blog {nushka dolls} sydney, australia

things have been happening!

2011-04-21T23:18:00.000-07:00

Today, we welcome 2 new little dolls to our collection. This time of a very different nature... very minimal and very simple. A classic, neutral design that will suit most decors. We love simple things here at { nushka dolls } so these little dolls are very special to us!

You can choose from white top / wood bottom or wood top / white bottom. Kiska and Katja both mean 'pure' which we thought was the perfect name for these 2 little lovelies.

We will be bringing out some 3-piece sets soon too so we're looking forward to sharing those with you soon too!

Hope everyone is having a lovely Easter break xx

Here it is folks! 2011 has brought us a new site!

2011-04-02T21:39:00.000-07:00

I know it's been a lot of time between posts on my poor little neglected blog here, but 2011 has brought with it a huge amount of opportunity to get nushka dolls back on track!
We've been busy little bee's this last few weeks putting together this new nushka site, with my limited CSS and HTML knowledge! Thanks to discovering BigCartel, I was able to create a site that's *almost* exactly how I intended it to be - which is a big step from where I was before using Indexhibit (as much as I still love Indexhibit!). This new cart, however, creates a much better user-experience for shopping and will make it heaps easier for us to keep our products updated so I'm really excited about that.
At the moment, we've got only 2 dolls left in stock, but we have a few new ones that are almost ready to hit the shelves, so we'll keep you posted when they are ready! The next ones we have are quite different to the nushka's to date - they have taken a very modern, minimalist approach.

Tick, tock, tick, tock!

2011-04-02T07:57:00.000-07:00

We are almost ready for our launch! Our little nushka dolls site has been given a new home. Just a few more tweaks and we can show you all :)

Hope everyone is having lovely weekends!

{x}

A new home

2011-01-31T01:26:00.001-08:00

So this is my first post from my new iPad app. All in the hope of making my blogging process faster & easier! I've been busy updating the nushka website and have been designing some new doll sets that are now waiting for their first lick of varnish to make them even more beautiful!

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Lovely Pieces blog

2009-11-03T01:37:00.000-08:00

This week, Nushka Dolls have been lucky enough to be featured on Ashley Austin's blog, 'Lovely Pieces'! Her blog has some very lovely pieces indeed! - very worth a looksie.

Thank you to 'We Are Messengers!'

2009-09-23T22:30:00.000-07:00

My lovely friends at We Are Messengers posted about our little Nushka Dolls today! Check it out over here at the We Are Messengers blog :)

NEW SITE IS LIVE!!

2009-08-15T23:10:00.000-07:00

Stop the press! Nushka Dolls have a brand spanking new website! Any feedback or comments you might have is more than welcome!

Check it out here

What's cooking in the nushka kitchen?

2009-08-03T03:51:00.001-07:00

Hello lovelies! Well I've had one busy long weekend! 4 days of pottering around the house - catching up on a whole heap of housy stuff cos I've been sick lately.

Have also been catching up on my Nushka Dolls! I packaged up a special set this weekend that was sold to someone in Sydney... will be popping that one in the post tomorrow! Have also painted 3 new lovely sets - the images above showing you a sneak peak.

I have just painted their second coat of varnish on them tonight so tomorrow will be taking photos and uploading them to the new website - which I am also hoping to launch in the next couple of days.

It's all happening here in Nushka land! :P

Coming soon!!

2009-07-12T23:10:00.000-07:00

I know! I am thinking it too... what the hell is happening with Nushka Dolls? Where are the new dolls and why aren't they on the website?

I have been asking myself these questions every single day!

Things are happening though... I have new ideas to give the website a complete refresh - something that's very overdue. I also have new ideas for dolls coming soon...

So off to work I get... will try and post some progress things to keep everyone entertained in this fabulous world of blogs :)

Nushka Dolls mentioned in Real Living mag!

2009-06-09T16:13:00.000-07:00

Well this news is a little belated... because I only just found out that my dolls were mentioned in the Jan/Feb issue of Real Living magazine! So sorry for the old news.... but it's still exciting :) For me anyway! hehe

Hope you are all having nice Wednesday's!

mel xx

New custom doll - "Vee"

2009-05-26T05:46:00.000-07:00

Here's a sneak peek at my latest doll set. A new set of three which I illustrated with fine point pens and black and white paint. I was able to get far more detail using the pens rather than paint alone. This special set of three is unfortunately not for sale as I am giving it to my lovely friend Vee, who I work with. I have almost completed another set done in the same style though, so stay tuned as it will be posted soon.

Apartment Therapy feature!

2009-05-21T05:09:00.000-07:00

Well this is a little delayed... I have been meaning to post about this since it came out but I just hadn't found the time! My Nushka Dolls were featured on Apartment Therapy's website in at the end of last month. Someone very lovely on Etsy (Kay from OhKayK) told me about the article, which was lucky because I had no idea it had been posted!

If you'd like to check it out, pop on over here.

PRICES NOW IN US DOLLARS ON ETSY

2009-03-07T18:23:00.000-08:00

Morning everyone!! Just a quick note to let you know all my prices on Etsy are now in US dollars. Very silly of me, but I didn't realise they were being shown in US dollars, so I've had to go and make them all less to accommodate for the exchange rate. So now they appear cheaper, and much more buyable!! hehe

Have a great weekend!

