Bead Beggar

Hi there, I just couldn't wait to share my newest doll with everyone. I call him the Bead Beggar. Hand sculpted polymer clay face, completely wired soft doll body. He is easily posed and has a bag full of beads that he is collecting I hope you enjoy the pictures. I plan so show him in the Newcastle Charity Doll Show so he won't be available for sale until after the first weekend in October 2010. If your interested in him drop me a line. He stands if he was standing about 7-8 inches tall. He has glass eyes and wired fabric hands. There is a mixture of fabrics, leather and metal embellishments. I hope you enjoy him.

Lambo Art Etsy Shop

Well I have finally taken the plunge and opened our Etsy Shop. Click on the link to the Right here on the blog and it will take you straight to our Etsy Shop where you can view my dolls and Jane's cards for sale. We are adding items slowly so check back often to see what is new. It all takes time on our slow connection to get organised.

Just for Fun Beaded vintage jewellery bag

Hi everyone, I recently ordered some really fun ribbons, velvet fabric pieces and other great embellishments and WOW they are so much fun! See the picture here of the little jewellery bags I have made. I have put together some kits that include a fabric vintage picture, velvet pieces, ribbon, beads and other embellishments, lace and other fun things to add to a little bag to sell in my shop. If your interested in a kit they are $19.95 and include pictures and instructions. They are sure fun and make great gifts. Email me and I will send you one!

Hi there, just wanted to share my most recently created Santa. His name is Patchwork and he is the doll I am building a pattern for. If you are interested in purchasing a pattern, you can contact us at oliverlambert08@gmail.com . I can email the pattern to you for $15.00 or post a paper copy can be posted to you for $18.00 plus postage. The pattern is filled with colour photographs illustrating how to put this beautiful Santa together. Inside pages are only in colour in the online version. We do take Pay Pal and can take VISA and Mastercard payments over the phone. Sorry not set up to take credit cards on the net yet. That will come. The pattern isn't quite finished but be first on the list to recieve this fantastic doll pattern.

Witches and Santa's

Hi there, well I have been busy lately and really into making stump dolls. Everyone seems to really like my Santa's and now my witch dolls as well. Have a look below for Broomhilda and Hortense the Gyspy Witch. They have been great fun.

New Dolls pictures

Hi everyone, I have just uploaded a few more doll pictures. Check out the Green #4 Santa, and #5 Santa. I also have added the Leaf Fairy. Great fun to make these dolls. All fabric, with mixed media embellishments. Hope you enjoy them!

Happy New Year to everyone! may 2010 be a rewarding year in every way to you all!
I have decided to lift my game and put a few of my dolls here For Sale. I will be adding more soon. I have been making some great Santa Dolls I have only made 4 so far but I have sold 2 of those and have orders for 2 more. I also have made a couple of super looking Witches one of those is an order as well and already sold. I hope you enjoy what you see. IF your interested in purchasing any of my dolls. I do have Pay Pal and you can make direct bank deposit. Please contact me at oliverlambert08@gmail.com and we will talk about the rest of the details. thanks for looking!

going to America

We are off to the USA tomorrow for 3 weeks. But will still be checking in on emails and the blog. CYA all when we get back!

Dolls have found new homes and families

A couple of weeks ago Jane and I were at the Farmers Market and we had our stall up selling our wares. Pictures of that stall set up are the most recent ones here on the blog in earlier posts. We have sold 3 dolls at the market recently, Orange Pudding, Purple Haze, and Blue Socks all picked new families to go to. They will be very missed in our family! But we are very happy they have new homes where they are loved! (:))
We are thrilled and inspired to keep producing by selling our dolls. These are all original dolls from my own pattern called Poppy and Penny! If you interested in a copy of the pattern email me at oliverlambert08@gmail.com . I will send it to you via email for $18.00. Hope you enjoy looking as much as we do producing our wares! We have Pay Pal and you can make a direct deposit. thanks for looking.

