simply lovely, modern and realistic. A few Mummy wants when his baby clothing selection.

Gotz Baby Boutique Pink Doll's Shoes 30-33cmGotz Boutique Pink baby doll shoes 30-33 cmGotz Pram & Stroller For Dolls up to 58cm Gotz of the Pram and stroller dolls up to 58 cm

There is something for all ages in the range of Gotz dolls. The small but perfectly formed Mini Muffin dolls for dolls Aquini bathable for fun in the bath or the wading pool. Just Like Me Girls or precious day dolls are wonderful for the conscious mode with their able to style hair and hip clothing Mummy.

Gotz Precious Days Jessica Blonde Hair Doll 46cmGotz precious days blond hair Jessica Doll 46 cm

The dolls of Gotz Hannah permitting a child to grow up with their favorite dolls. Baby Hannah with her rather blue eyes and teeth smile dog Walker Hannah chic, elegant and all grown up.

Gotz Baby Hannah 33cm Baby DollBaby Gotz Hannah 33 cm Baby Doll

So take advantage of the magnificent 15% saving on this beautiful range of Gotz dolls in July at JollyDollies and treat your Mummy shortly.

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Kit Craft holiday fantastic value!

Summer holidays are upon us and weather conditions do not appear to be on our side. For rain, cloudy, generally tasteless days, it of great to beat a craft first of all it is quite easy to do and will result in a final beautiful and functional and second, is not too much mess. Mat Ruffle Alex Toys fits the Bill exactly.

Alex Toys - Make a Ruffle Rug KitAlex Toys - make a Ruffle rug Kit

Kits of boats toys Alex are always outstanding quality offering a high level of materials and a well thought out design. Ruffle itself is large enough (39 x 62 cm) that children two (or more) can work on it together, in the face ends without being at the top of the other and the kit comes with 3 robust plastic needles.  Many bands of different colored fabric material t-shirt which is easily threaded through the large needle provided are included. The idea is simple, thread just the band of the material under the beige carpet weave, creating a loop of about 2 fingers of child size. Keep the weaving and creating loops until the band of material was woven in, then snip loops, creating a ruffle look.

Alex Toys - Make a Ruffle Rug KitAlex Toys - make a Ruffle rug Kit

The instructions provide design ideas, stripes, chequered, even the hearts or initials of the charges. The design can be simple or complex your child would like or suitable for their age and ability, why not encourage older children choose to recreate a famous form of art on their carpet or use colors and textures to create a unique souvenir of a dear or happy experience. In addition, a great way to get your children to erase their wardrobe and put these t-shirts old tatty properly, cut them into strips to make the additional bands for their carpet!

Alex Toys - Make a Ruffle Rug KitAlex Toys - make a Ruffle rug Kit

What I really like about this kit is it can be worked on, Ranger and then new worked on without it crumble, which encourages takes them a little more time and put some thought into the design process and. It is also a fantastic Kit to take vacations or leaving a House of grandparents or childminders, taking little place and providing a project very short term. This fantastic kit is now only 19.95 £ to PlayMerrily.

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Creative Cloth Doll Making: New Approaches for Using Fibers, Beads, Dyes, and Other Exciting Techniques

Creative Cloth Doll Making: New Approaches for Using Fibers, Beads, Dyes, and Other Exciting TechniquesThough doll making is one of the oldest forms of artistic expression, contemporary artists continue to expand the boundaries of this craft by creating exciting new work that incorporates all types of media. In this book, artists from around the world release their creative forces with glorious abandon as they take three simple doll patterns and turn them into one-of-a-kind works of art featuring hand-dyed fabrics, beads, stamping, colored pencils, and much more.

Internationally known cloth doll artist and teacher Patti Medaris Culea brings together a collection of projects ranging from simple and elegant designs by emerging artists to elaborate dolls from premiere doll designers. These artists offer easy to follow instructions, tips and special insights, along with creative variations for each of the projects.

* Three new and exciting doll patterns included--all with interchangeable parts
* Detailed instructions on creating faces
* Variation ideas from world-famous doll makers

Price: $24.99


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Monday, August 22, 2011

Rag Dolls & How to Make Them

Rag Dolls & How to Make ThemA guide to creating unusual dolls features instructions that take the reader step-by-step through cutting the patterns, painting faces, and fashioning clothes for the dolls.

