"Lil Darlings" by Carolyn

Where Has The Time Gone?

2011-07-31T21:05:00.000-07:00

I haven't sculpted anything in so long.....I don't know why...maybe it was because things are selling so poorly on eBay...rather OOAK Sculpts are selling slow....I sold some of Mike's Polo shirts and they sold well and quick. I am going to be traveling for almost the whole month of August so it will probably be September before I sculpt again. I miss it!

New Ethnic AA Girl Bundle Baby

2011-06-02T16:23:00.000-07:00

I just put a new Bundle Baby on eBay. She is a sweet little African American newborn baby girl. She is tiny...only a little over three inches in her bundled up blanket. She was born with lots of dark brown black hair that I was able to tie into little teeny ponys and put pink satin bows on each one. Her eyes are black glass and she has the cutest little button nose and sweet little mouth. I make her with Professional Prosculpt clay and painted her with Genesis Heat Paints. I glossed her tiny little lips too. I made the patchwork blanket of delicate flowers just for her. I wrapped her little body....no limbs...gently in the blanket and tied it together with a white satin ribbon. You are going to love this little one! Here is her eBay link.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110696155493&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Isn't this picture sweet?

I Sold Little Amber And Her Nightie And Now Check Out Baby Puppy Boy

2011-05-31T19:59:00.000-07:00

What a surprise.....my friend Audrey bought my little toddler Amber from me off eBay. And Amber is on her way to Washington State.
I just put a new bundle baby on eBay....he is newborn baby puppy boy. He is so cute. I made his darling little puppy hat with long brown and white puppy ears. He looks so cute in it. He has light baby brown mohair and a permanent pacifier. I also made his tiny blanket just for him. It is blue flannel with brown and white puppies on it and it is pure white flannel on the other side. Check him out.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110695394755&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123

When I look at him I think of my grandson Ben, that I used to call my little puppy. He is 18 years old now and doesn't like me to call him a puppy.

We are In Pensacola, Florida

2011-05-26T21:53:00.000-07:00

We are visiting Mike's Dad and enjoying the beach at Pensacola, Florida. I haven't made any babies or bears since the first of April and I'm really starting to miss it. I brought my bear box and I am thinking I should cut out a little bear and start making it NOW!

New Toddler Baby Girl Amber

2011-05-25T10:48:00.000-07:00

I just finished a toddler baby girl OOAK sculpt that I named Amber.

She is about 7 inches with jointed head and limbs and a soft body. She doesn't have open eyes...she is a sleeping closed eyed baby.

I wish I would have made her eyes open because she can be posed sitting so nicely....she is very easy to pose. I put a little steel shot in her doeskin body along with the polyfil and it's extra weight always works so nicely. I used Genesis Heat Paint on her and it worked beautifully. She has pink glossed lips in a slightly open position. She has the cutest little button nose and a very peaceful, serene look on her sweet face. I baked and glued locks of beautiful curly golden blond hair on her little head. I gave her curly bangs and two long curly pony tailed tied with tiny pink silk ribbons. She has chubby limbs with baby wrinkles. Her legs are slightly bent with the cutest knees and feet you have ever seen.

I made her special pink fluffy, furry slippers that tie with pink silk ribbons.
Her fists are closed and can be posed towards her head, out to her sides, or down to her sides.

Her teddy is made of clay and covered with tiny curls of golden bear fur. It is not jointed. She can hold and cuddle her special OOAK sculpted tiny teddy bear that I made just for her. She likes to keep her little teddy bear in the cute little hat that matches her fancy full, lacy, ruffly nightie.

Her night gown is made of flannel in beautiful colors of pink, white, and lime green. She loves to twirl around the room in it. I had her nightie especially made for her, by the seamstress at "Littibug", Stephanie Haskell.

She is also wearing fancy, lacy, big girl panties because you see Amber says she is "not a baby any more...she is potty trained"!

Amber is for sale on eBay right now and if you would like to see her there...this is the link.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110691595585&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Endeavor Space Shuttle Scrapped...Moved On To Pass A Grille

2011-05-02T12:56:00.000-07:00

Since the Endeavor Space Shuttle Launching was scrapped, we decided to head to the Gulf Shore. I love the Gulf white sand beaches and the beautiful blue green ocean water. Much prettier than the Atlantic Ocean. We are at Pass A Grille Beach near St. Pete.
Check out this blog to follow our 2011 April May Vacation to Cocoa Beach and the Florida Gulf Beaches http://conneesvacations.blogspot.com/

Cocoa Beach 2011

2011-04-26T20:00:00.000-07:00

Right now we are on a vacation with my youngest daughter and two of her children...Destany and Tanner. We drove to Cocoa Beach from Michigan...a long, long way. We are staying the Ocean Landings Resort Condos. It is so nice, very well laid out and comfortable...right on the Atlantic Ocean. There are lots of things to do right here at the condo....ocean, beach, pools, hot tub, picnic area to grill, tennis courts, live music, free wireless, and planned activities. We are having a good time...I'll tell more about it later in the week.
Check out this blog to follow our 2011 April May Vacation to Cocoa Beach and the Florida Gulf Beaches http://conneesvacations.blogspot.com/

Toddler Cowboy Baby And Easter Newborn Baby Girl On eBay

2011-04-09T13:05:00.000-07:00

I just put a little OOAK toddler baby boy and an OOAK Newborn Easter Baby Girl on eBay for 7 days. The boy is dressed as a Cowboy and I call him Cowboy Bobby. I hand made him without molds and I also handmade most of his clothes...even his cute boots. I made him a while ago and even made a Cowgirl Sister Jane for him. I don't like to sell my newly made babies for a while, so I often keep them for several months before I put them on eBay. Anyway if you would like to see him and read about him, go to this link.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110672940353

Here is one picture of Cowboy Bobby.

Well, maybe two....I just love this one....

doesn't it look like he is tipping his hat to you in this picture?

The little girl is dressed in a Berry Pink Romper Sleeper with a matching Bonnet and Booties. I made her an Easter Bunny Dolly and a matching Easter Bunny Pasci. she is resting in a beautiful Easter Egg Crib that is Lime Green with Roses the same color as her romper. The Egg crib has some kind of beads on it to make it sparkly and it has a Lavender Ribbon with a bow tied around it. The ribbon is attached to the egg so the lid can be removed without untying it. Here are a couple of pictures of her.

I think she looks like she has kissy lips.

Isn't the Egg Crib pretty?

They both sold on eBay, but not for the price I would have liked to have gotten.

And that darn eBay charges too much in fees!

A New Bear Is Here----- A Panda Bear Is Number Eight

2011-04-08T15:02:00.000-07:00

Well a little black and white Panda Bear was completed by me yesterday. He just loves the little red wagon I just bought....so, I guess that is his. He is very tiny, as you can see and very sweet. He is bear number 8. Here are his pictures.

After you stitch the little bears you are supposed to brush them briskly with a stiff toothbrush. I can see that I forgot to do that on this little. Pictures show you everything. Also I need to cut some loose threads and them he will be perfect. Don't you think?

A New Mini Hand Stitched Bear

2011-03-27T17:38:00.000-07:00

I have a new mini bear that I am almost ready to show. She is so tiny....here is her little head.

She is a teeny tiny creamy white one that is a fairy. My first "Fairy Bear"! She has lovely little yellow wings that can be removed and a tiny gold sparkly bow around her neck. I still have to finish her hat and I have to paint the head of a pin gold and then her hat will be removable. She is cute without the hat so.....I didn't want to make it not removable. As soon as the hat is done and put on her, I will take pictures and put some on here. Here she is:

Can you see the little black base she is standing on? I made that so easy and it makes a great stand for Miniature Bears. It is a lid...like on a spice containor that you can flip up the top if you don't want to screw it off. Then I put a small rubber band around the flip and closed the flip part. You can easily slip the feet of the bear under the rubber band and it stands.

Just Trying To Get Well

2011-03-23T19:20:00.000-07:00

I haven't done anything fun lately. I have had this bronchitis for quit a while and it doesn't show much signs of getting better. Today, my cough is a little better but the right side of my face feels swollen and my nose and right eye will not quit running. In our little town everything closed up on Thursday night, so I am trying to decide if I need to go to the Doctor again on Thursday or wait it out until next Monday. I really wish I felt better so I could make those grunge necklaces, sculpt babies, hand stitch some mini teddy bears, and put things for sale on eBay and Esty. I have the desire, just not the energy.

Bethany Planted My New Planter For Me

2011-03-17T20:11:00.000-07:00

Here it is....the planter I won in OWOH all planted and ready to go. The planter called "Morning Song" was planted by my granddaughter, Bethany, for me this week. She put Shamrocks in it....doesn't it look sweet? I looked for String of Pearls but couldn't find them. Then I thought since it was March...St. Patrick's Day, Shamrocks would be good. It is the first thing I see when I come down the stairs each morning.

Guess What?

2011-03-16T16:14:00.000-07:00

My basement is flooded again for the second time in this month...The last time it was because the power was off for three days and the snow was melting and now it seems the sump pump is burnt out...how could that be? It is only 3 or 4 year old. I had stored summer clothes and such in plastic tubs and stacked them on top of each other. Well, they floated, tipped over, and filled with water. I'm trying to dry out and wash and dry what I can.

This is the culprit...the rotten sump pump that failed and made my basement flood....twice in one month.

A whole bunch of my Christmas books were in a blue basket on top of the tubs...safe wouldn't you think? no..no...no....not safe...tipped over and upside down in about 2 feet of water.

That is what made me the saddest. I have had many of those books since my daughters were little and I usually put the big blue basket of Christmas books out by the tree for each Christmas. Well, I was able to save three I think and I'll just order the special ones off eBay and get them as presents in the mail...just love to get presents in the mail. Then this summer when garage sales start I will look for new great Christmas books and fill that basket back up with better books.

I have been coughing for almost 3 weeks...from working in the basement the last time it flooded...wonder how sick I will get and how long I will cough now? Smile, I know it could be worse!

Tiffany And I Were Pretty Busy On Saturday

2011-03-14T21:11:00.000-07:00

Here are the things we worked on. Tiffany made new things and I tried to finish up some things I had started.

Here's my things.
The Bunny in the basket was something new. I made the bunny out of plush felt...it looks like it is needle felted doesn't it?

I had started the head the other day but I needed to paint and put hair on it. Can you see that the tongue is curled and ready to nurse?

