Memoria Day 2010

This is where I spent Saturday! It was beautiful and peaceful Today some of you wil have ittle peace remembering those who didn't come home for all who have lost a loved one, a family member, a friend for our protection , I am sorry for our loss , grateful for their service and sorry for your pain and suffering. To those who returned, I remember your sacrifices and I thank you. May we all find and rmember the beauty in this life.

To Market,To Market

It was up early this morning and off to the farmers market with a friend. I don't know about you but the price of vegetables at the stores have been very high. It was nice to get a great selection and great prices.


Here are some beautiful beans and peas I pocked up along with peppers, green, yellow and red.
There were wonderful green onions and herbs. I got mint. For my grrn tea of course. Hehe.
And there is also a flea market that goes on at the same time.
Picked up some prints.





They should be fun for inspiration.
Hope you
have a market nearby to visit!

Greater Orlando Doll Club show review 2010

Went to the show in Maitland to set up, it was a beautiful day and despite the walk/run event also going on, we got a parking space.
Here are some of the new pieces I had for the show, despite forgetting to take my new ducks!


That's my regular 17 inch giraffe with the new smaller 14 inch giraffe.


This is another small guy wearing antique doll clothing.


This is a Johnny Gruelle book I got at the show, look at one of the beautiful illustrations from the inside below.



I also found more old clothing that will look great on some elephants and bears. Look for those soon.
The show had a great turnout and people were buying and staying awhile. It was great. Next year hope to remember the ducks!

Maitland Show Preparations

So Saturday is the Greater Orlando Doll Show in Maitland Florida.


These two pieces are two special orders, but don't they look good together?!


This an Alice pop-up dressed,


And this is a flamingo a collector wanted.
Now I am packing bears,sewing last minute buttons etc. Hope I remember everything. Come back to see my review of the show. I'm going to bed in a minute. Night.

Teasers From the Workroom

Hungry?well you can't eat this peach, it's part of my gallery piece for TBAI.


And here's a look at the spider.


Do you have any idea how long it takes to make insect legs?! Well I don't want to discourage you so I won't tell you. Woudnt be so bad but made the grasshopper too! You'll have to wait to see the whole thing.

And I'm off to help my son get tires for his car and then it's back to making bears. Have a good week. I might be back later, hehe.

Bulldogs!

Well I promised to show you new work and here it is, had to wait cause this was a special order and they wanted to see it in person before seeing a picture of it.


This is my first bulldog and it was so much fun after I figured out how to make it look a little more realistic than the cartoon one I'd done.


So I made another one! Hehe. He's going with another piece I made. Hope you like my new dogs.
It's back to work so I can show you something else.

Happy Easter

Sending All Easter Greetings. When the ultimate gift of life is given to you how can we not live our lives?
We worry too much, we hate too much, sometimes we love too much, but we don't live enough.it's a gift try to live it the best you can. And may you be blessed.