<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:15:21.801-07:00</updated><category term='Seriously Cute Crochet'/><category term='Doll Making Shoes'/><category term='Handmade Dolls'/><category term='Fisher-Price Elmo Live'/><category term='Make Clay Characters'/><category term='Leigh Magnetic Dress-Up'/><category term='Doll Making Book'/><category term='air freshener dolls'/><category term='Melissa and Doug Maggie'/><category term='Barbie Dolls of the Word'/><category term='Doll Making Supplies'/><category term='Straw Doll Hats'/><category term='Music Box Doll'/><category term='Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 list - UK'/><category term='Doll Body'/><category term='Doll Making Articles'/><category term='Octoberfest Barbie Doll'/><category term='Adjustable Doll Stand'/><category term='Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 List'/><category term='Doll Making Ideas'/><category term='SINGER SEWING MACHINE'/><category term='Cloth Doll Making'/><title type='text'>Doll Making Supplies - Doll Making Ideas Reviews Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>Read reviews Doll Making Supplies. Find the Best Price for Doll Making Ideas and other Doll Making Books category that best suits for you.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>30</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-8944460541127120880</id><published>2008-11-20T20:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T20:55:35.979-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 List'/><title type='text'>Fur Real Friends Biscuit My Lovin Pup</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B00160JSNI"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SSY-x9I6m0I/AAAAAAAAAS0/-wQrRLszRrc/s320/biscuit-my-lovin-puppy-dog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270969441830214466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B00160JSNI"&gt;Fur Real Friends Biscuit My Lovin Pup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;" class="by"&gt;From Hasbro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biscuit My Lovin Puppy is a sure fire winner for your list of Christmas Toys and is on the stocklists of most major UK Christmas toy suppliers including; Amazon, John Lewis, Toys r Us, The Toy Shop, Tesco Direct, Asda, and many more. We recommend that you are sure to order today though as top Christmas toys sell out very quickly. You can order at any suppliers below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your kids can have endless fun and interactive play fun, just as they could have with a real dog! Biscuit My Lovin Pup will listen to them and follow 6 voice commands like 'sit up and beg' and 'give me a paw'! This can enable kids to show their friends the wonderful 'tricks' their pup can do. Your kids can feed him with the bone and tasty treat which he can sniff and chomp! Biscuit even responds to your touch! This is an amazing Christmas present for any animal lover, on top of that it's a wonderful gift for any child who simply loves fun toys. With Fur Real Friends there is no added cost of vet bills or feeding! A great way for your children to learn responsibility and encourages role-play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;This ultra-realistic FurReal pup is the perfect first pet for any little girl or boy. Biscuit responds to you and obeys six different commands: sit, lie down, sit up, beg and speak. He'll also give you a paw when you ask if he wants a treat. Biscuit's soft, cuddly fur and puppy-dog eyes will instantly win you over. Sitting pup measures 21" tall. Requires six "D" batteries, not included.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;It's Cute and Great for a child who has no dog.&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star40_tpng.png" alt="4" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a great and cute toy. It performs Like it's suppose to, but my daughter lost interest quickly. However, I think it's because we have two dogs. They are young dogs and always getting into something etc.. So, I think it is perfect for a child who wants a dog, but doesn't or can't have a real one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-8944460541127120880?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8944460541127120880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8944460541127120880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/11/fur-real-friends-biscuit-my-lovin-pup.html' title='Fur Real Friends Biscuit My Lovin Pup'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SSY-x9I6m0I/AAAAAAAAAS0/-wQrRLszRrc/s72-c/biscuit-my-lovin-puppy-dog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-5473097054598477550</id><published>2008-11-20T20:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T20:51:54.174-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 List'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fisher-Price Elmo Live'/><title type='text'>Fisher-Price Elmo Live</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B0015KOFZK"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 210px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SSY9wcwD7CI/AAAAAAAAASs/-quhTh1SiUM/s320/Fisher-Price+Elmo+Live.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270968316444535842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B0015KOFZK"&gt;Fisher-Price Elmo Live&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;" class="by"&gt;From Fisher Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;Fisher-Price Elmo Live is a sure fire winner for your list of Top Christmas Toys 2008. &lt;h3&gt;Features&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elmo actually speaks as his mouth opens and closes just like the real muppet, Elmo, from Sesame Street.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;He waves his arms, sits and stands, even crosses his legs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tells stories and jokes, singing songs and playing games.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Head bobbles back and forth as he speaks.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Children can activate the magic with a tickle or a squeeze of Elmo’s foot, tummy, back or nose.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Moving, Talking, Dancing Elmo!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elmo Live! features the furry, bright-red exterior and the big eyes characteristic of the popular Sesame Street character. He features complex actions that give him a life-like quality: His mouth and head move while he talks, sings, and tells stories; he gestures with his arms, and he moves his legs. He even crosses his legs when he sits on the included stool.&lt;p&gt; We found him very easy to play with -- just press his buttons to get him going. Press Elmo's foot and he will sit down on his stool to tell you a story. He even gestures to act out parts of his stories! Squeeze his nose, and he'll make a variety of silly sounds; he'll even ask you if you "have his nose" and ask you to give it back to him. Squeeze his hand, and he'll dance. Elmo even blows kisses, asks for hugs, and says he loves you. He tells jokes, acts ticklish, and more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; When he's laid on his back, or if your child doesn't play with him for a while, Elmo will go into a battery-save mode. He'll yawn, say he's tired, and shut down. Just press one of his buttons to get him going again.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;b&gt;Interactive Fun for Kids of Many Ages&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We particularly enjoyed that, unlike some other "talking" toys, Elmo Live! doesn't just spout programmed phrases. Instead, he asks for interaction, and he responds as if your child is responding to him. For example, when he will ask for a hug and then say "thank you" as if he's received one, or he'll say he's ticklish and then will "respond" as if your child is tickling him. This makes an almost magical experience for your child, as if her toy is really coming to life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The wide variety of things that Elmo Live! can do makes him a great toy to grow with your child. Younger children can engage in cause-and-effect play by simply pressing Elmo's buttons to see what he does. Our two-year-old tester was especially delighted with the silly sounds Elmo makes when his nose is squeezed. Understandably, her attention meandered during the somewhat lengthy stories. However, an older child will have the attention span and comprehension skills to appreciate them, as well as the silly jokes that Elmo tells.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;He's Cute, Funny, and Animated!&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RDTHY14RSOMYW"&gt;Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RDTHY14RSOMYW&lt;/a&gt; Elmo Live will capture your child's imagination with his trademark infectious happiness. He waves his arms, dances, sits on his stool, tells jokes and stories, shows your child how much he loves him/her, laughs, sneezes -- everything you would expect an animated Elmo to do. Other than some mechanical grinding as he moves, Elmo is all cute. This little guy is a blast! &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Elmo Live Doll&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I received this very quickly and as described...brand new. I wish I had shopped for a better price as I see these online for half the price I paid.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;ELMO LIVE RIPOFFS&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star40_tpng.png" alt="4" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I FELT LIKE I GOT RIPPED OFF.. THE PRICE I PAID ON AMAZON WAS $25 MORE THAN I SAW THE OTHER DAY IN SAM'S CLUB...AND I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING THE BEST PRICE OUT THERE...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BE CAREFUL WHAT AND WHERE YOU BUY&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/11/us-top-10-christmas-toys-2008-list.html"&gt;US - Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-5473097054598477550?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/5473097054598477550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/5473097054598477550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/11/fisher-price-elmo-live.html' title='Fisher-Price Elmo Live'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SSY9wcwD7CI/AAAAAAAAASs/-quhTh1SiUM/s72-c/Fisher-Price+Elmo+Live.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-3051099999925731625</id><published>2008-11-19T19:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-19T20:00:18.614-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SINGER SEWING MACHINE'/><title type='text'>MY FIRST SINGER SEWING MACHINE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B001EZP686"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 210px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SSTggCNBIxI/AAAAAAAAARM/Ht5vrdZEghI/s320/MY+FIRST+SINGER+SEWING+MACHINE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270584304882230034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B001EZP686"&gt;MY FIRST SINGER SEWING MACHINE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;" class="by"&gt;From Get Organized&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Classic Singer sewing machine forms a strong chainstitch for mending clothes or creating your own fashion designs! This mini antique-style model is perfect for your own projects. It features fast and slow speed control, a tension dial bobbin winder, a carrying handle, and a hand operation "foot" pedal. Cordless, take anywhwere operation on 2 C batteries (not included). ABS plastic, 15 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 7 3/4".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Features&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mini antique model personable for home style projects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Features carrying handle, speed control and more&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Portable gift package&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Operates with 2 C batteries (not included)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;15 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 7 3/4"&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-3051099999925731625?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/3051099999925731625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/3051099999925731625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-first-singer-sewing-machine.html' title='MY FIRST SINGER SEWING MACHINE'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SSTggCNBIxI/AAAAAAAAARM/Ht5vrdZEghI/s72-c/MY+FIRST+SINGER+SEWING+MACHINE.