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Peg Dolls ~ Onesie Wearing!

My lovely customer Karen contacted me with a special personalised peg doll commission in mind. It was her daughters’ 18th birthday, so she wanted a unique and personal present to mark this landmark occasion that she could treasure.

She had seen my peg dolls on my facebook page, and decided that they fitted the bill perfectly!

As with all my customers, I sent her my guide to photos to work from. Originally she had thought it would be nice to have the peg doll dressed in the outfit her daughter wore to her party. But as this was a  little black dress she decided that something more colourful would be needed. Karen spent a couple of days wracking her brain – when bingo! She realised that her daughter loved spending time relaxing in her onesie (who doesn’t?!). When I received her photos of the boldly patterned outfit, I couldn’t wait to start recreating it on her personalised peg doll.

personalised peg doll wearing pyjamas

The bright red colour was so lovely to work with. The bold stars and stripes pattern was a lot of fun to recreate too!

personalised peg doll wearing a onesie

Maybe I felt especially excited about making this peg doll as I tend to wear pyjama bottoms and jumpers when I work! Nothing beats the comfort of a soft, fleecy pair of pyjamas in my book. You have to be comfortable if you want to be creative!

peg doll birthday gift

Karen and her daughter were both really pleased with her peg doll gift, and kindly sent me this picture which they were happy for me to share 🙂

birthday girl recieves her personalised peg doll

This goes to show that anything goes when it comes to peg dolls! I am happy to personalise your dolls in any outfit you like . Jeans and jumpers, wedding dresses or pyjamas….your wish is my creative command! Simply get in touch using the contact form.

Cwtch ♥ Mawr

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Peg Doll Family ~ Party of Five

I was asked if I could create a Peg doll family of five as a Christmas gift; and also create duplicates of the children to be given to both sets of grandparents!

I knew that creating such a large peg doll family would be no mean feat.  But it was a challenge I was very excited about!

After lots of discussion with my customer, we found the perfect photographs for me to work from.  I therefore set about creating his mini army of peg dolls in time for Christmas!

peg doll family

Checked shirts were the order of the day for the guys, and I loved creating the intricate patterns. however Florals was the theme for the girls – always one of my favourite things to recreate on the peg dolls!

Mum was wearing a gorgeous, floor-length black dress which had huge poppies placed around it. The girls had pretty dresses which included frills, polkadots and flowers, so it was Pattern Heaven for yours truly!

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Green and blue is always a favourite colour combination of mine. I loved making the little polka dot details along the ruffled neckline.

peg doll girls

Initially, I was a bit nervous of the amount of black on the dress of the Mum peg doll. Black is my least favourite colour to use on peg dolls over large areas. Black coloured pencil can look dull and scratchy on the wood.  But I needn’t have been worried. Set against the bright fuscia cardigan, and the bold giant floral images, it worked out beautifully. The flashes of white on the cardigan and leaves also helped to lift the overall effect.  I am really pleased with the end result.

peg doll mother and daughter set

Phil took the time to leave a comment on our Facebook page, letting me know that the gifts went down even better than he had hoped they would. A little piece of my heart and soul goes into each of the dolls whilst I spend hours working on them, so it’s always good to know that they are well-received by their new families!

Cwtch ♥ Mawr

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Family custom peg dolls birthday gift

Peg Dolls Family Birthday Gift

Peg doll family personalised birthday gift

I was recently asked to create a Peg doll family by a lovely, talented local jewellery maker  to celebrate her friends’ 40th birthday. This was a super set to make, with lots of lovely detail to work on.

This Peg doll family are certainly super cool and chic! The boy peg doll had to look smart in shirt and trousers. He also has the loveliest thick hair with a floppy fringe.  His sister had the prettiest navy trousers with pink and turquoise flowers that I just couldn’t wait to “peg-dollify”!

Peg doll family

In one of the photos I was sent to work from, Mum was wearing a beautiful little summer dress with the most gorgeous patterns and details that I adored recreating . As you may already know, I love pattern! Therefore this one was a dream for me to work on. Sunglasses were also the order of the day. Apparently Mum never goes anywhere without them!

This is a fab little peg doll family set that I really enjoyed working on. Hopefully they are being  loved and treasured by their new owner. After the hours of work that go in to them, I really get attached to each of the little peg dolls that I make. I was, as always, sad to see this happy little family go!

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In other news, my order book is currently closed while I work on Christmas stock. I’m very busy working towards our Christmas Fayre we are attending in November. However I do operate a Waiting List that customers can be placed on until slots are opened up.

My order books is reopening in November with limited slots for orders to be completed in time for Christmas on a first come, first served basis. of course, Waiting List customers Will have priority. So If you’d like to be added to the Waiting List or would like more details about making a custom order, please drop me an email for a chat.

Cwtches ♥ Mawr

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Teacher gift peg doll

School’s Out for Summer!

Yippee for teachers and children everywhere! The summer holidays have finally arrived!

For me, a teacher by day, it’s great news as I now have several weeks to work on new peg doll designs and begin getting organised for Christmas. Yes, Christmas, in July. We are booked in for our first craft fair in November so there is no time like the present (hehe, see what I did there!) to get working on festive stock.

At the end of term, I was asked to make a custom peg doll “Thank you” Teacher gift, for the family of a Y6 pupil who wanted to say a special thank you to a fantastic, supportive Head Teacher before his transition to comprehensive school. It was a tricky job, as I only had a verbal description to go by (no photographs). My design included an apple (a must for any teacher, right?!) and a small crucifix to represent the Catholic school that she leads. She was very touched by her Teacher gift peg doll.

Teacher gift peg doll

I’m sure there are some parents out there who are slightly less over-joyed at the prosect of six long weeks of keeping little ones entertained! So to share the Summer Love a little more, here’s a fantastic link to some lovely ideas to keep you ad your family entertained over the coming weeks, or you could check out my Pinterest board of ideas here! The home-made moondough is a personal favourite of mine – it feels so lovely and literally takes minutes to make; and the friendship bracelets take me straight back to my own childhood. What are your favourite, fun-filled holiday activities?

Have a super start to the Summer, whatever you get up to!

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Personalised Peg Dolls – Making a Custom Order

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It’s super easy to order custom, personalised peg dolls from us. All we need to get started is a few photos – the more the better!

On placing your custom peg doll order, we email you a copy of our full pdf guide to choosing the perfect photos to enable me to create little wooden peg doll representations of you and your family or friends.

My favourite part of creating  personalised peg dolls is the little details in the clothing. As my dolls have a specific facial style, it is often the clothes which are the significant factor in revealing the identities of the peg dolls. We ask customers to chose photos where the person is wearing bright and colourful clothes- these give the best results on completed peg dolls over dark and drab colours. I find that stripes, checks, tartans, florals, polka dots and other distinctive, repeating patterns work beautifully. Of course, I do have to use a little artistic license to due to the size, shape, and texture/grain of the dolls and the nature of artists pencils, but I endeavour to recreate the clothing as closely as possible so that each doll’s outfit is recognisable as belonging to the person that the little peg doll represents.

One of my favourite sets to date was this colourful Mother and Daughter pair. The little girls’ floral coat and sherbert-toned tartan shorts were so much fun to recreate, as was the mums’ pink animal print jacket. Gorgeous!

Cariad ♥ Mawr

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