My name is Sara Neves, I’m married, have two daughters, a kitten called Poppy and beautiful golden fish.

 

Throughout my life I’ve worked in different areas, but the English language has always been present: I was a journalist, an English teacher and trainer and now, beyond the translations and occasional private English lessons, I make cloth dolls and illustrations.

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When I was a teenager I already liked to embroider and I even learnt the basics of knitting and crocheting with my grandmother Leonor as a young child, but it was only when I became a mother that my love for sewing has grown. I have started by sewing everything by hand until I managed to buy my first sewing machine, afterwards I did a workshop on the basics of sewing to be able to use it.

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I have always loved reading and writing my own stories, that my mother was diligently registering in small notebooks that she keeps till today. So, in a time in which I wanted and needed to change the course of my life and felt the urge of connecting myself to what made me happier, I decided to take a risk and create my project ‘CottonCandy-AlgodãoDoce’ which is now called ‘CottonCandy’s Family’.

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Other passions of mine are surfing – I used to bodyboard – Yoga, books, the love for nature, for animals and the dream of moving to the countryside one day, ad have my own vegetable plot and garden with several flowers.

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  I love to spread happiness everywhere I go because we all see and hear many sad things everyday, and I hope I can do it with you.

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If you wish to make a custom order of my dolls or accessories or for an illustration, please drop me an email 

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In the meantime, let´s get to know each other better. And I hope to show you the beautiful things that other artists are creating all over the world.

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Be happy and always smile,

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Sara