Halloween Dolls

This one is hanging on my rear view mirror.

I love the Autumn

Witchtastic.

Blogging for Bliss

My cute little halloween dolls still in progress.
Inspired by this great article in Cloth Paper Scissors Issue # 26.
It is written by Debbi Crane.

This is proof of the table already getting scribble love from Cole.

Billy Bookcases, but I still need to put the doors on the two shelves.

Big Giant Galant Table. The t-legs adjust. I love it.

I found this great new book called Blogging for Bliss by Tara Frey. It help me make the new banner I am sporting. Hooray! This is a great book for numbskulls like myself. I haven't worked on any dolls lately but I have been drawing and painting. The doll club I went to for years has finally just petered out *sigh*. The doll I posted earlier that I was going to redo was taken apart and subsequently thrown away. It kind of felt liberating.

I am redoing my studio(what used to be the dining room). My husband and I went to Ikea and bought many Billy bookcases, some doors for the shorter book cases, and a big beautiful Galant table with T legs. I'm still organizing and thinning out my collection. It feels good to let go of some stuff because it just feels like a weight tethering you down. I have donated a lot of fabric and other bits and pieces. Ahhhh peace.

Making over old dolls

I did this page in my Moleskine sketchbook. It was for the Goddess and the Poet class Suzi Blu offers. I really love the way it turned out. Just pretty.
This is the full page.

Goofiest foot ever.

Great attitude but very simple. I don't like it.

Restuffing the body. Her neck was very wobbley.




I decided to make over some of my old dolls. This particular one is goofy. My attempt at making feet turned out badly. I also think the face is deadly boring. I do like the hair.
The yarn I used gave her very sleek straight hair.

It's Hot!!!!!!

I used to have this little fairy tent in my backyard. One day the wind blew it down and broke it. I miss my fairy tent. I may have to make myself a gypsy caravan (in my backyard) then I can go on creative excursions in my mind. This a drawing I made inspired by my fairy tent.

This is a picture of me a couple of Halloweens ago sitting in my fairy tent.

Love for Violette Clark

I bought Violette Clark's book Journal Bliss. Journal Bliss is fantastic! She has great techniques to make your pages so pretty and colorful. All of her drawings are just so fun, whimsical, and beautiful. I bought mine at Barnes and Noble Bookstore. I think their arts and crafts book selection is better than Borders Books and Music. They also have a great magazine collection.
I am not very good at making links but here is one to Violette's site: http://www.violettesfolkart.com .

On a separate note... I closed my etsy shop. I was feeling frustrated and unproductive. So I closed it. I am just going to concentrate on enjoying my family and my art for my own sake. I also think I might take some adult education classes for computers to improve my knowledge of computers.

Make art and be happy.

I love Crafsanity Podcast

I love craftsanity podcast. Here is the link http://craftsanity.com/. Podcasts are free and so interesting. It's like craft talk radio. Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood is the creator and host of the show. She has made 99 podcasts so far. She has had some great guests: Violette Clark, Jenny Hart, Emily Martin of Inside the Black Apple just to name a few. If you haven't listened to her podcasts then I highly recommend you give it a try.

This is my Du Buh Du inspired doll.

Isn't she cute?
I am very happy with her face.