MY LOVE OF RAG DOLLS

My love of rag dolls

started as a child

as soon as I could thread a needle

I started sewing

soft little

dolls

thought it was time to revisit

my old favorite

a flat pattern or pan-cake doll

with a little shapely

sculpting

dressed in pretty dancing dresses

of the Deco period 1920's

sweet little painted faces

a larger doll

14 inches

similar to the smaller dolls I created 20 years ago

and my logo

the face I paint on every doll

as a signature

seems like such a long time ago

when I designed

my face

painting this sweet little face

that always makes me smile

these three Deco Dollies are in my shop

Happy Valentine's Day

WIP DECO DOLLIES TEDDI'S & HATS

Deco Dollies

in teddi's

and felted hats

sewing dresses

and dancing the Charleston, mostly to keep

warm, it has been cold in Florida

after making the Chanel Dolls over Christmas

I decided I should make a smaller

shapelier version

of my Rag Doll dressed in 1920's

style

also made this little bracelet

for Valentines Day

Have a great weekend

GADGET RABBITS

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction and speculative fiction, frequently featuring elements of fantasy

OK

but I always thought it was the style of

Mad Scientists

and

Crazy Inventors

Playing around with the Steam Punk Style

I created the

Gadget Rabbits

Carnival

Victorian

Rabbits

embellished with tiny metal gadgets

soft sculpture ball jointed dolls

now in my shop

SPICE DEVIL DIVAS

They are back

every year about this time

these sneaky little Devils

cause havoc in my

Studio!

throwing pins on the carpet

stealing my favorite tiny

scissors

I guess it is all about love

and getting my attention

because soon it will be

Valentines Day

and ten years ago

I created these little

Divas

to brighten up the Winter Days

several of the trouble-makers

have gone to live

elsewhere

But still seven remain

must be the smell of chocolate

or the little sweetie hearts

but here they are

staying for awhile

to cause a little

mischief

WIP GADGET RABBITS

Playing with the theme of Steam-punk

a couple of BJD pink Rabbits

waiting for outfits

and the little fairy that didn't get away

she will be living in my studio

my 1st soft ball jointed doll

WILD THINGS WITH WINGS

Little golden wild faeries

whipped through the yard

chasing after the flocks of

Robins on their way up

North

herding the flocks

I tempted these lovelies

with frocks

of Jungle prints

slowing down just long enough

to play dress-up

Off they went, heading up North to Welcome

Spring-time

these three Wild Child Faeries

are in my shop

MY 1ST SCULPTING CLASS AND WAITING FOR WINGS

With the start of the IDEX Doll Show in Orlando

I experienced my first workshop

a wonderful class taught by

Beverly Stoehr

renowned doll artist and sculptor

I learned to sculpt a baby doll head

in the mean-time

my Wild Child Faeries

are waiting for wings

my sleeping baby keeps calling me back

I need ears!

my girls look bored

you will have to wait a little longer

before you can spread your wings

the IDEX in Orlando is the whole

weekend!

WIP WILD CHILD

Playing dress-up in the Atelier of Twigs Faerie Land

these Wild Beauties should be ready

next week

IDEX Doll Show in Orlando this weekend

hard to concentrate

to excited!!!