Price: $14.98


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Mimi's Earth Angels: Picture-by-picture pattern, Vol 1: 24" Cloth Doll...

20 pages. Sections on Patterns, Knitting, Crochet, embroidery, Doll-making, Dressmaking & fashion.

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Rag Dolls (The Art of Crafts)

Red Indian Rag Dolls

The charming simplicity of rag dolls makes them perfect for crafters who really enjoy using their imaginations and creativity. Now, this color-illustrated introduction shows how to make and dress a variety of dolls—small to child-size, including characters from nursery rhymes and folk tales—all of which can be made from fabrics found around the home. Rag Dolls fully describes all the necessary materials and techniques, including step-by-step instructions and important tips on safety. This is an outstanding introduction to making dolls that children will treasure for years, featuring more than 100 color photos, diagrams, and patterns.
Price: $35.00

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Saturday, August 20, 2011

The Rag Doll Handbook

The Rag Doll HandbookAna Lakeland's beautiful rag dolls are sold in some of the most exclusive toy shops in London. This book contains thirty of her favourite designs with their accompanying clothes. Each doll requires only basic sewing skills: the design can be traced off the page, and the instructions and diagrams are exceptionally simple and clear to follow.

Price: $19.95


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Friday, August 19, 2011

Creative Cloth Doll Faces: Using Paints, Pastels, Fibers, Beading, Collage, and Sculpting Techniques


The face is the most important feature of a doll -- it is also the most challenging. So it is surprising that there is so little instruction available on creating doll faces. This book fills that void.
Author Patti Medaris Culea began her career in art as a portrait painter and she puts that experience to work when creating her doll faces. In this book, she shows readers a simple technique for easily creating faces using her step-by-step approach. She gives her tips for how to divide the face into quadrants, graft features together, and much more.
Every aspect of doll making is covered -- from the basics to detailed techniques for making the various faces to instructions for putting a pattern together. Readers will learn how to use watercolor pencils, acrylics, and fabric paints to color a face, how to create a face using collage techniques as well as stamping and beading, and tips for working with stretchy fabrics to create indented eyes, separate eyelids, and sculpted lips.
Price: $24.99

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Creating Early American Dolls

Continue an age-old folk art tradition by transforming simple materials into a charming, hand-crafted rag doll. This kit includes everything needed to create, dress, and detail a doll, from suede-like fabric for boots to yarn for the hair. Easy-to-follow instructions are accompanied by more than 100 color photos and illustrations.

Price: $5.95


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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Easy to Make Cloth Dolls and All the Trimmings


Written for both the beginner and more advanced crafter in mind and includes: basics of making soft dolls; lists of tips and sources; 23 clear and easy doll patterns-to-size; step-by-step instructions; 50 clothing and accessory patterns; photographs of each doll.

Price: $13.95

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Anatomy of a Doll: The Fabric Sculptor's Handbook

Basic rag dolls and richly embellished sculpted cloth figures come alive in this construction technique manual. Note: The printing quality in this copy may vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated due to printing on demand by a high-quality printer on uncoated paper. The information presented in this version is the same as the most recent printed edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages. Note: The printing quality in this copy may vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated due to printing on demand by a high-quality printer on uncoated paper. The information presented in this version is the same as the most recent printed edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages.
Price: $26.95

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Patterns for Making Amish Dolls and Doll Clothes

Written for both the beginner and more advanced crafter in mind and includes: basics of making soft dolls; lists of tips and sources; 23 clear and easy doll patterns-to-size; step-by-step instructions; 50 clothing and accessory patterns; photographs of each doll.
Price: $14.95

