WIP and The Thirteeth Tale

Still working on the faerie on the toadstool. I'm thrilled with how the toadstool came out. And I'm starting to get some ideas of what she is going to wear and how to do her hair. I'm thinking right now about sculpting the top part of her outfit right onto her body.



I also wanted to give my thumbs up to the the book The Thirteenth Tale. I'm a big fan of gothic novels and loved this book. If you liked Jane Eyre and other gothics with those dark family secrets give this book a try. For me it started out just a we bit slow, but in no time at all I had to know what was happening next. And best of all each time I tried to guess what was going to happen, I was wrong, there are lots of twist and turns and unexpecteds.

Read More »»

Follow blogs?

..... and use Firefox?

I just discovered Firefox's Feedly! I love it! It feeds all my rss feeds, blogs, twitter etc. to one place and displays them in a pretty magazine format. And the best thing was that it was easy.

If you're looking for a way to read your blogs and such in a easier pretty way check it out. http://www.feedly.com/

Read More »»

Starting a new faerie

I've gotten started on a new faerie. So far I only have the head done minus the ears and got started on a toadstool for her to sit on. I found these wood spindles and thought they may look cool as a mushroom base. So far I like it.




As for the faerie, I haven't entirely decided which way I'm going to go with her. I'm thinking about making a woolly caterpillar to go with her. But I'm not sure if I can get it to look right. I think before I finish sculpting her, I'll try making a caterpillar and see if that's going to work.

Read More »»

Construction zone

Well it took me nearly a year, but I finally started working on my 4 story doll house. I had gotten it on Craigs list and the family that made it did a wonderful job, it's built out of heavy plywood and is a tank. At first I was going to add on to it because I was afraid I would fill it up to fast and not have any rooms left to play in. But houses are multiplying around here and now I have three houses to finish so that fear is no longer there.



Plus, I recently inherited some really pretty miniatures for the yard so I decided instead to build up the gardens. So on the side of the house where there was a window, I got a framed glass door that will lead out to some stairs down onto a patio.



One of the reasons I had hesitated so on working on the house was a fear that I would mess it up when I cut into it because it. But I got out my saw and decided to go for it. After all if I messed it up, I could just fix it, right?



And look I did it!!!! I have to admit that I was proud of myself. The door actually fit properly in the hole I cut! I did some damage to the siding but I'll deal with that little detail later.



Next step, making stairs and doing some shopping for some lattice and porch railing.

Read More »»

Easter Giveaway by Magical Holiday Artists on Etsy

Check out this terrific giveaway that the Magical Holiday Artists on Etsy are doing. Just look at all those cute things. I'm entering to try to win, come and join me :-)

Here's the blog address:

http://magicalholidayartists.blogspot.com/2010/03/mha-spring-easter-basket-giveaway.html

Read More »»

The flowers are comin'

Yay, I'm loving that spring is here! My pear trees look so pretty and I know the rest of the flowers are going to be coming soon!

Read More »»

Colors

I found a website that I have to share. If you love colors and not only what "in" but what will be "in" in the future, you should check the Fashion trendsetter - color trends website.

Read More »»