WINTER FAES WIP

WIP spindly Winter Fairies

soft sculpture ball jointed dolls

I call these modern rag dolls

New lower Holiday prices on all dolls and artwear in my

shop

BUG FAE

Tiny little Bug Fae

peeks out from the tree branches

protector of the bird nests

while the mother bird is away

Bug Fae is a small soft sculpture jointed doll

in my shop

FAIRY HAIR 1ST BJDS

Back in the studio

I decided my 1st ball jointed clay dolls should be

Faeries

super soft white lamb hair

they are so pink and sweet

guess I will make some dresses and wings

if I can put them down and stop playing with them

and laughing

I believe I've fallen in love!

ALL STRUNG UP

Well, I finished stringing my little girls

they are so primitive

not sure whether I like them or not?

guess they will have to grow on me for awhile

next hair and cute dresses

I did learn a lot about body shape

and stringing

the next clay BJDs will be better

OK

now I can get some sleep

although I think this is just the beginning of my obsession with

ball jointed dolls!

LOL

MY 1ST CLAY BALL JOINTED DOLL

I returned from Chicago

and got back to work on my

Mousefeathers Collection of Dolls

my first ball jointed dolls

made out of paper clay

I wanted to make child-like dolls

10 inches tall

started with a sketch, which helped when molding the clay

I lay each piece over the drawing for size

I used plastic straws inside the legs and arms

after the clay dries, they pulled out easily

gluing different size styrofoam balls together

and carving out a hole in the middle and the leg openings

molded the clay around the forms

Back in my Fashion Days, I worked as a nail tech, my little drill

came in handy for drilling out the leg openings and inside

I sanded a lot

once they are smooth and wiped clean of dust

I painted a matte color

and painted their little faces

and then two coats of watered down pearl paint

first pink

than

white

Now I have to decide which sealer to use

and than I'm ready to string

I call this doll making experiments

because I really have no clue, what I'm doing

LOL

in the meantime

Vampire Lady is in my shop

all ready for Halloween

FINDING HALLOWEEN UP NORTH

Searching for Halloween

I headed for Chicago

Indian Summer

had arrived

Everywhere I looked

it was golden

The neighborhood was decked out

for a scary Halloween Night

a quick trip to the Art Gallery

and a visit with the

Vampire Lady

got this ghostly group

all excited about the

Halloween Party

at A Fanciful Twist

SNEAK PEEK

Getting ready for the Big Halloween Party

at

A Fancilful Twist

for info click on the badge on the sidebar

I'm off to Chicago for a week of

Family and Fall Leaves

Be Happy Play With Dolls

WITCH BATS

Strolling through a park in the neighborhood

I came across this beautiful old Victorian Home

Most of these homes are inhabited by some sort of spirit

Witch Bats with their Fluff Bug Pets

walking the many balconies of this lovely old lady

moving quickly amongst the mossy trees

Pale green with silver eyes

from roof-top to tree

cooing and caressing their pets

elegant older sisters to the

Witch Bats of the Old Theater

Keeping watch over this beautiful old home

these Witch Bats are now in my shop

along with a selection of

Halloween Dolls

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MOUSEFEATHERS

"Mousefeathers"

the first words that came out of my mouth this morning

"weird"

but it is all about my obsession with Ball Jointed Dolls

now that I have conquered soft BJDs

I must move on

boredom is setting in, I could probably sew these dolls in my sleep!

Even though I love creating them, I need a challenge

So my lovely green Witch Bats sit bored, waiting for hair and outfits

Monday is my day off, from being inside all weekend on radio dispatch.

I run around looking for all the stuff I will need to take on my new obsession

"Mousefeathers"

will be name of the collection of 10 inch totally clay dolls

child-like dolls

with accessories

Rummaging through old shoe boxes at my Mother's home

I found Betsy McCall

a tiny tween plastic doll, she is jointed

I loved the McCalls magazine as a child, in the 50's Betsy was a paper doll

dressed to the Ts in seasonal fashion at the time

I so looked forward to that magazine and those wonderful paper dolls on the back cover

also in the 50's the magazine came out with a doll version of Betsy

My mother sent away for her

she arrived in a doll-case

dressed in this little lace dress

shoes and soxs, and her little sun outfit

I was surprised to find this much of the doll's outfits still around

So I have given a name to a collection of dolls

"Mousefeathers"

the kind of dolls I had as a child, that I loved

with all the little dollie accessories

But these art dolls will be for grown-ups who never stopped playing with dolls

The kind of dolls, that a family member might find wrapped up in a shoe-box hidden away

years from now.

WITCH SISTERS

Welcome to the

Practical Magic Blog Party

a story of two sisters

who went to live with their Aunts

where they were taught spells and magic

a close blood bond

these two sisters loved each other

but a curse

killed any man who would love

these sisters

But the love

between these two sisters

would stop any curse

they would hold hands

and whisper spells

and in the evening

all the Witches of the old house

would jump off the roof

and float gently to the ground

sisterly love

one of my favorite movies

inspired my Witch Sisters

check out all the blogs for the

Practical Magic Party

these two soft BJDs are now in my

shop