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Monday, August 15, 2011

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Customize It! In today's world, which seems to be the door to happiness. As it comes to making rag dolls customize them is the most fun. These dolls flexible machine washable soft, cuddly, will be the talk of the neighborhood. Don't be shocked if you have the mothers neighborhood that requires you to create a custom fabric doll for their child, they are adorable. After doing a rag doll or two gets easier and less tedious. But the benefits are always useful.
With all the lovers and escapades that will experience these dolls is important to ensure that the seams are exceptionally durable. Use a three-inch seam allowance when sewing round a model for a doll of eighteen inches. Measure from the point of the needle on your foot presser to be sure it's a perfect 3/8 "wide. If you cannot move the needle position of your car, re-measure the seam on the side of the presser foot and place the blue painters tape on your machine to provide an accurate guide to follow. For 12 inch dolls under the usual allowance of seam .25 "is better for curves petite personal and there's less bulk. You want to set the staple length to no more than 1 1/2 "long. Using the smallest that is found to be easier to make sturdy smooth, curved seams. For added strength and stay in your stitching go back and zig-zag edges for strength.
Before starting the construction of dolls, crop and push all the pieces of cloth. Always read all statements in models clear through doll you are sewing. Prevent surprises and you never know what you will find the information you need. No matter how sweet the curves are, clips and notch before you start sewing. Strengthen the stress point areas such as the edge of the neck, arms and legs attachment areas by sewing a second time 1/8 "away from the first set of stitches. Using a needle of sculpture, depress a place for the eyes. Use thread for extra strong stuff as you go from the back of the head to pull the eye.
Although the fabric dolls are soft, cuddly and snuggles with fun, we want to pay particular attention to the neck area. We want a soft doll that "can contain its own" must rely on someone or something else to support his head. Using a 3/8 "dowel Rod extending above and below the exact length of the neck, you can wrap it with the filling and post in the neckline and filling with filling packed tightly all around it, giving dolly a look" heads up ". Does not want to use a dowel or even if you want to use the piece but not the joke you can cut a length handshake warm and natural cotton batting about 2 inches long and 20 wide. " Roll this joke on very closely as a sleeping bag. Scroll until the distance across is the same distance through the hole in the neck. Stitch through the courts to hold it together and then place in hand-neckline. You can also use the warm and natural cotton to put around gusset. There may be popsicle sticks or Q-tips strong around your House that you may be able to use too.
It is critical that you know, you have all the necessary material and that you have read through all your information from your doll models. Knowing these skills will help you in your design a rag doll. Will make the task easier for you if you know what is in front of you. Be imaginative and see if you can think up some ideas that we haven't thought of yet.



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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Who are the Lalaloosys?


Made by MGA Entertainment (Micro Games Entertainment America) based in California USA. These dolls now know as Lalaloopsy dolls were formerly known as Bitty button Lalaloopsy Rag Dolls.

The range of Lalaloopsy dolls are approximately 33 cm, made from plastic dolls, females that look like rag dolls old-fashioned. They are suitable for ages 4 and beyond.
Each doll is different. For example the Featherbed pillow doll wears a pair of Pajama fashion and colourful pink and purple, which is said to have been made from scraps from blanket of a child that the day has been completed (the Festival of sleep day) magically gave cushion Featherbed his life and a love of long NAPs and bedtime stories.

This super little doll makes a friend great before bedtime and this adorable doll with her eyes, hair colored button and dress, it features a white faced sheep Pink fluffy little pet promise certificate and collectible posters.

Special is the rags which give each doll her wonderful personality and the story goes that is the end point that went into making each doll magically gave them life. Based on the rags that were used to make each doll defines the personality that will. This is how the phrase magical Cute Sew Sew-out each doll comes with your pet plastic that is very different personalities.

Pet of the pillow is a little Pink White faced sheep that combines his love for NAPs and bedtime stories, which she Cuddles as she falls asleep and dreams of everything beautiful.

Designed with girls in mind every girl who is looking for a special friend doll that matches their interests will find a doll to meet

All the dolls live in Earth Lalaloopsy and exciting, silly colored magical world that is fun to live in and you can access this funny world via YouTube.

Enter the virtual world of Lalaloopsys where you will find 8 different dolls, each with their own home and a game that can play.

If their favorite doll is featherbed cushion when they access their land then virtual where can visit his house and play a game of sleepy sheep. Featherbed pillow is always ready to go to sleep, but need help counting sheep.

The child can help by clicking only the sheep as they pass and ignoring all other objects set to distract them. All games provide a fun interactive experience for girls in a secure online environment that will want to visit again and again.

Every girl will love to have their special doll Lalaloopsy and these will undoubtedly toys girls very popular and much sought after in 2011.




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The evolution of Lalaloopsy Rag Doll


Rag dolls were one of those genuine staples of childhood that gives people a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. The classic example of the doll that originated the popularity of this type of doll in the imagination of the audience is Raggedy Ann, who was introduced to the world in 1915. Raggedy Ann dolls became incredibly popular and are very popular even up to the present day. Although dolls, made of rags, had been in use since before this time, it was only after the popularity of Raggedy Ann that became associated with a widespread positive appeal.

