Found Not Lost

I just saw the cutest little handmade dolls today at Etsy. They are made from cloth and felt applique by art teacher, Kellie Diguangco and are called Rice Babies. Since my girls love arts and crafts and have been making their own dolls since they were old enough to handle a needle, I knew they would love these dolls. The did!

They said the applique technique blended with embroidery and colorful fabrics reminded them of digital scrap booking which is their present laptop memory and time absorbing hobby. Anyway, back to the babies, we spent a long time looking at the whole inventory and checking out the different types of dolls available. It isn’t often that we see Asian dolls for kids much less a Filipino one or even rarer, a Filipino and Dutch mixed doll! They also loved the Where the Wild Things Are crown. Where the Wild Things Are is one of our favorite books and they even visited the Where the Wild Things Are playground in San Francisco.

Luckily, the Asian Mommy is giving away one of these beautiful dolls at her blog. If you would like a chance to win one of these beautiful dolls, go on over there and enter. However, if you’d like to simply buy one, make sure you visit the Rice Babies on Etsy. The artist can also custom make one for you to look like your child or whomever you choose.

I recently found these book buddies while websurfing online and I thought they would be perfect to have instead of the cumbersome and hard tray that I am using now to put my laptop on while working at home. Most times, after a time with the laptop literally on top of my lap, I end up having a grid pattern on my thighs from the pattern at the bottom of the laptop tray I use.

I’ve also been reading a lot lately, which partly explains the lag in my blogging schedule. It’s just been too nice to stay in cooped up with the computer so I’ve been spending hours under the tree in our backyard, reading.

They (the book buddy) are rather attractive, don’t you think? It’s a little pricey for me though, they’re about thirty bucks each. Good thing I have a daughter who’s rather handy with the sewing machine. I think I’ll have her make me one of these pillows. It would be a good summer project, for one.

That’s one of our goals this summer; aside from all the activities designed to be fat burners, we’re also trying to come up with sewing projects. We’ve already started making some canvas shopping bags, so I think these pillows will be another worthwhile project to take on.