Christmas Craft Stall

Finally our ISP has allowed us to load pictures. One of the prices we pay for living in Paradise is a slow connection! I have attached a bunch of pictures here of our most recent stall at the Fine Food and Craft Market held in Newcastle. We will be back at the show every Sunday in December. Next Friday we are off to the USA for a visit to see friends and family. I can't wait! We will be in AZ with our friends Sharon and Val both are crafters in a big way! They are taking us to a huge craft show while we are there next Saturday. I am so excited. We will also spend some time in Lakeport, California my ole stomping ground visiting friends. We will fly then to Oklahoma to spend Thanksgiving with my family. I hope we are going to take a drive to the Ozarks to check out the crafts for a couple of days there. Anyway, hope you all enjoy the pictures of our stall. I sold 3 large dolls and 8 small ones in the recent market. It is all very modivating to keep working! See you all when we return. I will try to update along the way. We have a house sitter looking after our puppies! That is the hardest thing to leave behind.

Merry Marbles

Hi everyone I am so slack about writing here. But I have finished some little cute gems from a pattern by Michelle Munzone called Merry Maubles. It is an easy pattern and very cute. I have added my bit of flair and made polymer clay faces to mine! I have a couple pictures here. But will take some more soon. Hope you enjoy. You can purchase a pattern from Michelle online at http://www.mmunzonedesigns.com/index.html I am sure she won't mind me giving her website a plug! We have been busy creating and showing at the Newcastle Fine Food and Crafts markets. We are going to the USA in 3 weeks and then when we return we will be at the markets several times before Christmas. Hope we see you there. The market is at the Entertainment Centre if you wonder where! We will be there on the 1st of Nov, 6th of Dec, then every Sunday after that til Christmas!! Wish us luck. I will post some pictures of our stall after the next show.
Hope you enjoy.

Newcastle Charity Doll Show

Hi, well we have been very busy and slack at adding things to the blog. But this last weekend was exciting and worth a mention. We had a stall at the Newcastle Charity Doll and Bear Show. I also entered some dolls in the competition and won Best Original doll for "Blue Skies Forever 2". I was thrilled! We also had good sales in our stall. Wilma Simmons joined us for the day and brought bead work, dolls, vintage bits and pieces, felting and many other wonderful items to enhance our stall. We had a great day chatting up a storm about all the great projects and plans we have. Sharing ideas and working out problems together. I am going to try and load a slide show of our stall for you all to see. So have a look and let us know what you think!. Thanks Wilma for all your help on Friday setting up and all day Saturday!

New photos of new projects

Finally I got new photographs of new projects on the site. Here I have spoken about various things, but tonight I got my act together so I could share my new projects. If you look at the very bottom and side photographs you will new pictures of my hand made Fairy Shoes all less than 3 inches long, my fancy wine bags, great gift items to add a bottle of wine to. I have Asian and Christmas themed fabrics at this time. I will be adding many others. They are very popular and it looks like we might soon have them in a shop at the Hunter Valley Gardens. Keep fingers crossed! My new Vintage Christmas Themed dolls I think will be very popular as well. Jane is excited about also having some of her Christmas and other handmade cards in the Hunter Valley Gardens. I hope you enjoy and have a look. Please let us know what you think! If anyone is interested in purchasing any please drop us a note.

The next workshop at LamboArt Studio...
Creative Workshops taught by Wilma Simmons
June 2009


Felted Accessories
Make hand felted beads and a brooch
Additional project - felted wool and silk scarf or belt
Techniques: Wet felt& needle felt basics


Saturday 27 June 2009 10am – 3pm At LamboArt Studio, 53 Government Road Thornton NSW $50 includes
- all tuition and notes
- wool and needle for beads /brooch
- morning tea
Please bring own lunch
Optional Kit a vailable for scarf/belt $20
Bookings now taken
Minimum 5, maximum 8 participants

