A New Nest

I moved into my new studio this weekend and it is wonderful! An cozy place to create and so beautifully organized that it's a dream come true. I wish I had taken some before pictures because it was a disaster of nasty carpet, cracked walls, and flaking paint. I did get this one with my phone but it doesn't really do justice to how awful it was.

 

But I definitely have photos of the after! Here are a couple of my work space...

  

and this is my cutting table/ shipping station...

 

and here is my closet...

and here is the desk area from the "before" shot...

Quite an improvement! I still need to get some artwork up and a few other touches but for the most part it's done and I can get back to making dolls. Yay!

If you're curious about the old studio, search "studio tour" to see pictures.

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

Can you tell that I have secret dreams to be a book illustrator?  Wynken Blynken and Nod, along with their little boat, are now in the shop... so are these little pin girls...

and this guy!

I've added a few others as well so go check it out!

Happy Hauntings

 

  Meet Eliza and Marley. One day Eliza was at the cemetery with her mum and dad and all her brothers and sisters... it's a very large family but she is the youngest and, according to the rest of them, the most under foot. Eliza didn't understand why they were all being so sad and boring, something to do with granny going to Heaven, which didn't sound all that sad to her, so she wandered off to explore some of the little stone houses that were scattered about, they were just her size! She found a very small and overgrown one in an older part of the graveyard and in it she found Marley...well just his head...but he asked her to put him in her pocket and take him home, so she did! Who wouldn't want a doll that can talk? She made him a little body and hat from an old nightgown and keeps him with her all the time. Funny thing is, no one else seems to hear him or to notice that she has a new doll, but then they never did pay that much attention to Eliza except to shoo her out of the way...and now that everyone has been getting so ill and more of them are going to stay with granny in Heaven...well she and Marley are pretty much able to do whatever they want and Marley has LOTS of ideas...

You can find Eliza and Marley in my shop....if you dare! 

Happy Hauntings...and if you have hauntings posted today, do please share them in the comments!

WIP Wednesday

Tomorrow is Halloween and today's WIP peek is definitely in that spirit. If you could have stood outside my studio door this afternoon you would have heard me chuckling...nay cackling... in delight as I put the finishing touches on this one...SO MUCH FUN!

I love my job. 

This baby doll's head is a bead made by my friend Sarah. Isn't it awesome?! I have a few more so more creepy dollies will be accompanying my Ghastly girls. This one will be listed in the shop tomorrow after I get some photos done. Very appropriate for Halloween!

WIP Wednesday - Chaos Ensues

I'm a little embarrassed to show you my table today...it's definitely a mess. But a creative mess...right?

Hopefully there will be lots of dolls when the wreckage is cleared!

WIP Wednesday

Lots of new dolls on the table today! More pin dolls, a set of lavender babies, and a few Santas...also some new types of storybook dolls....whew! I'm  (finally) making a Wynken, Blynken, and Nod set, a Jack and Jill, an Anne of Green Gables and a Cinderella. Oh and another Ghastly girl, this one will have a doll with a super cool head made by my friend Sarah, I can't wait to show you! As you can see lots to do, so back I go to work!

Caw Caw!

          Hi all! I just wanted to share that I just added some crow girls to the shop.

I love these dolls. If you're a reader of this blog you know crows are special to me and these little sweeties are so cute, only 7" tall. Not the crow girls of Charles Delint's books (though one day I'd love to make a version of those!) but a softer sweeter version...my own! :)

And speaking of the shop, there are only 4 more days to take advantage of my 25% off sale. There won't be another sale this year so don't miss this one!