Sunday, January 25, 2009

Black fairy dolls for IDEX are done!



These are my black girl dress-up fairies that I just finished! They were tons of fun! I had never made fairy wings before and I had a photography deadline so it was an interesting day.
The wings are three layers of dyed silk organza fused together with wire in between two of the layers. I kept them pretty plain because the dresses had enough going on but you could jazz them up quite a bit! Most of the trims, lace and ribbons for this whole piece ended up in the dye bath. It really doesn't matter what color they start out at if it is a light color. You can dip it enough times and end up with a color that matches.
I have these fabulous dyes called "Colorhue". They are instant, permanent and easy. Such fun!

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Dolls for IDEX





I have pretty much finished up most of my IDEX dolls. Here are a few of them. I still have the two black girls left to do. I hope to finish today and start getting them packed up!

Monday, January 19, 2009

IDEX dolls

Sneak peek at one of my pieces for IDEX!!! Not finished with these dolls yet....

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Personality Test

I took a free personality test online a few days ago and on of the disfavored careers for me was an artist!!! Now they tell me.....

Friday, January 16, 2009

My thermometer says...

-28 below this early morning.