Fuzz Bun

I signed up for an online class to make a polymer clay bunny. I had never tried to work with clay before, but this was pretty easy. Here is my first bunny.

John C Campbell class

I attended a weekend class in photography at the John C Campbell Folkschool in Brasstown North Carolina this weekend.

I learned a lot about how to take better photos of artwork. Here are some photos.

My dog

His name is JP and he's the best!

Snow!

We had a beautiful snowfall this week in Philadelphia - powdery, light, and really pretty. Would have been perfect on Christmas Eve. It was the best kind of snow - easy to drive in and by today all has melted!

Lots of Pixies

I made a lot of small pixies that I sold at Christmas time. Here are some photos.

Annies for Christmas

I made a lot of Annies for others to give as Christmas gifts. The blonde Annies went to twins Miya and Priya. The brown-haired Annies were gifts for three sisters.

New Annies

More Annies. They are fun to make.

New Doll

I had a "reject" head and started playing with it and look what happened! I think she came out looking pretty good. I made my own pattern for this doll and I think I'll try a few more like this, although the head may come out different.

Flower girls

From a pattern by Julie McCullough. Check out her patterns at www.magicthreads.com

More Annies

I have been making Annies from patterns by De Powell. Here are some of them. De's patterns are available at bowls-n-annies.com

Annie

I made this cute little Annie from a pattern by De Powell. Check them out at www.bowls-n-annies.com

New Photos

I made a light box to help take better photos. These are a few of my first photos using the light box. I think they are much better than the previous ones. All my original dolls except for the last one (with twigs) - made by Akira Blount.

Finished Fairies

Six fairies are finished. No names yet, but they are all different.

Fairies in Progress

I'm working on four more fairies. They still need wings, wands, and some embellishments.. Will probably finish this weekend and then will post some more photos of the finished dolls.

Another Fairy

Busy weekend

I finished a few things this weekend. The doll with the green hat is about 8" tall and I made a bunch of them out of muslin, then painted with fabric paint and stamped the words on the body. The hat is made of felt.

The fairy is about 20" tall and was a lot of fun to make. She is inspired by a Julie McCullough doll, but this is my own pattern. I have a few more to make from this pattern.

What a lot of fun making these!

Green doll

This doll is (finally) finished. I just couldn't figure out what she wanted to wear. I guess all green was meant to be since I finished her on St. Patrick's Day!

Finished rabbit

Finished lioness and baby

January 2008 Doll Class

The finished "Secret Squirrel" plus my cat and rabbit in progress.