The Little girl needed long blond curls, so I glued them on and tied them with a ribbon. I wish I had made this little girl have open eyes. She sits up so nicely. Since her eyes are closed I think she needs a night gown and I don't have one...I will have to find one to buy.

I had two baby teddy bear cubs made...and I wanted to make one more. I made this one a little blond girl with delicate features and she is sleeping.

This picture is a little blurry but I like they way it shows this little girl's sweet face.

This baby Teddy Bear Girl was already made but I gave her tiny eye lashes.

Here are all three of the Baby Teddy Bear Cubs! They all have bear cub hats that will come off and they all have mohair on their sweet heads.

Here is my messy work table after I finished everything. Wheeeee! Worked all afternoon and well up into morning. What fun!

Tiffany was hard at work on this green blob of clay...what was it going to be?

Here it is....a Baby Dragon!

Isn't it sweet?

This little one is cute from all sides.

The finished product. Tiffany is a great little artist.

Then I asked if she would have time to make me some little bear pacifiers.

Of course she did!

I had said earlier that I wish I could find a little giraffe on eBay and before I knew it she had made one just for me. What a surprise?

Darling!

Just what I wanted.

Thank you Tiffany.

Here he is...right on my top shelf of my Baby Curio.

Right by my baby elephant.

Here Are My Gifts From Cancun

2011-03-13T13:47:00.000-07:00

My daughter Jewel and granddaughter Tiffany went to Cancun, Mexico for Spring Break and they brought me back presents! Yeah...they know how to make Grandma happy...smart girls.

Mexican Vanilla, I love this strong vanilla.

This darling bead pocket necklace. My friend Audrey says this is an Amulet Purse Necklace. What should I keep in the pocket?????

Shells, I told Tiffany I would love some pretty shells.

And she even brought me this sweet little container to keep them in. She said she didn't want me to use it for tequila shots, just shells.

Now I just have to pick out the ones I want to put in the glass and decided what I am going to make with the others. I have shells from Florida (both the Atlantic and Gulf), Alabama, Hawaii, Spain, and Costa Rica....maybe I should make a bracelet using shells from each, or maybe I should make shell babies, or maybe I should make pendants by painting the shell with gold and silver leaf like I did for Barcelona. Or maybe earrings this time would be nice. Let me think!

I love it when I get gifts. Woooo Whoooo...

Wait Until You See What We Made!

2011-03-12T21:56:00.000-08:00

Saturday afternoon, Tiffany, my second oldest granddaughter, called me and said she would love to come over and sculpt, if I wasn't doing anything today. I wasn't and she did come. We had a great time and sculpted and sewed until 12:54am. We each just did our own thing and I am going to show you pictures of what we made........tomorrow......I'm too tired today. Sorry......but you will love the pictures. When she came over, she brought us some presents from her Spring Break at Cancun, Mexico. I'll show you pictures of those too....tomorrow....

I Need To Make Some Mini Hand Stitched Bears NOW!

2011-03-12T11:33:00.000-08:00

I need to have some hand stitched bears made for a show in Columbus, OH by April 17th. I keep making bears but they are not for my show. I have a tiny head of a bear I started in Costa Rica...guess I better work on it.

Have I shown you all the bear I made for Kelly's birthday? I don't think so. I think this is the number 6 bear. I think Jewel's Christmas bear was number 5...I'll have to check on this. I got this numbering fixed so they are correct now.

Here are some working pictures of the tiny little thing I made for Kelly.
I started her in Alabama...I haven't finished her nose here

I had to buy a special convection toaster oven down in Alabama........forgot mine at home and I needed to make a polymer clay nose for this little one.

Her head moves very easy from side to side.

She is a active little thing....climbing all over the thread spools...she will keep Kelly busy.

But she is a loving handful too.

Almost done here. Here she is with her cute little black nose. I still need to work on her mouth. I think I want to put lavender ribbons on her.

I was going to give her some vintage buttons but I'm not sure where to put them

...on a long ribbon.....on a cute little pillow...or maybe a quilt?

What about this made into a quilt or pillow with vintage buttons added?

Here Are Some Pictures Of Kelly's Car Leila

2011-03-11T21:25:00.000-08:00

Kelly seems to be OK, just very sore and bruised. We had to go today and get the stuff out of Leila. That's what Kelly named her little red car. Kelly loves Hawaii, so she gave it a Hawaiian name.
Her license plates are 4 ALOHA. It is a Red Kia Rio and she just loves it. Even though it is little it protected her pretty well...no broken bones or stitches. She has a slight concussion but seems to be making sense now. The doctor says if she doesn't get up and move around she will be very, very sore. So she is trying to move and keep agile.
Here Leila is when she was brand new....2007

Here she is after the SUV hit her and Kelly.

We're not sure what is going to happen to her.

Is she going to be repaired or totaled?

Some Unhappy News!

2011-03-09T22:25:00.000-08:00

My daughter, Kelly was in an auto wreck this evening. Now I know why I didn't get to go to Cancun. I was needed here. We have her home from the emergency room now and she seem pretty good. The doctors said she will be really sore tomorrow. Someone drove their SUV threw a stop sign and rammed into her on the driver's side door and fender. She was pretty upset at the hospital, worried about herself and her car. They x-rayed her back, since she had had back problems before. I wanted her head x-rayed but they said she passed the oral neurological tests ok, so the insurance wouldn't pay for it. I always worry about injuries to the brain and think she should be x-rayed. They sent her home with pain medicines and instructions to take a hot shower and not to sleep too much. I know my daughter, she is in bed now with her Chihuahuas right now. She wouldn't come to my house, she wanted to be in her own bed with her puppies. I have tried to call her and she did not answer her cell phone. It is all I can do not to drive over and check on her. I know she wouldn't really like that and she does have her 18 year old son there with her and he said he would watch out for her.
She has a lot to do...getting the auto insurance numbers to the hospital, getting her car fixed, and getting a rental car for her use. It will be a trying time for her and us.
I hope she is OK.

Cancun...here they come!

2011-03-09T22:18:00.000-08:00

My youngest daughter, Jewel, and her daughter, Tiffany, went on Spring break to Cancun. They are having fun....a great time. I wish I had thought to go with them. I love the beach, sand, shells, ocean, and hot weather.
I am home in the cold, snowy, and icy Michigan.....grumbling I might add.
I have been having fun going to my granddaughter Destany's basketball games. She is quite a good player and it is fun to take pictures of her.

Here she is making a basket...go Dessy... Look how tall she is! She is a twin...she has a brother named Dakota and he plays basketball too...Double D Trouble there if you are playing against Blissfield, the teams they play for.

I Said That I Would Show My OWOH Winnings

2011-03-07T13:23:00.000-08:00

Wasn't the OWOH blog hopping so much fun? I met some wonderful people, saw some great blogs, and picked up tons of super ideas I can't wait to try out.

I said I would show my OWOH winnings when they all got here and they are here. And I was so lucky...after this difficult snow and ice storm...these little gifts made me so happy and really cheered me up. I hope my giveaways cheered up some bloggers too. I sent out 5 gifts and have heard from most of them that they have arrived safely. Still waiting on a few to get back to me.

Big Drum Roll.........

and without further adieu

Here they are

Beads and Things from Karen from Hawaii
http://oopsartdesigns.com/
P.S. tell Batman thanks, for picking me..

Lemon Topaz beads, Swarovski Crystal Sequins, Framed Dominica Stamp, Thai Silver Cube, Flourite Beads , Snoopy Kleenex, and other surprises. Etc.

Such interesting things...I want to use most of them to make things...maybe earringw with the Lemon Topaz beads, those Swarovski crystal sequins are so special-I'll have to make something very special with them...probably just for me. Some of them I will have to read up on to understand what they are and how they are used. that will be fun too. Thank you again, Karen...the lucky girl who lives in Hawaii where I should live!

Silk Grunge NeckWear pieces By Chris
http://brain-bubbles.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-world-one-heart-giveaway.html

Silk Grunge Neck Wear pieces. Made with flamework glass and wood beads. Woven and knotted with hand dyed silk ribbons, soft fibers and yarns. About 33” and falls low. Looks soft and delicate but has a nice impact. Great on a sweater or high neck shirt.
I just love this necklace and can't wait to wear it. I have been looking for something like this to dress up my clothes when I spend the Winter in Gulf Shores, Alabama next year. I mostly take casal clothes and I feel pieces like this will do the trick. That is if I can keep my daughters and granddaughters mitts off of it. this looks a lot like my sexy white body too...I need to go South and get some more tan.

Love Dove Mug Rugs by Carol in Tennessee but originally from Scotland
http://stitchacrosstheborder.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-creative-space.html

Isn't it sweet? And here is my mug that I use every morning on my new Love Dove Rug Mat. Doves have been on my oldest daughter's and my minds lately...she has been buying silver vintage peace sign charms, doves, and things like that on eBay to make some beautiful necklaces. I'll show you a picture of the one she made her daughter for Christmas soon.

Mini-azines by Mary Ann http://firstborn.wordpress.com/
Hand bound and usually funny, she said. Mine really talked about me...I felt like she really knew me. Thanks, Mary Ann!

My daughters and granddaughters have enjoyed it too.

So cute...I want to make one.

Morning Song Planter by Cheryl

http://healingwoman.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-world-one-heart_31.html

Cheryl named her planter “Morning Song.” She used old watch parts and other ancient-looking embellishments to create a feeling of mystery and intrigue. She also used an old Aztec symbol which is perfect for the story she wrote about her planter.

Morning Song

She woke up this morning feeling different. She heard the sounds of this morning and yet the sounds of many other lifetime mornings were returning.
She heard the infinite sound of distant runic bells, a call to alms, merchants voices echoing over the river nile, sheep bleating on a pastoral hillside, roosters, guns, flutes, chimes, laughter, and weeping... for she had lived all of these mornings and she had heard all of these sounds before. It was as if they were all becoming one great sound... one great morning.”.this” morning..and she knew that all the returns of mornings’ purpose was to teach her the uniqueness and significance of this morning... of now. ~Cheryl Dolb

I want to put a plant called String of Pearls in it but I can't find that plant right now...so I thought I would put some silk plants. My granddaughter is really against that...silk plants...says it has to be real plants. I don't know!

One of the White Petite Bud Vase by Pam

at http://designspark.blogspot.com/
Thanks, this is the one

I was hoping I would win too.

