My name is Tina and I live on the North Essex coast with my husband, son
and three cats.
I always wanted a dolls house and eventually my husband bought me one. I
soon realised that I had no hope of affording all the things to fill it
up, so I began learning to make miniatures. Dolls caused a big
problem ...the ones I could afford I didn't like, and the ones I liked
were too expensive for me, so inspired by Julie's (Bellabelle) dolls, I
bought a lump of clay. You can see the results in the picture of Granny,
with the newspaper over her face. My first ever doll! She was awful ....so
ugly I couldn't show her face. But ....the bug had bitten. With a lot of
help from Julie, Nicky and other experienced doll makers, my efforts
began to take shape. It's a lot of fun!