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Embrace your imperfections

It’s time we stop seeing our unique differences and quirky features as things to be fixed or tamed. Embrace the imperfections (let’s face it – we all have them!). Allow yourself to come exactly as you are – perfect in all your glorious imperfections, crazy hair and all! Our children need us to be good role models in loving and appreciating ourselves rather than critiquing our every “flaw”. The…

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Stop and smell the roses

Eleanor is my “stop and smell the roses” girl. She likes to take her time with everything! I felt so frustrated with her as I washed and brushed her hair – she kept asking for me to slow down! Trying to dress her was painful – she wanted everything to be just so. “No, not those pants. Hmmm. I don’t like those shoes. Please may I have purple ribbons? Can I help you make the skirt?” I could have…

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To love and to be loved

Rejection brings out the worst in people.  Love and acceptance brings out the best. Humiliation, embarrassment, rejection, failure, disproved of – we have all felt these things at some stage in our life! Some of us can shrug it off and keep moving. Others feel it deeply and allow these feelings of rejection to wound them and transform their feelings of worthiness.  Being loved by others, feeling…

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Beauty

I want to change the world so that when my little girl is older she will look in the mirror and see nothing but her beautiful, Perfectly Imperfect self!  There will be no comparisons made, no self-loathing, no tears about her appearance. She will look confidently into her own eyes and be proud of who she is.  She will FEEL beautiful because she will KNOW she’s beautiful because the world I am…

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Discount code I need to make some room on my shelves for new dolls so I am offering a 20% discount off all dolls in my Etsy store!

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A ripple in a pond

You know what?  Part of why I write my stories is because I want to be the voice I needed when I was younger. If I had read these stories as a child I believe I would have made some very different choices. Just small things, like reaching out to the child always on their own. Or speaking kind words to someone I saw hurting. Or standing up for the voiceless, and seeing the “invisible” kids around…

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Hyper-sexualised Bratz dolls receive a makeover

This was originally posted on the Collective Shout website BY CAITLIN ROPER 2955SC ON NOVEMBER 07, 2016 For years, Bratz dolls have attracted criticism for their hyper-sexualised appearance and unhealthy messages to little girls. This week we spoke with Miriam, who decided to makeover the dolls in a unique and positive way. Read the interview below: What led you to start altering the dolls? With…

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Beauty vs character

I asked my 9 year old son what he thought of these dolls. He doesn’t normally see the “before” dolls, only the repaints. His response was totally unscripted and heartfelt and fascinating! I have never really talked about my opinion of Bratz dolls in his presence, or shown them to him so I was interested to hear his own thoughts. I madly typed as he spoke:   “Weird, scary, they don’t look real,…

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Messy hair, don't care

Messy hair, don’t care

Harriet more often than not has scraped knees and muddy shoes. She detests brushing her hair – no matter how much her mother tugs and flattens and runs the comb through, her hair refuses to be tamed!  You can always be sure to find a myriad of interesting items in her pockets or messanger bag – a cicada wing, pebbles, rubber bands or a piece of string. As Harriet says “I never know when I’ll need…

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I'm simply seeing YOU!

I’m simply seeing YOU!

To my dear Sammy, When I look at you, when I’m talking with you, I’m simply seeing YOU. I notice your expressive, shining eyes that allow you to see me in return. Your rosebud mouth which moves so fast as you chatter. Your pink cheeks, flushed from running around and laughing show a healthy and active child! Your thick red hair, brushed and plaited, reveals a loving hand at home.  I notice your…

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Messy

Life.  It’s messy, and tiring, and difficult, and heartbreaking, and absolutely breathtakingly beautiful all in one!  Moments like this evening, where I dragged the sleepy kids back out of bed to witness the sky on fire – a pallet of glorious colour! We were given our own amazing moment to laugh and point and exclaim in joy and disbelief each time The Master Painter splashed a new colour onto his…

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Ashleigh Meet Ashleigh! My little thinker, kissed abundantly by the fairies. She may appear to be listening to you but is more likely inventing something terribly clever in her mind!

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Emily

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Sammy and Rhianna are the very best of friends! I will introduce you to both of them tomorrow ❤️

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Charity is obsessed with weather! Mention anything to do with the topic and she is alert and engaged. She pores over weather books and charts, and graphs the daily rainfall and temperature. She is constantly sketching details or jotting down interesting facts and observations in her journal, and has even made her own sundial for the garden. Charity's favourite weather topic is definitely cloud formations. There are so many beautiful combinations every day, and she finds them all fascinating - even just their names feel beautiful when they roll off her tongue: cumulus, nimbus, cirrus, stratus, cumulonimbus! Charity's dream? To be a meteorologist of course! . . #inspiringgirls #truebeauty #girlpower #dollsofinstagram #repainteddoll #rescueddolls #mimsdandydolls #upcycleddoll #upcycled #upcycling #recycled #sustainable #handmade #handmadeinaustralia #etsysellers #sustainablehandmadecreations #celebratinghandmade #dreamer #thinker #childhoodunplugged #bebrave #kindness #love #friendship #bodyimagemovement #huffpostau #perfectlyimperfect #sustainablehandmadecollective #weather #meteorologist

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Sooooo hot here today! Eleanor is taking refuge from the heat in our lovely tree! How are you keeping cool? ☀️ 🌞🌞🌞🔥 . . #inspiringgirls #truebeauty #girlpower #dollsofinstagram #repainteddoll #rescueddolls #mimsdandydolls #upcycleddoll #upcycled #upcycling #recycled #sustainable #handmade #handmadeinaustralia #etsysellers #sustainablehandmadecreations #celebratinghandmade #dreamer #thinker #childhoodunplugged #bebrave #kindness #love #friendship #bodyimagemovement #huffpostau #perfectlyimperfect #sustainablehandmadecollective #runlikeagirl