As you can all see it has been a long time since I have posted here. Many new directions and spiritual awakenings have taken place in my life over the past year and this year is more about spirituality for me and working with the energies of the vast universe. I have started a new blog Crowing Moon filled with my magickal work. This year for me is about sharing my knowledge, healing clients with reiki and crystals, learning more to deepen my spiritual roots and sharing some of the spells and stories I have written. I will always be creating the dolls that you know and love but this year my creativeness is growing in different directions. My own hand drawn oracle cards are on the menu as is a children's book with characters I am creating myself. This blog will be deleted soon and all my creations for sale will still be available on facebook at Wickedly Divine Creations I hope to share this new magickal journey with you all Blessings

Adelind the Rainbow Dragon

Adelind is a very young dragon from the Rainbow Clan. She has never been out into the big wide world before and only knows the world within her fellow Rainbow Clan. Beautiful rainbow coloured crystals line the walls and ceiling of the cave she dwells within with her fellow rainbow dragons.

Being such a young dragon she has that childlike wonder in her eyes as she sees everything for the first time. Today she wandered out of the cave for the first time with her mother to spend the day in the dragon fields. After a while her mother lets her wander a little and watches her in the distance. Adelind watches the birds fly by and sniffs the delicate flowers.

The colours are so bright and fresh in the warm sunshine and she could spend forever here she thinks. The fluffy clouds float gently across the bright blue sky and the sunlight plays with the dust mites in the air creating a delicate sparkle. All the flowers smell so pretty and entices her senses. Rich colours fill her world and she is happy to be alive.

As she sits amongst the flowers inhaling their delicate perfume one beautiful flower stands out among the rest. Adelind plucks it from the ground and decides to give it to her mummy as a special gift. As she inhales the fragance a little white butterfly circles her head and then lands on the petals. She stares in wonder at it as she has never seen anything devoid of colour before. Where has the colour gone and how can something with no colour be so beautiful she wonders? The sparkle on the pretty little creature's delicate wings holds her attention and she cant look away.

She is lost in thought and time stands still as she takes in the beauty of this amazing creature in her hands.

Adelind has now sold and will be heading to her new home shortly. For more one of a kind hand crafted magickal creatures, goddess dolls, faeries and other fantastical beings head to my facebook page Wickedly Divine Creations

A new blog for your reading pleasure

It has been a LONG time sine I have updated my blog and many changes have been happening in my Wickedly Divine world. One of them seems to be some big changes to blogger that I am yet to navigate. My beautiful blog is no longer working with the updates and changes here so a pretty basic one has been put up till I figure it all out..... I have begun a new blog I would like to direct you all to and will keep you all posted between the two as to what is going on in the world of WD :)

I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

Hello everyone! I must apologize..I have been the WORST blogger this year! SO long since I updated anyone on what I'm doing or more importantly catching up on all my favourite blogs! Although I am WAY behind on seeing what all my favourites have been up to I have often wondered how everyone is going or what they have been making and although I have been really bad at blogging I have been super flat out busy sewing and creating LOTS of new things...
so firstly I should explain my absence....
Several months ago a friend talked me into starting up a page on Facebook.. Wickedly Divine Creations by Shelley Hobbs.. to show off my dolls. The first one I shared was this mermaid........


and some pixie faes......



a couple of bags..........


some fantasy inspired dollies

a faery or two


and since then my page has just continued to grow and grow! I now have close to 1000 followers and orders are just coming in left, right and centre and my free time for blogging..or anything else.. has been soaked up in running the page, answering emails and filling orders!
I'm also working towards a market night to be held on my Facebook page on September 1st to show off lots of new designs that I haven't had a chance to make due to all the orders..which I have taken a short break from so I can create new designs..some using patterns from some awesome designers and lots of my own.
I really have been trying to find a happy medium that allows me to work and play.. which most of the time is my work :)It has been exciting and truthfully a bit overwhelming with how popular my creations have been but I think I have finally got it under control and have come to some sort of level of organisation so I can update, create and message friends that I've been way behind on...but dont quote me on that ;)
I have too many pictures of recent creations to show on here at once but if you'd like to see more click on my link above as my facebook page is updated a lot more frequently than this one....