I had already bought some little Spring Felt Flowers to put in it. Isn't it cute? Of couse you can put real flowers in it too, when the snow goes away and the flowers start blooming.

Thank you Pam I love it.

A Note card handmade by Shaina pencil drawn..Manada

http://shainamarier.blogspot.com/

This is a card with a photo of a mandala which Shaina made using color pencils on black paper. It is beautiful Shaina...Thank you for giving it to me.

Pink and Gold African Material Tote by Kathy

http://quiltqueen-kathy.blogspot.com/

This tote is made from the pink and gold African fabric. This one has an added pink strip to the very bottom. It is also machine quilted and measures 13" x 11" x 3" with 13" straps. Made by Kathy I really love totes and use them all the time. This sweet one will be put to good use. Thanks, Kathy

Gifts from The Fat Doormouse, Alison Wale is from France

http://dormouse.wibsite.com/ Look how beautiful and just perfect for me.

Three beautiful Handmade Cards 3 cards, two of them sent me had special messages about things that were in my mind, a sweet shabby, vintagey magnetic Mini-frame now I am thinking about what picture I can put in this darling frame. and a precious handmade Bookmark that has my name on it and it says
"A house is made of wood and beams,
A home is bult of love and dreams"
I love to read so I know I will put this book mark to good use.

Thanks again Alison, you gave me perfect things.

I also got this sweet little note and a darling little treasure from Tanglefrost.
Hello fellow flyers!
My warmest congratulations to you! Although sadly you did not win one of my leather leaf brooches, I’m thrilled to send you a little ‘treasure’ from Tanglefrost: a photograph of a mixed-media piece I created called “Fly Free”. It is sent with much love and many sparkling blessings, in the hope that it brings you much joy and encouragement. It shows a woman, exposed and vulnerable, standing precariously on a rickety wall made up of all the expectations that had been imposed on her in the past. The ‘leaves’, that she had used to cover her nakedness, have been dropped... ‘leaves’ that signify the fear, shame and anger that she had used to hide the marks left by her heart’s journey through life. Now she is ready to catch hold the ‘birds’ of courage, compassion and connection which will enable her to fly free, into all her hopes and dreams.
It has been truly wonderful flying with you on this incredible OWOH adventure. Do stop by Tanglefrost again soon..... the kettle is on and the door is always open!
Hugs Jo xxxx http://www.tanglefrost.wordpress.com/

A world of possibility See Below:

Fly Free

And I also recieved this lovely note and offer of generous Coupon Discount from Linda's two Stores)

Hello...

I don't know about you, but I'm still breathless from my whirl wind world tour of the OWOH blogs.
I totally enjoyed visiting your blogs. And, all the comments I received were wonderful. (Thank you.)
Just before the event began my father went into the hospital. He was seriously ill, and in and out of the hospital twice during the event. He came home Valentine's day and is in delicate health, but he seems to be holding his own. Anyway, visiting the blogs in the evenings helped to distract me from my worry - (at least for a little while). This made the OWOH event even more dear to my heart.
Since, I couldn't give everyone a prize I decided it would be nice to offer a special discount. So, for those who left comments, and to my new followers, and those who chose me as their winner I'm offering you... Coupons toward my Etsy sites: (OK - not the same as winning a prize, but I tried to be generous with the discount.)

25% off any items from my LamoreAllure.Etsy.com
Coupon: OWOH2255 http://www.etsy.com/shop/lamoreallure

15% off of any items from my ReStyleStudios.Etsy.com
Coupon: OWOH21411 http://www.etsy.com/shop/restylestudios

These coupons are good until May 31st of this year. I keep adding new items, and
this is the first time I've offered coupons - if you have any problems just email me. ***Thank you for brightening my life, and helping me though an extremely difficult time.
I loved visiting your all your blogs!!! Please, stop by my blog often.
I'll be around to see you, too. :)
Best regards...and Hugs,
Linda L

Wow, what can I say...you could ever be happier and luckier than me.
Hope you visit my blogs and I'll visit yours.

Don't forget about my Touring Baby blog too http://touringbabies.blogspot.com/

We Have Been Without Electricity For Three And One Half Days

2011-02-23T21:18:00.000-08:00

These are some pictures of the six dogs that stayed at our house during the snow storm and power outage. The first one is Travis' dog Lovey...she is supposed to be a beagle...does she look like a beagle to you?

This is my daughter Jewel on the left holding her family's Chihuahuas named Snapdragon and Cookie. My granddaughter Tiffany is holding my other daughter Kelly's three Chihuahuas named Violet, Rosebud and Sweet Pea. Aren't these Chihuahuas tiny? I think the biggest one only weighs a little over 5 lbs. They got along pretty well for two males and four females....and one of the females was going into heat.

I tried to take pictures of the family members that stayed at our house and everyone complained and didn't want me to. So I didn't get any pictures of them.

These are pictures of our house

after the the snow storm and before the ice storm.

Some pictures in our neighborhood after the ice storm....Look how think the ice is on these branches.

Boy is it nice to have our power back. Everyone one is cold and night time comes very early, especially with Daylight Savings. Then at night I can't sleep. All I can do is think about things I need to do and can't do....and of course worry and try to figure out how to fix things. We have lots of teens and of course they are always hungry. We did go to the next town about 20 miles away and ate at Golden Corral....warm food....yeah! The kids have not had school since last Friday. So my teacher daughter is happy along with the kids. My nurse daughter and college student granddaughter are not happy...Tiffany's college closed for one day and the hospitals are overflowing. My granddaughter who works at Big Lots and Carlton Inn, had to go to work and both places were full and busy. We were lucky, we could kind of use our cell phones (had to drive around in the car to charge them), we have a gas fireplace, and we had hot water. We had oil lamps and 6 LEED Lanterns that we could carry from room to room. We all slept downstairs...boy was that crowded. Lots of other people did not have it that good. Lots of people in our neighborhood went to stay with relative who had power. One of our neighbors said that they left a half cup of coffee in their kitchen and in the morning it was frozen...WOW! We have a full house. We have my daughters' six dogs...and the all their children...Wheee Even though we have our power back on the girls' houses are on the other side of town and they don't have electricity yet....maybe won't until Saturday.
Here we have some pictures my granddaughter took of our evenings without electricity...using the fireplace for heat, oil lamps for some light, book lights to read at night and all sleeping in the family room.

Isn't It Exciting Sending Our Givaways Out To Others

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I have all my giveaways ready to pack and send. I wanted to pack them and send them "This Morning", but my daughter called at 8:00am and said she had blown a tire and she had to leave somewhere by noon today and could I come help her? So we didn't get home until almost 12:00 and the post office was closed. I will send them out Monday...early...hopefully it won't take too long before they arrive to their new homes.

I'm excited to get my giveaways too. I was so lucky to win some. When they get here I will show them to everyone. Keep watching.

Big Day.......OWOH Winners Have Been Picked by Me

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Well, today is the day we have all been waiting for....we get to pick the winners for our giveaways and learn if we are winners for any blogs...Yeeeeeeaaaahhh.

The winner for the little dolly for a doll is..................................................

Lavender Dreamer from the blog called, "Welcome to Lavender Dream"

The winner for the largest teeny piggy bank (with tiny coins) is Gale from the blog "Galevarland" #473.

The winner for the smallest teeny piggy ban (with tiny coins) is Jamie from the blog "Artsyfartsme"

Ladies, be sure to contact me as soon as possible at carolynleekight@gmail.com with your full

names and addresses.

Sorry, I couldn't pick more winner but you can always check my work on eBay under the

seller" ID sunnylindy. I have a bear baby on there right now. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110647622679&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT and there is only 5 hours left until she is over.

This little gir doll made especially for me by Cynthia Rhainds, is holding my giveaway mini dolly and she doesn't look happy about giving her up.....guess I'll have to make some more for my baby dolls.

The Big Teeny Tiny Piggy Bank with copper coins.

The Smallest Teeny Tiny Piggy Bank with coins.

Things I Want To Remember From Blog Hopping

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I'm not really posting on my blog while we are doing OWOH. I'm two busy flying from blog to blog. I hope I can get to each of them. And I hope I win something.
This is just a list right now of things I might want to consider:
change name of blog?
sea glass
inchies
paper making bead tool
Pacisso...collages
Altered bottles
Kris Henderson

My Blog: http://brain-bubbles.blogspot.com/

Weekly Challenge Project: http://everyinchiemonday.blogspot.com/

Erosion Bundle Project: http://erosionbundles.blogspot.com/
here's a utube vid that i found that is pretty close to how i make my mini-zines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObflPgOgYoE it is by the crafty chica... she makes colorful zines like me :)

zines are usually b & w, mainly cause they are cheaper to reproduce... but bec. i like color, i pay the extra $ :)

here's another vid that i thought was a cute take into to the world of zines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l4dR59rsns it's kinda blurry but i still liked it for its cuteness factor... it gives a basic 411 on zines.

thanks again for letting me know and enjoy

Bread dough tutioral
http://jeanieatc.blogspot.com/search/label/Bread%20Dough

Pleated Pouch

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2010/04/27/pleated-pouch-tutorial/
http://www.skiptomylou.org/

Hug me Bracelet

http://thequiltedfish.typepad.com/the-quilted-fish/2011/02/hug-me-a-charm-bracelet-tutorial.html

