New listing on Ebay

                                                                   Americana Girl

To check her out click on the link in the sidebar......

Picasa

I downloaded Picasa and watched a couple youtube videos and ta-da!  I made a collage.  I need to send photos out for juried shows and I was stressing over how to get decent photos that actually look like my dolls.  A facebook group I'm in recommended Picasa so I figured for free, it's worth a try.   Anyone who knows me knows how much I hate the photo editor I have on my computer... I complain a lot... This one was so much more Carol Ann friendly...I really need to practice the photo process more.  I just don't like taking pictures.  I know so many people this comes naturally for but I'm just not one of them.  Going to have to trade off with someone who's better at it.  

So that's my first collage to share.  I'm going to tweak it a little more before I send them out.  I've got two more shows I'm trying to get into for the fall.  I was approved for the Oz-stravaganza in June so I've been working like crazy on Wizard of Oz themed dolls.  I'm rather proud of the first batch...I was kinda surprised because I've never really been drawn to the Oz theme.  Funny what you can do when you stop and take your time to think about it.  I will post some photos when it gets closer :o)

What I've been working on

Some new ideas finally getting done.  

 

I've been a bit scarecrow crazy lately, not sure why but I've just gone with it and they are kinda cute.

Also working on some prims for the Carlisle show in August and I have a couple aps in for shows that I'm waiting on acceptance from.  (or denial, but I'm not thinking about that :o))

I also have an americana/fourth of July girl done, but for some reason the photo didn't upload and I am not in the mood to go looking for her... I"ll put her up next time.

New on Primnest

I finnished another Charlette (Threadbare Primitives) and listed her on my Primnest Page.  Here is the link if you haven't checked out the artists over there yet... www.primnest.com.  There is a wonderful group over there and so many wonderful items.

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My grubby sheep are listed over there still as well as an Annie and a folk art shelf sitter. I took some new pictures of her, because the ones last time were rushed and I felt I could do better.  The new ones aren't much prettier, but I guess she was supposed to be ugly, that was the point....

Click on the artist page and look up my name to see the items.

I have some other new ones I took photos of yesterday, but I have to clean them up and do some editing and then I will share.
I also have some originals I have been working hard on that should be along soon...:o)



 

Quick update

I have pretty much unloaded whatever I had left in the sewing room, onto ebay.  I got sick of looking at everything on etsy.  Nothing ever really sells over there.  I still list them because I've gotten other attention overthere, such as craft and art show invites.  It's also a lot less expensive to list/sell.  

 So right now, there is this ugly grungy doll as well as some other uglies.  There are also some of my regular type dolls and that hateful clown is back up.  I put him in a box yesterday because he was bugging me still hanging on his hook.  I can't work with him staring at me.

I am planning on catching up some art classes this coming week and Suzi Blu has a new workshop I've registered for so I am looking forward to being totally immersed in arts and crafts for a bit.  But today, the boy is home sick from school so I will stick to smaller things.  The older he gets the more of a handful when he's sick.....but I guess that's what men are all about :o)

Items being listed on Prim Nest this week

I will be listing these dollies on Prim Nest this week..

I need to get some good photos of them and pose them up pretty.  I've been sewing most of the day and it's dark so I will try to get them done tomorrow. She updates on the 15th and I wanted to get them over there by today, but ... yeah.  I'm beat.  So tomorrow!  And come visit on the 15th when they are listed!
http://www.primnest.com/

There is a Raggedy Anne with her close to traditional frock, A rustic extremely grubby rabbit wth a garland of grubby carrots and a set of two prim cupboard tucks...sheep :o)

On her way to her new home this morning....