mary janes

I'm so loving my new
Colorado mary janes
they are just the cutiest things ever.

coming soon...

two sleeping sisters coming out soon

inspiration

OUR GRANDMOTHER

Lots of friends ask
"how do you make all of these great things"
the first answers is always "My grandmother taught me"
When we were very young our grandmother taught us how to sew, knit and crochet.
A gift that has given us joy and even saved our sanity many times over.

When I was about 12 years old my grandmother sat me down at the treadle sewing machine
and we made my first rag doll off her pattern{the same i use today}
She told me how she made the same doll for my mother when she was young out of blue material and she was called "BLUE BELLE"
Mine was made out of yellow material and i called her "YELLOW BELLE"
You don't tend to be very original at that age...

Over a very long time{i shudder! 30 years} the pattern has evolved
Of course due to age and style and the many times it has been cut around
and re drawn when the paper wore thin.
The face was drawn on with "hobby tech" years ago but with the start of folk art classes
about 10 years ago and the help of jo sonya paints and mediums
it has made a huge improvement.
So as with most of our art we keep the amount we do to a minimum
mainly to keep us encouraged and motivated and make them a bit more special.
We like to make things because we want to not because we have to.

Our grandmother taught us so much more its hard to put it in one post
so i am sure there will be many more post on this.
People can inspire you everyday of the week
but when you put love and inspiration together it makes magic....

new bag

this is my new paris bag
havn't taken it out for a stroll yet
have a really nice black "gordon smith" linen long dress
that will look great with it
and not forgetting my "mary janes".
i just need somewhere to go......

company

I like to have a royal sister wearever I go
so I made a mini one that I put on a key chain.

and she just makes me feel lucky

My Favourite Poem

This was my favourite poem as a child and it has staid my favourite all my life.
Michelle and I would learn all of the A.A Milne poems of by heart.
It is amazing how you can still recite these so easily without realising it.
Enjoy!

Halfway Down
BY
Alan Alexander (A. A.) Milne

Halfway down the stairs
is a stair
where i sit.
there isn't any
other stair
quite like
it.
i'm not at the bottom,
i'm not at the top;
so this is the stair
where
I always
stop.

Halfway up the stairs
Isn't up
And it isn't down.
It isn't in the nursery,
It isn't in town.
And all sorts of funny thoughts
Run round my head.
It isn't really
Anywhere!
It's somewhere else
Instead!

Priscilla, a Sleeping Royal Sister

A silly poem about sleeping.

Ode to Sleep

Sleep, sleep, sleep is good.
On a bed, or a floor of wood.

I like to sleep any time of day,
All I need is a place to lay.

I'll sleep in grass, I'll sleep through class,
I'll sleep on the train, I'll sleep through the rain.

When I'm sleeping, life is is fine
on odd dreams my mind does dine.

Sleep is refreshing and lots of fun!
I recommend sleep to everyone!

Happy Happy Easter

Best Wishes to all for Easter 2008.
Easter has many meanings to many people but best of all it is your being close to your dearest.
I believe that Easter means slowing down, spending time with family and eating lot's of chocolate.

New Find

Isn't it great to find a piece that fits so right into a place that you have been waiting for the right one. I put new handles on and have one of my bird cages on top but I need to add that extra piece to finish th top. The best belongings are one's that have lived.
Let's keep the past part of our present.

alaskan

all i need is something warm
its chilly in alaska
will be on etsy soon
what colour will i wear?

vegetable tart

vegetable tart
place a sheet of puff pastry on a baking tray
that has been sprayed with olive oil
fold in sides about a cm
spread some basil pesto on inside
arrange already roasted vegetables or left overs
i put some baby truss tomatoes on mine
put you favorite cheese like brie or feta etc
and put in hot oven for about 20 minutes until top is brown
yum!

sculptor

this photo i took in wellington nsw
came across it when we went to look at the caves
the sky was amazing that day
and it turned out rather nice i thought

nice things

just love this necklace i wear it all the time
we found it at a second hand shop{a combined effort}
and people comment on it constantly
i am be wilded by the fact that i know nothing about it
and never will
i suppose sometimes it better that way....

cookies yum

YUM YUM
Silhouette Honey Cookies
made by our sister
jvhanderson.etsy.com
Take a look its really worth it

around the world

Really nice pic I thought of the alaskan girls
made right here in australia

arrivederci

Arrivederci Simon
All I can say is I wish it were us
Maybe one day
Thankyou 100 times over for your Friendship and Incouragement
of our business, we would not have come so far without it
We will all miss you heaps
Keep us posted on all the wonderful and exciting things you do.
Buona Fortuna

Belinda's SUNDAY Thoughts

I was sitting here reading the Sunday papers and checking on Etsy and thinking of ways to spend your Sunday. Here we will be spending Sunday cleaning up, preparing for the week ahead and cooking. I made a Curried Prawn meal last night, Michelle's recipe and it was a huge hit. I will publish the recipe below.

How do other people spend their Sunday's?

Michelle's Curried Prawns:

Cook prawns in fry pan, add chopped onion, then add chopped vegetables ie. carrots, broccoli, steam off, then add green or red curry paste, coconut milk, fresh coriander and lime juice.
Serve with rice cooked in coconut milk and tumeric.
The amounts used depend on how many you are cooking for.

Weekend News

Belinda's Saturday : Newspapers
: Garage Sale
: Groceries
: Sport Uniform Sorting
: Lunch
: Relatives
: T.V.

photo : snow

I just love this photo
I took it last time it snowed
Did I mention I take photos?

new alaskan sister

Meet Corazon an Alaskan Royal Sister
Corazon means Heart which i think is a perfect name for her...

sketch

A sketch of the feline royal sister
We like to get a bit of a idea how they will look before we start
This isn't always the way sometimes they just turn out how they want to.....

making of a royal sister

The making of an Alaskan royal sister

Will be uploading her on etsy soon...

welcome

Welcome to the very first post here at theroyalsisters.We are very excited to let everyone know all about us and our handmade items we are now selling world wide on etsy.com.
Here is a pic of BRIGETTE one of our pretty french royal sisters.