hi...

well as you might have discovered by now, i am horrible at this... it seemed like a good idea at first because sooooo many things are happening around here, it would be fun to share...
but time is not on my side, it passes through my hands like sand and i am now standing on a dune.
Dera and Megan my sweet and brilliant new assistants promised to help so here we are again...
...working with larry and leslie on the fall sweaters, megan creating the set for our next little movie,
dera papier-maché-ing the car for our first book, balthazar getting a wire frame, our circus store window,
a few mock-ups of our next doll costumes, the blabla bus and of course, my crazy monsters.

light on the postcard

i like pretty pictures but i always wonder what surrounds them, what's not shown...like george our faithful driver in lima holding the dolls for that shot..

around the table in lima

we all work so hard on the new samples, every detail always matters because it means something to me,

i think that i drive everybody crazy with that....

a hairy ear for a "tough" wolf but a higher smile to show his sweetness, more threads on the sides because he does not shave, but not all black, he is a dandy not a gangster.

the bow on the sheep... no no not straight, he just woke up...

and the gloves of mirabelle, the magician's assistant, up...no...down...a trim..no, no trim, yes a trim, but not that trim...blue like the pom pom, sorry no that does not work, let's try white, now it looks like a sock...

what do i do?....let's call susan she'll have an idea...

anyway, you get the picture....after a week they are happy to see me go home...:)

land of its own of colors

i love those antique tiles that you can still find in the old neighborhoods of lima.
they remind me of the colors of peru, the rich and vibrant reds and purples, and greens and blues, standing proud in front of the browns and greys of the desert dust. 
i often have that contrast in mind...

i am back

to all of you petits et grands, i just wanted to say 

happy new year! I think of you every day....

it makes me happy that i can make you happy...

just a regular day at blabla

working with erika on bunnies last week, she stole the mustaches..

i just had to share before she moves to Detroit next month...

Play! every day..

play!  is a lovely calendar designed by a "small group of full-grown kids in Hamburg with loads of love and passion"

they selected "53 inspiring current designers" from around the world whose work "combine concepts and design with a playful sense of joy" and have created equally inspiring fonts to match their designs

i am so excited that blala be in this project; i know how much children adore our dolls and what they mean to them, it

makes my day, every day, but it is also very nice to be recognized by other designers....

"play is the best form of research" albert einstein

instant costumes

since the kids were little, they've always loved for me to draw images on their feet and hands.... 

wolf feet

elephant hands

hipity-hop

so....the week is over and did i mentioned earlier that i was finished with the bunnies?
well that wasn't true.....after a month of going around in circles with the idea, now they keep popping in my head, one after another, multiplying like bunnies do...
and I have no idea which ones i will pick for spring...maybe all of them!...

this morning...

i am not really sure where i am going with this but it doesn't matter, what's important is that it's there, out of the box, now...

at some point it will make sense, everything does..if i listen...