AND last but not least... today was a most exciting day for me:D My very first published project in Homespun magazine came out today in August's Garden Issue. My regular blog readers would remember miss Lynda Laydie Bird that I created last year as a friend for Danae the Rose Elf....Well here is Lynda gracing the cover of Homespun....I haven't been able to wipe the silly grin off my face since I got my copy ;)






and very soon Lynda Laydie Bird and Danae the Rose Elf are getting another friend to play with...Bebby BumbleBee will be joining them for a tea party on September 1st so stay tuned for lots more Wickedly Divine Creations and join me on my facebook page to see lots of my fantasy inspired creations.

Blessings to all

Wennonah... the Fae witch of the Woodlands

Wennonah is a natural fae witch.




She adorns herself with the offerings of the woodland and uses the flowers, herbs and resins of the plants that grow around her woodland home.





She uses the plants to help injured and/or sick animals and other woodsy creatures.






Wennonah has sold and will be shipped out to her new home very soon.

The winner is............

*Drumroll*...................... the winner of my Blogiversary giveaway is............. MARILYN.
Congratulations Marilyn. I will post pics of your prize and Tara's birthday bash later on. Been a BUSY weekend. I will need to get your address Marilyn to post your prize out to you :)
Have a happy creative day everyone

It's my blogiversary...(and yes I'm still alive)

I have been such a bad blogger of late. I'm SO behind in reading others blogs and writing on my own. I've missed catching up with my blog buddies and I promise to get around to all blogs in the next few days and catch up on everyones crafty creations and happenings. I'm taking a couple of days break from sewing and orders to set up for Tara's 18th birthday party being held on the weekend. Vampire dress up themed party with spooky vampy/monster themed food (and a heap of scary teenage friends). Should be loads of fun! I think the scariest part is that 18 years have flown by so fast and my little girl is now considered an ADULT!

Since I started my Wickedly Divine page on facebook I've been flat out sewing bags and dolls that are disappearing like hot cakes. It's exciting how well they've all been received but the work load is huge at the moment with orders as well as crafting goodies for 2 stalls that I've been asked to participate in within the next month as well as an artists showcase coming up in a quilt store in town in a few months and crafting for the Mind Body Spirit festival in Sydney in Nov. Phew...it hasn't left many spare hours for blog reading unfortunately.
So while I have a few minutes spare before tea and baths and bed for kidlets I thought I better let you all know I'm still in the land of the living and show my latest creations.....

This bag was made for my beautiful mum who's birthday was last week. I haven't given it to her yet as she's been away on a short holiday so she'll be getting it on the weekend. Hope she loves it.

The lovely fantasy artist Joanne Schemmp kindly gave me permission to use her image of Colleen on the bag. I love Joanne's art!

This bag was made for sale and has sold....


these too have also sold.....



and on the wicked~er side of Wickedly Divine a dark fae that was part of Tara's birthday gifts.......(I am really loving making these bags :))


along with a victorian style vampire doll.......

complete with an Elvis lip curl to show off one of her fangs



and my crafty little Kayla made the black rose ribbon to go on her head!

Also part of another birthday present are these cute babushka(or matryoshka)dolls made for my little lady who recently turned 2...March is a bad month for birthdays. Another is coming up for another daughter on St Patty's day!

These ones were made from the pattern I received in Chookyblues SSCS last year.

And little Miss Danae loves them :)

Another recent creation is this little faery "Bea" She is still available for adoption and there are more pics of her on my wickedly divine page on facebook. I couldn't decide what to call her and as I took the photos of her a little bee landed on her dress and hence her name :)






Another adoptable is this mermaid and there are more pics of her on the fb page too.



And I finally made a faery just for myself for once and this one was made in remembrance of my dear nanna who passed away close to 17 years ago. I received this marcasite brooch that she used to wear when her will was read and have had it in my jewellery box all that time waiting for my doll making skills to improve to put it to use on something special.


So Mareliz...named after my nan Mary Elizabeth... was born.



I was pleased with how she turned out :)

Today also marks the 1 year anniversary of my beginings on Blogger. So being my very 1st blogiversary and in relation to all the birthday gifts I've been giving away for the month of March so far I think I should mark it with a birthday giveaway on here too.
So how do we go about this? How does leaving a comment here on Blogger sound and everyone who does goes into a draw that I will draw on the weekend for a small pressie? Oh and an extra entry into the draw if you're a follower :)

I'm off to bath some kids and finish some sewing before I take a short break for the birthday fun.
blessings to all