Monday Morning Mosaics

Today I'd love to share with you a handful of amazingly talented artisans that have yet to be discovered on Etsy!

Using the "Pounce" feature on Etsy that allows you to discover active artisans still striving for their first sale, I stumbled upon these four artisans that create beautiful (and often cuddly) art dolls that you'll love browsing through and possibly fall in love with just as I have!


Charming Bears ...creating one being at a time.

Mony Vesseur from Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

Adorable bears with cute little faces and lots of inspiration behind each doll that's created, this shop has a handful of charming bears looking for new homes and ready to soak in lots of love. The collection includes not just bears but mohair cats, hand-stitched sock monkeys and more!

mary187 - Marina's Passion for Dolls

Marina Yax from Gerrardstown, West Virginia

A shop filled with unique one-of-a-kind art dolls created by hand with attention to detail. Each doll is entirely handcrafted without the use of molds or patterns. The faces and hands are hand-painted and the costumes worn by the dolls are filled with extravagant details for a special touch and unique style.

Studio10359 - We make, paint, draw and build things.

Anna and her Two Sisters from Studio10359

The handpainted faces of fabric dolls with pretty dresses and lovely hair sit beside herds of fabric doll horses in this shop ran by three sisters with an over abundance of creativity and lots of personality. Offered among these beautiful dolls they also offer a handful of pretty fabric pounces as well!

Natalie Drest - Funky Handmade Doll Clothes

Natalie Drest from Canberra, Australia

What's the fun of having cute dolls to play with if you don't have pretty clothes to dress them up in? This shop is filled with lots of creative, colorful one-of-a-kind doll clothes designed using re-purposed fabrics combined with fresh and funky style. Merino and Alpaca wool, cotton, felt, lace and natural threads abound!

Each of the artists listed above has shops filled with creativity that abounds. Some are new, some are older and just need a little love. Be sure to stop by and take a browse if you see something you like and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!

Goth Chicks like Cute Too - The Underground Market on Etsy

*Laughing.* The title is by Leal, but he's not wrong!

The flavor of "cute" for those that prefer goth, whether in fashion or culture , might be a bit different. But, they like cute too!

Today's shop is filled with goth cute and when I saw the items filling this shop, I immediately broke into a smile.

The Underground Market on Etsy is filled with clay figurines, jewelry, creative dolls as well as original paintings and sketches.

With Halloween coming up (which is my own very favorite holiday), even those not into the goth culture will be loving this shop and you might just find the perfect decoration for your home or gift for a loved one you've been shopping for.

TO VISIT THE UNDERGROUND MARKET ON ETSY YOU CAN CLICK THE PICTURE ABOVE OR, IF YOU'D RATHER, CLICK RIGHT HERE!

You might also enjoy stopping by The Underground Market's blog or visiting the artist on Twitter or Facebook!

Captured and Enslaved Dolls in Glass Bubbles

I have a habit of falling for a very unique combination of creepy and cute that you really don't find all that often.

Today I'd like to introduce you to a shop that fits in this category beautifully and that caught my attention at first glance

AmoMirella by Mirella von Chrupek is a shop filled with this wonderful combination of creepy and beautiful from the tag line of her shop all the way to the pieces she sells there.

Now, I have to tell you first of all, I think dolls are creepy to begin with. Not all dolls. Specifically, I find porcelain dolls that blink are just bone chilling in the creepy department. So when I found this shop? It immediately set off my creepy radar. Yet, at the same time? The work is absolutely exquisite, adorable and just downright... well, cute!

Mirella von Chrupek's pendants, brooches and other beautiful pieces are just breathtaking in their whimsical, melancholic beauty and I think you'll agree when you take a look in her shop.

This shop's stock fluctuates quite often too! Some days I've gone in and there's been only one or two lonely dolls lingering within her shop and yet other days there's pages to browse through! So be sure to look back regularly to see new artwork and creations Mirella has to share.

YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PICTURES ABOVE TO VISIT AMOMIRELLA BY MIRELLA VON CHRUPEK ON ETSY AND TAKE A LOOK AROUND OR, IF YOU PREFER, CLICK RIGHT HERE.

