NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN A DAY TO PLAY

Lots of dollies on my table

WIP

FRENCH COURT FAIRIES

I adore creating French Fairies

my newest pair

all the Marie Antoinette

gowns

and fabulous up-dos

so sweet they look like candy

frilly little French Court Fairies

in my shop

DOLLS IN PRIMITIVE FORM

One of my favorite stages

of doll making

sanding

where the doll becomes

white velvet

the primitive state before the paint

as with my soft sculpture

no face no clothing

just

serenity

BE HAPPY PLAY WITH DOLLS

A GARDEN FAERIE NAMED LISEN

Lisen

is a Garden Faerie

most of the time

she likes to be naked

I made her a pretty little fairy outfit

I had a hard time getting her to wear it

until I promised to let her sit in the garden

the light was so pretty today

and there was a cool breeze

Lisen is part of my Mousefeathers Collection of Dolls

Japanese paper clay BJD

in my shop

SUMMERTIME BUGS

Hot Summer Nights

spotlights on my work table

attracts lots of winged bugs

fluttering in to catch little buggies

a couple of pale green

Flutterfly Kitties

sweet little mews

these two soft sculpture jointed dolls

are in my shop

WIP NEW SOFT DOLLIES

Green Flutterfly Kitties

waiting to be fitted for wings

THE BIRTH OF BJD #8

#8

paper clay ball jointed doll

sleeping kitties

all ready to string

not excited

Sailfish still sleeping

all the parts fit together

I always wait until my doll is finished

before I string

morning

still sleeping

early sun before the storms

the birth of #8

now she will sit on my desk

and be admired for awhile

enjoying her simple nakedness

before the lovely faerie gown

is created

WIP

WIP soft

WIP clay

LIL COCO

Coco Chanel

the gigantic icon of French Fashion

her suits and style

inspire me

Last Christmas I made a larger version of this doll

after seeing pictures of the Chanel Soho

window displays in New York

This LiL Coco is smaller 14 inches

with a Karey logo painted face

dressed in a cotton Summer suit

with all the glitter trims

felted hat with a silk gardenia

My favorite Fashion Icon only tiny

LiL Coco is in my shop

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