Matt and Chel's rehearsal Dinner

Woohoo success... rehearsal dinner is over and today is the wedding...so here are a few pics of the beginning of the two day adventure....

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Getting ready for Matti and Chel's wedding

Oh my where does the time go...well I'm on the down swing now...i need to take in Lil Scarlett's flower dress since she is so thin...finished the cupcake rack tonight...it will have strawberries and grapes in top container and nestled in between cupcakes...i think all rehearsal dinner things are done...I made a burnout silk velvet duster to wear over a simple wine colored dress...i will take more pics and post them of rehearsal dinner and wedding reception...only 5 days...all the guys go tomorrow to have the last fitting of their tuxes...I'm excited I've never seen all my guys in tuxes wohoo...

What I've been up to

Well I've been working on a commission it's a doll and little girl dress to match...I'm please...what fun...

Check out a friend of mine's new fabric line omg

My friend Linda Poole has out the most awesome new fabric line I think it would be great in my guestroom wohooo i am so in love with the teal one wohoo
http://www.lmpoole.blogspot.com

Faith my newest piece

 

 

I just finished a piece for a raffle this weekend...her name is Faith and this is Asparas pressmold with cloth over...

Meet Otto

 

 

 

Many years ago my youngest son sculpted Otto and I've had the head and yes cherished it...well he is getting married in a month and tomorrow is the bridal shower...so I have turned Otto in to a plastic bag holder and for me it means two things...one it's my way of letting go of my little boy who has now become a wonderful young man and to share with my new daughter in law to be not only my art but her husband to be's art also...funny how you get sappy in your old age teehee so this is Otto... Matt's sculpt and my assembly a cherished combo

Valentine memories....

 

 

Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday...not sure why...could it be the pinks,red,white,lace and hearts...however as a child one of my most favorite memories is every Valentines Day in elementary school we were to bring valentines for our friends and a box with a hole cut in the top to receive valentines...it was something that mom and I did together...she would help me pick out the right valentine for each person in my class and then "the box" oh my we would spend hours and hours decorating it and mine of course was always the BEST one teehee and what a treat today mom/dad called and asked if they could come by for coffee and what to my surprise she had made me a valentine's box to keep forever...it's so beautiful and filled with old fashioned tea cakes...truly the bestesst treasure ever....

Becca is finished wohoo

 

 

 

Well I finished her...I'm pleased,...now i'm off to work on her pattern...

Becca has a body

 

 

Well Becca has a body and the beginning of her costuming wohoo

Another WIP

 

Well Jean Bernard and I are at it again...this time I'm using one of her sculpts and we are creating a new doll...I did my cloth over clay tecnique and used watercolor and pastels on the face...now i'm off to create her body but I just had to share her...as I'm so in love teehee

Asparas is finished wohoo

 

 

 

Asparas is about 16" and all cloth except for her head...she is my new pressmold and pattern...she is finished except for a bit of fine tuning to the pattern...woohoo

Meet Asparas still a work in progress

 

Well i'm still working on my new fairy but she has a name and is close to being finished...
Asparas bless humans at important stages of their lives seen at weddings very often and so she became....
now some sleeves, wings and a little of this and that and i'm pleased...sorry jeff i giggled when you said oh you are using bright colors...amazing what washes and paints can do teeheee

Fairy WIP

 

 

 

I am working on the first pressmold of the New Year...she will be a fairy and of course she will have a body/costume pattern also...wohoo

The Beauty of Winter

amazing what nature does oh my

New Pattern site

My brother has been working on a doll makers supply site and I'm so excited at it's up and running right now it only has my epatterns and books and I'm still sending stuff to him...however he is hoping to get other pattern designers to join
Doll solutions...if you go to the site and the button doesn't work let him know...since it's new and I'm still sending stuff to him to load...it will also have a gallery to sell dolls and goodies I make from...
but I'm excited...http://www.dollsolutions.com
wohooo

Valentine playtime oh my

 

 

well we are doing a valentine swap on my doll group (it all started with a cloth doll)and since economy is what it is, instead of a whole doll we are making a heart to trade for the skirt on my new pattern "A key to my heart"
what fun so this is my first heart...we are swapping one to three hearts and the skirt is made up of three hearts so it can be all made from friends or just a panel or two...
I have to say this doll is my new fav as i am pleased with the skirt cause i have ideas that keep coming to me on what to do with it...always love when i want to remake one of my patterns teehee

more pics of key to my heart

 

 

New Year, New Doll...new pattern

 

 

 

 

My first new doll of the new year and she is a paper pattern or epattern...
Meet "key to my heart" just in time for valentines....wohooo