My Craft Show last week

It was a busy day and lots of people came by.  It was nice to talk to everyone and I actually sold a few things.  Here are some photos from the sale.

I only put out the Rainbow Collection and made a catalogue available of all the others.  The next craft show on the 24th is going to have smaller tables, so I'll have to use my imagination.

 

This table ended up looking too busy.  I'll have to figure out a better way for it too.

 

So, if anyone is around this weekend, please join me at the R.A. Centre on Riverside Drive on Sunday the 24th from 10 to 4.   Lots of stuff to see.

 

The Rainbow Girls Together

Awhile ago I had promised to show photos of my rainbow doll collection once they were finished.  They have actually showed up in a few random photos, but none have been the entire collection together.  So, here they are.

 

And now here they are separately.  The first is Violet. 

Next is Indigo

 

Then comes Blue

 

Then Green

 

Followed by Yellow

 

Then Orange

 

 

And finally Red

 

So, those are the girls.  Hours and hours of work went into making each one and I will be putting them for sale on Etsy very shortly.  Only problem is I don't want to part with them.  I get very attached.

 

 

 

Just a little Tease

 

Yesterday I said I'd be posting photos of the completed rainbow collection.  Here's just a teaser for now.  I have to wait for the right conditions to be able to photograph all seven together.  So, here's violet.

And here's green.

The others are in my previous posts.  As a reminder, the colours already posted are blue (yesterday), red, orange, indigo and yellow (2 days ago).

This week's project is going to be a white witch.  Here's all of my fabric and embellishments.  I just have to figure out how it's all going to come together.

There's lace, sequin flowers, beaded trim and ribbon.

 

And here is mohair, eyelash yarn and seed beads

This is the fabric selection

 

A photo of a white witch for inspiration

 

And Ann Hathaway for a potential hairstyle.

 

That should do it, but I know me and I'll bet you dollars to donuts that there will be many many changes along the way.  Stay tuned.

 

Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

I decided that with this post I'd let everyone in on my creative process when I'm starting one of my dolls.  Firstly you have to know that I have a lot of fabric.  A lot.  A whole lot.  I don't think I've ever passed up an opportunity to acquire fabric.  I've even been known to wake up from a dead sleep and realize I don't have, let's say, green fabric and stumble to the computer and log onto fabric.com or batiksplus.com or any number of sites and search for "that perfect fabric".  Eventually I realize how crazy that is and just power down and go back to sleep.  The true madness,  however,  is knowing that if go back to any of those sites  in the following days, my cart has been saved and all I have to do is press that BUY button and it will arrive at my front door sometime soon.

Anyway, back to my creative process.  I'll stand in front of my wall of fabric and decide which colours to pull.  In this case, I was thinking about the blue rainbow doll, so I pulled a bunch of blue fabric.  Then I got out some beads and threw those around and then added some yarn and mohair.

 

So,  I mix things up a bit, try to imagine what it is that I'm trying to create and this is the finished product.

Her hair is dyed blue mohair, her outfit is made with blue batik, her knees are round brocade beads, and her neckline and cuffs are Austrian glass beads. 

Here's a closeup of her face.

 

 

And here's a closeup of her tiny little waist.

 

Next week I'm going to show the process from start to finish with an entirely new creation and I'll also be adding a photo of the entire rainbow collection.

 

So, stay tuned.

Sleeping With The Dog

So I know a lot of you will cringe at the mere thought of sharing your bed with your furry creatures.  Not so our household.  Sure, we started out with "rules".  Dog not allowed on furniture, dog not allowed near dining table, no people food, no sharing drinking glasses.  You know, the regular stuff.  And we were well-intentioned, but seriously misguided.  It seems that our dear canine had other plans.  Yes, we went to obedience classes.  Yes, we took it seriously.  But the only thing that came from all of that training was that we found out that the dog was smarter than us.  She trained us well.  Not only do we have to jockey for position on the bed, she has taken to sharing OUR bed with her feline companion.  But truthfully, it's not such a big deal.  There is harmony in the house, the pooch is well behaved and the bed is big enough for us all.

But, what does all this have to do with dolls?  Well, nothing.  It was just a way to get going on this blog.  What I do want to tell you though is that I am almost finished the project I started a few weeks ago.  I had this idea that I wanted to make a doll in every colour of the rainbow.  Sounds simple enough doesn't it?  Well, not so.  Ever try to find indigo fabric?  How about indigo beads?  What about indigo yarn?  Indigo lace?  Uh-uh.  The rest was easy.  Violet, blue, green, yellow, orange and red were a piece of cake.  Indigo, not so much.  However, after much searching and a lot of luck I managed to gather what I needed and I am on my way to completion.  Here's a sneak previow of Yellow, Indigo and Orange and Red.

 

I will post them all once I've finished.  They all can be purchased from my Etsy site once they're all done.

 

Well, that's all for now.  Talk soon.