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There's a pan of watercolours, brushes, a jar and watercolour paper in a cardboard box in my workroom, which my little boys use whenever they feel like it. Beautiful little paintings keep appearing...  
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Thank you so much for all the lovely comments and emails regarding my dolls. There is now a listing in my online shop for made-to-order Willowynn dolls... I was a bit hesitant to do this as I'm pretty slow and it's just me stitching these and I have a lot of orders to finish as it is...but if you're happy to wait a few weeks (or months!), I'm happy to make a doll for you :) Thank you!!!  This is my Grandma doll. Her jumper is made from one of my old skirts...in fact her dress is also made from one of my old skirts. This one has gone to Denmark.  This is where I used to sit and sew... 5 years ago I think. My youngest was a baby and we lived on a mountain in a clearing in the rainforest. It's called Mt Nebo and is where I grew up. Sometimes we'd hear a dingo howling right outside our bedroom window...and you had to shout to be heard over the sound of frogs on summer nights. Just going through old pics and remembering.    I made this little doll as a custom order for a little girl with brown hair and a love of fairy tales. Her cloak is removable and she has a choice between two different skirts. You can see the details here.     My last order for this year has been wrapped and posted (phew!). Time for a little rest now I think...but before I disappear into my holidays (children, reading books, making new clothes, swimming in the ocean, painting the bathroom)...I just wanted to say thank you for making the first year of Willowynn so, so amazing. It's because of your support that I've been able to follow my dreams. I have a head full of ideas for things to make in the new year and I can't wait to start. I wish you happy and safe holidays... Take care, Margeaux  I used to make bags. I used to be Red tree designs. Maybe I still do make bags. I haven't decided. This is one I made for my friend last week...  I love the special (and weird looking) ornaments on my Christmas tree. My little boys have been making theirs and I made these...  Christmas ornaments by Willowynn Then I made some more... I actually can't stop making them now :) I think I'll make a sewing pattern for them. Do you make your own ornaments or Christmas decorations? Feel free to share a link in the comments below. I'd love to see...  Christmas ornaments by Willowynn My little boy asked if we could make a decoration to hang above his bed...so we made this.  We made it by tearing up old egg cartons (for some reason I can't bring myself to through away egg cartons...) and dropping the bits into dye pots (just food colouring and water). Then we left them to dry in the sun. They really look like little flowers...   Then we made them into garlands using a large needle and strong thread and hung them from a stick...  I got the idea after seeing this post about a window display made from egg cartons at Anthropologie. Have you made anything lovely from egg cartons you'd like to share?
I have just had the best time making this, my first proper barn owl (with legs, claws and wings). He is a commission piece so I'll have to say good bye to him this afternoon. I love making new pieces...looking at illustrations in books, sketching, thinking, planning, experimenting and that feeling you get when something all of a sudden looks just how you imagined :)    Working on something new this week. I'm trying to make an owl with legs, claws, wings and a tail (my other owls are much more simple) and it's turning out to be a bit of a challenge! I'm having a lovely time though. Will show you what it looks like when I'm done.   With a woollen cloak to rug up against the cold, she is in her best forest-wandering dress. She is made from discarded cotton remnants and wears a mauve silk dress hand-stitched from fabric that reminds me of moth wings. Her grey-blue wool hooded cloak is made from an old woollen blanket...all little scraps I've been saving for something special. She'll be available to purchase here.     At last... my moth sewing pattern is finally ready for the world... It's super detailed with step by step instructions and photos and is a lovely project to use those beautiful scraps of fabric you’ve been saving for something special. It's available to download now in my online shop here. I can't wait to see all of your handmade moths (or butterflies)!   My little boy sorting through my button tin...he's made a rainbow.
Here they are! A set of Willowynn postcards professionally printed on recycled card with a beautiful soft, matt finish. They come with envelopes too...so you can write private messages to your friends So happy with the way these turned out. *New updated Willowynn postcards available here.  
Oh my goodness...Willowynn features in the August issue of online magazine, Winkelen. You can read the article here...it is so beautiful...feeling a little bit overwhelmed.
http://issuu.com/winkelen/docs/winkelen_august_2014/76 My little boys and I made a few of these little tiny cardboard ships the other day. They wanted a little ship for their whales to swim underneath...  Once we'd designed and made a template, we sat down and made lots and lots of little ships using cardboard from an old box, craft glue, a wooden skewer and paper. If you'd like to put your ship in water, you could use waxed cardboard from an old milk or juice carton.  Here's the rough template we came up with (below). You could save this photo and print it off to make your own boats. Here's how...  Cut out this template and draw around it onto a piece of cardboard. Cut it out and fold it into shape, using glue to secure it all together. We used clothes pegs to hold it in place while the glue dried.
For the base inside that holds the sails up, just cut out a small rectangle of cardboard and fold it to give it three sides. Then poke a hole in the middle (for the skewer). Position it into the boat with glue and poke the skewer piece into the hole. You can make sails however you like. I made three little sails out of some paper from old book pages. Just poke holes at the top and bottom edges of the paper and thread them onto the skewer. Have fun! My latest rabbit. I think he'd feel most at home on a special shelf where he can watch over things. He's made from an old, slightly thread-bare woollen scarf...I've darned the areas on his body where the wool is thinnest. He's available here. 
Have I mentioned my little boy loves blue whales? I made this one for him. I made seven (!) prototypes before I was happy... *This design is now available as a sewing pattern.   Today my boys and I turned some old cardboard boxes into houses. Something that I thought would be a fun thing to do for maybe half an hour, ended up occupying them for the rest of the day. I just cut in some windows and a door and stuck on a roof with masking tape...  Here are the houses at night with a lamp inside one of them. Pure happiness. I can't believe how happy this made them (and me).
Frankie Magazine has just released their new book called 'Spaces, volume two', and it's GORGEOUS. Here's a bit of the blurb... "With a focus on resourcefulness and individual style, SPACES celebrates the importance of home to a creative bunch of Australians".  ...and our house is in it! Pages of beautiful photos for you to have a bit of a sticky-beak around my place, garden and my work room...and they've said some lovely things. Such a special treasure for my boys to look at and read when they're grown...  ...and here is one of the finished owls. Must say, I'm pretty in love with him :) I've listed a few of these in my online shop tonight.  Working on something different today. These are quite simple...kind of like soft babushka dolls...but owls. The white one is the first prototype and is wonky and has my notes drawn all over it...but my 3 year old has fallen in love and put dibs on it.  I set out to make each fox the same but somehow they all end up with really different personalities. Some look young and playful and others look old and wise (and a bit serious). These are going into my online shop tonight.  Maybe it's because of all this rain...but I've been completely fascinated by snails this week. I've spent days trying to perfect their beautiful little shape. Here's what I came up with...   |
HelloMy name is Margeaux Davis. I'm a doll-maker, sewing pattern designer and children's book illustrator, based in northern New South Wales, Australia. Categories
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