Some thing New

I thought I would try a new type of doll, thought it might be fun a add to a sculpted doll but it ended up being too big for the new doll I am working in. I am alo trying a different armature for the new doll I am working on. She hasb't told me yet who she will be but I think it is getting close:)

nightmare before Christmas tree:)

This is our Christmas tree at the tattoo shop and some shop photos. A mannequin with a bali mask with Christmas bows in her hair:) Isn't she cute??

And me and mylife long beau.

Little Match Girl

After having some mixed feelings for this little one, she found her way into my heart:)

This is the story of the little match girl by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time . . . a little glrl tried to make a living by selling matches in the street.

It was New Year's Eve and the snowclad streets were deserted. From brightly lit windows came the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing. People were getting ready to bring in the New Year. But the poor little matchseller sat sadly beside the fountain. Her ragged dress and worn shawl did not keep out the cold and she tried to keep her bare feet from touching the frozen ground. She hadn't sold one box of matches all day and she was frightened to go home, for her father would certainly be angry. It wouldn't be much warmer anyway, in the draughty attic that was her home. The little girl's fingers were stiff with cold. If only she could light a match! But what would her father say at such a waste! Falteringly she took out a match and lit it. What a nice warm flame! The little matchseller cupped her hand over it, and as she did so, she magically saw in its light a big brightly burning stove.
She held out her hands to the heat, but just then the match went out and the vision faded. The night seemed blacker than before and it was getting colder. A shiver ran through the little girl's thin body.
After hesitating for a long time, she struck another match on the wall, and this time, the glimmer turned the wall into a great sheet of crystal. Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick. Holding out her arms towards the plates, the little matchseller seemed to pass through the glass, but then the match went out and the magic faded. Poor thing: in just a few seconds she had caught a glimpse of everything that life had denied her: warmth and good things to eat. Her eyes filled with tears and she lifted her gaze to the lit windows, praying that she too might know a little of such happiness.
She lit the third match and an even more wonderful thing happened. There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles, glittering with tinsel and coloured balls. "Oh, how lovely!" exclaimed the little matchseller, holding up the match. Then, the match burned her finger and flickered out. The light from the Christmas candles rose higher and higher, then one of the lights fell, leaving a trail behind it. "Someone is dying," murmured the little girl, as she remembered her beloved Granny who used to say: "When a star falls, a heart stops beating!"
Scarcely aware of what she was doing, the little matchseller lit another match. This time, she saw her grandmother.
"Granny, stay with me!" she pleaded, as she lit one match after the other, so that her grandmother could not disappear like all the other visions. However, Granny did not vanish, but gazed smilingly at her. Then she opened her arms and the little girl hugged her crying: "Granny, take me away with you!"
A cold day dawned and a pale sun shone on the fountain and the icy road. Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches. "Poor little thing!" exclaimed the passersby. "She was trying to keep warm!"
But by that time, the little matchseller was far away where there is neither cold, hunger nor pain.

The Little Match Girl wip

I don't know why but I just don't love her yet.

Sorry for the poor photo I will post better ones when she is finished.

Not so Odd

This is Aerial, she is one of 3 fairies I have done, the first. I had a Friend from an ebay group I belong to come a sculpt with me for 2 days. Laurie AKA awakened dreams. I traded a rag doll kitten for 2 sculpting days with her:) She does beautiful Fairies and I don't. lol So I thought I could sure learn something from her!! I the two days she was there we talked more then we sculpted so we only got the head and part of her torso done so I was left on my own to finish her. I think all in all I did pretty good. With about two weeks of struggling and slicing off clay and putting it back on again I finally finished her:) It was cool to do something pretty but it is just not where my heart lies. But none the less I am proud of her:) I think my "pretty" days are done for now, I have way too much fun doing "ODD"

Graced with one lovely blog award

I have yet another award to proudly place on my blog awarded to me by sweet Stef from http://gufobardo.blogspot.com/ thanks you so much:)



So this is how this award thing works:



the rules



1 add the logo to your blog



2 post a link to the person who gave you the award



3 nominate 7 or more blogs for the award



4 Leave a message on their blog





HAVE FUN AND SPREAD THE AWARD AROUND TO ALL THE LOVELY BLOGS:)



And the nominees are..........