Nushka's now sold at KILN!

2009-03-07T00:32:00.000-08:00

Very exciting news.... Nushka Dolls are now in store at KILN gallery's store called 'The Bloomery'. They are situated in Paddington, Brisbane, in an old fire station building. We went there last night to drop off the first batch of Nushka Dolls and to see the other artwork, jewellery and gifts in the gallery.

There are now some little Nushka keyrings available (custom orders too!) and some sweet little button packs! The keyrings can be sold with or without the keyring attachment - for people like me who like to have little dolls surrounding my computer! :)

The new dolls have been added to the Etsy store but are not yet on the website - they will be coming soon though!

sweet thoughts,

mel

Nushka's on Bondville!

2009-03-02T21:07:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Steph Bond at Bondville, my little Nushka Dolls have a special blog about them today! I had the pleasure of meeting Steph just a couple of weeks ago at the first Brisbane Brown Owls get together and she was nice enough to include me in her lovely blog! Check out Bondville here.

New dolls have their first coat of varnish!

2009-02-28T02:44:00.003-08:00

A big hello to everyone this weekend. I have been up to my ears in crafty goodness so far... so thought I would share some progress piccies to keep you entertained! hehe In the above pictures, you can see my very cluttered desk with all the newbies having their first coat of varnish. Makes it very difficult to use the computer at the same time let me tell you!

I have also done a new little keyring which I'm very excited to be selling soon! And I have now finished the designs on the two new dolls sets - I'm going to be choosing their names tonight and doing their second coat of varnish so they will be all complete!

'Til next time folks! xx

New little "Sweet" canvas!

2009-02-26T20:56:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday everyone! Hope you're all looking forward to the weekend.

The other day I bought some really cute little tiny canvas's (only 10cm x 10cm!) and last night I got my paints out, did some thinking, penciled on some type and began adding colours! :) I like the size of these canvas's - it's looking super cute on my desk right now. Am thinking of selling these in The Bloomery gift store at KILN Gallery as I have a few more ideas up my sleeve... Fun, fun!

...Work in progress

2009-02-22T22:44:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! I am feeling very inspired today! Even though I have a bad headache and a sore throat... I am still trying to ignore that while I let myself be inspired by everything Nushka! On the weekend, I went along to the first Brisbane Brown Owls meet where we got together with a bunch of other crafty ladies to eat cupcakes and sew felt owls! What could be better?! I left the meeting feeling nicely inspired to do my own stuff....

So I have decided to put up a little sneak peak of the dolls I am currently working on. The opening night at KILN Gallery is on Fri 6th March - which is only NEXT FRIDAY! So I have been very busy these last few weeks preparing everything for the day. The pictures above are of a new (and very different) doll set that will be in the store. I really wanted to do a more creatively 'random' design so have been playing around with some new shapes and new colours.

I have also painted a new 'Nikkita' set (above) so I will have some of the current dolls in the store too. They are all sold out at the moment, so I'm keen to paint as many as I possibly can in the time frame! This Nikkita set is almost complete - I just have to draw the eyes and mouth on and she'll be all done!

And the third set I have been working on is still at very early stages... But I have designed a new fringe for them! Similar to ones I have done before, but it has a little cute wisp at the front! Cute! I'm also considering leaving some of this doll in wood as I think it will look really gorgeous ones it's all varnished. Have to get my creative cap on now though and choose a design for it!

Dolls soon to be sold in a Gallery gift store!

2009-02-10T21:17:00.000-08:00

Some exciting news today!

Last week, I was approached by KILN gallery in Paddington, Brisbane to exhibit my Nushka Dolls and some other crafty things. There is going to be an opening night on March 6, so if you're free come along and take a look! There are lots of lovely things in the gift store like funky purses and badges, or great little canvas paintings, hand-made toys and jewellery and heaps of other cool stuff. I am so excited to have my Nushka's in there too as there are not many places in Brisbane focussing on hand-made good.

So I am busy busy BUSY painting and getting everything ready to show. I can't wait!

Nushka Dolls featured on Daily Imprint!

2008-11-24T15:55:00.000-08:00

My nushka dolls have been published on the "Daily Imprint" blog which is run by Natalie Walton - who is the deputy editor of Real Living Magazine.

Check out the article here at Daily Imprint.

nushka dolls featured in online mag!!

2008-09-30T17:17:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it's been a while since my first (and only!) blog entry! Today is the day to get back on the band wagon! I have been busy updating my website and painting new dolls so haven't had the chance to tell you all about it yet!

Today though, there is an article about nushka dolls that has been published in 'Living Creatively' which is a really funky online magazine about everything creative!

Check out the full article here.

Finally it's here! A nushka doll blog!

2008-06-16T22:30:00.000-07:00

Yes it's finally time to have a much-awaited blog for nushka dolls. Something I have been meaning to get around to ever since I started nushka dolls last year!

Today I have two sets of exciting news... the first being the announcement of the blog launch! And the second being that today we received our brand new badge-maker! That's right! Our very own professional badge-maker! I have grand plans to make some cute-as little button sets that will soon be featured on the website. I am also currently making some rather major updates to the website as we speak! I'm hoping it will all be up and running in the next couple of weeks.

Stay tuned!

much love

melsie xo