About the Artist

Little Bea Imaginings was created in 2013 by, Summer Lindeman after her grandmother, Bea Sutton passed away, leaving her entire sewing room to Summer.  

As a classically trained artist, Summer had no real experience with sewing.  Not letting inexperience stop her, she decided to experiment with making toys for her young child, Little Bea, so her grandmother's sewing supplies wouldn't go to waste.  

After much trial and error, Summer created a few designs and found that her dolls and toys were popular with Little Bea's friends so she made them available to the general public.  She quickly found that creating dolls can be just as much of an art as the drawing and painting she had done previously.  She started creating dolls and toys for children and collectors alike.  

In 2017, Summer took a hiatus from creating full-time and got a “real job” at Craft Warehouse, a family owned craft store in Vancouver, Washington. Over the next five years, Summer learned so much more about crafting and creating using various mixed media techniques and basic crafting supplies. Even though working in the crafting industry has had it’s own rewards, Summer has missed Little Bea Imaginings very much. Because of this, she will begin creating again for the shop sometime in 2024.

Check back often for further developments!