Goth Strange Odd and Creepy OOAK Art Dolls

Okay, I admit it. Every once in a while I'm attracted to some really strange stuff. And when I was on the Etsy forums a couple weeks ago I ran across this seller who had the mot intriguing avatar.

Little did I know, when I first saw the avatar, that what I was looking at wasn't a drawing or a painting... it was a doll! And when I went to see the shop behind the avatar I was instantly charmed by these very strange and creepy dolls that she sells there, not to mention impressed by the photography.

LoopyBoopy is filled with pale, creepy sad-faced little dolls.

And they're just adorable.

Okay, so they're creepy. But, sometimes creepy can be adorable too, and Colleen Down's dolls definitely prove this.

These sculpted dolls are heart-rending in the emotions they portray and they're photographed in a way that makes them almost look like paintings. In fact, I really think she could sell her pictures as prints... and that they would sell really well. Each of Colleen's dolls are one-of-a-kind and have a personality all their own, and if you like goth and creepy, you're sure to be inspired to adopt one... or a few for that matter!

TO VISIT LOOPYBOOPY ON ETSY, YOU CAN CLICK THE PICTURE ABOVE OR, IF YOU'D RATHER, CLICK RIGHT HERE! YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY LEARNING A BIT MORE ABOUT LOOPYBOOPY'S DOLLS BY VISITING HER BLOG.

Cute and Unique for 100

"Oh my God, he's adorable!!" That was what I said the first time I saw this little critter pictured in today's post.

I really don't think it's possible to get any cuter than Lill Scrappy. I've never seen anything like him before and he's utterly unique, which I think makes him perfect for today's post... this blog's 100th!

I mean "unique" quite literally too. This little plushy and many more like him, are made by Karna over at Cocoon Designs on Etsy.

Each one is hand stitched together from recycled sweaters, buttons and more recycled stuff that she discovers along the way in her every day life. That makes each and every one of them 100% unique!

Lill Scrappy and many of the other dolls in Cocoon Designs are limited edition too! In fact, this one will only have five editions made total.

Cocoon Designs also offers something that you really don't see all that much from in the handmade market place, which is the option of extended payments because she wants each and every person that wants a piece of her work to have the ability to get one! How great is that?

TO VISIT COCOONDESIGNS' ON ETSY, YOU CAN CLICK THE PICTURES ABOVE OR, IF YOU'D RATHER, CLICK RIGHT HERE!

My Breath Catches and Im left... Speechless

Once upon a time a few decades ago, there was a really unusual type of art that was in style that just really struck a chord with me. It was those huge sad eyes that were brought back into style a few years ago by Puss-n-Boots when the first Shrek came out.

When I was little, I had some of those velvet prints on my wall in my room with this type of artwork. And in the 80's when the Eels came out with the album "Beautiful Freak", using big eyes on their cover art, I fell in love with the style again.

Just the other day, wandering the Etsy treasuries, I discovered a shop that once more brings to life that love I have for this style of artwork. And this is how I fell in love with today's feature shop, AdoptAnAlien and the artist behind it as well!

Now, I have to warn you. Going into Lindsey Banker's shop is kind of like wandering into the pound to visit the lost souls there. You go in to visit, and come out wanting to take every single creature inside home to love and care for.

Not only is her shop filled with some of the most creative and inventive critters I've ever seen, but the colors are just breathtaking. Bright and vibrant, Lindsey's shop is filled with a cornocopia of beautiful shades that are sure to catch the eye and inspire.

Each little alien creature from Adopt An Alien is one-of-a-kind and comes with its own birth certificate; and the shop includes not just toys but has a selection of alien keychains as well.

This is really a shop you don't want to miss, you'll love the browse and you're sure to find an alien to fall in love with too. In fact, if you're like me, you might end up falling in love with all of them!

TO VISIT ADOPTANALIEN YOU CAN CLICK THE PICTURES ABOVE OR, IF YOU'D RATHER, CLICK RIGHT HERE!