Cloth and clay dolls

There is something so..well...self-nurturing or I don't know the  right word for it, but I think at least at our age...over 50....almost gasp! 60..when we attempt something new and actually do it.    Maybe not perfectly or to the level of quality that we admire but at least we try.

For me, at least, this is a time or period, stage, in my life that I want to create...maybe it's a delayed "empty nest syndrome"  ...doubt it.

 

At almost 60 I finally feel wiser;  I see things not so black and white. .  ..  My sister and I often chuckle that we would love to say " HEY...I might know a thing or two!"
 I'm being pretty philosophical this morning.....well, it can't be PMS...no, just OLD AGE. 

Well, back to the doll..she was alot of work;  but she was worth it.  I learned alot from the Cloth and Clay Dolls tutorial.  I already have a few ideas floating around in my head for the next one. 

Ok, I'm done bloviating today and I will probably later delete this essay on life ..but maybe not!

There's a new gal in town!

This is Punkin gal....she's my first doll I am selling on ETSY...She's a Crows Roost Prim design and I have to say that she turned out better than I ever thought.  I had a great time making her and I hope someone decides to take her home.

Now, AFTER making her I decided to investigate a little on HOW to make dolls and found a website called CLOTH AND CLAY DOLLS.  Well, long story short...I signed up for a yearly subscription and haven't looked back.

This is a group of extremely, I say extremely talented women (maybe there's a man somewhere in the mix, I haven't seen him yet though).  Some of the dolls are not my style but are still works of art.  Of course, there are newbies like me also in the group so I dont' feel so overwhelmed.  I watched an online tutorial on making a prim doll with a sculpted clay face over a muslin body and this seemed very doable!  So, I surfed the net until I found a store within a 25 mi radius, Pat Catans',  that sells paperclay and ran there.  I bought it......along with numerous brushes....expensive ones...since the tutorial said "don't buy cheap paint brushes" and  I bought beautiful acrylic paints in yummy colors to hopefully compliment the dresses for my dolls, sculpting tools (??) and the list goes on.....

My little gal is currently in the oven...on low mind ya....drying.  Tomorrow she will begin to have a face and become all that she can be!!  I will definitely post pictures good or bad so you can meet her too.

Rare summer treat!!

Very hot day yesterday....over 93 degrees.  My oldest daughter was having her sister and brother's families over to swim in her pool...but no one had remembered poor old mom...so mom invited herself!!
It seems to be very difficult these days to get everyone together at the same time so you can appreciate my joy at getting to spend a wonderful evening with my own kids and my beautiful grandchildren.  The youngest grandbaby was at home with his father  and one of my granddaughters was at church camp so they were missed!
It's times like this that we remember and cherish for a lifetime~~

She's done!!

I just finished her and had to put her up!

I'm also working on a Halloween pumpkin girl that I will photograph later.

I'm still rearranging this blog so don't be surprised if it looks different again when you come back to visit.

She is a design by STITCHINSEWPRIMS.....

I'm hoping someone will see her and want one!  "taking orders, anyone?"

Blogger problems

A beautiful Sunday morning.  Saw a few finches at the bird feeders.  Husband caught 2 squirrels in the Havahart trap and we took a drive down an old farm road and let them loose.  Hoping this will help!
Ordered some beautiful wool from The Wool Studio and anxious to start my fall rug.  I'm going to try to upload photos of my other rugs maybe today but this blogger stuff is hard to figure out (or maybe my brain is showing it's age). 
I can't see my followers and I have reported it to Blogger......and about a zillion other people it seems reported it also!  I'm frustrated but hopefully it will be fixed!

Have a blessed and wonderful day~

Welcome

Welcome!

This is my very first post and I'm sure I will get better at this as time goes by.  My sister Lonna,  who has always inspired my creativity, suggested I start a blog so here I go!

Ever since  I was small  I have loved working with my hands.. cross stitch, baking, needlepoint and primitive rug hooking.

I retired from nursing and am really enjoying learning new things at home here.  Husband and I put in a nice raised bed garden and are really getting into birds!  The previous owner had  left 2 bird houses and this spring I started watching the birds and their nest building....well this lead  of course! to feeding the birds.... and fighting the squirrels....who try to eat the bird food!!  After $$$$ spent on squirrel baffles and 7 foot bird feeder poles  we think we got it!

I am currently working on a primitive Americana doll designed by Stitchinsewprims.  This is my first attempt at dolls and so far I really am enjoying it.  I just got over pneumonia and my energy level is starting to return to normal so she should be finished by the end of the week.

Well, I'm not sure how to add more photos to this blog thing because I'd like to post my hooked rugs....I'll wait til "big sis" gets this blog and helps me out on it!