Lil Cricket....

I'm off to Reno tomorrow and I have two new pressmolds...one is Baby Chloe' which is 19" and it's a pressmold for 25.00 (she is a newborn size baby) and body pattern is 12.00...then I have lil Cricket who is 9" and is a baby also...the mold is 20.00 and body pattern is 12.00...both are ready and I will have them for sale in Reno and then when I get home on Monday...Cricket's body will look very much like Chloe' just a minature...several people have asked for a bigger baby and a smaller one...so of course your wish is my command...teehee

a gift for my gma

My grandma turns 91 on wed...so I made her this picture of rhi and scarlett...imagine we are 5 generations...truly amazing...

a head for jean oh my

well i teach in Reno this weekend coming up...and jean Bernard and I are doing our Luna...well since we have the original sample and then do another sample in class to show our how to's on...jean being the wild woman that she is asked if we could do a witch I said sure and so here is the head for jean...i altered the Luna mold...

Newborn baby...Meet Chloe'

I am teaching the baby in the gourd egg...and I needed to make another baby to show how to sew, paint and assemble her...since the original one was a one of a kind...I decided to make a diffrent baby head but the same type of body...so this is a clay head...painted and then a cloth body...she is about 19"long and would wear preemie to newborn size clothes...and she is now a pressmold and pattern...

The Harvest Muse...

Well I'm finished...I crocheted her a hat...dipped some hearts in glue and cinnamon with wood beads...and patti page named her...wohooo...she will go to my etsy store til I have time to get to the gallery in town if she doesn't sell on etsy first...teehee...

Almost finished...

I am almost finished with my little fall girl...she needs a name...and a few goodies in her hands...

Fall is in the air

I was playing with a little doll that I used Thumbelina's face on...humm you say where did that pattern come from...wellllllll could it be the challenge pattern coming free in the newsletter...hummm better sign up for the free newsletter and see...of course she is a work in progress...I will keep you posted on her...

new altered ornament or tags...

I have been playing...made some tags or ornaments...

FDA Recipe Round Robin

I just finishd the recipe spread in Cherie Day's book...I have been trying to keep with an Iowa theme...since I live in Iowa teehee

something new

i am working on some pieces for the gallery and this is a new piece that is in the beginning stages...

Watercolor Pencil face class

Watercolor Pencil face class
Come join me in a beginner watercolor pencil face class...you will learn proportions of the face...how to color a realistic face and a fantasy one...if you have taken Echlin online class then you have taken this face class...both lessons one and two are posted and it's ready to go...no waiting for lessons.

Classes are suspended until I have completed work on renovating the school! Check back soon! (updated Jan 2009)

Look who lives in the Fairy house

Well I'm finished...I got my little fairy finished...I'm trying to decide if this should be an online class or an in person class...teehee

More work on fairy house

I have added vines and silk leaves and flowers...what fun...now I need to make the fairies to live in it...

What I'm up to...

Well I took a few days just for me...I feel better and I got some things done for the gallery in town (these are pins or broachs)...I am also working on a fairy house that hangs on the wall....it's half a gourd and more...this is still in progress...have more to do but wanted to share...

a bit of nature

I went and sat in Jeff's garden for a bit and took a few pictures...I wanted to share these with my grandma as zinna's are her favorite flower...so thought I would share them with yall too

WWAO Art exhibit

Sharon has put on an art exhibit and thought you might like to take a look there is some wonderful work there...thank you Sharnon for all your hard work...it's wonderful...
http://redladyart.com/ (you can click on the title on this blog and it will take you to the exhibit I just figured out how to do that...teehee)

In Loving memory

Maranda and Lyndi (Lyndi is on the right)...Lyndi you will be missed by us all

Camping

We enjoyed the labor day weekend...matt and jeff played volleyball and tug o war with friends and I watched and cheered...we had a sad ending to the weekend as we had no cell phone service and finally thru the grapevine a message was gotten to us to call Jeff's mom...one of Jeff's twin nieces (she was 27) was killed while riding in the back of a pickup truck and fell out...such a lose...truly we have had a heck of a year...