TousledDolly

tousledolly will be selling jewels tonight at VSteam Presents: ABNEY PARK’s Circus at the End of the World IV

come see one of my favorite bands to see live and take home a beautiful tousleddolly bauble too!!

Event facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=103026073084407&ref=mf

Abney Park Web:

http://abneypark.com/flash.html

Vsteam page

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=157629377570

I have been making lots of treasuries of my favorite things lately….here is my newest one!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6b625236e36d91726a8b8f/carnivale-noir-1?index=61

This was inspired by the antique box and the owl print.  I adore everything on here and bought one thing as a gift ( I can’t mention anything else because I have not given said gift yet!)

You can check out the actual Treasury and shop these wonderful shops here:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c5a31482db26d913a72edf1/days-are-getting-shorter-and-the-nights?index=7

Tousleddolly has been featured in quite a few treasuries and receiving some buzz lately!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c4fcfecbc0e6d918012c3fb/pounce-blues?index=12

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c5688f834568eefdb192dc2/oceanic-life?index=11

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c4b4350f31c8eefd365cb7f/not-so-wild-west?index=12

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c5a5fbfed528eefc6d8234a/treasures-in-blue?index=11

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c50b689bb2d6d9162ef696b/new-shops-0-5-sale-everyone-happy-sales?index=11

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c5a59c1ed528eef2740234a/burgundy-wine?index=11

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c5cacc8c9386d913f821313/hypnotized?index=6

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c5ec823d2856d91adac16aa/snap-crackle-pop?index=3

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c641ca9ed3e8eefb3bc8f7c/trendy-autumn?index=2

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Hello Beautiful Dollies!

I will be gone on the long dusty trail from Vancouver to Saskatoon and back with my Friends the

Buffaloswans, Jess Hill and Magpie Ulysses on their Western Caravan Tour!

I will have Jewels and Baubles along to sell as well! <3  Hope to see you on the trail!

It wasn’t until last year that I really found the way to awaken my creative spirit and mesh the two loves of my life….junk and fashion to create TousledDolly.

I would have saved myself years of heartache if I had listened to my inner self. I remember making my mother a jewelry box out of Popsicle sticks when I was 5. I painted it red and glued glitter to it. It was topped off with broken pieces of 1950′s earrings and beads. She still has it. I guess this should have been a sign of things to come if only I had listened! Instead I was continually frustrated by each medium I tried growing up. I felt like an artist, I just didn’t know how to let my creativity out.

In Jr. High is discovered Vogue magazine and my love for fashion. I had found my muse. In my early 20′s I realized my dream and opened RagBag, a vintage clothing store. It took me many years to finally listen to that inner voice and actually start creating things though..it was always my intention to do SOMETHING with all the things I had been collecting since I was a child..but it took years for it to find its fruition.

My father was a collector..I blame ..and thank him for my love of music, books, my collections of stuff and for always thinking outside of convention. I often think of him when I am creating my jewelry or writing the little stories I put in my listings.

I have always been fascinated by the small details in the world around me, leaves, bugs, tiny gadgets, broken glass, tiny sea shells, my grandmothers tin of buttons, weird stuff in junk drawers and old jewelry. Junk intrigues me. One man’s trash is another man”s treasure has always been my creed.

I have been collecting this stuff since I was a child and sometimes finished pieces are hard to let go of. They are all so much a part of me and who I am. One of the first pieces I sold got lost in the mail and I still mourn its loss..not to know what happened to it is so sad to me.

When I start to make things I lay out everything on my table and just kind of move things around until they speak to me and tell me what they want to be. I am sure this sounds insane….but I feel like they tell me what to make. I always have several things half made because it just hasn’t quite come together yet. I have a few friends that are waiting on specific things from me…but it takes time..i just cant create “something pink” it has to be just the right elements at the right time coming together in the right way.

Creating my jewelry has let me find parts of me I thought were lost. I am able to focus on creating beauty and not think about all the day to day mundane things we all worry about. Creating art lets you be your true self.

Adj. 1. tousled – in disarray; extremely disorderly; “her clothing was disheveled”; “powder-smeared and frowzled”;”her hair was tousled, thick, and curly”

Yup that’s me. I make pretties. I collect everything. And I tend to make a mess.

I will  be posting things I find interesting, and beautiful. I am always shopping so expect to find some cool buys or items for your wish-lists!

And, of course, there will be many posts of my creations as well..you can find my shop at  http://www.tousleddolly.etsy.com