1- kamila because she is AWESOME, I love her and her dolls!!

http://woodedwoods.blogspot.com/



2-.Nicole because she rocks her dolls hard:) they are wonderfully magically fun and adorable!!

http://itsybitsyfunzyonesie.blogspot.com/



3-Miss Loopy Boopy because her dolls are as cute as pigs ears!!! I love everything about them and will one day own one of my very own:)

http://loopyboopy.blogspot.com/



4-Lesley Ann Green because her dolls are so uniquely adorable and I love their little mugs to death!! http://lesleyannegreen.blogspot.com/



5-Deb for making some of the most original and amazingly dark and whimsical dolls available!! I love all the character in them!!http://thelaughingdoll.blogspot.com/



6-Darlene because she makes the best goblinz EVER!!! and she is sweet:)

http://thewhimsicalgoblin.blogspot.com/



Last but far from the least is........................



7- the wonderful and truly amazing dark one......Gail Lackey!! Love Love Love your dolls:)

http://gaillackey.blogspot.com/

Olivia's story

This little sweetheart was made for Kamila for an exchange we did with each other.

Beyond her years

before her time

Olivia left home

a new life to find.

The nice man took her

to a house on the hill

gave her a warm bed to sleep

and every day a small pill.

how she wanted to go

back to the life that she had

but she is all grown up now

it's really quite sad!

No more Dollies

no more toys

Only old men

and misfit boys.

At 14 years old

all grown up, you can see

a smoke in her hand

and a pretty curtsy.

SUPRISE FROM KAMILA!!

THIS IS MY NEW FRIEND FROM KAMILA, http://woodedwoods.blogspot.com/ WE DID AN EXCHANGE AND I JUST LOVE MY NEW DOLL PETRA!!

SHE BASED HER ON A ANGELA CARTER STORY THE EXECUTIONER'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER!! I HAVE NOT READ THE STORY BUT WILL BE SURE TO NOW:) SHE ALSO DID AN ALTERNATIVE STORY (SHE SAYS, A LITTLE INNOCENT) HOW CAN A DOLL WITH A BE-HEADED BOY BE INNOCENT YOU ASK??? I WILL LET YOU KNOW:)

ANY WAY, JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I LOVE PETRA AND FEEL SOOO SPECIAL TO HAVE HER AND A SCULPTING FRIEND LIKE KAMILA!!

ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW WE BOTH DID MASKS!! THIS WAS NOT PLANNED, THESE DOLLS WERE A SURPRISE!!

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE I GUESS:)

THANK YOU MY FRIEND:)

JACQUI

Little boy Frank and his Mummy friend:)

So I finally finshed,(well almost) Little boy frank and his mummy friend for the MRSBO exchange challenge. I was stressing out trying to finish it and then they extented the dead line:) I still need to add aa little frill here and there and tailor his suit a bit more too.

I hope who ever gets him likes him too:)

OMG she's here!!!

I just love her!! I got this doll from Sandra aka osa_pandra on ebay. This doll is absolutely amazing and made of paper clay!!! the details are amazing! I just wanted to share her with all of you. Sandra is sweet as pie and her dolls are too:) say hello to Zombrilia and Hungus!!

Frank's friend and a walk in the woods

So this morning we decided to take the boys for a nice walk through the field and into the woods!! They had a great time and we froze!!

I am finished Little bo y"Frank's" friend....lol for the MRSBO exchange this month. Frank is just getting dressed and was a wee bit camera shy.

Mary and her Lamb(s)

Mary had a rabid lamb

That also has two heads,

It followed her in the house one day

And tore Mom and Dad to shreads!!

