Aurora the Angel

Aurora is my first angel. She's a wall hanging doll, but could be set against your pillows on your couch.

She is going out to a Special Someone who loves angels.

I have been moderately busy

Expect photos in the next few weeks. Just so you know I'm still here...
Hope your spring going into summer is delightful! ;-D

the storybook challenge is done...

but of course mother nature has deigned to let it rain all day.  I'm going to take this personally because I wanted to photograph Merrylegs, Miss Julie, Miss Flora and Frisky outside... under an apple tree.

but.. things beings what they are, here they are:

more...

And here's Callie and Geneva, two 'yo yo' dolls done my way with fully stuffed bodies, re-dressable if you
cared to.. and all cotton bodies, with silk clothing and trims. Their hair is made from unraveled sweaters.

They are about 17 inches tall, with fully articulated hands, floppy sitting bodies. 

It's about time I put some photos up... so here they are

This was a challenge piece from a Rossetti painting called Monna Vanna.  She's naked again, awaiting
different clothing.

Some Wild, Wonderful and Crazy Stuff....

First off, I got an amazing stash of fabric from a local upholstery shop keeper, who makes
bears herself... and who understands the value of a rich array of trims, scraps of opulent
fabrics of silk of all kinds, failles, tissues, shantungs, Japanese kimono panels, dupion and
just about any kind of fancy weaves you can imagine! I am so grateful to her and because
of this tremendous gift, I have had to re-think the dressing of my three finished, bare-naked
dolls. This is proving maddening and manic and all the fun of creativity I could possible have!
Someone said "too much of a good thing?" to which I say.... there's never enough!!! LOL

Secondly!!!! The universe must be smiling upon me, because my daughter and son in law, Shirlene and Greg have GIVEN me a 2005 Dodge Stratus in amazing condition and I LOVE it!!!!!


I expect photos up soon because some of my work is due by Thursday. I have a healthy start
without going too, too nuts... (or at least more crazy than I already am) ;-D


So. Life is good. fat. rich... and I am happy and grateful. I wish everyone a special holiday,
too, because Life IS good, fat and rich and we deserve happiness.

OK

Someone said I haven't been keeping up with my posts. They are right. But I have been
working on the same pattern for the clown dolls to get the right proportions ... for
a week. I even resorted to downloading Grey's Anatomy of the Human Body plate for the hand
to get it right!!!!

Then a week to actually sew them and get them stuffed, no easy task. And Quality Control said some of them sucked. So I had to start over!

I am now working on a human hair wig for one of them... and finished another, but she's bare-
naked.

When I get pictures, you will see.

Om Om Om....