Making dog collars

http://hartwoodroses.blogspot.com/

OWOH Blogs

1. origedoe - Netherlands

2. gypsea nurse - US

3. silver nik naks - England

4. insipient wings - US

5. natashamay art world - slovenia

6. the laughing raven - US

7. awhimsicalbohemian - US

8. the crafty chook - Australia

9. creativspirit - Australia

10. palimpa lim - Germany

11. altered book lover - US

12. papemelroti - Phillipines

13. create with joy - US

14. melanie's journey - US

15. hippie dog -US

16. du buh du designs - US

17. lifeunity - US

18. homemaker honey - Australia

19. energize your creativity - US

20. delightful whimsy's blog - US

21. shawkl - US

22. the blog that spike built - Canada

23. artsy creations - US

24. the tutorials that spike built - Canada

25. art in my bag - US

26. lutka and co. - US

27. diana evans - Canada

28. spirit mama-art and soul - US

29. artsyfartsyme - US

30. rusted wings - US

31. Judith Johnston - UK

32. the altered inker - England

33. amber dawn's inventive soul - US

34. bertiebo - Netherlands

35. deirdra doan - US

36. artsy visions - Canada

37. magic moonlight studio - US

38. cherry chick - US

39. the artistic stamper - UK

40. another magical day - Lithuania

41. pea's corner - Canada

42. my creative everyday life - Sweden

43. retro cafe art gallery - US

44. vintage with laces - Germany

45. indulge your shelf - US

46. downtown drolma - US

47. ink-stained thoughts - US

48. jerusalem notes:fiberwork by debbie - Israel

49. lori diane - US

50. inspiring adventures - US

51. my hiding place in cyberspace - Canada

52. calej d'art - Phillipines

53. creativity is happiness - US

54. a storm inside my head - luxembourg

55. mixed media fun - Germany

56. ink on my fingers - UK

57. calkat the jewelry junkie - US

58. bell book & candle season - Italy

59. mlb studios - US

60. spirithelpers - US

61. vagabond creations - US

62. beyond vagabond -US

63. beauty flows - US

64. honey from the bee - US

65. trash to treasure art - US

66. swapping howdies - Germany

67. ravens rest studio - Canada

68. wind and honey - US

69. icarus beads - US

70. pearl avenue studios - US

71. pixies and ponderings - England

72. international charm day - US

73. twinkle twinkle - US

74. mannm - US

75. the art of june - US

76. the blue between - US

77. torta gialla - Italy

78. just jenn designz - US

79. summerland cottage studio - US

80. creative yearnings - US

81. dreaming of everpretty- Canada

82. jenxo - Australia

83. paint myself pretty - US

84. artistically designed - US

85. Beadwright - US

86. a fanciful life - US

87. heather's ramblings - US

88. quilts and more - Germany

89. lili m - Netherlands

90. Eager Eye - US

91. mrs. moen - Norway

92. healing woman - US

93. doings of doone - England

94. moon willow art studio - US

95. the fairy yellow bug queen - Canada

96. gloria's blog viva la vida - US

97. astrid's artistic efforts - Scotland

98. art by erin leigh - US

99. just my little bit - US

100. creative sharing - Australia

101. green paper - US

102. icelas fish bowl of tatting - US

103. breath of art - US

104. southern ooaks - US

105. holly's folly glass - US

106. creekhiker - US

107. fire divas - US

108. will flash for beads - US

109. 1 thread - US

110. threads of inspiration - US

111. cetta cheese chatter - US

112. little black crow - Australia

113. artymess - UK

114. objemidrevo - slovenia

115. stitches of life - US

116. rosieskleinebastelwelt - Germany

117. comin' home - US

118. sophia lala - Australia

119. art beckons - US

120. sunshine shellie - Australia

121. veronica young - arty lovely - New Zealand

122. abi monroe - US

123. artists & crafters supply - US

124. whimsical musings - US

125. true's gifts from the heart - US

126. bockel24 - Germany

127. titbelsoeur - France

128. knutzels - Netherlands

129. oops this was a duplicate

130. nature's print shop - Norway

131. fabric photo memories by Lovey - US

132. paper traders - US

133. sherry's simple blog - UK

134. got art? - US

135. ametista dark decor - US

136. e makes art - US

137. katie's nesting spot - US

138. wishin' - Canada

139. stitchety grub - Australia

140. kunterbunt cottage - Germany

141. all the wright stuff - UK

142. magical beadstalk - US

143. bearing fruit - US

144. lakewood manor - US

145. sofinos designs - UK

146. les creas de polinka - France

147. sahara's memories - US

148. dreamscape studio - Canada

149. a legacy of stitches - US

150. shabby chic inspired - Germany

151. myrans bo - Sweden

152. magick diva - UK

153. antonella's quilling blog - US

154. angelikas's place - Holland

155. den lille lade - Denmark

156. art saves lives - US

157. Viola - Germany

158. janet speaks - malaysia

159. a pink dreamer - Greece

160. papieren avonturen - Netherlands

161. yarn yarns - US

162. lambs world - US

163. weinermaedl-art -Austria

164. ayala art - US

165. susie mcmahaon dolls - Australia

166. nome's brag-a-long - Australia

167. la llorona arts - US

168. sidereal day - US

169. froebelsternchen - Austria

170. stamping rika - Germany

171. ad libitum - US

172. kv creative designs - US

173. happiness is cross stitching - UK

174. dish vish - Israel

175. stamping witch - Germany

176. sweet daisy dreams - Australia

177. crafty creations - UK

178. antmee - Australia

179. hermines place - Netherlands

180. vintage wil - Netherlands

181. stitches of life ll - US

182. touring babies - US

183. cbee's cards and more - Austria

184. raven moon magic - New Zealand

185. pinkglitterfae art - Canada

186. stamptramp - US

187. the year of the cats - US

188. carola bartz - US

189. a midsummer night's dreamer - US

190. queen of arts - US

191. artic blonde creations - Canada

192. heartworks - phillipines

193. all holiday's eve - US

194. the house of art - US

195. chronicles of whimsy - US

196. lemondrop vintage - US

197. bine's stemplewelt - Germany

198. a conversation of goodwill - US

199. the travel diva - malaysia

200. the wiggins tribe - Australia

201. create with joy - US

202. sorry this was a duplicate

203. kindergarten's 3 rs - US

204. twigs and tulle - US

205. troc broc and recup - France

206. joyce's art - New Zealand

207. the secret hermit - UK

208. the adventures of the arrogant frog and smug beef - Germany

209. pieces of fate - US

210. craft life - UK

211. numinosity - US

212. eclectic visions of an altered journey - Australia

213. my art, my life, my space - Phillipines

214. snippers & co - Belgium

215. two crafty mules - US

216. diannes' creative place - US

217. naked heart studio - US

218. ici...la-bas..alleurs - France

219. pics by shel - US

220. a frayed of fibers - US

221. 2 bags full - US

222. halle's hobbies - US

223. kottage kreations - US

224. fabric art - Denmark

225. cobblestone creations blog - US

226. live, laugh,love - New Zealand

227. empress wu designs - Australia

228. cottage garden studios - US

229. vintage soul - US

230. gayle page-robak - Canada

231. 3 am designs - US

232. creative this and that - UK

233. birds, flowers and crafts - US

234. wondrous strange designs - US

235. rochambeau - US

236. papillon bleu - UK

237. untie the ribbons - US

238. athena's creative journey - Italy

239. my art journal - US

240. the hinge - Malaysia

241. metamor4sis - Malaysia

242. vintage bunty- UK

243. a simpler life - Australia

244. green isle crafts - US

245. suziq's threadworks - Australia

246. bower bird - Australia

247. wish upon a star - Australia

248. my paper playground - Australia

249. all my artist trading cards - US

250. silver lodge gems - UK

251. sharon's cottage quilts - US

252. cottage dreams - Germany

253. lisa nelson's art - US

254. craft brulee - UK

255. xelas art blog - Germany

256. halloween fanatic - US

257. ...of stars and hummingbirds - US

258. images through the open window - US

259. heidi's happenings - US

260. miss p productions - US

261. little andalucia - US

262. created by you - US

263. tanglefrost - UK

264. quiltqueen - US

265. love of collage - UK

266. marsha's musings - US

267. ill tempered ink - US

268. heartfire at home - Australia

269. cheeky rose boutique - US

270. caryl's realm - US

271. the waking artist- New Zealand

272. all chained up - Australia

273. lil darlings - US

274. land of nod studios - Canada

275. aileen's musings - US

276. creative antics - US

277. honey girl studio - US

278. yoborobo - US

279. thistle cove farm - US

280. my front porch delights - US

281. Italian Girl in Georgia - US

282. living the dream - US

283. pigtales & quilts - US

284. cotton picker - Canada

285. gold betty boop - UK

286. frippery - US

287. nerissa alford:creative musings - US

288. mosaic magpie - US

289. my story art - Canada

290. my creative adventure and inspiration - US

291. ema k designs - US

292. falling ladies - US

293. tumbleweed trails - US

294. respirando l'arte - Italy

295. join janine - Germany

296. follow your bliss designs - US

297. marina's dolls - US

298. the cherry pie blog - US

299. threads of a tatting goddess - US

300. artful fairy tales - US

301. woodland wanderings - US

302. metamorphosis - US

303. a vintage cottage home - US

304. valerie hart - US

305. sharne's bits n bobs - UK

306. amybeads - US

307. shedding the wolf - US

308. babesbybarb - US

309. im girl - US

310. the sketching backpacker - Phillipines

311. glitterbug studios - US

312. mille fiori favoriti - US

313. edge of the woods studio - US

314. foxyblue & family too - Canada

315. from these hands - US

316. heather's eden - US

317. tejae's art - US

318. bent whims studio - US

319. piecake primitives - US

320. dandelion lady - US

321. pat winter gatherings - US

322. adventures in mixed media - Canada

323. different randomness - Mexico

324. wilton art - Canada

325. a scattering - Canada

326. my garden rocks - US

327. fruit of the spirit - US

328. simply shaz - UK

329. raeven's nest - US

330. Cheryl Strait - US

331. craftymoose crafts - US

332. 2 good claymates - Canada

333. Knot by Gran'ma - US

334. miss milificents world - US

335. plumrose lane - US

336. shimmer & tulle - Canada

337. alice in paris loves art and tea - Canada

338. lisa's clay happenings - US

339. heartwood roses -US

340. giddy greetings - US

341. polymer clay etc. - US

342. pringle hill studio - US

343. brushes and cloth - Canada

344. yovanka black - Greece

345. quilters stitch together - US

346. maygreen fairies - UK

347. ashlyn design - US

348. dianne rambling on... - US

349. lillian's stitches - US

350. living creatively ever after - Singapore

351. just add glitter and stir - US

352. the evolution of nancy - Canada

353. priti studio - US

354. vintage dragonfly - US

355. vintage inspired lovelies - UK

356. stempeltanz - Germany

357. just jingle - US

358. charmed victorian - US

359. ems arts - Israel

360. art dolls only - US

361. cynthia powell's art studio - US

362. ribbonsmyth - US

363. d & g gardens and crafts - US

364. bliss angels - US

365. whoopidoo...ings - UK

366. a life unrehearsed - US

367. 12 tribes - US

368. autumn summerfield - US

369. brain bubbles - US

370. creative crap - US

371. woodedwoods - Canada

372. nook and cranny - US

373. the girly blogger - UK

374. pithy art blog - US

375. janets art play - US

376. belle la vie - France

377. faerie moon creations - US

378. peach street - US

379. diane did it - US

380.islandgirl's insights - Canada

381. stitch across the border - US

382. big hill goddess - US

383. daily thoughts - US

384.destination unknown - Canada

385. stampgram studio - US

386. jan's arty journey - UK

387.lorrie grainger abdo - US

388. my quest - US

389. lavender dreamer - US

390. red's artist cottage - US

391. artick - Germany

392. valkommen till pysseltiina - Sweden

393. rebecca's rainbow kisses - US

394. thread head - Canada

395. in gina's world - US

396. artsy fartsy - US

397. izzy creations - Croatia

398. faery realm creations - Portugal

399. grace beading - US

400. freestyle fashion - US

401. mama motherlode - US

402. edythe anne - US

403. rich witch - US

404. aviya glass - UK

405. funky luke - US

406. tracing rainbows - England

407. gaal creative - US

408. random creativity -

409. elizabeth's studio 54 - US

410. cathy horner collage art - US

411. home of scrapbooking 2 it - US

412. her art nest - US

413. no minimalist here - US

414. melissa liban illustrations - US

415.shelly massey - US

416. creative expressions - US

417. the life of me - US

418. altered gypsy - US

419. diamond grove - US

420. frenchkissed - US

421. creations by tee - US

422. paper bagley - US

423. sunny tuesday -US

424. spun by me - US

425. belinda ferrell - US

426. jodaeo design - US

427. creative daily - Canada

428. dream challenge - US

429. spawn of flame - US

430. art and inspirations - US

431. vintiquities - US

432. tropical blonde - US

433. life at ruff haven - US

434. quilt mom's journey - Canada

435. harmony road studio - Canada

436. before the dawn - US

437. ziggy's emporium - US

438. out of the flames - US

439. gabriela rocco gaudet - Uruguay

440. magpie's collectibles - Canada

441. creative octopus - Canada

442. art from my heart - US

443. desert photography - US

444. c-lynn studio - US

445. shabby cottage studio - US

446. blooming ideas - US

447. daydream retreat - US

448. a crafty arab - US

449. artfully musing - US

450. nickieblog - Canada

451. leikkaan - Finland

452. stubblejumpers cafe - Canada

453. i have a notion -US

454. acadias blue valley farm - US

455. lost coast post - US

456. two dresses studio - Canada

457. 365 cat ladies - US

458. ashley daugherty - US

459. we bloom here - US

460. tattered rebel - US

461. easily amused, hard to offend... - US

462. mermaid with feet - US

463. gem trails - US

464. julie miller glass - US

465. blissful bohemian - US

466. silverrose designs - US

467. lj studios - US

468. angela friend - US

469. how art saved my life - US

470. liz-anna's lakeside studio - Canada

471. lotusblommans blog - Sweden

472. the cupcake challenge - US

473.gale varland - US

474. chocolate & croissants - US

475. artifacts - US

476. outside the lines - US

477.an artful endeavor - Canada

478. purplume's blog -US

479. ragamuffin gal - US

480. el milagro studio - US

481. messina studio - US

482. supersnooks 13 - Canada

483. rosanna's art - US

484. change of heart creations - US

485. darchildre - US

486. diane's mixed art -US

487. plant's list - England

488. the sassy pack rat -US

489. dreams of pure love - US

490. my sweet prairie - Canada

491. paper imagery designs - US

492. adventures in thread - UK

493. java's whimsy - US

494. peggy's mixed up art - US

495. under the florida maples - US

496. tizduster -UK

497. manitoba stitches - US

498. my cosmopolitan diary -US

499. gail's card cafe -US

500. roban studio - US

and we continue..

