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Crafty Aunt Ruby for sale on Ebay

Crafty Aunt Ruby is a one-of-a-kind collectors bear made by Maria Rippingale of Rippingale Bears...

Crafty Aunt Ruby

Standing 13 inches high, she is made in the traditional old fashioned way, using mohair, cotterpin joints, felt paw pads, boot button eyes, and she is filled with polyester stuffing and poly pellets in her tummy.

She is dressed in a broderie anglaise gown trimmed with ruby coloured beads and embellishment at the neckline.

Her outfit is completed with a silk hat and spectacles so that she can see her basket of patchwork and sewing implements.

She would make a lovely addition to any collection.

Crafty Aunt Ruby can be purchased on Ebay for £125.

The Snow Angel collectors golly for sale on Ebay

The Snow Angel collectors golly made by Maria Rippigale of Rippingale Bears was inspired by a beautiful victorian xmas card picture and is a one-of-a-kind creation...

Snow Angel

Standing 54 cm high, this golly is fully jointed in the old traditional way with cotterpin joints and is free standing.

Whilst the body is made with polyester faux suede, the head is made with mohair with the facial area carefully clipped away to reveal her features.

Art Decco buttons and linnen buttons are used to make the eyes.

Her dress is made from a vintage cotton baby's gown that has beautiful cutwork down the front and diamante embellishments.

It is also trimmed with vintage lace.

Her victorian style boots are made with a faux leather material with vintage mother of pearl buttons.

They are also adorned each with a snowflake embellishment and are actually sewn into the leg pattern so that they can never be removed and lost.

Her wings are made with vintage lace panels and her xmas tree is made with vintage chenille and a diamante garland and star.

The Snow Angel collectors golly also holds a beaded wired snowflake which finishes her off beautifully.

This is definately a collectors piece that will be enjoyed during the festive season year after year!

The Snow Angel collectors golly can be purchased on Ebay for £200.

Faries in Abundance Instruction CD For Sale On Ebay

If you enjoyed our first book on C.D "Angels in Abundance" you are sure to love this one too. This instruction book on C.D is packed with 10 original fairy patterns and tips and ideas on body types,dressing your fairy, fantastic wings, different hair styles and more.

Faries in Abundance

The fabulous "out take" pictures will make you smile too, and if you're wanting to bring back a memory or two of childhood days when some of us believed in these mystical creatures, then why not put a bit of fairy dust and magic into creating your own fairies. This is a fantastic way of using up those scraps of left over materials and recycling the contents of your button box.

Faries in Abundance Instruction CD can be purchased on Ebay for £12.95

Angels in Abundance Instruction CD For Sale On Ebay

Why not bring an angel into the life of someone special or someone you love by giving them a gift of an angel made by your own hands.

Angels in Abundance

By Maria Rippingale and Linda Wilson this hand written instruction book on cd was inspired by a simply made button doll made many years ago, and a vision board made by myself that put the wheels in motion to set the Law of Attraction into action. These two elements brought forward the inspirational designs and ideas for the making of this book which teaches you The Secret of Button Doll making and revives this almost forgotten craft that was written with a love of buttons, beads and little bits of fabric, magic and lighted hearted humour.

There are 15 individual designs to suit all tastes.

If you are "into" CATS...PUNK...1920's FLAPPERS...FRENCH MAIDS...COUNTRY STYLE...VICTORIANA, then this is the book for you, we know you will not be disappointed!

Angels in Abundance Instruction CD can be purchased on Ebay for £12.95

Button Dolls in Abundance...new business venture for Marie Rippingale

Marie Rippingale has been making one-of-a-kind teddy bears and gollies for over ten years. She has been restoring vintage teddy bears for over eight years too.

However, she is now reviving the almost forgotten craft of button doll making in her new business venture Button Dolls in Abundance.

Marie believes it's a wonderful way to recycle scraps of fabric, buttons and broken jewellery into something fabulous and has already produced a number of button doll making instruction cd's and button doll kits.

Click here to visit Marie's magical world of button dolls...