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-5501934651769187499</id><published>2008-11-19T19:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-19T19:58:01.910-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 List'/><title type='text'>US - Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 List</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Top Christmas Toys and Gift Ideas 2008&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Merry Christmas!&lt;/b&gt; So what's going to be the&lt;b&gt; top 10 Christmas Toys and gifts list&lt;/b&gt; of 2008? Here is a small selection of top tipped 10 Christmas selling products and gifts . These products are likely to be the &lt;b&gt;top selling christmas gift ideas this year.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We know how difficult it is to find the perfect toys and gift for that special someone. Our Store &lt;b&gt; Top Christmas Toys 2008&lt;/b&gt; aims to help you discover a great toys and gift idea for every Christmas occasion. Simply be inspired by our suggestions!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/about"&gt; &lt;h2&gt;US - Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B0015KOFZK"&gt; &lt;b&gt; Fisher-Price Elmo Live&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B00160JSNI"&gt; &lt;b&gt; Fur Real Friends Biscuit My Lovin Pup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B000TTPEXU"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Wild Planet Hyper Dash&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B00134K8PY"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Bakugan Battle Pack (Styles and Colors May&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B000NWU9NI"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Fisher-Price Smart Cycle&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B000BTNQUQ"&gt; &lt;b&gt;LeapFrog® Leapster® Learning Game S... &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B0014SRP0A"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Bakugan Battle Arena&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B000OKW1DU"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Hasbro Electronic Hyper Slide&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B00007G39I"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Hasbro Playskool Busy Ball Popper&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://astore.amazon.com/top.christmas.toys.2008-20/detail/B0017WDWTG"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Scene It? Seinfeld&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Top Christmas Toys 2008&lt;/b&gt; is always searching for great gift ideas, tracking down new gift ideas for Christmas or any other holiday occasion.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-5501934651769187499?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/5501934651769187499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/5501934651769187499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/11/us-top-10-christmas-toys-2008-list.html' title='US - Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 List'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-8555791782792371943</id><published>2008-11-05T19:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T19:54:56.413-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 list - UK'/><title type='text'>Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 list - UK</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;UK- Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 list&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Christmas is coming soon and busy parents are looking for the ultimate gifts for their kids. So what's hot this year? Find the top 10 list of Christmas gifts toy for kids here. List to be announced by the Toy Retailers Association.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;1. &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/detail/B00160JSNI"&gt;Fur Real Biscuit My Lovin Pup&lt;/a&gt;. This interactive toy is the perfect gift for any pet loving child. This life-sized dog can obey commands and even wag its tail, which gives kids all the benefits of owning a dog without any of the hassle.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;2. &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/detail/B001BLO2HY"&gt;My Life Portable Console - Virtual Life Simulator&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;This product rocketed on to the OFFICIAL 2008 top 10 Christmas list.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; The My Life CONSOLE is a virtual life simulator made available this Christmas and designed especially for girls. It's the ultimate pocket games console that combines the ever so popular charms of virtual fashion dolls with the ever increasing interest in video games!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;3. &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/detail/B000I0JQ6Q"&gt;Nintendo DS Lite Handheld Console (Pink)&lt;/a&gt;. Nintendo DS Lite Pink revolutionizes the way games are played with ultra-bright dual screens and touch-screen technology. Connect your Nintendo DS Lite Pink wirelessly to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and put your skills to the test against players across the room or across the world.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;4. &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/detail/B001DV3G60"&gt;Bandai - Catcha Beast – Red&lt;/a&gt;. The Toy Retailers Association added this toy to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;Top 10 Christmas Toy list of 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Available in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;Red or Blue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - Catcha Beast is a new kids electronic boys action game from Japan. Your kids have to track and catch a number of virtual beasts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;5. &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/detail/B000ZJ2Z0Y"&gt;Star Wars Clone Wars Clone Trooper Helmet&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;This is the ultimate young boys gift this Christmas!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; The Star Wars Voice Changer Clone Trooper Helmet was straight in on the Christmas 2008 Top 10 Toy list as announced by The Toy retailers Association. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;Any child will be instantly transformed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; into an authentic Star Wars Clone Trooper with the Hasbro Clone Wars Voice Changer Helmet.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;6. &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/detail/B0018QQQEO"&gt;Rescue Pals Swim To Me Puppy&lt;/a&gt;. This is our favourite from the OFFICIAL 2008 Top 10 Christmas Toys list! &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;Swim To Me Puppy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is the cute little stray that swims all day long. He walks then in the most fun way he begins to swim when you place him in water! Swim To me Puppy includes goggles, towel &amp;amp; adoption certificate. You can fill out the adoption certificate &amp;amp; register on-line!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;7. &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/detail/B0015KOFZK"&gt;Fisher-Price Elmo Live&lt;/a&gt;. Another hugely popular kids gift idea this year is this great &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;Elmo Live&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; character. Elmo made it straight onto the Toy Retailers Association &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;Top 10 Christmas List 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. He did so beating off stiff competiotion. This Christmas Elmo has come alive! Your kids can Laugh and play with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;Elmo Live&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; on Christmas Day and for ever afterwards. Elmo is probably most kids favourite Sesame Street character.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;8.&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/detail/B00134K8PY"&gt;Bakugan Battle Pack&lt;/a&gt;. Never heard of Bakugan? Neither had we, but guess what... it's on the Top 10 Christmas Toy list of 2008 in the UK!&lt;br /&gt;Answer the Bakugan call to brawl and decide the fate of the galaxy! Action Figures pop open from the magnetic marbles when they land on the Special Bakugan Card! A &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;perfect Christmas gift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for any boy the Bakugan range offers many different packs to choose from.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;9. &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/detail/B000ZJ5H0O"&gt;High School Musical Get The Moves Dance Mat&lt;/a&gt;. This Christmas many expect the HSM 3 Dance Mat to top the Christmas sales list. It is already featured in the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;official Top 10 Christmas Toys List of 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Have you 'Got the Moves'? Learn these amazing dance routines with four songs straight from the High School Musical 3 movie! the HSM 3 Dance Mat incorporates 3 difficulty levels for beginner, star and super star!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;10.&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/detail/B0018CR44Y"&gt; Zapf Creation Baby Born with Magic Potty, white&lt;/a&gt;. This is a wonderful 43cm function doll. Baby Born and magic potty are well and truly on the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;Official UK Top 10 Christmas Toy List of 2008. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BAaby born with Magic Potty has 8 true to life functions. Baby Born drinks from her bottle, eats her own special food, needs her nappy changed, cries real tears, uses her potty, has moveable limbs, is bathable and opens and closes his eyes. She will make the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;perfect christmas gift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for any young daughter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;UK - Christmas Toys 2008 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/"&gt;http://astore.amazon.co.uk/top.christmas.toys.2008-21/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thank you :&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://top-christmas-toys-2008.blogspot.com/2008/11/uk-top-10-christmas-toys-2008-list-to.html"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;;&amp;quot;;"&gt;Top 10 Christmas Toy List of 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-8555791782792371943?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8555791782792371943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8555791782792371943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/11/top-10-christmas-toys-2008-list-uk.html' title='Top 10 Christmas Toys 2008 list - UK'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-7706612290875117349</id><published>2008-11-04T01:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T01:11:40.221-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music Box Doll'/><title type='text'>Music Box Doll 13"-Blonde Hair From Fibre Craft</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/images/B000XZTSLE"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 89px; height: 210px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SRARfW02z4I/AAAAAAAAANU/L-XXvP2JS7U/s320/Music+Box+Doll+13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264727194797002626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/images/B000XZTSLE"&gt;Music Box Doll 13"-Blonde Hair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;From Fibre Craft&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Music button can be inserted on dolls back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #73435 in Kitchen &amp;amp; Housewares &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Brand: FIBRE CRAFT&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Availability: &lt;/b&gt;Usually ships in 4-5 business days&lt;br /&gt;Ships from and sold by eSticker - Simply Fun! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-7706612290875117349?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/7706612290875117349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/7706612290875117349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/11/music-box-doll-13-blonde-hair-from.html' title='Music Box Doll 13&quot;-Blonde Hair From Fibre Craft'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SRARfW02z4I/AAAAAAAAANU/L-XXvP2JS7U/s72-c/Music+Box+Doll+13.