There are many stories written about the adventures of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy for his brother and children love them as much as they have always done. The idea of toys come to life has also been much explored, most recently with the recent movie Toy Story who have earned much praise. The most recent addition, and perhaps most excitingly, this trend is the line of Lalaloopsy of the dolls. These dolls appeal not only to nature's beloved rag doll and the fun idea of toys come to life, but also appeal to the sense of individuality of young girls.

The story goes that with the end point that each of these rag dolls Lalaloopsy brought to life, they were also magically imbued with a personality that matches the nature of the rags of fabric that were used to make their clothes. For example, dress of Featherbed pillow is said to be made from blanket of a child and because of that likes to sleep and bed time stories. Or in support of Dot Starlight, which is made from scraps from the uniform of an astronaut, causing her to love science and outer space.

There are ten Lalaloopsy dolls altogether, eight individual dolls and one twin pack. Young girls have a choice of little Lalaloopsy rag dolls and take one that best suits their personality and interests. The history of the rag doll evolved out of the hands of the iconic Raggedy Ann to these new and adorable button-eyed dolls that have captured the hearts of young girls everywhere. Everyone needs to cement their attraction with their young audience is a collection of stories for children to enjoy the adventures of the dolls in their Lalaloopsy world Lalaloopsy which excites the imagination of children and build their positive feelings towards these fictional characters. Maybe the Lalaloopsy dolls will become the next toy that inspires all kinds of positive emotions that we all feel on Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy's brother.

As toys evolve and change over time, it's fun to take a step back and look at the roots of where specific ideas and how we got to where we are today. Lalaloopsy dolls are popular rag doll toy, so it's interesting to think about how much they will go, and what will be the next iteration of this meme in society? In the end, only time will tell.

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

The first rag doll made by hand

Rag Doll made with Straw
This has always been the best friend of a girl? Rag doll of course. At any time, can you imagine a girl in two pigtails, wearing a suit Sunday, jumping along the sidewalk. What is that she is swinging at his side in my hand? His handmade rag doll of course.
From times past when people have their own clothes, cloth or tissue debris surplus did not go to waste. Most of the scrap fabric was used to fill a large quilt or pillow or it was used to make an apron. But the waste from those projects were often used to make a child's doll. A well deserved often would get a rag doll as a gift, maybe once or twice in his life of childhood.
The rag dolls were sewn and do not have a face or hair or clothes as seen today in rag dolls. The first rag dolls were fragments of tissue rolled together and then knotted together to form the legs, arms and body; then rag doll.
Rag years later dolls were made from fabric muslin that is a 100% cotton fabric thin white or ivory white. They were very pure and simple with the head, body, legs and arms fillings. But still, no face or hair. Soon people began to put his hair, clothes and faces on the rag dolls.
When people hear today "Rag Doll" think immediately every so popular "Raggedy Ann" doll that was invented in 1915. He had brown hair, made from yarn, button eyes and a nose of diamond. Cloth dolls were made long before was "Raggedy Ann" every invented.
Rag dolls today, just like rag dolls from many years ago, are still an important part in the life of a child. The doll of fabric can be carried around, rips, patched if you change the suit if it is dirty and bring pleasure and enjoyment dolls for girls throughout the world.
Today, a lot of people collecting raggedy dolls of the past years, and many people collect raggedy dolls made by artist today of several different kinds of dolls of cloth. Rag dolls can be released easily today. Simply cut the legs, arms, body and head. Sew them, their stuff and sew together body parts. Then one can design an outfit and shorts at the doll. Add hair and a face, and you have a rag doll. Doll patterns can be found at thousands in many different sizes, shapes and colours-just like people.
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Uganda in crisis-inspired by a rag doll

