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Monster High Easter Egg Bunny Masks

What do you think of the Monster High Dolls Easter Bunny Masks I handmade and hand painted? Great for an Easter Egg Hunt! Please leave some feedback as i am trying to turn this into a business. EASTER BUNNY STORY- SUNSET BUNNY THE EASTER FAIRY Look very closely and there you will see, a very little fairy door under an old apple tree … Sharon J. BainbridgeI used to work in…
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Dress your doll: Union Jack mask for Frankie Stein Monster High Doll

Monica from London Mums Magazine told me she loved our Union Jack and the colours. So here it is my own little Union Jack Mask for Frankie Stein one of the dolls from Monster High. I also made a t-shirt with the British Flag and a Butterfly Shaped bag with the Union Jack image. It is a shame these things take such a long time to make. Thanks to my daughter’s friend for lending me her…
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Exclusive interview with top British dollmaker Jill Bennett

Here is an exclusive interview with one of the best dollmakers in Britain, Jill Bennett, which will be exhibiting at the Kensington Dollshouse Summer Festival this May 2012. Here is Jill’s responses in her own words: “Thank you for your interest in my former life!! It’s odd, for also I have some work on www.children’sibookillustration.com! Work for sale, would you…
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Tips to make Easter Egg-stra special for your family by decorating eggs with funky patterns

Make Easter Egg-stra special for your family by decorating eggs with funky patterns and personalised designs using these top tips from Henna artist Farhana Ali. Here are Farhana Ali 5 tips of How To Pimp Your Easter Egg: 1) Sketch out your design on paper first before using an edible pen to mark your design onto your egg. Edible pens can be found in all good craft and cook shops. Once you’ve…
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Easter Chick baby/child personalised photographs

Would you like a personalised digital Easter Picture created from your own baby photograph, like this one? All you have to do is take the photo in the same sort of position and email it to me direct. You can pay by Paypal or send a cheque. Important. Make sure you do not shrink the photograph down as it will lose its resolution. You get to keep the original digital image at a special low cost of…
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Dress your Bratz and Monster High dolls: make a Lagoona Blue Monster High doll mask fishtail

This weekend I came up with a design for the Lagoona Blue doll from Monster High. First I created a fishtail mask. Hand painted etc. Then I went on to make the sea skirt with hand painted fish bone + seaweed and fish bone top. The hand painted fish wings give it that extra special effect. As these costumes are very time-consuming I am just starting with selling the masks on Ebay to see what…
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Fairy garden DIY: how to create your own fairy world

Spring is on its way and there is nothing more magical for little girls than a fairy garden.  Would you like to know how to make a cheap fairy tea set the Butterfly Lullaby way and much more? I will start by showing you how to make a fairy spoon. Here is a video of me making a Butterfly Lullaby fairy spoon. You can use any sort of materials you like. But if you would like to know what I used…
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Draculaura dolls bat mask Monster High now selling on Ebay

Monica from London Mums inspired me to have a go at selling some of my dolls costumes on Ebay. So this sunny Saturday I have started with the Draculaura bat mask, which is designed, handmade and hand painted by me, Sharon J.Bainbridge. I have signed the back and numbered them. Who will get No.1 and 2? Here is the ebay listing if you want to get it: www.ebay.co.uk Who knows these little masks may…
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Fairtrade Easter Bunny chocolate fairy door

My little girl’s homework last weekend was to create a poster about Fairtrade. I think she did a great job. The only thing that was missing was we ran out of time to write about child slavery and how they are mistreated by farmers. Did you know that the farms get only 5% whilst the trader gets 70%. This results in child slavery where children are forced to work for nothing. I love…
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Make your own Bratz doll Bumblebee costume pattern & mask

Yesterday I was trying to create a butterfly pattern for the Bratz doll to sell on Ebay, when it all went horribly wrong (or did it?). The butterfly mask ended up looking like a bumblebee. As I am one of those fluke people who just goes with the flow, I thought oh well, I may as well make a bumblebee costume pattern instead. The great thing about this pattern/kit idea is that is it child…
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