Finally something for ME!

I have made so many Mary Hoyer doll outfits over the years but I have never made one for myself. I usually don't have time. This happened to be a slow work week for me so I took advantage of that fact and made an outfit for a doll that I recently acquired. The doll is an unmarked composition doll that has the Mary Hoyer face. I decided to make her this outfit using the Mary Hoyer crochet pattern "V-Mail for her V-Male" I thought the lavender color suited her black hair.

My First Etsy Treasury Feature!

I am thrilled to say one of my items has been featured in a treasury on Etsy by the lovly Etsy shop owner dressurdolly2!

You can see it here: Everything Old Is New Again
Post a comment and lets keep it HOT!

And while youre there take a peek at the cute goodies for American Girl dressurdolly2 has in her shop.
I especially like this outfit!

Goodbye Cherry Red Lipstick And Lace

For the past several years my main interest involved working with vintage dolls. I became interested in doing this through online friends that I had and my love for collecting vintage dolls from the 30's through the 50's. I have boxes of desperate dolls as proof of my passion.
I decided to take my love for the dolls and my sewing skills and combine them into a business. I did minor repairs for people, and made reproductions of old doll dresses.
The problem with this was I didn't get ton's of work and it took me quite some time to get the projects I did get completed. I also found it very stressful to work on someone else's doll. Since I have had my Etsy shop I have found less time to do the sewing so I have made the decision to quit doing this kind of work. The items in my shop are mostly knit and crochet which I find much less stressful and easier to fit into my schedule. So this is a goodbye to Cherry Red Lipstick and Lace. Here are some of the outfits I created over the past years. Enjoy!

My how time flies! Arthelia's Attic is getting ready to celebrate it's first anniversary on Etsy!
What better way to celebrate then with a sale? The sale will start on the official 1 year anniversary, next Friday September 18th and will run through the weekend until Sunday September 20th.
This will be a buy more save more sale and will include custom orders. As long as you convo me during the sale you will get the sale price on your order.
Discounts will be as follows:
purchase 1 item save 10%
purchase 2 items save 15% off your total
purchase 3 or more items and save 20% off your total

So mark your calendars for 9/18-9/20 and start thinking about what you can't live without!