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-2047771248766976924</id><published>2008-11-04T01:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T01:09:29.149-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Supplies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Shoes'/><title type='text'>Springfield Collection Patent Leather Shoes-Teardrop White 3"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/images/B001E01UMM"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 210px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SRAQxVr1znI/AAAAAAAAANM/y8z9FbDIowA/s320/Leather+Shoes-Teardrop+White.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264726404216770162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/images/B001E01UMM"&gt;Springfield Collection Patent Leather Shoes-Teardrop White 3"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;From Fibre Craft&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;FIBRE CRAFT-Springfield Collection has the latest fashions for Springfield Dolls. Everything you need to round out their wardrobes. Patent Leather Shoes-Teardrop White 3. Made in China.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #91195 in Kitchen &amp;amp; Housewares &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Brand: Fibre Craft&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-2047771248766976924?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/2047771248766976924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/2047771248766976924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/11/springfield-collection-patent-leather.html' title='Springfield Collection Patent Leather Shoes-Teardrop White 3&quot;'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SRAQxVr1znI/AAAAAAAAANM/y8z9FbDIowA/s72-c/Leather+Shoes-Teardrop+White.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-4970425733873238938</id><published>2008-10-21T02:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T02:31:36.243-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Book'/><title type='text'>New Wood Puzzle Designs: A Guide to the Construction of Both New and Historic Puzzles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/0941936570"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SP2hMD1KK6I/AAAAAAAAAKs/NJlHz5l_Ho0/s320/New+Wood+Puzzle+Designs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259537168397380514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/0941936570"&gt;New Wood Puzzle Designs: A Guide to the Construction of Both New and Historic Puzzles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;" class="by"&gt;By MD, James W. Follette&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Puzzle&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star10_tpng.png" alt="1" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not a good value for the money even though it was on sale. All the puzzles are very similiar and once you have made one it doesn't seem to hold interest to make the rest.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;For woodcrafters of all ages and skill levels&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Wood Puzzle Designs: A Guide To The Construction Of Both New And Historic Puzzles is a detailed, involved and definitive woodworker's guide to creating timeless classic wooden puzzles as well as new and innovative wood puzzle types. Superbly illustrated throughout with full-color photographs and unambiguous sketches, New Wood Puzzle Designs is clearly and cleanly written in language the lay reader and novice woodworker can understand as readily as the long-devoted hobbyist. New Wood Puzzle Designs in a truly excellent and highly recommended book for woodcrafters of all ages and skill levels.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div&gt;Wooden puzzles are fun to solve, but with this guide to the almost perfectly square sticks, rings, disks, and other shapes that they require, they are even more fun to make. Twelve puzzles of four different, basic types are described in this guide, along with the tools and techniques needed to make them. There is also expert advice on the woods, glues, and finishes that will give the best results. These puzzles are beautiful and intriguing objects in their own right, and they offer woodworkers a delightful means of sharpening their skills and entertaining their friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #34698 in Books &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Published on: 2001-06-01&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Original language:       English&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Number of items: 1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Binding: Paperback&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;96 pages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-4970425733873238938?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/4970425733873238938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/4970425733873238938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-wood-puzzle-designs-guide-to.html' title='New Wood Puzzle Designs: A Guide to the Construction of Both New and Historic Puzzles'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SP2hMD1KK6I/AAAAAAAAAKs/NJlHz5l_Ho0/s72-c/New+Wood+Puzzle+Designs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-5382469480915449647</id><published>2008-10-21T02:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T02:29:10.132-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Book'/><title type='text'>Feltcraft: Making Dolls, Gifts and Toys</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/0863151906"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SP2gdtlic-I/AAAAAAAAAKk/dGQ9JWFJpgk/s320/Making+Dolls+Gifts+and+Toys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259536372152300514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/0863151906"&gt;Feltcraft: Making Dolls, Gifts and Toys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;By Petra Berger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;so cute&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mother picked this book up from a store in Brooklyn and I just had to have one for myself. The projects are incredibly simple yet the results are adorable. What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon with your children. Many of the supplies can be found on doll-making websites as well as at chain craft stores. This is NOT a feltmaking book but rather a book on how to use felt sheets and roving to make small dolls. Once you start making them you can't stop!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Disappointing&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star10_tpng.png" alt="1" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got this book and was immediately disappointed by it. I was expecting more hand-felted toy instructions and there were few to none. The toys in the book are mostly from flat felt sheets like you'd buy at the craft store, not from actual wool that you actually felt. I returned it immediately. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Craft  Felting&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nice project to let your imagination create. Terrific step by step instruction. Fantastic graphics.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Feltcraft, an old creative art, is being revived in many homes and schools. Felt, a durable, flexible material made from recycling woolen scraps, is ideal for children to work with. Petra Berger offers detailed, colorfully illustrated instructions for making a wide range of lively, creative dolls, animals, tapestries, and more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #29999 in Books &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Published on: 1994-07&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Original language:       English&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Number of items: 1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Binding: Paperback&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;88 pages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-5382469480915449647?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/5382469480915449647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/5382469480915449647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/feltcraft-making-dolls-gifts-and-toys.html' title='Feltcraft: Making Dolls, Gifts and Toys'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SP2gdtlic-I/AAAAAAAAAKk/dGQ9JWFJpgk/s72-c/Making+Dolls+Gifts+and+Toys.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-3762484728829296403</id><published>2008-10-21T02:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T02:25:13.706-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Make Clay Characters'/><title type='text'>How to Make Clay Characters Book Review</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/sculpture.supplies-20/detail/0891347216"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SP2fqHurHtI/AAAAAAAAAKc/6IyOchVKAkY/s320/How+to+Make+Clay+Characters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259535485816741586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/sculpture.supplies-20/detail/0891347216"&gt;How to Make Clay Characters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;By Maureen Carlson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;My Daughter Loved It!&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My daughter loves polymer clay and my wife saw this book so she told my daughter about it. My daughter got so excited she couldn't wait to order it. When we got the book, it was in excellent shape. Maureen Carlson is a awesome sculptor and my daughter said she does not know how Maureen created those realistic faces even though there are steps for it! &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Great detailed instructions&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maureen is such an amazing artist. If you are wanting to make figures in clay, then her books are a great place to start. I have several of her books now, and I love them all. Each one teaches you something more. Also this book came in great condition for a used book. Really good seller. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;How to make Clay Characters &lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How to make clay characters by Maureen Carlson is not available to buy in Australia. I had it on loan from my local library but only for limited periods and it was never long enough. I am happy to say that although it may have been printed initially a long time ago I am delighted to have obtained it as it has such excellent instructions and lots of handy hints for the polymer clay first timer onwards.To anyone reading this revue who wants another hobby to try (even in Australia) buy this book and you will be hooked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mere fact that it is still in print is a sign of how good it is for any age. Easy to follow and great fun all you need is polymer clay your imagination and this book.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #57496 in Books &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Published on: 1997-03-15&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Original language:       English&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Number of items: 1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Binding: Paperback&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;128 pages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-3762484728829296403?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/3762484728829296403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/3762484728829296403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-clay-characters-book-review.html' title='How to Make Clay Characters Book Review'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SP2fqHurHtI/AAAAAAAAAKc/6IyOchVKAkY/s72-c/How+to+Make+Clay+Characters.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-7731547123477491632</id><published>2008-10-19T21:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-19T21:53:00.822-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Book'/><title type='text'>Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots, and More! By Christen Haden</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/1594742324"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPwOWZPWjmI/AAAAAAAAAIU/-7bXD4n3mYQ/s320/Creepy+Cute+Crochet+Zombies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259094242757086818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/1594742324"&gt;Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots, and More!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;By Christen Haden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Cute!!!