GiveAway

Don't miss out on this great Giveaway on the NaturalKids Team blog. It is comment style and only through this weekend! Participants must be US residents to make sure the items can still arrive on time for Easter.

What can you win? A lovely Easter themed book plus 3 of my cute felted eggs. So hurry on over and leave a comment and your contact/email address!

And pst, I have a secret: There will be another Giveaway on NaturalKids team. Don't miss next week's Giveaway. I'll tell you about the price next week.

Where cute things live...

doll dresser with little babies, originally uploaded by germandolls.

This gorgeous photo of my dolls peeking out of an antique dolldresser was sent to me by a customer. I love it so much I had to share it on my blog, too.
If you have similar photos please feel free to share them with me.

Thanks so much, Janet! You are awesome!

Affenliebe

Affenliebe.

Vor der Hochzeit kriegst Du Rosen, nach der Hochzeit stopfst Du Hosen.

Schatzi, ich liebe Dich so sehr. Schau, ich habe Dir 25 Rosen gekauft. Eine Rose fuer jedes Jahr unserer Ehe.

Du bloede Kuh. Wo warst Du so lange? Warum kommst Du so spaet von der Arbeit nach hause? Wie heisst er denn, Dein Freund?

Rita, wo bist Du, mein Liebchen? Musst doch noch Sueppchen kochen fuer Deinen lieben Mann.

Wochend' und Sonnenschein, und ich mit Dir im Wald allein...

Es tut mir wirklich leid. Verzeih mir noch ein einziges mal. Ich verspreche Dir, ich werde Dich nie wieder schlagen. War doch nur ein wenig von der Rolle. Die Eifersucht ist ein schlimmes Ding.

Monkeylove.

The word monkeylove was coined by my mother. That's what she called love that was fake or not real. Upon the 8th anniversary of her death I wanted to dedicate today's blog post to her. Sorry about the German. It's personal and I didn't want to translate it.

All  I can say is, I miss her dearly and hope that she has found real love where she is at now.

First Blossoms

It's been way too hot in Colorado. I managed to get my first sunburn of the season attending my son's baseball tournament last weekend. Did I tell you? I love Baseball. We don't have that sport in Germany and I had no clue about the rules. It took me a whole year of traveling baseball with my son's team to learn the ins and outs. I am not sure why Germans don't play it. Being people that are very obsessed with numbers and preciseness I am certain they would love it.

Last year we froze our hands and feet off during the first March tournament. Not so this year. In the excitement I forgot to reapply the sunscreen and ended up looking like a lobster. I won't make that mistake again - I hope.

I guess the good thing about this weather is that some color is returning to the yard. I took my little Leafbuddies outdoors this morning and got a couple of nice shots of the first blossoms springing up around the house.

Oh, and by the way, I posted a nice little tutorial on how to make infant dolls on the NaturalKids team blog yesterday. Hope you visit and check it out!

Great EasterSale in my Etsyshop!

Okay, Folks. Due to the slowness of sales during the month of March I have decided to do a sale in my Etsyshop. I am not kidding you here. This is the best sale ever. You will get 10% off your goodies - ANY ITEM BIG OR SMALL IN MY SHOP  - just punch in the coupon code when checking out.

This sale will last for 3 days only - from today through Sunday night. Discount is on items not shipping. So don't wait around and get the stuff you have always wanted but couldn't afford. LOL

A Doll and A Prayer

Some Babies are Born into this World with a Silver Spoon in their mouth.

I certainly was not that kind of baby.

At least I had my mother's total love and devotion.

Some Babies don't even get that...

It makes me so sad to think that every day there are precious babies born into this world whose mothers cannot raise them because they are too young, too poor, or too consumed by a lifestyle of partying and drugs, or whatever keeps them from loving their babies the way nature intended.

I devoted my day yesterday to making a doll baby for a sweet little gal. I am praying that she will grow up to be a strong woman surrounded by her grandma's love...

I sewed up this doll trying to put lots of love in it. Each stitch is a prayer that little Arabella will be Okay.

This is a First Doll For Baby. But more than that it is and a Prayer for all the Little ones who need Somebody - other than their parents - to care for them!

Leafbuddies are Back!

Recently somebody contacted me on Etsy and asked me why I had not any of my babies in the leafbeds listed any more. It's been a while since I made one. I guess one loses track when making a wide selection of items. Making the little bed is quite time consuming but what item in my shop is not?

Since it's been awfully slow in my Etsyshop - have not had a sale since the 12th of March, boy am I getting depressed - I followed that request and made some leafbuddies.

I listed only the cute red baby. Some members of the NaturalKids team told me I had too many items in my shop that an overabundance of items makes people weary and stop looking at one's shop. Is that true? How could one get tired of looking at cute things. I never do? LOL

                                     Which one do you like better? Red or Yellow baby?