501. marit's blog - Netherlands

502. christina's creative moments -US

503. rhonda mum - US

504. lavender between the cracks -

505. wildflower house - US

506. texifornia - US

507. moore whimsies -US

508.scribbleprints - US

509. handcrafted jewelry& art by Linda lamore - US

510. stempel-gewerkel - Germany

511. one book shy - US

512. lucys baby - US

513. nicola toms designs - australia

514. dajon designs - UK

515. mooncat farms meanderings - US

516. el rey gato - Mexico

517. indigo star fairy - US

518. a bower bird at heart - New Zealand

519. art brat's bits and pieces - US

520. atypical musings - US

521. go sell crazy somewhere else - US

522. papier-welten - Germany

523. knitterofhats speaks - US

524. lucky dip - New Zealand

525. hidden beauty - US

526. misty moon creations - US

527. everyone's charming - US

528. postcards from miss igorota - Phillipines

529. freubel-art - Netherlands

530. tattin' kat - US

531. a vintage cottage home - US

532. spindelmaker - Norway

533. kama design - sweden

534. vivid layers - US

535. living the light I find - US

536. girl can create - Canada

537. scruff's corner - UK

538. marissa art dolls- US

539. adventuring through life - US

540. bquiltin studio - US

541.shabby accumulations - US

542. lulu's cottage - US

543. she dreams big - US

544. peggy apl seeds - phillipines

545. stefanies sammelsurium - Germany

546. avant gardens & artwerx - US

547. odd dolls - US

548. mdw's love - Canada

549. sannasartmind - US

550. studio 274 - US

551. the holley herald - US

552. my heart art - US

553. diaper rush - US

554. di-did-it - US

555. the simple life of artist & dreamer - US

556. shauna henry original art dolls - US

557. kristin dudish...art & stuff - US

558. turn left at the pigs - US

559. sharing my daze - US

560. twobluecrows -US

561. the weavers hand - US

562. my mommy makes it - US

563. love is my religion - US

564. garden goose - US

565. when the spirit moves me - US

566. southern style - US

567. nanbon's corner - US

568. vintage arabesque - US

569. duplicate entry

570. blissful pumpkin - australia

571. days too short -US

572. lisa atchinson - US

573. creative meanderings - Australia

574. jo-ann dziubek-macdonald - Canada

575. sheery's place - US

576. artsy butterfly - US

577. pop art minis -

578. jasmoon butterfly - UK

579.seven underfoot - US

580.an art soul... - US

581. the pretty pekingese - US

582. paperchase - Australia

583. the holiday queen - US

584. another duplicate

585. my everything corner - Canada

586. art from the heart - US

587. urban debris - US

588. make mine lemonade - US

589.la dona boutique -

590. screaming mimi - US

591. liv luv scraps - Australia

592. my life in pictures - US

593. stamphand j - US

594. soul of a dollmaker - US

595. redpantycrafts - US

596. artivity - lorri lennox - Australia

597. lisa michelle design - Canada

598. que bella - US

599. speedie beadie - US

600. inspirations studio - Canada

601. the rhinestone contessa - US

602. art of humungus proportions - Canada

603. tina's crafty place - England

604. art-writing-life - Canada

605. crafts-international - UK

606. magic gypsy -US

607. four miles north of nowhere - US

608. altered artifacts - US

609. shar don exclusives - US

610. the hermits garden - US

611. for the love of beads -

612. primfixins - US

613. craftmix - UK

614. two tumbleweeds - US/Netherlands

615. another duplicate

616.crafty geordi - US

617. katie's cows & udder things - Canada

618. 3cats creations - UK

619. a little bit of paradise - Belgium

620. the art of being miss koolaid - Canada

621. faery rocks and things - Canada

622. the heart of words - US

623.jane super - US

624. bluebirds living in a meadow - US

625. meriscrapper13's cottage - US

626. fuego, metal y color - Spain

627.by light of moon - US

628. in hopes of a parson- US

629. rhea sunshine designs - US

630. miss k - UK

631. my journey to hope - US

632. jeany's brunnen - Germany

633. cotton wool baby studio - US

634. elaine's creative work -US

635. hoopies art dolls - US

636. fairly girly - UK

637. baxters mom - US

638. rossylalah - Australia

639. joycies jems - Australia

640. gillians mixed media musings - Scotland

641. dr. kathy jordan - US

642.just another middle-aged blogger -US

643.rita's country creations -US

644. day dream studios - US

645.adventures in mixed media - Canada

646. kreative bastelwelt - Germany

647. cottage 6 studio - US

648. witchylana - New Zealand

649. artist victoria o'neill - US

650. shaiha's ramblings - US

651. artx365 - US

652. the bliss factory - France

653. pennystamper - US

654.bibas-krimskrams - Germany

655. the everyday mommy - US

656.dana's jewelry designs - US

657.mrs beadsley's workshop -US

658. committed stitcher - Uruguay

659. just deez'art & life - US

660. circle of life studio - US

661. gemmas daybook- US

662. la-de-dah - UK

663.salt & light - US

664.letting in the light - Canada

665.mom of 3rd culture kids - Thailand

666. lil bits 'n pieces of me - US

667. bungalow bling - US

668.heartfelt musings - Australia

669.random veracity - US

670.think outside the sweater - US

671.frosted petunias - US

672. frienship and smiles - Phillipines

673. full of bolognie - US

674. shena meadowcroft - intuitive insights - Canada

675.oops art designs - US

676. wild spirit dancing - Canada

676. whimsy loft - Malaysia

677. dragonfly design studio - US

678. irish muses - Ireland

679. shabby hag - US

680. toodles and binks - UK

681. simple inspirations by sandy - Canada

682. studio 3 twelve - US

683. arbrastuce - UK

684. mindless wonders - US

685.mapi - Netherlands

686. detailed 4u creations - US

687. to sew with love - Spain

688. view from the teapot - France

689. new jewelry a day - US

690. cre8tive compass - US

691. altered alchemy - Malaysia

692. once upon a moon studio - US

693. random thoughts of do or "di" - US

694. mixed media musings - Canada

695. gallo organico - US

696. one heart - US

697. home is where the heart is - US

698. embracing my goddess-self - US

699. creep softly studios -US

700. random ramblings of a working mom - Canada

701.bwh2 quality handmade stuff - US

702.a vintage heart - US

703. dragonfly dreams - Canada

704. intuitive sparks - US

705. sewing through the muck - US

706. robin's nest - US

707. the wigglebutt blog - US

708. the sacred ordinary - US

709. my paper playhouse - Canada

710. craft grany's blog - Canada

711. anaboo creations - US

712.it's all good -US

713. blue skies - US

714. sassmowth designs - Canada

715. the bodhi chicklet - Canada

716. jewelry by jennifer pride - US

717. kristi's creative cafe - US

718. in my workroom - Canada

719. quiltcrazygaljennalouise - US

720. my daily dose of crazy - US

721. fun with this and that - US

722. my 3 reed dotters - US

723.million little stitches - India

724. Crafty Makes - UK

725. life:the good and bad - US

726. cornish contemporaries - UK

727. crafty creations squares - UK

728. noodle bubble - UK

729. little imperfections - UK

730. chat elaine - UK

731. yitte: mixed media and fabric Netherlands

732. the blue muse - US

733.dawnz altered artist(s) - US

734. Wendy's Adventures in Wonderland - US

735. expressions of a misty boston girl - US

736. artzee chris' cool clipart - US

737. dreams of blue acadia - US

738. susi-art - Netherlands

739. run 26.2 for kelly - US

740. sarah lawrence - UK

741. fabulous family reviews -US

742. jillsy girl studio - US

743. the history keeper - US

744. lynn's designer creations - Australia

745.just between you and me - US

746. villa loredana - Croatia

747. design 48 - US

748. knitalatte - US

749.camcraft creations - UK

750.blossom's bloomers - US

751. maggie's bead towne - US

752. robbin's world - US

753. downunderable - Australia

754. creatively living life - US

755. atomic war bride - US

756. roses on the water -US

757. krosi and sani - Netherlands

758. notes froma a divided island - Cyprus

759. sewgorgeous - Scotland

760. ruby in the garden - US

761. pawsn2stamp - US

762. my crafty dog and I - UK

763. spice and all that's nice - US

764. remnants of olde - US

765. inspired by felix - UK

766. create every day - UK

767. red dancer studio - US

768. bold genius - US

769. nature's walk studio - US

770. Wendy Chamberlain - UK

771. a chance of sunshine - US

772. fleur de lis - US

773. hellerlittle - Germany

774. living in the moment - US

775. klik-leisure - Russia

776. design spark -US

777. nancy's perspective - US

778. watercolor your world - US

779. happy thoughts - Phillipines

780. mess, muddle and fun - UK

781. borduurblog - Netherlands

782. debrina's altered art diary - New Zealand

783. booksmith studio - US

784. sweet sally's soaps news - US

785. purali - Netherlands

786. oc cottage - US

787. limelightartworks - US

788. whispering mists - Canada

789. Creative Sandwich - Canada