&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star40_tpng.png" alt="4" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gosh!! All the creepies are so lovely that I would create a cute monster army! This is a nice work, all the stitches and patterns are so well described step by step that any crafter could make them. Good book.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Some new ideas here..............&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I bought this book not only because I love amigurumi, but because I have 3 boys and they love creepy stuff! I was hesistant to buy this book because all of the patterns have polymer clay eyes, and I have never used polymer clay before. I am one of those people who likes to make the project exactly as it is in the book, so I was unsure if I would be able to make the eyes. So, I went and read up on polymer clay on the internet, and found that it bakes in your home oven and is really easy to use, so I went ahead and bought this book. And I am really glad that I did, because if it were not for this book, I might have never given polymer clay a try....it is really easy to use! I have made all kinds of different eyes, and made the scythe for the grim reaper as well. My next task is to try and make the hair used in this book....the author uses a hairpin lace loom (or fork), which I have never used before, so I am not sure how that will turn out....but it is nice to try something new. So I thank the author for getting me to try some new techniques.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will say that the majority of the patterns use the same body and head, and are just accessorized a little differently...so most of the projects look very similar. But, I still have enjoyed making them...so far I have made the skeleton and grim reaper. Both were very quick and easy, and the results were just like the book (I have experienced awkward results from other books). It is also great that the projects have charts as well as written instructions....all crochet books should have both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well done! (As a side note, at the time of this review this book is unavailable on Amazon, but I found it easily at my local Borders book store, and also saw it sitting on the shelf at Barnes and Noble) &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Great Idea!&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star40_tpng.png" alt="4" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While I like bunnies and duckies, I really love vampires and zombies. That being said, this book is pretty cool. What kept it from a 5 star: the instructions are a little complex when they don't have to be, and the author uses more expensive materials than is necessary. I like the idea of the handcrafted eyes as well..but definitely NOT child safe. That being said, I made the groom skeleton in an evening and he was fun to make. I recommend this book to people with crochet experience..and if no experience, make sure your LYS can help you through the sticky parts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #4495 in Books &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Published on: 2008-06-14&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Original language:       English&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Number of items: 1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Binding: Hardcover&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;96 pages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-7731547123477491632?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/7731547123477491632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/7731547123477491632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/creepy-cute-crochet-zombies-ninjas.html' title='Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots, and More! By Christen Haden'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPwOWZPWjmI/AAAAAAAAAIU/-7bXD4n3mYQ/s72-c/Creepy+Cute+Crochet+Zombies.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-4163092384456320758</id><published>2008-10-19T21:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-19T21:38:45.943-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Book'/><title type='text'>Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts!: Amigurumi (Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/0811860825"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPwKojYGMPI/AAAAAAAAAIM/_7IlL0jrbDY/s320/Kyuuto+Japanese+Crafts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259090156669251826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/0811860825"&gt;Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts!: Amigurumi (Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;By Chronicle Books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Super!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I agree with some of the other reviews...the patterns could be difficult for a beginner, but what isn't? I made the little punk duckie in an evening, and he's adorable. Once you get the gist of the book and understand how the patterns are written and what the design is supposed to look like, you can pretty easily figure it out or go to your LYS to ask. All in all, I love this book!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I Like It&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star40_tpng.png" alt="4" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the first amigurumi book I purchased. I like the look of the toys and I like the simplicity of the charts that are used. I've made several of the toys and have adapted some patterns to make my own patterns. My 11 year old daughter, who has never crocheted before, finished the duck (with prompting) in a very short time and is excited for the next one. She's making the tiny bear now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the down side, I've found that some of the directions are difficult to understand. I'm a long time knitter, so I understand shaping and such, but I've only just started crochet. The butterfly wings completely stumped me. I thought I understood what was being illustrated in the charts, but it didn't look at all like the finished product in the picture. I kept expecting to have an "aha" moment, but I finally just "did my own thing", based on previous knowledge, and finished the pattern--not rocket science, and maybe I'm just thick or something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;cute photos, but ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star30_tpng.png" alt="3" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This book itself is darling with photos that will amuse and inspire, yet the instructions would be difficult for a beginner. If you are a crocheter already, you can figure things out on your own, but several things were left out that are needed if you are just starting to create Amigurumi. Perhaps there were elements lost in the translation, so be prepared to just go from the photos. I bought Amigurimi World right after this one and would have to recommend the latter much more for it's simple, complete directions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The pictures are nice and they're great idea starters. I would prefer that the patterns be put alongside the color pictures, rather than the pictures grouped at the beginning and the patterns at the back of the book. However, this isn't enough of a distraction to downgrade an excellent volume of creativity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm very glad to have this book as my introduction to amigurumi. It's a great medium and I'm enjoying it, thanks to this author's introduction. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #23815 in Books &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Published on: 2007-12-13&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Original language:       English&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Number of items: 1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Binding: Paperback&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;80 pages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-4163092384456320758?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/4163092384456320758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/4163092384456320758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/kyuuto-japanese-crafts-amigurumi-kyuuto.html' title='Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts!: Amigurumi (Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts)'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPwKojYGMPI/AAAAAAAAAIM/_7IlL0jrbDY/s72-c/Kyuuto+Japanese+Crafts.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-3605296081557165859</id><published>2008-10-19T21:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-19T21:34:16.264-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Melissa and Doug Maggie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Leigh Magnetic Dress-Up'/><title type='text'>Melissa and Doug Maggie Leigh Magnetic Dress-Up</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/melissa.and.doug.blocks-20/detail/B000F9IV8Y"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPwJxuVV2VI/AAAAAAAAAIE/SAc5qxFbLWw/s320/Melissa+and+Doug+Maggie+Leigh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259089214717679954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/melissa.and.doug.blocks-20/detail/B000F9IV8Y"&gt;Melissa and Doug Maggie Leigh Magnetic Dress-Up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;From Melissa and Doug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;good value&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star40_tpng.png" alt="4" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good value for the money. I bought it for my 2 year old granddaughter and she is a little young for it (she loves it though!), she has to be supervised while playing with it or a small piece ends up in her mouth. I have put it away for awhile until she is a little older. Should be perfect for a three year old. It is annoying that there is no cover for it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Great gift for 3yr old girls&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I purchased this for my 3 year old cousin. She absolutely loves it. I liked the fact that it is much more durable and easy to play with than traditional paper "paper dolls." &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Magnetic dress up doll&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a great toy for my 3 year old daughter. I agree with some of the other reviews that it'd be better if it came in a box with a cover. My daughter has enjoyed it though and it's given me a few hours of quiet time, so I'll deal without a lid for that! Fast service! Thanks Amazon!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Editorial Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div id="editorialReviews"&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;From the Manufacturer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Help Maggie Leigh pick out an attractive outfit with these mix-n'-match magnetic pieces! She stands a big 8 tall and comes with a colorful collection of 27 magnetic-backed wooden pants; shoes; skirts; dresses and more; to wear whatever combination you choose! Includes a brightly painted storage box to neatly store the doll; stand and all the clothing pieces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Features&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Contains over 20 colorful, magnetic-backed pieces&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Comes with a wooden stand&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Develops motor skills, creativity, and matching skills&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;For ages 3 and above&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recommended Age Range 3 Years and up&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-3605296081557165859?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/3605296081557165859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/3605296081557165859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/melissa-and-doug-maggie-leigh-magnetic.html' title='Melissa and Doug Maggie Leigh Magnetic Dress-Up'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPwJxuVV2VI/AAAAAAAAAIE/SAc5qxFbLWw/s72-c/Melissa+and+Doug+Maggie+Leigh.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-263487200987806782</id><published>2008-10-18T21:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T21:24:13.214-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seriously Cute Crochet'/><title type='text'>Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/1564778479"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPq2G6oySsI/AAAAAAAAAG8/6bQHHa15OVA/s320/Seriously+Cute+Crochet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258715744844270274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/1564778479"&gt;Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;By Ana Paula Rimoli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Love it&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This book is really good. I haven't tried the patterns yet, but they look reasonably easy to follow and the animals are just fabulous. I like the section with one big and one small animal as it is not so easy to change that yourself othervise. Now I just have to learn how to crochet.