First Toy For Baby

 When I noticed the intense, smiley, one-sided interaction going on between Baby and some empty, dangling strings hanging from her toy bar (the toys having long disappeared to thieving elder brothers and sisters) I decided it was time for mama to put all other sewing aside and make precious baby something worthier of her sweet affections.

First I took some warm and fluffy velvet

                                                      and some cool, slippery silk,

 stuffed in handfuls of creamy, clean wool,

stitched on a hat in the perfect shade of pink made from Grandma's shirt, 

and oh- so- carefully embroidered a sweet little face.

Pulled on a pair of  precious, wee socks hand knitted by Auntie,

tied a hard wooden ring for grasping and chewing,

and infused it with all the love mama's heart holds!

Introduced baby to her first toy

and I think she likes it!

   Here are some pictures of  dolls I've worked on recently of  different sizes (from 7" up to 21") and varied designs.
Maybe one of these days I'll pick a few favorites and stick to them; it would certainly speed up my doll production rate if I did and, I have to admit, I sometimes drive myself a bit crazy constantly revising and tweaking my patterns.
But for now...so many ideas and techniques yet untried...:)

Because

Because I believe that all children bear the image of God

Because I believe that every child deserves and has the right to:

protection

love

security

hope

a family

an inheritance

 

 

No matter their age, nationality, gender or abilities

 

Because I feel that no child should ever feel alone or abandoned

Because adoption changes lives

Ours and theirs

forever

 

 Because my live has been immeasurably blessed  by it

Because adoption was a big motivation for starting sweetLamb dolls...

A way of saving  for another adoption

 

and a way of encouraging others who are in-process

 

 Because of Because...

sweetLamb dolls will be donating one sweetLamb doll for every ten that sell to a fundraising

 family in the adoption process or towards a waiting child's grant fund.

If you are a fundraising adoptive family and would like to be added to the list of potential winners please send an email to sweetlambdolls@gmail.com.

Please include the link to your fundraising page and the name of your adoption agency.
I will share the link to your fundraising blog here if/when you are announced as the winner. Every family will have an equal chance as I will  draw from the compiled list randomly when there is a doll to donate.

Each donated doll may be sold by you you either by auction (via ebay) or by raffle style on your personal fundraising blog.

If you are not adopting, but know of a family who is, please feel free to share this post.

I only request that:

 potential families are currently signed to an adoption agency and have a referred child,

the funds from the doll be used only for direct adoption expenses,

the winner covers the shipping charges as applicable,

and that a link to sweetLamb dolls is included.

I know it's not much considering the major expenses of the adoption process, but I also know that if we all do what we can it will (and does!)  make a difference!

 

Because I want others to feel as blessed as I  am...

Just pictures for now...