Prudence pouts

Welcome to the blog!

Hi - I'm Kelly (or Prudence if you like).  I live in Whitefish, Montana and have a small brick and mortar shop here called Circus Angel, where I sew, draw and sell pretty clothes by independent designers and carry smaller clothing lines, handmade and a bit of vintage.  I'm also a dollmaker - you can find my Waldorf-esque dolls here in my Etsy shop.

Other than sewing and having a multitude of lovely children of whom I do my best to dote on; I  love to travel, cook delicious meals and decadent sweets, read lyrical novels by women authors, eat sushi and drink cocktails and go dancing with my beau, wear clothing in multiple layers and aprons on any occasion,  grow flowers and sit with them in the sunshine, and spend way too much time on Pinterest.  I also have a fun, though sometimes neglected blog!    

Little bluebird

 I'm busy working on quite a few custom doll orders right now, and since I generally make two dolls for people to choose from, I'll be listing the extra dolls in the shop as I go.  But this little bluebird doll is one that I was inspired to start quite a while back and finally finished up while I was waiting for a new wool order to arrive.  I love her and had a lot of fun making her.  I was tempted to go crazy and totally cover her with the little handstitched feathers, but time and therefore the subsequent cost...  maybe sometime.  

Meet Beatrice!

Hair: bright blue

Body: ultrasoft blend of cashmere, lambswool and angora

Loves: summer sprinklers, comics and banana cream pie.

                                                              Height: 15 inches                                                                

 

   

Plus de lapins!

 

Two

Baxter and Elliot

 
Elliot still has his legs pinned on and they both need me to finish up their vests or hats and scarves today.

xox

Peony

Holly and Isa

 
                                                                                      

Little brunettes

Nutmeg and Miranda

 

Bunny dolls!

The first one is done - isn't she adorable? 

Custom bunny dolls available, starting this afternoon, in my etsy shop.  xox

 

And if you're local - come into the shop today and have a madeleine and sit and sew if you like.

xo

Gussy

Planning out Gussy's birthday party for tomorrow - last minute I know!

I like these cakes:

 

I know peaches are out of season!  I know I don't live somewhere gloriously warm where the seasons are all turned around and it's actually a sunny summer day.  I'm pretty sure it would have to be berry cake instead - um, because berries are completely in season!  ha

I'm also working on some little fabric clouds that he can hang in his room.

But what he really wants is this:

Still contemplating the idea as our house is becoming overrun with children and small furry creatures!

Creatures and nests

New favorite blogs:

Creature Comforts

and

ivy nest

xox

Raspberry and rose souffle

What we've been up to the past week:

Listening to Christmas music (Frank, Dean, Bing, Doris, et al) and watching favorite Christmas films: Elf, Miracle on 34th Street and a new favorite since last year - Peter and the Wolf.  The second two are streaming on Netflix. 

 

On Thanksgiving the kids and Dave and I made:

Scalloped Yukon Gold and Sweet Potatoes

Orange Cinnamon Sweet Rolls

Green Salad with cherries, walnuts and apples

Lemon Cream Pasta

Sage Stuffing

Hutterite Turkey with homemade gravy

and Pumpkin Creme Brulee! 

So good.

We've also been working on Christmas decorations and handmade wrapping and gifts.  We started some paper mache puppets based on these:

which you can find instructions for here

There is a Santa, an elf, a reindeer and a deer girl in the works so far.

And baking sugar cookies.

And last night Madeline and I made Raspberry rose souffles - oh my god - so so amazing.  We made them with two pints of fresh raspberries, which were pureed and put through a fine sieve to remove the seeds - the prettiest bright pink, no food coloring required.

 
 

But after making souffles (10 egg whites) we had a bunch of yolks leftover...  So tonight M and I are making eggnog custards!