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Very seriously cute!&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star40_tpng.png" alt="4" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've crocheted for a while but just recently discovered amigurumi. It's a wonderful hobby - you can use up your odds &amp;amp; ends of yarn and whipping up an adorable little doll gives you an instant sense of mastery. The amis in this book are very seriously cute, with a flair that I haven't seen in other books. If you're creative, you can put your own little touches on a pattern very easily: for example, I had some variegated peaches &amp;amp; cream colored yarn and used the apple pattern to make a peach (I also changed the leaf using felt). The only thing lacking is a good explanation of the basic crochet stitches, and the Sctog/single crochet decrease was not mentioned at all even though it is a very important thing to know when working in the round. That would prevent me from recommending the book to a rank beginner, but anyone with a decent knowledge of the basic techniques will have no problem. I can't wait to make more of these sweet little creatures!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;AWESOME!!&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm relatively new to crochet, but this book is great!  It was easy to follow and the items are easy to create!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Get hooked into the quirky world of Amigurumi! Crochet these irresistibly cute creatures today's coolest craze in crochet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Over 20 projects are super hip and super quick to make you need only basic crochet skills and small amounts of yarn&lt;br /&gt;* Funky designs include mommy and baby owls, hedgehogs, and penguins, plus silly crocheted treats like cupcakes and ice-cream cones&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Find complete instructions for crocheting designs and adding facial features and other embellishments&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #4367 in Books &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Published on: 2008-02-25&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Original language:       English&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Number of items: 1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Binding: Paperback&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;80 pages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-263487200987806782?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/263487200987806782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/263487200987806782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/amigurumi-world-seriously-cute-crochet.html' title='Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPq2G6oySsI/AAAAAAAAAG8/6bQHHa15OVA/s72-c/Seriously+Cute+Crochet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-349975919936623775</id><published>2008-10-18T21:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T21:15:19.100-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='air freshener dolls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Supplies'/><title type='text'>AIR FRESHENER DOLL 5.5-GRANNY</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B001144R6M"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPqzwXoP4kI/AAAAAAAAAG0/sszcMJp_x2E/s320/AIR+FRESHENER+DOLL+5.5-GRANNY.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258713158466396738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B001144R6M"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;AIR FRESHENER DOLL 5.5-GRANNY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;From Fibre Craft&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hide your cone shaped air fresheners with one of these delightful air freshener dolls. You can crochet sew or use a glue gun to create a unique outfit for your doll. Each doll comes with instructions for making an outfit or design your own!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #9795 in Kitchen &amp;amp; Housewares &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Brand: FIBRE CRAFT&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-349975919936623775?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/349975919936623775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/349975919936623775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/air-freshener-doll-55-granny.html' title='AIR FRESHENER DOLL 5.5-GRANNY'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPqzwXoP4kI/AAAAAAAAAG0/sszcMJp_x2E/s72-c/AIR+FRESHENER+DOLL+5.5-GRANNY.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-8287654634215224475</id><published>2008-10-18T21:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T21:11:56.368-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Handmade Dolls'/><title type='text'>500 Handmade Dolls: Modern Explorations of the Human Form (500 Series)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/sculpture.supplies-20/detail/1579908675"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPqy5Mmia6I/AAAAAAAAAGs/uJnw-cZhhSE/s320/500+Handmade+Dolls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258712210613627810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/sculpture.supplies-20/detail/1579908675"&gt;500 Handmade Dolls: Modern Explorations of the Human Form (500 Series)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;" class="by"&gt;By Lark Books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Beautiful Book&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"What exactly is a doll?" With that question doll artist Akira Blount begins her introduction to the book. By the end of the book we have been shown 5oo possible answers but left with the impression that we have only scratched the surface of possibilities for doll makers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;An Important Resource&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A compendium of figurative art, 500 Handmade Dolls opens the door to a facinating subject and the artists who work in the human form. Highly recommended.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is not a "how to" book, there are no instructions; just 500 beautiful color photos to inspire you. Some of the dolls left me scratching my head and wondering "why?" But even the dolls that I personally don't care for had something to teach. Materials I was not familiar with, tried and true materials used in different ways, this book is fascinating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Highly Recommend&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I bought this book for inspiration and ideas. I can't say enough how pleased I am with the book. I look through it almost every day. I highly recommend for any doll artist or collector.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are new to doll making this is probably not the first book to buy; but maybe it is just for the inspiration. Worth the price just for the breathtaking photos. This could be a coffee table book, but is so much more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div&gt;Contemporary and unique, these handmade creations range from representational to abstract, from skillful realism to provocative surrealism—and they’re made from every conceivable material, including beads, gourds, and polymer clay. Juror Akira Blount, a pioneer in the “art doll” movement, incorporates vines, twigs, and carved wood in her fabric dolls; with their expressionless faces and closed eyes, they appear absorbed by inner worlds. Dutch artist Marlaine Verhelst’s porcelain designs seem to have sprung straight from a medieval painting. Chris Chomick’s strange and slightly scary figures feature amazing detail and elaborate costumes. Dollmakers, crafters, collectors, and anyone who loves beautiful objects will love the amazing diversity showcased here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #21163 in Books &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Published on: 2007-11-01&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Original language:       English&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Number of items: 1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Binding: Paperback&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;396 pages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-8287654634215224475?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8287654634215224475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8287654634215224475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/500-handmade-dolls-modern-explorations.html' title='500 Handmade Dolls: Modern Explorations of the Human Form (500 Series)'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPqy5Mmia6I/AAAAAAAAAGs/uJnw-cZhhSE/s72-c/500+Handmade+Dolls.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-8729227225335178264</id><published>2008-10-13T19:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-13T19:58:03.858-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Octoberfest Barbie Doll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie Dolls of the Word'/><title type='text'>Barbie Dolls of the Word: Octoberfest Barbie Doll</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B000ELIXHC"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPQKOm5EhqI/AAAAAAAAAGE/k8f2yxHFCVM/s320/Octoberfest+Barbie+Doll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256837911122577058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B000ELIXHC"&gt;Barbie Dolls of the Word: Octoberfest Barbie Doll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;" class="by"&gt;From Mattel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Very Cute!!&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Great doll if you want to share your heritage with your children. Lots of detail in the dress and it looks authentic! On back of box cover quick information about Oktoberfest. I definitely recommend this if you are German and are proud of it!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Octoberfest Barbie&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was disappointed because the doll's box was damaged when I received it. It had a huge slit in the back. I am a collector and do not remove my doll's from the original box. Who wants to collect a doll that has a huge slit in the back of it's box?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wish that I didn't have to go through the aggrivation of sending it back. It was a big disappointment because this is through Amazon and I have high expectations with Amazon expecting the quality I paid for. They usually do a great job. I am a bit leary on ordering toys now.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Excellent&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This doll beautifully depicts lovely German beer waitress girls. The outfit mirrors authentic German attire, the face &amp;amp; hair style show a true German look. She is very beautiful too. I was very excited to find that they had made an Oktoberfest doll and it was well worth the [...] spent for it. Being a German, I know what to look for in the doll...and believe me, Mattel got everything right. Since I play the European accordion (Hohner), I was thrilled to see a picture of an accordion on the box. More people in America need to start playing the accordion...it is a lovely instrument (when played correctly) and it is definitely not as popular as it once was. This doll is very nice and in my opinion it is a good collectible piece.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;The original Oktoberfest held in Munich draws millions of people from all over the world who listen to brass bands, indulge in traditional German food and drink and celebrate for days - dancing, marching in parades and singing songs until late into the night. This special Oktoberfest Barbie Doll commemorates the special event with an authentic costume and exquisite detail. Doll cannot stand alone. Measures 13.5".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #19393 in Toys &amp;amp; Games &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Brand: Mattel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Model: J0929&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dimensions: 13.70" h x   6.70" w x   3.20" l,    1.05 pounds   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More Doll Making Craft : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/"&gt;Doll Making Craft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-8729227225335178264?