One World, One Heart

I have stumbled across a great find in the blogging world. Some of you may be familiar with One World, One Heart but for me, this is the first time that I have heard of it - and I am so glad I found it as this is the fifth, but very last time that Lisa from A Whimsical Bohemian will be holding it. (Click on the image to find out more)

I have a few weeks to create something for my door prize, and I am so excited to be participating - the numbers of participants were over 1000 last year!!

I highly recommend popping over to see what its all about.

Dolls, Dolls and More Dolls

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I've started to slowly become involved in a love from my childhood that has never really died... it has just kind of been hiding away amongst all the other things going on my life.

That love is Dolls.

I had a Barbie and Baby Doll collection to die for when I was younger and a whole lot of outfits and accessories to go along with them. I can remember 'stealing' off cuts of my nana's fabric, cutting holes in it and turning it into a pretty ugly dress for them.

Now that I have a daughter, I am kind of in doll heaven, actually make that toy heaven - my other secret love is Lego...

But I can't make lego.

Over the last few weeks I have slowly been dipping my feet in doll making. Mainly for Christmas presents for other little girls I know and now I am hooked. I can't stop making them.

See, as much as I love and loved Barbie Dolls as a child, it is not a 'toy' that I will be buying for my own Princess. I'm not a Barbie Nazi, but I do believe that there are more substantial/educational/more emotionally healthy options for her. So in steps her mumma with her sewing machine and doll-fever. I am determined to make her, her own set of dress-able dolls for doll house play.

That and  then a big challenge... a Waldorf Doll. I am in LOVE. I have ordered a kit and am going to practice by making my self one first. Its rather daunting. I have wanted to make one for a very long time and the more that I think about it the more nervous that I get. If you don't know what a Waldorf Doll is then check out this blog by a very talented lady: Little Jenny Wren

I'm sure you see every bit of that journey! Lets hope its a successful one!

The year that will be

What. A. Year.

A relationship breakdown, a friendship loss, illness - a long list of emotional draining experiences.

But this year, the good far out weighed the bad. A new blog, a new baby, new friendships and a personal strength gained through all those challenging experiences.

I'm one for resolutions, but not one for New Years resolutions. Mine are the type made weekly, that are achievable, that are realistic. What I can say though is next year is building up to be a fantastic year. Each member of our tribe celebrating a milestone birthday, 1, 5 and 25. The Prince begins his long (and hopefully joyful) journey into the joys of school (sob) starting on the 9th of February.

We get to start off the New Year with a visit from my best friend since birth, who's current residence is in Conventary in the UK. Also her mother who lives in Texas, USA.

May you stay safe in your New Years celebrations, we will be sitting on our balcony sipping on tea, munching on biscuits watching our towns fireworks whilst I finish some hand-stitching on an extra special gift.

I look forward to sharing our new year with you all.

Happy New Year,

With Love,

The Wiggins Tribe

Get Orgnaised: My Creative Space

Where do you create? Gone are my days of having a whole room dedicated to crafting, there is just not enough space. For the past few months I have been crafting on the kitchen bench or the dining room table. I don't mind doing this except I found that when I got the crafting bug, by the time I had managed to drag out my huge plastic boxes of fabric and sewing notions, the crafting bug had died.

Not only that - but all my sewing things were stored in those huge UGLY plastic storage boxes on wheels - and they were all stacked in two piles of three in my room. Sometimes they were draped in a fabric I liked - at least to try and hide their uglyness, but most of the time they just sat there reminding me every morning when I woke up how ugly they were.

I can hear all you 'main-land' Aussies screaming in your heads 'Why doesn't this Women go to Ikea'... well, another problem of mine, just make sure you are sitting down before scrolling down...








WE DON"T HAVE AN IKEA!!! (this could be a whole blog post on its own!) Can you just imagine how I survive - I tell you, not well, not well at all.

So off I trekked to the local Kmart the other day and bought a car load of those white boxes that you can see in the above picture and got to work on cleaning out a closet in our dining room to store all my crafty things within easy access. And I must say, I am digging the result (I just won't show you what is opposite this picture - a whole pile of crap which I now have to find homes for)


I still have a lot more crafty things to go through and sort, but now that I have some direction as to how they are being sorted it shouldn't be to long before I will be moving into this wardrobe, let the creating begin!

A Whimsical Find...

A few months ago a friend sent me a link to a wonderful website, Bit of Whimsy Dolls. I must say, I am hooked on Sarah's patterns... (photos taken with my phone so please excuse the quality!)

Meet Tommy T-Rex, made for a friend in WA as well as...

and...

All now special friends to four little people.

I love making them for so many reasons, they are quick and quite simple and also there is nothing quite like watching a soft toy that has quite a bit of character come to life because of your own two hands.

Below is my current project for a friends baby girl - the doll is finished but I am making up a few little outfits to go along with her, some pj's, a jean and top set and hopefully a fairy costume. She is so sweet, I could just see my house becoming full of soft toys made from Bit of Whimsy Patterns!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, I will be back later to share our day with you when I have all the photos down loaded.

T'was the day before Christmas...

T'was the day before Christmas and all through our castle,

the Wiggins Tribe was a singing with out even a hassle.

All our presents were wrapped and placed under our tree,

Oh how we can't wait till morning to see what they will be.

With smiles and laughter our Christmas photos were taken,

we are the cutest kids in the world, now don't be mistaken.

With mumma in her jammies, and kids in their Christmas hats,

We ran around our castle getting tinsel back off our cats,

When out in the street, there were Christmas Caroler's a singing,

Oh wow oh wow, what joy they are a bringing.

All our Christmas dishes have been made,

all the Christmas festivities hoorayed,

all that is left now is to lay our sweet heads,

down upon our beds.

To all our wonderful friends good night,

May your Christmas tomorrow be bright.

Merry Christmas Everyone,

With Love, 

The Wiggins Tribe.

Free MCN's

I have a whole heap of newborn MCN's (All in Ones) that were handmade by me... Some are secondhand, some brand new, I no longer have any use for them and they are looking for a new baby's bottom to cover :)

If you, or anyone you know would benefit from them, send me a message via the contact tab above - if you don't live locally all I ask is that you pay postage - I should be able to fit them all in a 3 kg post bag.