Tuesday, June 28, 2011

FRENCH FAERIES IN THE HOUSE

a small collection of cotton dolls
I finished awhile ago
beg to be dressed

of course with all the Tea Parties
going on
French Faeries
always
appear

this little fae
dressed in a confection of laces
and ribbons, with a silver
sky high
hair-do

enjoys sitting on a dressing table
or shelf and watching
girlie humans

putting on powder
applying lipstick
and curling your hair

she is in my shop

Friday, June 24, 2011

DREAMING OF MERMAIDS A MAD TEA PARTY 2011

Welcome to A Mad Tea Party
2011

Meet Jane

Jane has a special suitcase
where she keeps all her favorite
treasures

Jane is always thinking about Mermaids


But today she is having a little Tea party
with her friend
a quick nap before all the festivities

Jane dreams she is sailing the sparkling ocean
dressed in her beautiful Mermaid gown

while sailing she sees a Mermaid

and then another

come swim with us

Jane could feel the velvet cool water
she awoke from her dream
and saw a crown
what a magical dream
Later she enjoyed Tea with her friend
Sarah

they exchanged stories of Mermaids and Faeries

and a magical crown
that the mermaids had given her

Mad crazy dreams often come true


Thanks to Miss V for hosting another wonderful event

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

BALLERINA FAERIES

The long hot Summer is here
with an arm load of movies
to watch in the cool of the AC
inspired by the
Black Swan
I dreamed of dancing
Ballerinas

my new softer dolls
modern rag dolls

that beg to be played with


dance with me into the night



Black and White Swan
Ballerina Faeries
in my shop

Saturday, June 18, 2011

BEAUTIFUL MERMAID

half and half
Mermaid
Japanese paper clay and ball jointed
tail of Island Batiks filled with
acrylic pellets




one of a kind design and sculpture
in my

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

BACK TO MY DOLL BEGINNINGS

A softer sculpted doll
new fairy pattern

At the beginning I always used this
fuzzy soft viscose fabric
easy on the hands
so glad I purchased boxes of it
not ready to give up my soft little faeries

Just making them softer more rag doll like
with smuggie faces
leaving all the detail to the clay dolls
feeling like I've come full circle in doll making
old hands feeling OK

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

HAPPINESS IS A TABLE OF DOLLIES

Just a few of the dolls
I'm working on




Mermaid
Ballerina
French Faeries
Jane Child Set

Friday, June 10, 2011

WIP MERMAID

Enjoying the AC on a hot Friday!
Mermaid Calli
for the
Mad Tea Party
June 25th


Tuesday, June 7, 2011

HALF AND HALF

My latest creation
a
Beautiful Mermaid

half clay half soft

her tail is filled with tiny pellets
which makes it move softly

her top half is Japanese paper clay
with articulated joints
she will be part of the Mad Tea Party
blog event
June 25th

Sunday, June 5, 2011

STAYIN COOL

Summer has not arrived
but the heat has been
relentless in Central
Florida

staying inside
playing with
Mermaids


sweet cool little finned
ladies

Friday, June 3, 2011

THE PONDERINGS OF BALL JOINTS

Spent a good part of the day pondering
ball joints
the most important part of the doll
and for me the most difficult
I used single joints early on, but like the way the double joint makes the dolls
movements amazing

these small delicate pieces are the key to arm and leg
movement
but they have become a constant
experiment
practice makes perfect

two new Mermaids I'm working on
for the
Mad Tea Party