teddy togs time

Dudley and Tiny: miniature bears by modflowers

It’s teddy togs time! I’ve taken up a self-imposed challenge to up my game with regard to my creations’ clothing. I like this time of year. Some people clean, others book holidays and dream of summer, but for me spring is … Continue reading

winner by a nose

modflowers: winner by a nose - bear doll wearing a monocle and fez

When I’ve been working on something for a little while and then, all of a sudden, it’s finished, it can be difficult to shift immediately to making something else. My brain doesn’t seem to have an “off” switch that I … Continue reading

bearing january

modflowers: bearing january

So, it’s January again. The past year seems to have gone soooo quickly. It feels more like a few weeks than twelve months since I last sat here in January, hoping that the weather would soon start to perk up … Continue reading

sold out!

Sold out - thank you: mantelpiece dolls by modflowers

Just a quick post to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who browsed and bought my dolls this weekend. As you may know if you follow me elsewhere, I add my completed dolls to my mantelpiece as I finish … Continue reading

the big event

Well, it’s been a funny old year. At the end of last year I did a fabulously successful fair at The Custard Factory in Birmingham. It was the first fair for which I had travelled out of Nottingham to sell … Continue reading

the trouble with boys

1920s boy doll by modflowers

I have no idea why I have such trouble with boys. Making boy dolls, I mean (not real life boys – thankfully!) I start off with ideas and then more often than not, they just look wrong when I actually … Continue reading