my creative space: fairy peg doll

A while ago I wrote a post about the Small Acorns peg doll competition. I received a peg doll for Amelie to decorate but I didn't send it back in on time to enter the competition- oh well she had fun making it even if she found it a bit tricky drawing on the face!

Take a peek at some of the gorgeous peg dolls entered here... www.smallacorns.co.nz/index.php/ps_alias/happeningnow- you can even vote for your favourite.

Anyway, it reminded me of a fairy peg doll tutorial I saw in the Christmas issue of Australian Womens Weekly last year. I decided to try it, not for the competition but just to give it a go really. I should have read all the instructions first though, then maybe I would have realised how much I had to do to make it!

I also didn't realise how hard it would be to find white florist wire but after ringing nearly every florist in town Abby at Blanc Florist very kindly sent me a metre of it for free. My paper doilies were far too big so I should have read the 'you will need' instructions a bit more carefully too!

I do like her pink shoes

The finished product is very cute but I think I will try an easier peg doll next time!

And here is a pic of a gorgeous wee zip purse and some lovely flower button earrings I won in a giveaway over at Gnomeangel- I love the beautifully stitched bird- thanks again Angie!

To see what other people are up to today head over to Kirsty's here☞
Megan x
PS: There's an awesome giveaway over at Kelly's "Reclaiming Me" blog here...