Angels for charity

At our doll club Christmas party, I raffled one of my Paverpol angels off to raise money for the Food Bank. The club matched the money and we raised $150! Yay, girls!

Here's Bonnie, with her prize angel. Bonnie owns Artemisia Art Gallery in Westport, Ontario.

I made four angels and didn't sell them all, so this seemed a good way to clear the shelf a bit. After all, you can only keep so much of what you produce. What do you do with the extras?

BTW, Happy New Year, everyone! Let's hope it's a good one, without any tears, to quote John Lennon.

Midwinters Dream tale

You may have missed the show, but here's the play I just finished costuming.

A Steampunk Christmas to all my friends!

The Invention of the Sewing machine

Thanks to Lesley Riley for this tip! What a fun video!

Tiny Ted comes to town

I have spent days and days working on my computer. I am creating a new class/tutorial for you. In it, you will learn how to create a Tiny Ted, like this guy:


He's needle felted and about 3" high, sitting down. I have taken tons of pictures and am up to 20 pages so far. As soon as it's done, I'll post it up somewhere for you to try it out for yourself.

I'm thinking the first 10 people to try it out will get some special gift for offering me their feedback.

Stay tuned for that!

Meanwhile, if you can't wait to make your own, you can buy this guy in my Etsy store.

Clowning around

Here's another of my polymer figures. I'm still learning how to form the clay when I'm sculpting. I realise I have a tendency to squish the heads, so am working to overcome this problem. This guy survived the sculpting and got baked.

Baking is another aspect of the polymer clay that is still scary. I have burnt a few hands and feet. Then I tried a different oven, a baking bag, using quilt batt to cover the pieces while they bake. All the stuff I learned in class and forgot the minute I came home.

So, slowly, by trial and error, the method is sinking in. I love these bean bag bodies. Bean bag bodies are not new, of course, but Kate Church showed me how they wop\rk for her, also i\I had to give it a try.

Wordless Wednesday

Elf by Edwina Sutherland

Dragons!

I have now listed these dragons on my Etsy store. The first guy is made with polymer clay for his head and feet. He is so cute. Since these are Christmas dragons, they come with a removable beard, so they can be in disguise once Christmas is over. The body is cloth, filled with beans, so they cane be posed on the shelf.

This one has a needle felted head, feet and tail. Shown here while in disguise.

Here's the polymer guy with his beard. I also made a green dragon. Can't believe I didn't take his photo. he was being so good, too!

How to dye Tibetan lambskin

This is a really detailed video. Enjoy!

Steampunk defined.

I had to share this video, since I am keen on the Steampunk aesthetic.

Wordless Wednesday

First snow