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8729227225335178264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8729227225335178264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/barbie-dolls-of-word-octoberfest-barbie.html' title='Barbie Dolls of the Word: Octoberfest Barbie Doll'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPQKOm5EhqI/AAAAAAAAAGE/k8f2yxHFCVM/s72-c/Octoberfest+Barbie+Doll.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-5053661869740361863</id><published>2008-10-12T21:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T21:37:05.043-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Straw Doll Hats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Supplies'/><title type='text'>3" Mini Craft Straw Doll Hats 24 Pcs   3" Mini Craft Straw Doll Hats 24 Pcs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B000TYJCFG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPLPwdxf3iI/AAAAAAAAAFc/9ngDfmke9qg/s320/Mini+Craft+Straw+Doll+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256492146627698210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;3" Mini Craft Straw Doll Hats 24 Pcs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;From Creative Elements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Wonderful to decorate for crafting,doll making magnets, shower or wedding favors&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #13990 in Office Product &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Brand: Creative Elements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Features&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hats measures 3" (7.5mm) from brim to brim&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;These have a height of 1&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More Doll Making Craft : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/"&gt;Doll Making Craft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-5053661869740361863?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/5053661869740361863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/5053661869740361863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/3-mini-craft-straw-doll-hats-24-pcs-3.html' title='3&quot; Mini Craft Straw Doll Hats 24 Pcs   3&quot; Mini Craft Straw Doll Hats 24 Pcs'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SPLPwdxf3iI/AAAAAAAAAFc/9ngDfmke9qg/s72-c/Mini+Craft+Straw+Doll+.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-7144649866445122733</id><published>2008-10-08T01:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-08T02:03:09.053-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Articles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cloth Doll Making'/><title type='text'>How to Start a Cloth Doll Making Business - 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="body"&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are many forms of doll making such as cloth, plastic, woodwork, porcelain and more. For many years women have been creating dolls from materials such as paper, and scrap fabrics. The hair and face of the doll can be shaped any way desired by the imagination. You may do some research at your local library to find out additional information on the history of doll making.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many women believe that the biggest problem they have is not making the dolls but marketing them. Many women turn to galleries, doll shows, craft shows, craft fairs, and the Internet to sell their dolls. You can start your own doll making business with little or no money by creating a simple cloth doll. Many doll parts can be ordered from suppliers and assembled to fit your particular design.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Doll making can be expensive when you get into making molds for mass production. The doll design can be expanded to cover all ethnic groups. For example, black dolls are very popular and are in high demand. You may join the doll association to get more information, ideas, and resources about the doll making business.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All you need are the supplies to start the business, along with your business cards, brochures, and any other available information about your products. To determine the income for a doll making business, you can start by looking at companies that sell the Barbie dolls and others who have been in business for many years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To get additional information on cloth doll making, you should attend seminars, read books and magazines, and team up with other professionals in the field.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copyright © 2007, Dr. Mary E. Waters, all rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are you interested in starting a business?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To the new and experienced entrepreneurs, getting help with your small business is very crucial to your success. Getting the right help will cause you to avoid costly mistakes, and it can also help you to save a lot of time, money, and energy. You will need to get the right help to form the legal structure of the business, financial, management, procurement/certification, marketing, pricing products, preparing a business plan, and more. If you are a business owner who is wondering if you can take your business to new heights, contact Dr. Waters at tina.waters@waienterprises.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="sig" class="sig"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are you looking to super charge your business? Did you know that you can start a legitimate business with little or no money? Sign up for Dr. Mary E. Waters’ free "Easy Business" bi-monthly ezine at http://www.drmewaters.com It has many tips and techniques to help make your dream of becoming a successful business owner to become a reality. Plus, each month one lucky subscriber receives a free 30 minute on demand business consulting session! Dr. Mary E. Waters is an author, speaker, business consultant. She is the author of “Easy Business for Women with Little or No Money.” She strives on helping people to start their own business with little or no money. For many years, she has been helping people make their dreams of becoming a successful business owner come true!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sign up for FREE online Self Publishing Guide.  FREE courses and FREE tips at&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Business URL:  http://www.waienterprises.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Personal URL:  http://www.drmewaters.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Dr._Mary_E._Waters&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More Doll Making Ideas : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/"&gt;Doll Making Ideas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-7144649866445122733?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/7144649866445122733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/7144649866445122733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-start-cloth-doll-making-business.html' title='How to Start a Cloth Doll Making Business - 2'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-7453028834722886528</id><published>2008-10-05T21:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-05T21:37:54.480-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adjustable Doll Stand'/><title type='text'>Adjustable Doll Stand For 3-1/2" to 6" Dolls</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B000N8HS3Q"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SOmVQF9t8oI/AAAAAAAAAEo/vV7OwbRpv4M/s320/Adjustable+Doll+Stand2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253894544015880834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B000N8HS3Q"&gt;Adjustable Doll Stand For 3-1/2" to 6" Dolls&lt;/a&gt; (Lot of 12)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;" class="by"&gt;From National Artcraft&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;perfect&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just love this type of doll stand. I have a curio with vintage Nancy Ann,vintage strawberry shortcake and friends, and Barbie dolls. These are perfect little stands. I just love 'em.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;decent stands for small figures.&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star30_tpng.png" alt="3" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i bought these hoping they would be decent for wobbly 5" or 6" figures like my marvel legends and dc direct figures. but these stands are way too small for anything bigger then standard sized star wars or gi joe action figures. and there are plenty of great stands already on the market for much cheaper for those sized figures.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;These Adjustable Doll Stands securely display your treasured dolls with pride. They can also be used for displaying bears and action figures. The waist-hold clamp extends from 2"H to a maximum of 3"H and can safely display dolls that are 3-1/2" to 6"H. (Please note that high waisted dolls may require a larger stand). These stands have adjustable chrome-plated clamps with non-marring jaws coated with white vinyl to protect your dolls delicate clothing. The stand is flesh-colored metal so as not to detract from the presentation. These stands are steady and durable and will provide the perfect display accessory for your collection. This offer is for a lot of 12 brand new Adjustable Doll Stands. Be sure to visit our National Artcraft Storefront to see more related items AND hundreds more products that fit all your craft, art and hobby needs!!! We have the creative component you need!!!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/"&gt;Adjustable Doll Stand &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-7453028834722886528?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/7453028834722886528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/7453028834722886528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/adjustable-doll-stand-for-3-12-to-6.html' title='Adjustable Doll Stand For 3-1/2&quot; to 6&quot; Dolls'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SOmVQF9t8oI/AAAAAAAAAEo/vV7OwbRpv4M/s72-c/Adjustable+Doll+Stand2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-2457414461690261580</id><published>2008-10-03T22:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-03T22:18:20.760-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cloth Doll Making'/><title type='text'>SPRINFIELD COLLECTION SKIRT TOP &amp; SHOES-DENIM SKIRT</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B001DZX4AY"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SOb71mRzgVI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/04RxlO_6ZEE/s320/SPRINFIELD+COLLECTION+SKIRT+TOP++SHOES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253162913601126738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;SPRINFIELD COLLECTION SKIRT TOP &amp;amp; SHOES-DENIM SKIRT W/WHITE TOP &amp;amp; DENIM SHOES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;From Fibre Craft&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;FIBRE CRAFT-Springfield Collection has the latest fashions for Springfield Dolls. Everything you need to round out their wardrobes. Skirt Top and Shoes-Denim Skirt W/White Top and Denim Shoes. Made in China.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #162965 in Kitchen &amp;amp; Housewares &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Brand: FIBRE CRAFT&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More Doll Making Ideas : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/103-0507859-8471804?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;node=2"&gt;Doll Making Ideas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-2457414461690261580?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/2457414461690261580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/2457414461690261580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/10/sprinfield-collection-skirt-top-shoes.html' title='SPRINFIELD COLLECTION SKIRT TOP &amp; SHOES-DENIM SKIRT'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SOb71mRzgVI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/04RxlO_6ZEE/s72-c/SPRINFIELD+COLLECTION+SKIRT+TOP++SHOES.