790. Bird and Flower-Elaine Jackson - US

791. kay'z quiltz - US

792. decorating4...you - US

793. such fun to give - US

794. dom's little shop - Australia

795. sushine, lollipops and butterflies...-US

796. pierced beauty - New Zealand

797. all that is magic and sparkles -UK

798. Adorn - Scotland

799. altered minds - UK

800. pieces of d - US

801. flutterby trina - UK

802. whimsical folk art blog - US

803. lin's arty blobs - England

804. socr8v - Canada

805. dreaming of vintage - US

806. bluegirlink - US

807. one20 farm - US

808. sweet talk - US

809. adorned in treasure - US

810. global recycled products - phillipnes

811. what's next -US

812. happiness is.... - US

813. eight is enough...Australia

814. altered bits - US

815. ludgera's life - Canada

816. artvisionz - US

817.soraya nulliah- US

818. my artful muse - UK

819. must love paint - Australia

820. flowermouse design - Norway

821.moi-kapelka - Netherlands

822. life since then~ US

823. quilt or dye - US

824. the adventures of the gingerbread lady - Ireland/Germany

825. my hodgepodge - Japan

826. liquidbrick - Netherlands

827. die, adjust or migrate - Canada

828. ragamuffin primitives - US

829. the loudest silence - Phillipines

830. the nest - Ireland

831. lululiz in lalaland - England/France

832. amethyst and lilypads

833. anniehearts - US

834. creative sky photography & design - Canada

835. adventures of the art junk gypsy - US

836. northstar shetlands and friends - US

837. artangel - England

838. furighedda gardening - Italy

839. serendipity - US

840. fashion and passion online - Phillipines

841. purple sparkle days - UK

842. fairy godmother stories -UK

843. chameleon designs - US

844. 16xmom:a mastery of motherhood - US

845. crimson heart studios - US

846. new end studio - US

847. merry days - Thailand

848. crochet with cris - US

849. top floor treasures - UK

850. the heart of a seed - US

851. manhandled threads - US

852. when the sun comes out - US

853. angelself - US

854. tuscan road designs - US

855. joey and aleethea - US

856. treasures from the heart - US

857. creations, catastrophes and polymer clay - Canada

858. homes4her - Sweden

859. need more fiber - Sweden

860. katsui - US

861. right brained gal -US

862. ostrich girl - US

863. creative blessings of joy - US

864. barbara rosenzwieg - US

865. laume's studio - US

866.beach treasure - US

867. changeling things - Australia

868. cookies and lasers - Canada

869. artistic creations of the day -US

870. lenorita - Canada

871. life and yarn or yarn and life - US

872. eat.sleep.create - US

873. secondhand bek - US

874. sil's stamping,scrapping and stuff - US

875. bonsai habits - US

876. miss mae boutique - US

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Yeah! One World One Heart Starts Today!

2011-01-31T03:18:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the begining of One World One Heart.
Check out this link for more details.

http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/2010/12/annoucning-the-fifth-and-final-one-world-one-heart-event-.html

This is my first year to be involved in One World One Heart.....and I can't wait to meet all the wonderful bloggers out there. I hope to make some great new friends all over the world. I am married with two daughters and 7 grandchildren. I live in Michigan and right now I am in Alabama and Florida trying to get away from all the ice and snow at home. Soon I will have to head back to my Michigan home....I miss my family too much. I love artsy things....at the present I am trying to make jewelry, needle felt, sculpt clay...especially realistic OOAK babies, and hand stitch OOAK miniature teddy bears.
Today, I am heading back to Michigan from Idex (International Doll Expo) in Orlando, Florida. It has been so great because I have met some of my internet baby group friends here for the first time. Also I have met some other famous sculptors and saw their babies. I bought my first silicone baby here from Rita Rich and this little sweetheart is so beautiful....so tiny and dainty.

When you visit my blog and this post, just comment and let me know if you are interested in winning a giveaway. Please tell me where you are from and how I can get in contact with you to tell you if you are a winner.

Now, I want to show you my giveaways....I have three, one for each week. The first one is a tiny handmade dolly for your dolls, and the other two are handmade mini clay piggy banks. I have made all three of the giveaways, but, they aren't quite done in the pictures. I forgot my Genesis heat paints at home, so I will have to paint and finish them next week when we get back to Michigan. There are 3 piggy banks in the picture but only 2 are for this giveaway. Good Luck!

2011-01-30T20:37:00.000-08:00

I had such a good time at Idex and I even bought my first silicone baby. Here is her picture...she is tiny, dainty, very sweet and named Angelique.

On my left is the sculptor who made her. Her name is Rita Arnold (Rich). She lives in Illinois in the summer and Florida in the winter. I bought some charity raffle drawing tickets so I am hoping Idex will call me and say I won somethings...dreamer...aren't I?

About 11:00am we decided to head for home in Michigan. We drove a little more than 8 hours and got a motel in Clanton, Alabama. After listening to the weather report we found we will probably be driving home through a heavy snow and ice storm. How nice!!!!! I think we should turn around and go back to Florida until it is over. Yeah'll!

Idex Doll Show in Orlando 2011

2011-01-29T22:34:00.000-08:00

I finally got to see all the exibits today It was so great....wish I had a ton of money. I bet I walked by every table 6 times. I held lots of the babies and talked to the artists. I love Dee's smiling baby with teeth.....wish I could afford her. I have just loved her since I first saw her sweet head. Maybe some day I can buy a reborn of her. Here are some pictures. I can't get rid of the underlining for some reason.

Here's my favorite baby in the whole show. she is Dee's little one.

Some darling mice below.

Here is Misty's Wee Wonders

The next two pictures are silicone babies.

This is Laura Lee's Peapod Babies.

This was needle felting tips.

Some cool OOAK bears and animals.

I'm in Orlando....Yeah

2011-01-29T09:07:00.000-08:00

How exciting! I got to see Misty and Amy. They are just as great in person as they are on line. And they are beautiful too. Mike and I went to dinner with Amy and two other girls...Brenda and Bernedet (I'm sure this is not spelled right...I'll fix it later.) Brenda is a beginning sculptor who is a friend of Amy and Bernedet is a eBay seller of doll supplies. Then in the evening we all met in the hotel lounge and talked and had fun. Laura Lee Eagles from Peapod nursery. I hoped I would get to meet her...I love her babies. She was very nice too...I really liked everyone. Doll baby people are great!

AMY...there is one in every group....always playing with their phone!

Change In Plans

2011-01-29T08:41:00.000-08:00

I didn't have time to get on the computer yesterday but here is what happened. I talked to Misty and Amy, friends from my yahoo groups, and now I want to get to Idex (International Doll Expo) in Orlando sooner. So we are going to pack up and leave Friday instead of Saturday. We did.....but it was hard...we had to wash clothes, pack a million things, clean up condo, and drive over eight hours. We were tired when we got there..we are staying at Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel and it is beautiful and huge. It is also expensive. But the nice part is that the Idex is right here...we wouldn't even have to leave if we didn't want to. I got the pictures off the internet..they are kind of blurry.

Frustrated in Alabama

2011-01-27T09:48:00.000-08:00

I'm so frustrated here....I didn't bring everything I need to do my sculpts. You can't buy the Genesis paints in craft shops and it is expensive buying things I already have. I also miss my sewing machine, material and ribbons. I was able to finish one sculpted baby bear cub and one tiny hand stitched white bear. I still need to take pictures of them...so I'll put them in soon.

Some New Places You Might Want To See

2011-01-22T22:43:00.000-08:00

This is the new Shopping Center near Gulf Shores....It is called The Wharf, and it is not quite done. Looks like it is going to be a fun place.

Some souvenir shops

the Shark one is pretty old....been there since 1956.

The Purple Octopus is much newer.

I love Destin, Florida.too. It is not too far from Gulf Shores. We always have to take a drive there.

Beautifuls blue skies, blue-green water & white sand

Sea gulls everywhere....what more could you ask for?

this is typical of the painted buildings in this area. This is a fresh seafood shop we buy our shrimp and fish from. Almost straight off the fishing boat.

