Category: Dolls & Friends

Those Who Believe in Themselves are Free

This is a story of an extraordinary woman and a unique german company Steiff. The story of children’s dreams come true: As an energetic young girl, Margarete Steiff fought for her place in life, against much resistance. Read More

DIY: Artist Teddy bear Hedgehog Free Step by step TUTORIAL by SoftlyBearPaw

This is a Teddy bear Hedgehog free tutorial by SoftlyBearPaw. Teddy Hedgehog is 19cm tall while standing. Read More

Ning Lau’s Handmade Fashion Dolls

Ning holds a master of business administration (MBA) in Fashion Business academic qualification, she has over 15 years experience in the fashion retail industry.
Founder of www.whoareinvited.com, formerly worked as Vice President of Marketing Communications Read More

Cuddly Toys History

A stuffed toy is a toy sewn from a textile, and stuffed with a soft material. In North American English they are variously referred to as plush toys, plushies, snuggies, stuffies, snuggled animals or stuffed animals while in British English they are soft toys or cuddly toys. Read More

History of Lenci Dolls

Lenci dolls are pressed felt dolls with painted features, manufactured in Turin by Enrico and Elena (Lenci) Scavini from 1919 until 1944. They are now collectables.
The bodies and the clothing of Lenci boy and girl dolls are made of pressed woolen felt. The bodies were machine stitched up the back and across the shoulders then hand stitched between the legs. This allowed them to wear low Read More

History of Amigurumi

Amigurumi (編みぐるみ?, lit. crocheted or knitted stuffed toy) is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, usually cute stuffed animals and anthropomorphic creatures. The word is derived from a combination of the Japanese words ami, meaning crocheted or knitted Read More

Antique Teddy Bears

Michtom’s jointed mohair “Teddy’s bear” was very popular when first designed and remains so with collectors today. Fake bears look suspiciously new and unhandled: their noses are unworn, and their seams may be thick and uneven. All Ideal bears have jointed hips Read More

Charlie Toys – dolls, teddy bears and ..wonders

Hi , today I want to present to you an artist from Russia, Nastya Zhuravleva aka Charlie Toys. She makes amazing colourful creatures. She loves fairy tales Read More