AFFORDABLE DESIGNS

From a tiny eBay store to a small but multi-divisioned doll company, Affordable Designs is now Affordable Designs - Canada... the little doll company that could... In 1999, Denis Bastien came up with "Affordable Designs" as a store name for his eBay offerings. At such time he was designing/sewing limited edition outfits to fit fashion dolls the likes of Mel Odom's Gene Marshall. Soon after the first Affordable Designs' website was created... After many limited edition outfits, some one-of-a-kind commissions, a few doll conventions, and a few miniature accessory sets it was decided that the company would start selling sewing pattern versions of Denis Bastien's designs.