Celia

Her name is Celia. She is a very sweet girl... shy but curious. She loves books! Especially animal stories.

She's an only child but never finds herself lonely, as she's surrounded by many dolly friends and teddies. And, of course, there's all the wonderfully fascinating characters she meets in her books.

She and her toys spend many an afternoon with a picnic of tea and cake or maybe lemon cookies out on the lawn. But if it's raining you'll never fail to find them all snuggled up inside as Cilly reads them story after story. She keeps them pretty captivated as she does all the voices!

Celia was supposed to be a completely different doll. I had this doll all planned out in my head (and will get to her so I'll keep mum for now) and kept trying to fit Celia into this mold... but she had other plans. Really I should have had her finished days and days ago but stubborn me just kept trying to make her something she's not. I really couldn't get on with her at all until I totally gave up the idea of her being this doll and took the time to find out who she was. And honestly it was plain as day and I knew it right away. Stubborn!

As it turns out Celia is a very soft and dreamy girl. Favoring roses and pastels, taking the time to day dream and tend to her babies.

It sounds silly, doesn't it? A doll with a personality and 'mind' of her own. Perhaps.... but when you think of the energy, not just physical, but all of your energies, and the love that goes into making something handmade, you can kind of begin to see how such a thing begins to take on a life of it's own. How it can have it's own story and name.

I'm really in love with little Celia! We all are, though, I do think River is most taken with Celia's little dolly.

Celia is in the shop, for those interested, and you can find all of the details there.