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I'm a 25 year old red headed crafter & crofter living in Scotland.
Interests include: animals, landscapes, DIY, self-builds, tiny houses, birds, crafting


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Hi there! I’m Maddy, 24 years old and live in the North of Scotland.

I have ginger hair and live on a gluten-free diet, have a massive interest in DIY, animals, crafts, Scotland and mythology. I have a degree in Illustration and run my own business making and selling art dolls online.

Relevant important characters include Rob, my boyfriend who works on a 3 week here and 3 week there rotation.
My Mum who we live with and also works offshore on a 2/2 rotation. I have free reign of her house when she’s away.
My dog Rouko, a large munsterlander who is 2. I used to have a turkey called Tinsel and I taught him to play fetch by training him to pick up a stick in exchange for mealworms - that was the day Mum finally let me get a dog.

My goose Golly, I think she’s nearly 2 too. She lays fantastic eggs.

Ard a’Chlachain/the new plot/the croft/corry meadow, the 62 acres of land the three of us just bought an hour north of Inverness. Ard a'Chlachain roughly translates to “Nose of the Parish”, which means the hill in the middle of the village, basically. We still haven’t fully decided on what to call it yet, the village calls it Corry Meadow, but legally it’s Croft 303, and it’s Ard a'Chlachain on the OS Maps. … *shrugs*!

Crafts
I run my own business, Magweno Art Dolls, making and selling bespoke art dolls to a niche market. More often than not I have a cheaper line of resin-cast “flop dolls” with no armatures available in my Etsy shop. You can see a full, dedicated archive of my work at Magweno.com

Prices for bespoke commissions start at £180, please email me with a reference sheet or description for a quote and please include the scale you are looking for. Custom flop dolls (set designs you pick the colours) are available periodically in my Etsy shop.

DIY

I have an interest in building things, back in 2011 my family and I built a studio for my business to work from. More recently we bought 62 acres of land and as a temporary accommodation and future living space Rob and I are building the Tiny House. You can find Tiny House related reblogs and posts under the Tiny House tag.

The studio with attached aviary! Current inhabitants: 10 quail, 1 partridge, 1 pheasant, 2 budgies and a canary. All except the quail have names but I won’t bore you ;)

(Tiny House plans are a bit of a work in progress at the moment!)