Enquiries and Bookings for workshops please contact us before 7 June
wilmasimmons@hotmail.com

or after 7 June
LamboArt Studio oliverlambert08@gmail.com
see more information on Wilma's blog and pictures!!
http://empresswu.blogspot.com/2009/05/creative-workshops.html

Barbara Willis workshop

What a great weekend we just had! Anne's Glory Box invited Barbara Willis from California to come and teach a doll workshop in Newcastle. She brought her new book Cloth Doll Artistry. The 2 day workshop we just had and her book are fantastic. I haven't finished my doll yet, but I will post pictures it as soon as I have finished it. I have put some pictures here to see from the workshop. What a great teacher Barbara is. Don't miss her workshops if you get the chance to attend one.

Hi Everyone, I am finally getting back to normal and soon will be sharing some new projects in the works! Thanks to Doris from Dollies I have been on a spree of making tiny little fairy shoes, I promise to put some pictures up real soon! I have nearly completed 3 pairs. Next weekend is Dollies at Anne's Glory Box in Newcastle and we will find out what all is going to happen I hope at the workshop at the end of the month we are having with Barbara Willis! She is flying in from America to teach a group at the shop. I am really excited as this will round up my 3 ole Diva's of Fabric Doll making. I have had classes now with EPB, Ellenor Peace Baily, Patti C., and now Barbara W. how fun. There are a few more out there I would like to meet! So stay tuned new things are coming, My Sewing machine has been serviced, oiled and all ready to start tearing into some fabric. Hope to hear from you all soon. Cheers Bobbi

Recovery is Slow

Hi everyone, Sorry I haven't been on the blog for awhile. I have been trying to concentrate on getting better from my car accident. I haven't been able to do any sewing, sculpting or craft of any kind now for 7 weeks. There has just been too much pain in my neck and back.
BUT- I will not let this keep me down much longer. There will soon be new things to see here.
More soon!
Jane has been showing our 2 Papillions. They are doing quite well. I have added a new picture of them here. I hope you enjoy them.

Check out the Winner

Hi everyone, be sure to go and check out the winner of the Challenge I spoke about earlier on the Hello Dollies Blog spot. All of the entries are pictured there! Some great looking dolls. Congrats Jackie on your winning doll!

Challenge Doll "The Queen"

Hi there, thought I should let everyone know that the new doll pictured below called "The Queen" is the challenge doll from Hello Dollies. The original pattern is Heather Cooper"s, Mrs Chalumeau. We were allowed 2 colours with one accent colour. Then it was up to us to make our own interpretation of that pattern to complete the doll. As you can see this is way out of my comfort zone. I don't do pretty dolls. I always say pretty is boring, my dolls have character! Some would say that my Queen is pretty. Anyway have a look below and see what you think. The winner of the Challenge will be anounced this week at the Stitches and Craft Show at the Entertainment Centre in Newcastle. I will be there on Sunday as I said in my last entry. Hope to see you there.

Turning Hands for Fabric Dolls

Hi there, I offered to give a demo for Dollies in Newcastle so have been putting that together while I am resting my back. I was in an car accident last Friday and I have a very sore back and shoulders. I will be getting some physio this afternoon to go with the pain killers.
On with the demo on hand turning-
If you are unaware there is a little tool kit available at most doll supply shops with a group of different diameter brass tubes and a couple sizes of brass rod included that help a doll maker to turn the fingers of fabric doll hands. Check out my information here on the method I use. I was taught this at Dollies a few years ago. I certainly don't own the process. If I can help you drop me a note or if your local, drop into Dollies this Saturday 10am-12noon and you can watch me actually do the whole process. Hope it helps you! I will also be giving a demo on Sculpting in Super Sculpy at the Stitches and Craft Show at the Entertainment Centre in Newcastle on Sunday. So be sure to stop in and see the Hello Dollies booth at the show. It will be mostly embellished quilts not as many dolls as last year. But I bet will still be a fantastic showing of beautiful fabric crafts. So hope to see you there.