Thursday, November 17, 2011

DOLLS 28-32 CREATING A DOLL EVERYDAY

More dolls

Doll 28 Asabelle (I gave this one to my friend Kim because her birthday is on Halloween!)
Doll 29 Marilyn-I dont' know why I named her Marilyn except maybe she reminds me a little of my friend Marilyn Cooper.
 Doll 30 Lauren
 Doll 31 Viola after Viola Swamp from the children's book.
 Doll 32 Tabitha

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

DOLLS 23-27 CREATING A DOLL EVERYDAY

Sorry I haven't posted any dolls lately. I've been sewing a white dress for my granddaughter Peyton who will be sealed with her parents in the Rexburg Temple on November 26th. We are excited. I will post pictures later.

Here is doll 23-Her name is Bette after Bette Midler.

 Doll 24-Mabel. She is named after my grandmother who for years worked in the women's department at Capwell's. I used to love to go see her there. I thought she always looked so elegant.
Doll 25-This is Rosalinda.
 Doll 26-This one is named Glenn after Glenn Close.
 Doll 27-Pippi after Pippi Longstocking, only now she's grown-up!

Monday, November 14, 2011

CREATING A HOME EVERYDAY, CONTINUED

I took a break from making dolls to make five more wacky quilt blocks so I could finish my wacky house quilt. I intend to use it for a Christmas gift. So here are "Creating a Home Everyday" houses 101-105.




Thursday, November 10, 2011

DOLLS 18-22 CREATING A DOLL EVERYDAY

Here are more dolls. Tomorrow I will post more wacky house blocks that I made the past two days. I decided to make enough blocks to put them into a quilt for a Christmas gift. I now have 12 which is enough!

Doll 18-Antoinette
Doll 19-Guen 
Doll 20 Shannon
Doll 21-Alexis-Named after Richard Castle's (from the T.V. show Castle) daughter, Alexis.
Doll 22-Cher

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

DOLLS 13-17-CREATING A DOLL A DAY

Doll 13-Barbara after Barbara Bush
 Doll 14-Tyler, for no reason except she looks like a Tyler to me.
 Doll 15-Deanna after my sister-in-law.
 Doll 16-Madeline after the one in the stories but she is all grown-up.
 Doll 17-Julianne after Julianne Hough of Dancing with the Stars and the new Footloose movie.

FALL!

I am so glad we decided to take pictures of our granddaughters playing in the fall leaves before the snow fell. We had a great time covering each other with leaves. Unfortunately it snowed before we got them raked up but they will still be there in the spring! (The leaves, not the girls!)

 Here's Allan doing what he does best!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

DOLLS 8-12 CREATING A DOLL EVERYDAY

I couldn't wait until tomorrow to upload five more dolls to show you. Here they are!

Doll 8-Lady Gaga, after the singer

Doll 9-Francine, shopping in Paris.

Doll 10 Cassandra, after Cassandra Barney, artist and friend of my friend Carla Jimison.

Doll 11-Kyoung after another artist friend of mine and Carla's. (Sorry if I spelled your name wrong Kyoung.)

Doll 12-Blanche, after Blanche on "Golden Girls."

DOLLS 1-7 CREATING A DOLL EVERYDAY

Hurrah! My computer is fixed and I can start posting the dolls that I have made. See previous posts to find out the details about how the idea to make dolls came about and what I'm doing with them.

My first doll. Her name is Penny just because Penny sounds like a good 1950's name.

Doll number 2-Abby after Abby on NCIS.

Doll 3-Her name is Leilani.

Doll 4-This doll is named Ros after my Aunt Ros who has red hair and is a retired school teacher.

Doll 5-Barbara B. Jones after the beauty pageant consultant/inspirational speaker.

Doll 6-Lois after Lois Lane.

Doll 7-Aquarius

Monday, November 7, 2011

DAY 100-CREATING A HOME EVERYDAY


My computer's fixed and here are some houses I finished up so I could make at least 100. I started out with two sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 inch card stock and cut them to make square cards and got 3 cards out of each sheet. The smallest are about 1 inch square. My grandchildren love the "baby" house cards.

I'M BACK!

Hurrah! My computer is finally fixed, hopefully for the long term. Sorry I haven't posted lately. My computer has been the problem, not me.
After making more than 100 houses, I decided I needed to populate my houses. So I made it a goal to make a doll a day. I have made 60 so far so I am actually ahead. I just need to download them onto my computer and post them here on my blog. So keep watching. I hope by tomorrow I will be able to post the first five dolls. I decided to post five a a time so you don't have to look at all sixty at once. It can be a little overwhelming. I am going to give away my dolls at Artfest for my trades. I am so glad I decided to attend since this is going to be the last one! The funny thing is that when I was deciding whether or not I should go I had a feeling that Artfest 2012 would be my last opportunity. Lucky me! (Hey it you are lucky I may have time later today to post one or more of my dolls--stay tuned!)