Stressed over stress angel teehee

wohooo I got my stress angel commissions done...wohooo and noper i'm not making any more...love sherry

New lil dolls

I met an artist name xenia schmidt one etsy....her etsy name is xeniaschmidt
she is from Germany and now is going to school for art in San Franscio...and she had never mades dolls and when i saw her work I told her what wonderful dolls she could make...well we decided to give a few a try...she made 10 faces...and I will make them into simple little dolls...then she will get 5 back for her etsy store and I will have 5 for mine...well I might need one and a giftie or two...teehee but I think they are delightful and I'm gonna teach her to make them as they are so easy and I think she would have fun...

More pictures of the tree

Well here are more pics...I think I will see what they do in the day light....but itn't it wonderful...OH MY....and you can bet more pics to come...

Decorating the tree

WEll we got the tree decorated and it's beautiful...I took pictures but only one is okay...but I am going to read my camera book as I am sure there is a setting that will work perfect...I am so excited and want each of you to see what you have done by sending the ornaments, tree and decorations...I will decorate the house tomorrow...again THANK YOU...

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving...I know we did...we went to mom/dad's on wed afternoon...it had snowed and sort of started the spirit of the holiday season...i took a few pic but didn't get many...

Rhiannon's first school program

Rhi goes to preschool two days a week and today they had their program...it was so cute...it was all of about 15 min...I laughed so hard...she was just a wiggling and singing...

more turkey time

Well this was Friday night...it took Jeff 6 hours to get all the birds injected with marinate...the turkey fry and dance was a great success...yipppeeee now I'm worn out...awww but it's over for a whole year....

Gifts from my wonderful friends

Well as many of you know we had a fire this summer that destroyed all our Christmas decorations...well I have been amazed, thrilled, and touched by the "gifts" that my dollmaking friends have sent me...first many went together and sent us a tree...yes there will be pictures when it's decorated...as if that isn't enough...Kerry sent me a mini tree to replace the one she had so graciously given to me several years ago, eggie sent me a whole box of Christmas goodies and Sue sent me the wonderful tree I posted on a couple of weeks ago, mom of course beaded my treetop and gave me a gnome ornament...and still packages keep coming in...here are ornaments with the givers name on them...there are no words to say how wonderful this has made me feel...a time I thought I would dread I'm truly excited to decorate...thank you each and everyone of you and truly these will be cherished...

Turkey time in Iowa

We belong to a group that puts on a "turkey fry and dance" each year...this is our 5th annual Shake your tail feathers event teehee...it's an all day event...and of course Jeff and I are on different committees....Jeff marinates 20 turkeys and then they will start frying tomorrow at 9am so we can eat at 5pm...so needless to say our kitchen is filled with turkeys at this moment...OH MY...I need to do something to donate for a raffle prize...hummm I better get on it...

Treetop is finished

Oh my mom has finished beading my treetop and I have put my final touches on her...woohoo

Jess in the Box - new online class (repeat spring 2009)

I am offering Jess in the box for an online class...it will repeat in the spring of 2009.....learn paint techniques...some paper work...apoxie sculpt...and more...it will be 40.00 at Doll Street .

I just got home...

I just got home from "Quilt til you wilt"...my MIL Connie invited me to go for a 3 day quilter's retreat...what fun...since I don't quilt rofl it was an adventure....I did however finish my very first quilt...and I did a quilt block like all the girls...they gave us the pattern and the leaf fabric...we then added a color and back groudn and I did it...wohooo and then of course they draw a name and someone wins all the blocks...what fun...NO I didn't win rofl...and then I made two of mom's angel's of stress and keeper of chocolate...and one was for sale and one for a door prize which I made her with a button face instead of clay...the girls went nuts over them...I got orders for finished one but no patterns sold...rofl...but I got lots of orders for them...teheee OH MY