I Haven't Had Much Time to Sculpt Lately

2011-01-20T22:34:00.000-08:00

We are exploring the area we are in staying in a lot lately. My husband's brother and family have been here for the week and we haven't been here at the Condo much. We have been to lots of restaurants and beautiful sites in nearby cities. The Happy Shack is really the Hippy Shack....lots of peace signs and such.This is Hazel's...it has the cutest resatroom in the South.

Check it out.

Snow covering the roads in Pensacola, Florida? Really Beautiful White Sand that just looks like snow.

Doesn't it look like a cold snowy and icy day in Michigan?

Look at the cool colored bottle Christmas Tree

I found at the Beach.

I got My Little Baby Cub Done

2011-01-18T16:03:00.000-08:00

I made the black nose for my little creamy white cub and glued it on. She is all done now. Now I just have to finish my little jointed Teddy Bear Baby's hat and get her head connected to the body. I'll put the pictures in here.

Finish up Mini Teddy Bear Then Sculpt, Yeah, I miss Sculpting

2011-01-15T19:48:00.000-08:00

I am still sewing a teeny tiny creamy white teddy bear. This is the 6th hand stitched mini bear I have made. I started this little cutie when we got in the condo in Gulf Shores, Alabama. I have her all stitched together now and.....now.....

I need to make her a clay nose.

After that I'll show her to my daughter Kelly and see if she wants her for her birthday. If she does, we have to start looking for great tiny vintage buttons to go with this sweet mini bear. If not, I'll have to give her my third little one who is also white and I kind of want to keep her. Time to fire up the clay oven!!!!

A New Teddy Bear Baby Will Be Ready Soon

2011-01-12T20:35:00.000-08:00

While I was home in Michigan, I started

a jointed Teddy Bear Baby. I made a head with open blue eyes and a very sweet face. I gave her (I think she is a her) some softl light brown mohair

Almost done...just attach the head, give the baby a haircut......and

make the bear cub hat.

New Baby Almost Finished

2011-01-11T21:36:00.000-08:00

I have a little baby I have almost finished. I'm not sure if it should be a girl or a boy. Right now I have it dressed like a girl.

My granddaughters, Tiffany and Destany, say it looks just like my nephew's little boy Thomas. So I can't put him/her on eBay yet. I have to decided what I want to do...girl in pink onsie or boy in yellow ducky onsie. I'm not going to trim the hair up until I decide which onsie.

The little one in the background is the first toodler I have made. She needs more paint and hair. Then her hair needs to be styled. I didn't bring her to Alabama with me....I will finish her in Michigan when we get home.

January in Alabama

2011-01-11T21:16:00.000-08:00

My husband and I are spending our first January along the Gulf Coast. We are in Foley, Alabama. We have rented a condo called Royal Palms with my sister and her husband. It is a pretty littly pink condo on the beautiful white sand. We are pretty excited. Warmer weather than Michigan, good food homemade and restaurant, heated pool, hot tub, Ocean views everyday, walks on the beach, good books, relatives nearby, fun shopping, good times with my sister and husband, and I brought my clay and hand stitch bears. No heavy coats, scarves, hats, snow, scrapping, icy roads or shoveling. Who could ask for anything more?

My Fifth Hand Stitched Bear

2011-01-10T21:25:00.000-08:00

I still want to make tiny bears. This time I am making a rose colored one. I made it for my youngest daughter for Christmas. My daughter's name is Jewel so I decided to put the real AB Swarovski Crystals all over this bear and call her Precious Jewels.

I was lucky, she turn out looking like a girl cub with a pretty cute face. The pictures didn't turn out as well as I had hoped they would. She doesn't look rosy pink and the crystals don't sparkle. She is much cuter in person. Maybe I'll work on the pictures and try them again. Any suggestions fron you guys?

My Fourth Hand Stitched Bear

2011-01-10T21:10:00.000-08:00

Still can't stop making those mini bears. This one is called Sweet Pea and she is a little under 2 inches. I decided to fancy her up. I made her a sweet little dress, a necklace and earrings. She has the steel shot and polly-fill stuffing too. She has a sweet little face with a clay nose. Do you think her eyes are too big? Maybe on my next bear I make the muzzle a little broader and the eyes a little smaller. One of my friends in Washington, DC saw Sweet Pea on facebook and liked her soooooo....when we had a swap in our Curio Treasures Found Group, I gave Sweetpea to her as my swap. Now Sweetpea has a Happy Ever After Home.

My Third Little Hand Stitched Bear

2011-01-10T20:51:00.000-08:00

I couldn't wait to try another mini bear. It turned out to be an adorable little girl cub. I love the way her face turned out. I made her a clay nose. I like the clay noses better than the embroidery noses. I filled her with steel shot and polly-fill like the others. She is also about 2 inches tall. I think she is a dainty, sweet little handful. I learned after I got this little one done that many bear makers use black quilting thread....I'm going to get that. I don't want to sell this one either. Maybe I need to make some and keep them for a while before I put any on eBay.

OWOH 2011

2011-01-10T11:29:00.000-08:00

A big blogging event is coming.

ONE WORLD ONE HEART

If you would like more information about it click on the link, A Whimsical Bohemian on the right under links.

My Second Hand Stitch Bear

2011-01-09T20:41:00.000-08:00

I decided to try an old fashion long armed creamy white bear next. She is styled after the antique bears of yesteryears. I named her Arabella. She is about 2 inches. I filled her body and chest with steel shot also. then used the polly-fill on the neck, head, and limbs. She sits nicely, but it is harder to make her stand...the long front paws make it hard to balance easily. She has black glass bead eyes and an embroidered nose, mouth, and paw claws. I made her at Halloween time and those long arms made me decide to make her a Ghost Costume. I made it out of Cheesecloth (starched). then I decorated it with cute tiny Halloween buttons and a Jack-o-lantern jingle bell.

It is funny...my first little bear looked like a boy cub to me and this little one looks like a girl cub. It seems to be just like it is with sculpted babies, you don't know if they are boys or girls until you are done making them.

One of my good sculpting friends from Canada saw Arabella on Facebook and bought her from me....Arabella now has a happy home.

My Hand Stitched Bears

2011-01-09T20:25:00.000-08:00

I decided to try making my own handmade bears. I wanted to make some miniature ones. Here is my first attempt...I called him Fatso. This little mini bear was fun to make..I made him in two evenings...late night evenings. In the first picture, Fatso is not quite done....he has no arms! He is 1 and 3/4 inches tall or should I say tiny?. I filled his chest and belly with steel shot and the head and limbs with pollyfill. He is able to stand by himself...I'll probably never be able to do that again with my other bears. hahahaha...just dumb luck this time. He sits real cute too. I think he looks like a well loved vintage bear. I was very happy with the way he turned out for me. I doubt I will ever be willing to sell him.

I love Handmade Bears

2011-01-09T20:13:00.000-08:00

I have loved and collected bears for year. I like the handmade ones the best. I have all sizes and I especially love my little teeny collection. During the Holidays , I always decorate with my bears. Once I even decorated my whole Christmas Tree with bears. It was a sad Christmas for me because my mother had just passed away and I couldn't bear to get all the Christmas decorations out. It made me happy to see all my bears on that tree and it really looked beautiful. we are away for the month of January now, but when I get back home to my regular computer, I will add pictures of the bear tree and some holiday decorations.

I Have Had A Hard Time Posting

2011-01-08T22:25:00.000-08:00

I have had a hard time posting but finally I got it fixed and I can post...yeah!

New Teddy Bear Baby

2010-07-09T06:24:00.000-07:00

I saw the sweetest Teddy Bear Baby on eBay and I tried to win it but I didn't. So I decided to make one myself. I looked through all my stuffed bears and picked out a very old fashioned one. Then I made a newborn head (revamped and resculpted out of a discarded head), painted it, put on brown mohair. Then I took the head I cut off the Teddy Bear and made a teddy bear hat and vola....my own Teddy Bear Baby. I think I like him better than the one I tried to buy. He really looks even cutier in real life.

New Group....The Traveling Baby

2010-06-13T19:20:00.000-07:00

I joined a new group that works together to create and sculpt a baby, then send it to the next member to work on it...maybe put together the baby, paint baby, and put hair on the baby. Then on to the next member who might gloss where needed, dressed and clothe the baby. Then to member number four who might make blankets, hats, socks, and shoes. The fifth member might make toys and any accessories needed to help this baby look his best and take completed baby photos. At this time the baby goes back to it original creator/owner and she will have a beautiful baby that has traveled through many states and hands. The owner is supposed to tell a story about their baby. This time the babies traveled to 5 homes...another time they may travel to more...it depends on how many people sign up to be in the travel. My baby turned out to be a newborn baby elf. Here are some beginning pictures of her (I had started putting on her body when everyone decided that it would be easier to paint the babies if they were not put together...so I stopped after I had connected her legs) and you can read about her journey at the blog link:

http://touringbabies.blogspot.com/

I was hoping she was a newborn baby girl elf , so I decide to put her hair on and see it she looked like a girl or a boy. I really think she looks like a girl, so I named her Bliss after the village park I found her in....Blissfield Town Park.

A New Portrait Baby Girl Jewel Lee

2010-06-13T12:18:00.000-07:00

I have just finished a new Portrait Baby. It is a copy of my daughter Jewel's hospital picture. It is my fourth Portrait Baby. It took me quite a long time to make her but she is finally done. She was a beautiful baby with a perfect shaped head and lots of dark brown hair. She is an OOAK (One Of A Kind ) Baby...no molds are used in making any of my creations. She is made of Professional ProSculpt Clay with tiny tools, my mind, hands, and patients. I use memories or photos for ideas and lots of time and love. She has a handmade soft doeskin body that is filled with steel shot and some soft fluffy filling that makes her very poseable. Her head turns from side to side and her limbs are jointed. She is baked to perfection and painted with a special Genesis Heat paint to give her the infant skin color and blushing. Her lips, toes, and fingers are glossed. Her outfit is hand knitted especially for her by a lady in England and her afghan is handmade by a lady in California. she feels wonderfully weighted when you cuddle her in your hands.

The Doll Show

2010-06-01T07:23:00.000-07:00

If you want to see the pictures bigger, click on them. The titles don't match the pictures. When I get a few minutes I'll try to fix them...now it is just too much....Sorry

Doll table At Madison Heights Show

Mini Piggy Bank

Sweet yawning Boy Baby

Flower Elves

Reborn Elf Baby

Lady Bug Baby Elf and

Sweet Pea Pod Baby

Sweet Bundle Babies

Flower Elves

Dressed Puppy

Dressed Mice

Chihuahua Puppy

Portrait Kelly Anne

Portrait Baby Tanner

Bundle Babies

Boy Babies and one Girl Baby

Bears, Mouse and Baby

See the little monkey?

