LoVe Wall Hanging

Lovely LOVE wallhanging, please email me for further details .......

NeW nElLyPhAnT......

Heres my lovely new Nelly Phant, looking for a home---a lovely large chappy, with a spotty hand dyed mohair body--just great to hug :0)

Please feel free to email me for his full adoption details.

TaTtOoS cAN bE pReTtY tOo...........

Here is a very pretty tattoo, love em or hate em, but I think they are works of art too ......

a slide show of part of my world....

An Izannah Head in progress..........

Heres the somewhat slightly scarey start of a head, early days, as I have to work in layers, but I am pleased with it, as its an izannah walker style that i am aiming for.

Heres a picture of an actual izannah to give you an idea what i am aiming for.....

PiNoCcHiO challenge....

Please feel free to come and join the Pooka group on facebook and take part in the Pinocchio challenge. We are all being inspired by little Pinocchio and letting our creative spirits run free, via sewing, painting sculpting, dollmaking and photography and then posting up all that we make and sharing our creative experiences. Its fun and free, so help me and my friends celebrate that lovely little boy Pinocchio ...

I am doing a Give away ......

Yes thats right, at the end of every month, begining the end of May, I shall be doing a give away. Mays give away will be one of my very friendly mohair Terriers. All you have to do is follow me through blogger and be displayed as one of my followers and you will go into the drawer.I will post to anywhere in the world :0) I promise to do one of these a month till christmas !!

inspiration through illustration......

I cant tell you how delighted I was to find this illustration of children on an old french pattern that I own. Its utterly charming and filled me with so many ideas of lovely dolls to make and their trousseaus !!

I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do, have a great day and get making !!

EclEcTiC gYpSyLaNd.....

Have a little happy holiday, go and visit Eclectic Gypsyland

the terrier PaDdY.....

Heres my latest large terrier Paddy, please email me for adoption details.

pInK and LiMe GreEn EfFaLuMp....

A lovely large EffALumP, please contact me via my email for purchase details-enjoy !

I aM A liTtLe BiT oBSEsSeD........

rAbBiT for Mi Mi's Melbourne......

Heres a super chap I made and designed exclusively for Mi Mi's shop, on potters street , melbourne. He is to be their mascot doll and blogger extroidinere, details of where to follow him, I will post soon.......

PoTtEd HaReS

What a joy, my little potted hares, who have accidently burrowed up through the flower pots !! If you would like to own one of these little critters, then please email me for more details ......

MaRshMeLlOw TrEes........

I saw this tree from outside my mothers front window, a beautiful tree,full of sumptuous plump marsh mellow blossoms.......good enough to eat.

SoMe fRieNdS oF mInE......

It suddenly dawned on me whilst reading quietly in my bedroom, that some friends were patiently looking , reminding me that Easter was just around the corner.......

ScuLpTiNg in ClAy AgaIn........

Its been sometime since I got my hands in the clay, and I didnt realise how much I missed it till now. Heres a glimpse of a galloping hare of mine, that I have sculpted in terracotta. Its part of an upcoming series of exhibitions and shows, including tatton park, with Marcus Holmes and Studio Bisque. All very exciting and joyous........keep watching for more info.....or feel free to email me as usual.( this is a large sculpture)

New Bear------ BuNtY

Heres one of my latest bears, her name is Bunty--please email me for further details :0)

A liTtLe Bit oF wHaT You FaNcY dOeS yOu GoOd....

A thing of beauty is a joy forever !! Collecting, just like creating--- is a disease with me and surrounding myself with things that inspire me or make me smile, give me great joy--every little corner can be filled with inspiration if you want it to be there-----you just have to know where to look !!----- and heres a little corner where I do my paperwork :0)

EasTeR PooKa ShOp WinDoW diSpLaY.......

The inspiration for this window came from scandinavian paper cuts, and czech animation, I wanted it to look like spring and have mad march hares but not be too obvious, I hope you enjoy looking at it , as much as I enjoyed creating it. ( the pin wheels are made from fabric, with a button centre !!)

January and feb, the darker times.....

Yes indeed january and feb were the hardest on record for retail that i have ever experienced, but thankfully now that spring has sprung things are back to normal, heres a picture of my easter leaping hare, with little chickies on her back....email me for details...

christmas at the pooka shop in melbourne....

Heres the xmas window display , showing my large santas that i make, email me if you want to get ahead of the rush for next xmas :0)

ChriStmAs 2011

Oh yes I did blogg over christmas, but it didnt seem to ever publish, so heres a quick reminder of what I made at christmas :0)

 leaping xmas hare and dachshunds on wheels !!!

 the snow lady......

 and lots and lots of big santas......

 heres a sneeky peek at my xmas sideboard.......

 heres another look at my xmas display by the window.....