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-8456950762449473296</id><published>2008-09-26T19:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T19:38:17.577-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Ideas'/><title type='text'>Making Waldorf Dolls Reviews</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/1903458587/104-4179021-4871145"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SN2b2oEX7mI/AAAAAAAAADA/DNBn_1pKdHU/s320/Making+Waldorf+Dolls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250524103354871394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Making Waldorf Dolls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;" class="by"&gt;By Maricristin Sealey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Very Authoritative Book&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I disagree with the last reviewer regarding the content of Maricristin's book. This book has everything you need to make a wide variety of Waldorf-style dolls. I have made three versions already, and I am working my way through the rest of the patterns. The instructions are clear and complete. The book doesn't have big pretty pictures, true, but it has all the information needed to make dolls. And that is really what matters. This is a niche market book, and it is one of very few available. In my opinion, the chapter on hair alone is worth over $30.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Expensive but great instructions and patterns&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think this book is the same as the author's earlier title, Kinder Dolls (something like that) and the "used book" prices on that earlier title have been inflated too high. "Making Waldorf Dolls" is expensive at $30 yet a bit more cheaply made in that it has no color photographs. No matter, I have to say this is a great! book with wonderful patterns, S-M-L size bodies, very clear drawings and instructions, how-to(s) for hair. This book also has a jointed "doll" body. If you're looking for a jointed "baby" body, that is in the book "Baby Dolls and Their Clothes" by Valeria Ferrari (also an excellent book) but I have to say that Making Waldorf dolls is better because the patterns are MUCH! easier. This book is my favorite of 5-6 sock doll books I own.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Pricey, but Good&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star40_tpng.png" alt="4" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This book gives good, clear instruction, with patterns that are easily copied/augmented. However, for the price, I was expecting much more content, maybe some photographs, etc. There are no photos, just line drawings. It really irritates me that just because something has "Waldorf" in the name that it gets double the price as a similar item in the same category. I feel that goes against what Waldorf philosophies stand for period. It is really hypocritical. But the book content itself is good--just expected more of it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;"It is a beautiful thing," says Maricristin Sealey, "to craft a doll with your own hands, sew it together with love, then make a gift of it to your child with the words, 'I made this for you!'" &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This comprehensive, well illustrated book will give even the most nervous beginner the confidence to produce a unique, handcrafted toy from natural materials. Once you have mastered the basic baby dolls, you can progress to a more ambitious limbed or jointed doll. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Included are ten designs including soft, baggy, pouch, angel, sack and limbed dolls; instructions for knitted, sewn and embroidered hairstyles, lots of patterns for dolls' clothes and accessories; help with tools, techniques and materials; ideas for recycling clothing for dollmaking and where to get materials.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More Doll Making Ideas : &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/103-0507859-8471804?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;node=2"&gt;Doll Making Ideas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-8456950762449473296?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8456950762449473296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8456950762449473296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/09/making-waldorf-dolls-reviews.html' title='Making Waldorf Dolls Reviews'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SN2b2oEX7mI/AAAAAAAAADA/DNBn_1pKdHU/s72-c/Making+Waldorf+Dolls.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-6073483958564623797</id><published>2008-09-24T21:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T21:49:04.110-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Ideas'/><title type='text'>Creative Cloth Doll Couture: New Approaches to Making Beautiful Clothing and Accessories</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/1592532179/103-0507859-8471804"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SNsXJJi83tI/AAAAAAAAACk/XWehLzmwDNE/s320/Creative+Cloth+Doll+Couture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249815236579221202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Creative Cloth Doll Couture: New Approaches to Making Beautiful Clothing and Accessories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="by"&gt;By Patti Medaris Culea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Creative Doll Couture&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love all her books, very well illustrated and Amazon is fast at getting my orders to me. Thank you. Great information on clothing for doll making!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Another Good One&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although Patti Culea's books on doll making tend to be reptitious in some respects, it's nice to know that you don't have to buy all of them - or if you do, you don't have to pull all of them off your shelf at once in order to make your own art doll. All are excellent, including this one. Have fun!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Creative Cloth Doll Couture&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star40_tpng.png" alt="4" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This book is marvelous! Couldn't put it down until I read it from cover to cover. Has great instructions and illustrations to get the creative juices flowing. Highly recommend.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div&gt;This book is the third installment on making creative art doll clothing and accessories from successful doll artist Patti Culea, following Creative Cloth Doll Making and Creative Cloth Doll Faces, both from Rockport Publishers. This book builds on the previous two by delving into how to make exotic and beautiful garments and accessories such as hats, shoes, and purses for art dolls. &lt;p&gt;Culea provides tips and techniques for creating everything from a vintage 1940's ensemble to a 1960's type of outfit. There are techniques for dyeing, painting, and stamping to create a beautiful evening gown and how to drape a doll body to create your own pattern. Professional tips, ideas for embellishments, cutting-edge techniques, short cuts, pattern making ideas, and more are also included.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the only book available on making clothing for art dolls. Moreover, it not only includes a pattern for various wardrobe staples, but the author offers basic garment making techniques, as well as information on decorative fabric treatments and embellishments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More Doll Making Ideas : &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/103-0507859-8471804?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;node=2"&gt;Doll Making Ideas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-6073483958564623797?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/6073483958564623797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/6073483958564623797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/09/creative-cloth-doll-couture-new.html' title='Creative Cloth Doll Couture: New Approaches to Making Beautiful Clothing and Accessories'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SNsXJJi83tI/AAAAAAAAACk/XWehLzmwDNE/s72-c/Creative+Cloth+Doll+Couture.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-3561922640149452995</id><published>2008-09-14T20:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-05T21:38:54.383-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adjustable Doll Stand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Supplies'/><title type='text'>Adjustable Doll Stand</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B000N8MQWY/002-3142969-6286450"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SM3WOb1m_TI/AAAAAAAAAB0/oIAIWKzpEqk/s320/Adjustable+Doll+Stand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246084684435619122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Adjustable Doll Stand For 12" to 20" Dolls (Lot of 6)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;These Adjustable &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/"&gt;Doll Stands&lt;/a&gt; securely display your treasured dolls with pride. They can also be used for displaying bears and action figures. The waist-hold clamp extends from 7"H to a maximum of 12"H and can safely display dolls that are 12" to 20"H. (Please note that high waisted dolls may require a larger stand). These stands have adjustable chrome-plated clamps with non-marring jaws coated with white vinyl to protect your dolls delicate clothing. The stand is flesh-colored metal so as not to detract from the presentation. These stands are steady and durable and will provide the perfect display accessory for your collection. This offer is for a lot of 6 brand new Adjustable Doll Stands. Be sure to visit our National Artcraft Storefront to see more related items AND hundreds more products that fit all your craft, art and hobby needs!!! We have the creative component you need!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #2270 in Office Product &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Features&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adjustable for various sizes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Waist hold style&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Vinyl coated clamps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Flesh colored base&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Large base for stability&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-3561922640149452995?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/3561922640149452995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/3561922640149452995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/09/adjustable-doll-stand.html' title='Adjustable Doll Stand'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SM3WOb1m_TI/AAAAAAAAAB0/oIAIWKzpEqk/s72-c/Adjustable+Doll+Stand.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-8749489566863448647</id><published>2008-09-14T20:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-14T20:26:08.416-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Supplies'/><title type='text'>Doll Wig Brush Your Doll Looking Beautiful</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B000T2DRRC/002-3142969-6286450"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SM3U_Sx0DTI/AAAAAAAAABs/Z7K8g-GWRs8/s320/Doll+Wig+Brush.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246083324794113330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Doll Wig Brush Will Have Your Doll Looking Beautiful (Pkg/4)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Designed for &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/"&gt;doll makers and doll enthusiasts&lt;/a&gt;, this brush is excellent for stylng and brushing your dolls wig. It has a sturdy plastic body measuring 6-5/8" long and the oval head of the brush has over 100 stainless pins fastened securely into a slightly flexible fabric. The tines are positioned and attached to provide suitable flexibility so that they will not tear the hair on your doll but will smooth out even the most stubborn tangles. This offer includes 4 brand new, long-lasting wig brushes. For hundreds more craft, art and hobby products be sure to visit our National Artcraft Storefront. We have the creative component you need!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #76844 in Kitchen &amp;amp; Housewares &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Brand: National&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Features&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Quality crafted sturdy plastic body&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tines fastened into flexible brush head material&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Will gently untangle the toughest knots.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-8749489566863448647?