New face

My Website will be getting a new look over the next week or so. I have needed to streamline it for sometime now as it is so time consuming to list items.

I will be having a 'home' page with a link to my Etsy shop. Etsy works for me in so many ways. It is easy to list, cheap to run and it has great 'search' rankings. So stay tuned.

Also, having a new face is this 'Bella Doll' that I am working on.

It's the first embroidered face that I have done on a doll and I am unsure. I think she needs pupils?

Any comments welcome!

Kathryn. XX

Stuff...

Lots of 'stuff' being made at Our Shabby Cottage!

 All of these goodies are available in my Etsy shop here.

Another Bella doll made for a lovely lady, this time with long sleeves and lots of bling!

Kathryn. xx

Bella the Newborn Vampire

As a fan of the very popular 'Twilight Saga' how could I resist making one of my 'Bella' dolls into a newborn!

I can't wait to see the final installment and see Bella as a vampire at last!

These are available in my Etsy shop here ( the one on the right has sold, thank you)

Kathryn. xx

Buninyong Makers Market

Has anyone started to think about Christmas presents yet? I know I have! I would love to be really organised this year and now is the time to start. The next Buninyong Makers Market is coming up on the 6th August and I am busy, busy, busy getting ready and sewing like mad making lot's of smaller 'gift' sized goodies.

Like....these 'Guinea Puffs' they will be $15.00 each, and, so much easier to look after than the real thing! Also here if you want a look at them all....

 Also, for sale, if he doesn't sell here before then, is 'Cecil, the Owl'....

 Lots of  TUTU Cute clip holders.....

 And, I will have some 'Bella the Ballerina Dollies' too....

So, make sure you pencil in the 6th of August for the Buninyong Makers Market!

Hopefully, I will see you there!

Kathryn. XX

OSC updates.....

Hi everyone, hope you are all well in blogland!

I have some quick updates.....

I have been busy sewing up some long awaited curtains over the weekend.....and managed to get them finished and hung! It's only taken, oh, about 20 months to get it done!

 So, now we have a warm and cosy lounge room.

 Mum and Dad recently returned from an OS trip to the UK and Russia and they bought me some Cath Kidston goodies. Aren't they nice! (Mum and Dad that is)

 A Summer Blossom mini saddle bag and some Spray Flowers habby fabric! The habby fabric feels like flannelette; it is so soft.

I have been making these 'Bella' dolls, to order, like they are going out of fashion. I finished this one yesterday and named her 'Bella the red woodland girl'. She is in my Etsy shop and my MadeIt shop if you're interested.

On Monday we all went for a drive to Stawell for Master 10 to run in the Regional Finals of the school cross country! Firstly, he ran in the interschools, then the Zones and then made it into the Regionals! He did so well, 19th out of 32, 10 year olds. (Only the top ten go through to the State Finals so he did well.)

I am loving 'The Block' at the moment and can't wait to see Katrina and her sister on Thursday night!! Go girls!

That's all folks, Kathryn. XX