Tag: creative

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

”Frunzulițe” de baie – cremă de baie preparată acasă

Crema de baie este primul meu produs cosmetic preparat acasă. Am luat rețeta din cartea lui Jinaika Jakuszeit ”Cosmetice preparate acasă”, de la Editura Casa. Găsiți recenzia cărții pe Revista Atelierul dacă doriți.  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

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

History of Paper Dolls

Paper doll is a two-dimensional doll made out of paper or light card and cut out. It can have separate clothes made also from paper and holding onto a doll with tabs. They can be in shape of a person, animal or an object.
Before they were made in the shape that we know them today there were Read More

History of Ball-jointed Dolls

Ball-jointed doll is a type of articulated doll which parts are interconnected with ball and socket joints. They are made out of polyurethane synthetic resin, a type of hard plastic and the parts strung together with elastic. They are made to represent both sexes and ages between children and adult. Beside human-like dolls Read More

History of African Dolls

African dolls across the continent are created for young girls to play with and as a charm to ensure fertility in women. Their shape and costume vary according to region and custom. Frequently dolls are handed down from mother to daughter. Western dolls are popular in Africa and are often dressed with traditional garb. Read More

History of Blythe Doll – Allison Katzman’s Invention

Blythe doll is a fashion doll designed in 1972 by Allison Katzman who worked at “Marvin Glass and Associates”. It was inspired by was modeled after drawings by Margaret Keane who is an artist famous for painting of the doe-eyed children Read More