Tiffany's mini sculptors and mini toys

Cowboy Billy, Cowgirl Jane, and Baby Cowboy with stick horse

The Girl babies

I was invited to put my sculpted babies in the biggest doll show in Michigan. It was the Madison Heights Doll Show. I went with my granddaughter Tiffany who also sculpts with me. We had a good time. We both took examples of our work and we both sold pieces. The managers of show said that they had never seen OOAK sculpted babies so they were excited to have us in the show. We got many good comments and people said they hoped we would come back to the show in the fall. I got to meet Dorothy Steven who is a wonderful sculptor from Canada and I enjoyed talking to her. Here are our picture of the show.

My Portrait Babies

2010-05-28T21:01:00.000-07:00

The next thing I have tried are Portrait Babies. I have finished three Portrait Babies. The first one was a Baby with a Silly Smile. (dressed in a Bunny outfit) I wanted to buy one of eBay ID whiterabbit's babies with silly smile and they always go so high, I can never get them. So I took the picture and tried to make one like them. It kind of looks like them.

Next I found a crying picture of my grandson Tanner soon after he was born , actually, in the delivery room. I made the head first, even glued on hair and it wasn't very good. So I waited a while, pulled off the glued on hair, and put new clay on the old head and resculpted it. It looked much better. This time I baked on sparse medium brown hair and it really turned out good. I bought the cutest white trimmed in baby blue romper with a matching hoodie and booties from my friend Anabell. He looks darling in that outfit.

Then I took my daughter Kelly's hospital picture and copied that one. I really worked hard on this sculpt...at least three days on the head alone. The eyes are just barely open. If I remember right it was hard to get a picture of Kelly with her eyes open. They tried to take them three times and this was the best they got. I also baked on sparse light brown hair. I should have cut more off because Kelly didn't have a lot of hair...especially in the front. But the mohair looked so pretty, I just couldn't make it so short. The whole sculpt took me well over a week. I made the fingers on one hand spread out like Kelly's right hand was in the picture. I made one leg stretched out and the other one pulled up so she could look like she was trying to wiggle when she was on her tummy. I also dressed her in one of Anabell's dainty white trimmed in pink crocheted outfits. It was a sweater with flower embroideries, a plain white top, shorts in white with pink trim and matching booties.

Have You Ever Tried "Flocking" or "Furring" to Make Animals Have Fur?

2010-05-25T13:09:00.000-07:00

The first thing I tried was "Furring" and this is how I did it. I went to the Goodwill and found a big teddy bear with reddish brown curly fur. I started cutting it off with my good sewing scissors and storing the small chunks of curly fur in a plastic bag. Then I made some little Pro sculpt clay teddy bears and used glue to add the curly chunks of reddish brown fur. They were pretty easy to do and looked very sweet. I think I will look for teddy bears of other colors and start clipping off the fur and storing it in plastic bags.
For the "Flocking" I purchased many colors of the flocking on eBay. The directions said to use those yellow and red plastic squeeze Mustard & Ketchup bottles to spray the flocking. That works pretty good. You make your clay animal, cover it with glue, and put it in a tall box or ice cream bucket. Then you spray it with the color you want to use. I haven't tried two colors...not quite sure how you would do that. I made two medium size jointed mice and a large jointed white mouse (all made of clay) and some very small dogs. Two were Chihuahuas and one was a mutt. Their bodies were cloth and the paws, heads, and tail were made of clay. They were fun to do also.

My Little Reborn Elf Baby

2010-05-23T15:29:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to have a reborn Elf or Fairy baby but they are so much money on eBay. So I decided to make one of my own. I started looking for a small reborn 10-15" that would make a good elf. I finally found one that was perfect...15"....already reborn and for sale on eBay. I sent a message to the lady who made her and told her what I wanted to do if I won her. She said she thought it sounded exciting and would be happy to send me the complexion color paint that she used on her. So I did win her and she did send me the paint with little Baby Zoe Marie...I added the Marie. What a perfect name for an Elf Baby. As soon as I got her, I took her head off, made pointed clay ears, painted them with the same color as her face, and put them back on. I bought some cute preemie outfits for her and dressed her up. She turned out darling...I really love her. I sent the lady who made her pictures showing her new ears and she thought she was so cute too. She has a magnetic pacifier that she uses.

The little boy baby in the picture above is the Silicone Baby Matteo that I plan on making into an Elf Boy Baby. He feels so good and heavy, but with soft vinyl. I bought some special clothes to put him in too when he is an Elf.

Raggedy Ann and My Cowboy, Cowgirl, & Baby Cowboy

2010-05-21T18:09:00.001-07:00

I made these heads a long time ago and decided I should finish them up. Ann is a little girl in a Raggedy Ann costume. The costume is hand made and removable. Even the red yarn wig. (I made the wig.) Then Ann can wear any other 6-7" outfits and be a regular girl. See her little knitted Purple dress?

The Cowboy (Billy), and Cowgirl (Jannie), and the Baby Cowboy are all dressed very cute. I made the leather vests, the belts, leather boots for Billy and Jannie, the diaper and bandanna for Baby Cowboy, the leather added to Jannie's pants, and the really cute cow skin blankets. I have a leather cow skin trunk that I can display them in and around with a pony and a leather saddle. I also made a stick and clay brown pony for the cowboy baby. They are all wearing cowboy hats too.

There are Even A Little More Babies but...

2010-05-21T17:41:00.000-07:00

Above: Two Pictures of the Newborn Baby Girl Yawner in Pink Knit Sweater Set

Left: New Born Baby Boy (Jacob) in Blue Knit Sweater Set

These are the babies that I have made so far in 2010. I have tried to make realistic newborn infants. Each baby has taken me a week or more to complete. I have been experementing with different types of weighting the babies. The boy and girl babies in the hand made onesie have be weighted firmly using Pol Fluff and Pol Beads. They feel nice and tight when you pick them up and can be reasonable posed with this weighting. I really like the way they feel when you pick them up. But when you pose them you sometimes need props or tape, etc.

The boy and girl babies in the hand knited sweater sets have been lightly weighted with Poly Fluff and tiny Glass weighting beads. This makes them light, floppy, and very easy to pose in many positions. I think I really like the poseibility but I'm not sure I like them so light to hold.

Left: Newborn Baby Girl (Emmee) in Pink & White Onesie Set

Left: Newborn Baby Boy in Blue Bear Onesie Set

I know you are getting sick of them. I am. I have sold more than I thought I had. Where did all that money go? Anyway, this year,(2010), I have been really working on making Very Realistic Newborn Babies. I have had to make myself slow down...this is really hard for me because I liked to finish a baby in one day...and now I maybe take a week to complete one. I have been collecting pictures of babies to really see what they look like...ears, eyes, head shape, nose, neck, hands, fingers, feet, toes, tummy, and bum. I have been buying or trying to make only newborn baby clothes. The first three I made are starting to look like newborns. I am posting their pictures. One of the things I am trying hard to do is to make sweeter faces. It is very hard for me...all my faces seem to look too stern and all alike.

A Few More Babies!

2010-05-21T17:09:00.001-07:00

First: I kept this little St. Paddy's Day Baby

Second: Dewdrop the pink Fairy

Third: St Paddy's Day Baby

Fourth: Newborn Baby Girl with her Dolly

Fifth: Tiny Crib Cap Baby Girl
Sixth: Newborn Baby Boy with his froggy

And Even More Babies!

2010-05-21T16:48:00.001-07:00

Left: Miniature Clay Piggy Banks

Above: Newborn Panda Baby

Above: Newborn Twin Elve Babies
Above: Newborn Christopher Robin

Left: Yawning Baby Carrie

And Still More Babies

2010-05-21T16:37:00.001-07:00

Left: Little Girl in Yellow and Blue Outfit.

Left: Little girl in Pink and White outfit.

Left: Tiny little Handful of Babies

Little Elf Boy in a cute little Froggy Outfit...the booties are webfooted.

Left: Baby Fairy with beautiful hand made wings.

And More Babies

2010-05-21T16:18:00.001-07:00

First: Big Boy Yawner
Second: Baby Hatching in Egg

Third: Twins in matching outfits

Fourth: Daisy the mouse

Fifth: Rosie the mouse

More eBay Babies

2010-05-21T16:07:00.000-07:00

Sweet Valentine's Babies

Left: Baby Girl in Pink Christening Dress

Left:Baby Girl in Pink Nightgown and in a Bunny Bag

Below: Baby Boy in knitted outfit with Teddy in felted Bunny Ears and nestled in an Egg

Trying out eBay

2010-05-21T15:36:00.000-07:00

First: Newborn Baby Boy "Just Ducky "

Second: Animal Egg Babies- Lop Eared Bunny

Third: Newborn Baby Boy in Blue Onesie

Fourth: Little Monkey Girl Baby

After about 5 or 6 very funny dollies, I finally made some dolls that started looking like babies. I bought some cute clothes from some talented ladies on eBay, made some diapers, toys, and baby blankets, and set up my first auctions. Here are some of the first babies I sold.

Sculpting Dolls and Things

2010-05-21T12:04:00.000-07:00

Two years ago I noticed the OOAK Babies on eBay and fell in love with them. At first my daughter, Kelly, bought the clay and tools and started trying to make them. She wanted me to do it with her. I didn't think I could make them, but decided I would give it a try. We sat down in the living room in front of the TV one evening and started working on one each. I had purchased a little folder book called Tiny Babies, How to created tiny babies using polymer clay by Barbara Felts. We had ordered the book, clay, and tools from eBay as part of our Christmas presents to each other. It was New Years Eve so we wanted to be near the TV. We set up our work on large TV trays and jumped into following each step in the book. I started working with Professional Pro Sculpt clay. We spent most of the night working on our new babies. Later on I got more tools and my husband bought me a big lamp that swivels with a magnifying light. We, and especially me, have spent many days working on making dolls, fairies, elves, babies, animals, and interesting creatures. I am retired but Kelly is a second grade teacher, so she does not have much time to sculpt in the winter...most of her sculpting is done in the summer, when she is not teaching.