Last Saturday I had the privilege of attending sewing BEES for women. There were about thirty women and children have ranging from the youngest to the wiser. These women of God were bringing the love of Jesus for children of war devastated Uganda.
The event sponsored by Nancy, Member of the International ChildVoice, a Durham, New Hampshire-based Christian humanitarian organization, nonprofit. ChildVoice International lists among its mission as providing assistance to children victims of war around the world through advocacy, research and demonstration projects effective. " The situation of children in Uganda seems to have escaped our main stream media.
Uganda is a landlocked country slightly smaller than the State of Oregon. It is surrounded by Countries of Sudan, Kenya, North East, the Congo, to the West by Tanzania and Rwanda to the South.
Joseph Kony started a rebel movement to overthrow the Government of Uganda in 1987. This movement is called the Resistance Army (LRA REBELS of the Lord). Among the favorite tactics used by the LRA to retain control of the civilian population in the North include rape, torture, mutilation and slaughter. Troop strength is augmented by the abduction and recruitment of children. Girls are forced to be sex slaves and boys workers or soldiers. It is estimated that more than 25,000 children have been kidnapped by this group.
Nancy's passion for the children of Uganda would occasionally to choke on his words as tears welled in his eyes. He explained as 25,000 children would nightly cover distances of 20 miles and more to evade the LRA patrols. These same rebel patrols drove approximately 1.5 million people from their homes in northern Uganda and in refugee camps. This mass migration and the massacre of civilians, called one of the worlds worst humanitarian emergencies, destabilized both security and the economy of Uganda.
In these circumstances a lack of toys to play with it almost seems frivolous, not to be worthy of consideration, but not to a child. The game can teach social skills such as how to interact with others and how to care for those children. The game can be an escape from the world means that it is their reality. Women who participate know instinctively and work with determination and diligence. Many of the women producing over seventy of the dolls within days, take-home materials to continue to work at home. Passion of Nancy had excited the whole group!
During the next few days, my wife and I were to share the story of the ape sewing and the situation of Uganda with several different people. A man, highly educated, a doctor specializing in neurology, responded in the most disconcerting.
His reaction of apparent indifference was what surprised me the most. Here was a man of medicine sworn to preserve the best of its ability, but he doesn't seem to care. A seemly moved the conversation passed the argument of Uganda.
The next was a shrewd business handyman home improvement. Responded with enthusiasm and interest in the project as a whole. Expressing a wish wistful day go to a place such as Uganda and make a difference in someone else's life. I really got his attention when I mentioned the building currently in planing, as her own Alley the renovation project.
I have no way of judging the status of the human soul is eternal. I can only rely on the Bible to guide me. John Jesus directed to the Church in Laodicea write in the book of revelation:
I know your deeds, which are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either! So, because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold-I'm for you spit out of my mouth. She says, "I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need such a thing. "But don't you realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked.
Revelation 3: 15-17 (NIV)
For Christian indifference is not an option!
According to James Chapter 1: 27 we have to take care of the weak and needy.
Religion that God our father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1: 27 (NIV)
The religion which God accepts as pure and blameless is one that is lived to serve Christ. We are called to be his Ambassador in a dying world.
I have witnessed God's work in many ways those few days. I looked at the God will raise up a new leader. Nancy, sometimes surprise that others would look to you for guidance, managed his new role with grace.
It never ceases to amaze me when I see the hand of God at work. Can use the slightest of things, including Rag Dolls, to achieve its purpose. Rag dolls, a few pieces of cloth, yarn and stuffing, stitched together from a handful of Godly women. The rag doll as an instrument of God to bear witness of a fallen world. The rag doll, as his way of bringing pleasure and testimony to continents children away. The rag doll as a symbol of the love of Jesus.
I will pray that God raises up more leaders like Nancy. More projects like sewing bee. More people like you to bear witness to the living God, Jesus Christ, for these children and how their around the world.
If you would like more information please visit Ugandan hope [http://ugandanhope.blogspot.com/]. To learn how you can help visit childvoice international, World Vision or surprising Change.



