Featured Etsian Artist~DotDotStitch

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Hand stitching has been around for centuries, and yet it still amazes me. This is an art in which one must have heaps of patience to pull off! I'm all about my machine...

I've always wanted a pair jeans filled with hand stitched designs, completely covered. When I see art like this, it just inspires me to push myself so that maybe one day I will own those jeans.

Then I remember my set back...I've NEVER hand stitched! Thus, no talent in said craft.. Someday I might try it, though :)

With that being said, it's just impressive that someone can stitch in such wonderful detail on so many items without going insane ;)

DotDotStitch has adorable items, I'm showing off most of my favorites, See? I know you do!

Out of all of these fantastic items, I can't really pick just one..

So I will leave it at that. I Love them All!

What about you?

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I've crafted my whole life. I started out with crochet, rug hooking, and embroidery - all hand work that I love. I opened my etsy shop (dottyral) in 2006 with a variety of items, some of which were emery pincushions and pincushion rings. Those quickly became my best sellers, so that's what I concentrated on for the next three years.

Recently I've realized that I really missed hand stitching. Though my etsy shop was exclusively pincushions, I added some hand embroidered pendants. They were so fun to make that I then decided to really get back into hand work. I opened up a new shop-Dot Dot Stitch- that now holds my hand embroidered items - towels, aprons and wrist cuffs. More pendants will be coming soon. Some machine embroidered items just might make an appearance too.

Though I've enjoyed designing and creating pincushions, this new turn for me has been a breath of fresh air. Every day now, I just can't wait to get stitching. In a way I've found a new sense of freedom. Who knows what I'll decide to add to this new shop. I'm excited to see what happens.

Vintage Toys and the fun we had!

I have another feature with all the wonderful vintage toys that brought joy into our lives. It's not too late to get your stories in as well, just email me! (lillyshay@hotmail.com)

Jacks was before my time, it was a game that my parents and grand parents enjoyed (I believe) But I've heard lots of stories about them!
My mom had a couple of Wrinkels the Dog puppet toys. I never realized what these were until I read the story below. One of them wasn't a puppet though. They were very cute :)
I never owned the 'pretty pretty princess' game, but my neighbor did. I loved collecting the jewlery to wear! ...I was also disappointed when I didn't win the 'pretties'. :(

Do you remember any of these toys?

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Kymsart777 says:
We used to play jacks for hours! The boys played too! WE would play on the front porch and have competitions and our hands would be raw on the side or have splinters from the wooden porch! I was pretty good. BLOG

NiftyVintage says:

Wrinkles the dog was given to me by Santa around my 5th birthday. He was sitting on top of a brand new desk that Santa also thoughtfully left for me. Wrinkles lived with me until my college days and amongst these dazed and confused days was lost in the college shuffle. :( However, this past Christmas Santa found a New in the Box 1981 Wrinkles dog for my 4 year old who was delighted to meet her mom's childhood pup.

moonstr says:
i had a run yourself ragged board game that i played soo much. basically you take metal ball and run it threw the course and your timed. my cousin got one for xmas.and my parents seeing how much i loved it got me one too.also had a holly hobby doll i defaced with some paint and pens. BLOG

laceybabydoll says:
I used to love to play this board game that my dad got my sister and I one year as a Christmas gift. It was called Pretty Pretty Princess! You got to move your pieces around the board to land on spaces so you could wear the different pieces of jewelry. Whoever got to put on all their jewelry and the crown first won! I would always end up fighting with my sister over the crown though. It was plastic and a gray color and you decorated it with those cool puffy stickers that looked like stick on earrings! We ended up breaking it in half one time when fighting over it. We would also make my dad play it and make him wear the crown just to laugh at him! We still have it somewhere in the attic.

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kjbeads says:

Not a big doll lover but I had tons and tons of Barbie clothes for all of the ones I had (even fuzzy haired Ken). My great grandmother sewed and crotcheted outfits by the dozen. They would have sent today's Blythe collectors into a tailspin. I had cases full.My sister, 8 years my junior gave Barbie a bath and washed ALL her clothes. We discovered this months after the fact while searching for the God Awful stench. Finally opened a case from the closet. Suffice it to say, more than Ken's hair was fuzzy then.all lost. forever. I still don't like my sister very much. BLOG