Happy Birthday Hannah!

Happy birthday Hannah!

I taught the birthday girls to make wool bracelets.



Here is what they made!

Happy Birthday Hannah!

Rain, sunflowers, ears and lunch.

Looks like I am the only one enjoying this rain around here. After five days in Phoenix the rain actually feels good! Let's hope it doesn't stick around too long.....
We had a marvelous trip (as usual) and got to see two of our long-away living girls and one new grandbaby! Well, she is not so brand new anymore but new to us!! And what a doll - loved her immediately. Now that sounds pretty lame but it was true!!
You will have to see my Facebook page to see some sunshine pictures.
My studio is humming again, nothing like getting right to work. The unpacking can wait. I am going to get on a roooooolllllllll and produce like never before!!!!


Nice ear huh?? That's what happened this morning. Now the second one better match the first one. Hope nobody checks too closely.
And now I got sidetracked again - I promised my DH he could have lunch soon. Better get off this and into the kitchen.....
And, no, I don't know why one sunflower grew so much taller than the others.

Felting!

Yesterday I made a long overdue trip to see my friend Detta. When I drove up I didn't think it was her place since the yard was full of tall trees. I just remember an open field.....man that time flies.
Anyways, she owns Detta's Spindle. I was in the mood for some Merino wool to do some felting. She has so many fibers! She is well known for spinning dog hair.
So Hannah and I came home with a bag full of COLORFUL wool....yummy!!! I hope to make some sweet little doll clothing with it.....! In the meantime I made a couple pair of real baby booties and a few bracelets. I know my girls will have fun with it so hopefully they can use it all up!

Cernit, Living Doll and Fimo

Cernit has changed - it is very pink and sort of well, different. I guess they took out the bad stuff and a new company is producing it. I have only a small amount of the good Cernit from months ago.
When I bought the new Cernit I also bought Sculpey's new clay called Living Doll and some Puppen Fimo.
I mixed 2 ozs. of Cernit with 1 oz. of Living Doll for my first sculpt after many months of not sculpting.
So far it is okay to work with. It appears to not show seams too bad and right now I am doing lots of scraping away and no bubbles are showing.
I don't know how translucent it will be.
I may try the Puppen with Cernit next.
Stay tuned....
(This is a boring blog entry if you are not a sculptor of polymer clays.....sorry.)

Sculpting again...

Sculpting again...can you believe it? I can't. And only for a few hours - my girls are waiting for a MOA trip today.
I'll have to ease my body into the sculpting position slowly. My joints hurt already just thinking about it....better get back to yoga soon. It helps so much.