This charming dueo was mad for a MRSBO challenge "twisted Nursery Rhymes"

Little Boy "Frank"

Since Mary is giving me a hard time right now with shoes I dicided to work on my exchange doll for MRSBO. This is little boy frank.

Mary Mary.....WIP

So here she is waiting for her clothes:) she is not quite sure what she wants to wear. what she wants and what I want are two different things!!

I keep telling her I will make her a nice dress out of this beautiful antique material I have and she keeps saying she want something NEW!! GIRLS!!

She is going to wear what I dress her in damnit!! lol

A Huge Score at Goodwill:)

I am a frequent goodwill shopper like I am sure most of you are, and every once in a while you come across something that is a huge score. well I had two of those score last week.

I am not quite sure yet what I am going to do with this but I just Love it and my mind raced like crazy when Jay brought it over to me and said look what I found!!! I just love it:)

and then there was Frank!! I saw just the top of his head peaking out of the bottom of a pile of "stuff" that was just above my eye level.....my heart skipped....I knew just from what I saw that this was another huge score!! I proudly carried him around the store and people were saying " oh my, why do you want that ugly thing?" to me he was awesome and he made me smile the rest of the day:):)

Monster Tea Pary/Diamond deal

I did this set about 1 years ago but it is still one of my favorites. Cainis is the monster on the left, he is a diamond dealer. The green monster is Mathias, he loves diamonds and oreos and Vera is the maid Monster......she loves diamonds too!!! These guys are a much smaller scale then I do now. they are about 4"

Mary's Lamb(s) is finished!!

Finally Mary's sweet little lambs lol are finshed....now on to Mary. I think I am on a roll.

MARY HAD A RABID LAMB WIP

Twisted Nursery Rhyme Challenge for MRSBO

Yesterday Kamila and I had a "Clay day", always fun and inspiring:)

Small doll show in London

So Sunday afternoon I went to a local doll show, I have gone the last 3 years and this year I think there were alot more OOAK dolls there then bbefore which was nice to see:) I had fun and scored some cool stuff too. I got a bunch of antique lace and trim and two antique childrens nighties!! I also got some glass eyes at a good price so I was a happy camper. I usually hand paint my eyes but it is nice sometimes to have glass as an option. They are so pretty!
All in all was a good day and I think I might get a booth next year. I will load some picture ;ater, right now my computer is being STUPID!!!! AUGH, I need a new computer!!

Alternet end for Clarice

After some mixed reaction to Clarice's slit throat and graphic story I de-slit her throat and wrote a softer, less graphic ending. bottom line is.....she is ghost that wonders the orphanage garden.

When the Yellow Fever took his beautiful wife Eleanor, Norman was left to raise their only child Clarice. With a broken heart he did the best he could but life was so dark with out her. He found himself sinking deeper and deeper into debt and doom.
He lost his job at the coal mine because he had no one to care for Clarice and with no job it wasn't long before the bank took their home.
Norman had no where to turn and no family to help. He had no choice but to go to Mrs Blathersby's orphanage for the unattractive and mentally unsound. He knew that it was unusual for a grown man to ask to live there but he thought he could perhaps work for their room and board. He begged her to take them in and Mrs Blathersby agreed to and said he could be the gardener. She gave them a room in one of the towers.
Norman thought that since they were no longer in their home, the dreams would stop, but night after night Eleanor came to him pleading with him to bring Clarice and join her on the other side.
One night after waking in a sweat from yet another dream, Norman did the unthinkable!

As sweet Clarice lay sleeping, with her bear tucked under her arm, Daddy kissed her on the forehead as he collected her in his arms. He walk to the open window of their tower bedroom, stepped up onto the ledge and jumped.

Poor Norman did not know that if he took his own life he would not be going to the same place as Eleanor and Clarice but would be trapped in the tower forever.

Clarice can be seen from time to time wondering the gardens looking for him.