New Additions

Well I am finally able to show you the doll I made Donnely for her birthday last week. She collects witches and so I knew I had to make one for her.
I havene't made any this week because I figured I had better follow the doctors orders and give my shoulder a rest. It does feel much better and so I will start back to doll making as soon as my busy schedule allows.


I want to introduce 2 new additions to my family. Whickers(black male) and Ginger(female calico). Whickers is a shy kitty and prefers to keep to himself when he is not playing with Ginger. He likes to just sit back and watch the action.
She on the other hand is a very sociable kitty. She has already decided that she her bed is my bed.She is so funny to watch hopping and prancing around like she owns the place.
They are about 2 months old and will be long haired mitten paws.

Say What?!

Some of you may remember in another post I mentioned my right shoulder bothering me.Well I finally went to the doctor to get it checked out and it seems I have Brusitis. The doctor gave me a cortizone shoot and told me to take it easy and try not to use my arm for a week. Say What?! LOL I almost laughed in his face. Like that is going to happen. I am right handed and can not go with out using it. I have WAY TOO MUCH to do to get ready for the June street fair. I wont be doing any extreme sewing like I did last month but there is no way I can just put everything aside for a week. I'll just have to pace myself I guess. I sure don't want my shoulder flaring back up because that was quite painful but I can not stop completely either.

I did manage to get a little cutie done before I went to the doctor though. She was a birthday gift for my very best friend and Mentor Donnely. However blogger doesn't seems to be working right now so I can't show you the picture of it. It is a cute little Annie witch. Donnely collects Halloween itmes all year round.


Hope you all had a nice Mother's day. I had to work but it was nice once I got home. My 9 year old made me a booklet and wrote a poem for me at school. In the poem he wrote I wished for a butler. LOL. I laughed. What would I do with a butler? He is such a funny boy. He makes me laugh everyday with the things he comes up with. One day last week he forgot to bring his school work home. He was so sure that someone had stolen it on the bus cause he just knew that he had put it in his book bag. Mind you his lunch box was still in his bookbag. Now why would they steal the homework instead of the Spiderman lunch box? Kids say the darnest things.LOL

It was a washout.

I'm sure many of you have been wondering how my show(aka street fair) went. Well it didn't due to rain, LOTS of rain and huge gusts of wind. We got there and the sky looked clear, we knew it was going to rain but we were hoping it would hold off. However that was not to be the case. We had just finished setting everything up our tables looked great. Then about 10 minutes after everything started it poured and the wind lifted everything off my table and dumped it on the ground and we scrambled to get everything picked up. So everyone packed it up and that was the end of it. I was a little disappointed because I had worked so hard to get my dolls and a few other things ready in time.But there was not much I could do since no one has any control over the weather. Maybe I'll try it again next month since it is a Street Fair that is held once a month from April to October. That just means I have time to make up a few more dolls.

I'm actually thinking of getting my vendors licence and trying my hand at a few farmer's market's. Wayne has been working on a few birdhouses and I think between the two of us that we might actually sell something. That is if I could ever get a weekend off from work. But who knows.

Kentucky Derby Hat.

Derby Hat Day
Welcome to my Derby Hat Reveal. This super fun event was
hosted by Bristol of Honey Bend Vintage. My partner for the event was Jane. She does not have a blog but you can see a picture of her darling hat by clicking on Bristol's name above.
My hat may not be as fancy as some of the others I've seen but I like it. It took me awhile to decide on what to put on it. I tried feathers and other flowery items but it just didn't work for me. I tried other colors and that didn't work either. Finally I decided on yelow roses and it was just what it need. I am not really a flowery type girl. This hat was a little outside my comfort zone which is good because it challanges me to think outside the box and try different things.
While it is not as elborate as some of the others I've seen I like it all the same.

Sunflower Grunge

I found this fast and fun sunflower tutorial . I love them. I've been working on making up a bunch. These flowers making up in a mater of minutes. I had 3 done in 15 minutes. I love these type of instant gratification projects.

I also made up this cute little travelers pin cushion. Using the flower tutorial I made one for the top and attached some cotton ribbon.
It's loose enough that the band slides off the box and wal-la your pin cushion is inside. I left some room for safty pins to be stashed in it also. Now how cool is that.

Well I'm off to finish the last of the dolls for my show. 8 down 2 to go- just have to make the clothes and they are all done. It's been alot of work but I made my goal. Now I just hope I can sell a couple.

I saw the signs.

Look at the lovely signs my DH made me for my part of the table at the art show. I printed the free graphics from Raggedy Scrappin and then he traced them onto a piece of wood and I painted them. Simple yet it gets the point across as to what I am all about. Isn't he just the sweetest man for cutting these out for me.

Show and Tell

My show is fast approaching. In just one week it will be time to display my dolls for selling. Will they sell? I can't really say at this time but we will see. But if they don't I wont get too upset because at least my name will get out there.
My shoulder has been giving me a rough time of it. It's this darn arthritis in my right shoulder that is slowing me down. So I've had to take a few days off from doll making. Which is not a good thing but I did manage to get a few more done.I'm not sure my goal of 10 will be met but I do have 7.Of course I still have a week to go.

Kitty Ann is my own design. I was pleased with how she turned out.



Next up is Bella Anne



And Emma Anne.

I just love making these sweet little Annies.

Update: The patterns for 2 of these dolls comes from a very talented lady, De of Bowls and Annie's. I want to thank her for sharing her free pattern. It is to her that I owe thanks for getting me started in making the dolls I have been sharing with you. I meant for my dolls to be taking as a form of flattery and mean no disrespect what so-ever in. It was an error on my part for not giving credit where credit was due. One I do not plan to make again.
The Kitty Ann doll while it may not have been my original idea it is my own pattern and I sat for hours working on it and revising it til I got it the way I wanted it.
I am sorry for any problems that may have a risen while creating these dolls.