My latest crafting project

Ah...now don't you wish you were here, in a jungle hut?

I had such fun creating this today!

I woke with a migraine at 4 am so I had to take it easy today.

Yes, crafting is taking it easy! It's such fun and so relaxing.

I got this idea from Doll Diaries online. Karen Owen came up with the idea of using a Dollarama store basket.

I found the same basket and so I started with the same idea, but added different things.

I made the loft using bamboo skewers, and added a felt layer and made felt pillows sewed together and stuffed with cotton puffs. I cut out felt flowers without using a pattern and used quick drying glue to attach them.

The hammock was made with a piece of burlap tied with string to two posts which I wedged underneath the skewers. I think it turned out really cute.

The rug is also felt.

The table and stool are simply a paper towel roll covered in felt. I added the tops using a piece of cut out cardboard.

Lea fits nicely in the loft or the hammock. With frogs and fresh fruit at hand, she will have lots of fun in the jungle. She just has to watch out for snakes!

By Loretta Houben

Migraines and things...

I've had FIVE migraines so far in 2016.

I'm not doing anything different, or eating anything different, so I have no idea what's causing them. They each have an awful zigzag aura in my eye, usually on the right side with the pain being on the left side.

I feel like a zombie this week.

However on my Facebook page I'm trying to keep things dolly related and upbeat.

Quite a few of my friends comment and like photos, so I randomly chose a picture on which 25 people had "liked" or commented, and drew their names after putting them in a bowl on slips of paper. Edna won the set of hair bows and the doll size Valentines.

I had fun making the Valentines from a set I'd bought on Etsy a few years ago.

There are so many cute things to be made that it would take 9 lives to do them all!

It helps to keep focused on fun things and it helps to look on the bright side in the middle of all the pain and gloom.

By Loretta Houben