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8749489566863448647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/8749489566863448647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/09/doll-wig-brush-your-doll-looking.html' title='Doll Wig Brush Your Doll Looking Beautiful'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SM3U_Sx0DTI/AAAAAAAAABs/Z7K8g-GWRs8/s72-c/Doll+Wig+Brush.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-7789847483827713982</id><published>2008-09-12T20:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-12T20:36:44.333-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Body'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Supplies'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B000C18GTO/002-7984260-4469655"&gt;Doll Body or Bean Bag filler&lt;/a&gt; Is Made Of Pure, Virgin, Plastic Pellets (5 Lb. Bag)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B000C18GTO/002-7984260-4469655"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SMs0YSVXNbI/AAAAAAAAAA8/6l5w2ZF30R8/s320/Doll+Body+or+Bean+Bag+filler.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245343782846018994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;doll body filler&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is an excellent product, delivered in time specified with no problems.  Just as promised. Exactly as described.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;This is the ideal stuffing for game bean bags!&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a great thing to have if you are making your own bean bags for games. Unlike some other stuffings, like corn or beans, they won't get eaten by rodents and they are not ruined if they get wet. They give the bag a good amount of weight for throwing. I'm thrilled that I found these!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;doll body filler&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is an excellent product, delivered in time specified with no problems.  Just as promised. Exactly as described.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;okay - but not really for a beanbag&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star20_tpng.png" alt="2" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These beads are super heavy and probably suitable if are making your own stuffed dolls, but not really any good for a beanbag chair, unless you bought a whole mes of them, and then your beanbag would be pretty darn heavy. The bag was smaller than a pillow you'd put on your bed, maybe a third of that size in volume, so it is not going to help fill anyone's beanbag, because if that's all the extra stuffing you need, you probably haven't even noticed yet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;These pure, virgin, plastic pellets are perfect for stuffing doll bodies, toys, beanie babies, making bean bags or adding weight to anything. Because of their rounded, smooth shape they have just the right amount of "give" and because they are plastic they can be washed. If you want your stuffed object to be "cuddly" fill it loosely. If you want to be able to pose it you will need to stuff the body firmly and you may also need an armature.Tthis 5 lb. bag will stuff an impressive number of items.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other interesting : &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://candle-making-reviews.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Candle Making Supplies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-7789847483827713982?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/7789847483827713982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/7789847483827713982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/09/doll-body-or-bean-bag-filler-is-made-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SMs0YSVXNbI/AAAAAAAAAA8/6l5w2ZF30R8/s72-c/Doll+Body+or+Bean+Bag+filler.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-4074226971031722713</id><published>2008-09-10T21:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T21:28:43.721-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cloth Doll Making'/><title type='text'>Creative Cloth Doll Faces</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/159253144X/103-2925803-3402226"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SMidWhXlaZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/Pw-0jrDadpc/s320/Creative+Cloth+Doll+Faces.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244614776312916370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/159253144X/103-2925803-3402226"&gt;Creative Cloth Doll Faces&lt;/a&gt;: Using Paints, Pastels, Fibers, Beading, Collage, and Sculpting Techniques&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Customer Reviews&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Creative  Cloth Doll Faces&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another wonderful cloth doll book by my favorite author in this area.  Great illustrations.  Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Doll faces explained and made simple to do&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Creative Cloth Doll Faces: Using Paints, Pastels, Fibers, Beading, Collage, and Sculpting Techniques&lt;br /&gt;Using many photos and easy to follow directions and diagrams, Patti has reduced the terrifying and difficult task many feel unable to acheive to its basics and allows the artist in you to come alive!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="reviewtitle"&gt;Creative Cloth Doll Faces&lt;img name="pngImage" class="custReviewStars" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/star50_tpng.png" alt="5" width="56" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Excellent book! Great instructions on how to draw a face on cloth and how to paint and highlight facial features. I haven't made my first doll yet, but I have it on my "to do" list. I really like Patti Medaris Culea and Anne Hesse's dolls as they seem so realistic with the beautiful colors and embellishments. I make handsewn beaded jewelry and I look forward to making my first cloth doll creation. One of the things I really like about Patti's books is she also includes other dollmakers work so you can visually see all the different styles of the designers and it makes your own creative juices start to flow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The book has dolls from a number of different artists and demonstrates each of their approach to making the face come alive! The tips are portable and not limited to just Patti's own dolls, but ones you can save in your head for future use on a new project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I highly recommend this book for both beginning dollmakers as well as for advanced artisans who want to improve their work or techniques.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div&gt;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.&lt;p&gt;Every aspect of&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/"&gt;doll making&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-4074226971031722713?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/4074226971031722713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/4074226971031722713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/09/creative-cloth-doll-faces.html' title='Creative Cloth Doll Faces'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SMidWhXlaZI/AAAAAAAAAA0/Pw-0jrDadpc/s72-c/Creative+Cloth+Doll+Faces.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-2123769877680238505</id><published>2008-09-10T21:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T21:21:04.297-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cloth Doll Making'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Doll Making Supplies'/><title type='text'>Make a Princess Doll</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B0014XUU8O/103-2925803-3402226"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SMibwOXTEAI/AAAAAAAAAAs/-jL9Koru7I4/s320/Make+a+Princess+Doll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244613018864783362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Make a &lt;a href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/detail/B0014XUU8O/103-2925803-3402226"&gt;Princess Doll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="productDescription"&gt;  &lt;h2&gt;Product Description&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Create your own adorable 8.5" princess doll using the contents of our kit and make is official by completing the birth certificate. Includes soft fabric doll, yarn hair, beads, fabric and more. Fun kit for younger children since no pins or needles are required. Ages 4+. Made in China.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Product Details&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amazon Sales Rank: #34191 in Toys &amp;amp; Games &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Brand: Toysmith&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Model: 3470&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dimensions: 8.50" h x   3.00" w x   7.00" l,    .63 pounds   &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Features&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wonderful Arts and Craft Kit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://astore.amazon.com/doll.making.supplies-20/"&gt;Doll Can be Made&lt;/a&gt; with or without Hand Sewing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;No Needles Required&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perfect First Doll Kit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creative and Fun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3598865012050941626-2123769877680238505?l=doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/2123769877680238505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3598865012050941626/posts/default/2123769877680238505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doll-making-supplies.blogspot.com/2008/09/make-princess-doll.html' title='Make a Princess Doll'/><author><name>Crafts101</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15265171318856203893</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1gp4Ag9FVb8/SMibwOXTEAI/AAAAAAAAAAs/-jL9Koru7I4/s72-c/Make+a+Princess+Doll.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598865012050941626.post-2373163311002238570</id><published>2008-09-08T21:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-08T21:45:08.186-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cloth Doll Making'/><title type='text'>Cloth Doll Making Business - 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="art_title"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;How to Start a Cloth Doll Making Business - 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div id="body"&gt;&lt;p&gt;There seems to be an increase in the demand for cloth doll making. To meet the request for training in this field, Crafty College is offering seminars on-line to teach how to make doll faces, shoes, patterns, and more. Each faculty member has numerous years of experience and is highly qualified in their area of expertise. Many artists started doll making as a hobby and have turned it into a lucrative business. They know what works and what does not based on personal knowledge and experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you have a vision of a doll and need help with the design? If so, seek help from the professionals at Crafty College and other places that specialize in the doll making field. The Crafty College has a list of instructors that teach on-line doll making classes. Please visit them on the Internet to find out additional information about their classes and fees. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advance doll maker, you may want to read the Cloth Doll Magazine, to obtain articles relating to your specific project. Who knows, you may start the next cabbage patch craze, and wouldn’t that be fun!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To find out how you can use your skills to start a cloth doll business and make unlimited income, see article on “Small Business Starting - How to Start a Cloth Doll Making Business 2.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copyright © 2007, Dr. Mary E. Waters, all rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are you interested in starting a business?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To the new and experienced entrepreneurs, getting help with your small business is very crucial to your success. Getting the right help will cause you to avoid costly mistakes, and it can also help you to save a lot of time, money, and energy. You will need to get the right help to form the legal structure of the business, financial, management, procurement/certification, marketing, pricing products, preparing a business plan, and more. 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