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Friday, August 12, 2011

Why consider selling handmade Rag Dolls and puppets

Rag dolls and puppets are among the top 5 handmade for sale on the internet, according to a survey done. It is number four on the list following the toiletries, candles and kitchen items, while the fifth in the list are items for children.
Puppets and dolls hand made crafts are among the easiest to learn and to know that there is a great possibility that these works of craft, will become profitable. Besides being simple, it will take only about an hour to complete a rag doll or puppet. More so, you will spend more or less $ 3.00 for all materials.
You might wonder why you should sell a hand puppet or doll when there are large companies whose niche is also those trades. The answer is simple, amid the boom of technology; There are a lot of people who support craft from individuals who put their heart and soul into their handmade products.
So if you're clever and wants to turn a hobby to please in business, business hand doll is one thing to consider. There are many adjustments that come with change and among them are the decisions you make. Even if you're still the same hand-puppet or doll, your goals have changed to something more productive.
In the planning stage of the business, you get to decide which target group to sell your handmade products. Since your forte is the puppet and doll's hand, you might think that your attention just as you will sell your listings for children. Might be a surprise, but nowadays, many adults are engaged in the collection of dolls that are looking for strange.
Rag doll hand for adults and big time is hitting on online stores. And another surprising thing is that it seems the ugliest of the doll, has more bidders. For many collectors, doll, not quite what they want, are those with an eclectic look. Between the hand puppets and dolls that are in demand by collectors are primitive Raggedy Ann, stump, or black, Mammy OOAK or one-of-a-kind dolls.
You don't have to be a creator of rag doll or puppet maker professional to be able to do business in this fashion growing on hand-made products. If not for sewing is truly your passion, you can ask family and friends who are clever, making puppets and dolls for your rag activities. There are many ways to earn from business rag doll made by hand and venture if you persevere to succeed.
To date, the toy-making is still among the top 20 part-time holdings that is a sure way to earn income. Hand puppets and rag dolls will never fade in the market, as individuals, young and young at heart will never cease to handmade toys.



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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Lalaloopsy: not the doll the cutest ever?

Girls love to play with dolls. In fact, these are the favorite toys of every young woman. Dolls are designed to resemble human figures. You can find dolls that look like children or teenagers. Girls love to play with these toys as you see in them. Children dress up dolls. Prepare birthday parties, tea party and wedding parties for them.
Dolls are made from a number of materials such as rubber, plastic, wood, clay, paper or cloth. Rag dolls are made from fabric. Traditionally are homemade. These types of toys have been used since ancient times. They are suitable for children as they are soft and warm.
Lalaloopsy is one of the best-known brands produce rag dolls. It was founded in 2010 by the name of Bitty buttons, but later the name was changed to Lalaloopsy. Lalaloopsy is the slogan of "Sew, Sew Cute magical." Lalaloopsy are very attractive and cute dolls. However, some people tend to be afraid of them because they resemble the characters evil Reefs in extent.
Lalaloopsy is a collection of dolls created for girls between 3 and 12 years of age. Toys are floppy and loose, so there is no chance that break because. These dolls can be easily managed and packaged. Children can play with them, at any time, anywhere without worrying that could harm their favorite toys.
All the dolls have their own unique personality and qualities that will appeal to people of all ages. They are designed to have attractive colours. There are nice small dolls whose eyes are made from black buttons. They are designed to look like the rag dolls of ancient times.
A Lalaloopsy Doll has a relatively larger than other dolls such as the clothes used for other toys can not go well. You shouldn't waste your money on clothes that don't fit. Therefore, you should first measure the life of clothes and then decide whether to buy them.
Each doll Lalaloopsy has its own history. The story tells us about the origin of rags used to make her clothes and how they have had an effect on his personality. On all the boxes of the doll, you'll find a fun story to Lalaloopsy. When the doll was made when his last point has been sewing and what his personality is like. Each Doll has its own personality, which depends on the fabric used to make her. Recently mini Lalaloopsy toys were also introduced. They are 3 cm in length. They have a wider variation of personality.
All dolls live in their world's very own hand-stitched, known as the land of Lalaloopsy. This land is where the characters meet and have great adventures. All toys are quite finely sewn by different types of fabrics and each has a House and a pet-themed to his character. The characters are the sugar Cookie crumbs, jewel sparkles, Lalaloopsy Pillow Top Featherbed, peanuts, Big Splash Splatter Spot, Bea spells lot, Dot Starlight, Berry Jam Jars 'n', Tippy Thumbelina, mitts Fluff 'n' Stuff, potted flowers bloom, cotton Hoppalong, Marina Mirage, anchors, Sahara, Misty Mysterious treasure chest Patch and Ace Fender Bender.
If you're wondering where to buy Lalaloopsy from dolls, you don't need to worry about because they are available online at reasonable prices. Also available are toy stores. The most convenient way to easily get them is to purchase online and have them delivered to your place. Tell the story of the doll Lalaloopsy for your child and let her know his new friend. Introduce your child into the wonderful world of adventure that you can explore with his new toy.



by ethan, see my other article on kids toys, kids games, mini lalaloopsy, video game and toy store