LOISELLE

viscose teddy bear
Hello, my dears, and welcome to this page! I am delighted to present Loiselle,  a taller design. And I am so pleased at how stunning this vignette turned out. I had to find a name that really suits her and the theme of this piece and all of a sudden the name Loiselle popped up in my mind. It is referring to the French word "l'oiseau" which means bird. She is the first bear that I gave eyelids & lashes and beautiful smokey eyes.
This vignette is consisting of: Loiselle and the wool felted bird, the bird cage and the beautiful embroidered keepsake box. So let's quickly go into the details....

viscose teddy bear

viscose teddy bear

Soft aged peachy pinks & creams are the main colors of this awesome vignette. As long as I can remember I love soft pastel colors, it feels like beeing a family.

viscose teddy bear

Loiselle's ivory dress is especially designed for her. It is handmade of 100% vintage silk pongee, which is very soft, shimmery, smooth and very thin fabric. It was the first time that I worked with this type of delicate silk and I'm so pleased at how this dress turned out. I felt so privliged to work with such beautiful vintage fabrics which I found on an exhibiton a couple of years agon. I can't wait to make more....
The silk has been hand dyed and aged.It has beautiful pouffed sleeves trimmed with fine French cotton lace and vintage pink ribbons. It has a double layered bodice, the top layer is made of vintage cotton net lace. The skirt is trimmed with 2 layers of fine French cotton lace and a vintage pink distressed ribbon.
A cute little bird charm dangles from a piece of chain, which is attached onto her silk dress. She's wearing a little bronze crown on top of her head with a ribbon and some vintage pink millinery flowers.

viscose teddy bear

viscose teddy bear

viscose teddy bear

viscose teddy bear
Loiselle is coming home with a unique keepsake box. The top is covered with a soft pink flax fabric which is distressed and heavily aged with worn area's to make it look even older. It is trimmed with fine French cotton lace and a vintage ribbon. There is an embroidered ribbon band around the box and on front a beautiful label with text that read: 'You make my heart sing". And you see a distressed double layered piping cord banding at the bottom of the box. The box heigth is 8 cm - 3 inches, the width: 14 cm - 5.5. inches.
The little birdcage is the tiniest and cutest that I've ever seen. It is lovely trimmed with a little vintage ribbon and topped with vintage soft pink millenery flowers.

 
Loiselle's silk dress is trimmed with fine French cotton lace and vintage distressed ribbon. The lid of her box is trimmed the same way for a perfect match. The embroidered ribbon band is hand dyed and embroidered with soft pink and light brown cross stitches. Inside you find a photo of Sophie with a special text.

vintage ribbon, keepsake box, cross stitch embroidery

vintage keepsake box
I've never needle felted anything in my life and this is my first attempt. I liked it very much and I want to do it more often. This little bird is made of pink wool with hand shaded coloration and staining. Result: a new breed, the royal chickadee! She is pinned "on the palm of Loiselles hand" and for such a tiny bird she has tons of detail: glitter accents on her wings, a ruffled lace collar and an antique crown topped with a pink Swarovski glass pearl. 

needle felted birds
needle felted birds
 needle felted birds
  
Loiselle's size ex. crown are: 27 cm - 10.6 inches overall piece, 19 cm - 7.7 inches sitting without box, 30 cm - 11.8 inches from head to tip of her toes.
She has a lovely expression because of her eyelashes and smokey eye make-up to give her a deep intense gaze. What a beauty she is.....

viscose teddy bear
 viscose teddy bear
 
LOISELLE HAS BEEN ADOPTED
 viscose teddy bear, vintage box
Believe me when I say I live by precision and excellence when it comes to bear making. The complete ensemble and everything else that you see is handmade. All my work is created with deep love and passion.
I take a lot of pride in my work and spend hours upon hours to give them their own personality, details, lovely designed clothes and accessoiries. It is what I call pure artistic love.
Loiselle's description is 100% accurate, and you will not be dissapointed if you decide to adopt her. If you do have any questions about this item, please feel free to contact me. Or you can email me if you would like to be added to my customer E-list, where I notify you by e-mail when new pieces become available.

Please note:
As with all my work, including, clothing & accessoiries: it is for the ADULT collector only and NOT for playing!
All my pieces are created in a smoke-free home. Only items stated in the "listing" will be sent home with her.