~ Wedding Day La Mémoire ~ New Doll ~ Egg ~ Pets ~ WIP ~

5 years today :O)  Good times.
Silvija's Custom Doll ~ Such a gentle & kind customer. Was a pleasure.

This little egg was the only survivor following a bad storm.  I put him/er and the nest back in the tree, but the mama did not return :O(

It is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

Nigel agrees... who lies on the couch in the studio, watching me procrastinate (we do that a lot)

And when I do get working, Ghost comes and plonks his bum in front of me, so I have to stop for a while :O)

And Gizmo, studio helper #3 is feeling much better after her ~ Vet feared she may have Cancer ~ episode.  Turned out to be a viscous infection. (Texas, however remains undiagnosed).

& finally a work-in-progress shot~

New doll, with a Victorian edge...

Baudette knew what she wanted, which made this doll a joy to work on... I was a bit slow with getting her hair right though!
This was her final hair do of three :O)

second do ~

first do ~

It's amazing how hair can alter the appearance of an art doll.

I didn't get my dolls finished in time for Vanessa's mad tea party, but there are so many great blogs to visit ~ HERE ~

My poor fella Texas

has a mysterious illness....
He has had every test under the sun, & still has dramatic weight loss for no apparent reason.  He doesn't appear ill, just skin & bone...that can't be right eh?

And blogger?  bugger blogger, it's still playing up....I keep getting ~
"400.
That’s an error.Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request. That’s all we know"

New doll, & a quote I love.....

Here is a new custom doll.  I hope Beth won't mind me saying, since this is so personal... her sister has a degenerative illness, and this doll is a kind of eulogy.  I feel so privileged to have created her with Beth.

For more images click ~ HERE ~

One of my art doll maker friends, has authored a book.  Patricia of Papillon Blue UK. It's written in English & French, & is an absolute treat!

Lets hope it becomes one of the best selling books of all time,  like this one ~

Written by British author Anna Sewell in 1877.

It has a quote at the very end, which encapsulates my thoughts about people and religion, but could never quite word it as I wanted to.  Here it is ~

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".... there is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham...."

~Black Beauty, Chapter 13, last paragraph.
(I think my mum & dad would agree)

Spot the 4 cats.

And of course my babies, the kittens are doing well (apart from the odd eye infection, and umbilical abcsess the size of a quarter (10p size for the Brits)

More Images ~ HERE ~

:O)

~ New Custom Doll ~

Thank you Jill.  It was such a pleasure.

Watering the garden (yard) & Anna Majboroda's digital art ~

Click above for more images :O)

New Doll, New Cat, New Hair Style :O)

Nigella is a custom doll for a very special person. 

Thank you Angie, I enjoyed creating her with you :O)

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This is Moo...

She's a stray too :O)

Well, at least she was.  She is addition # 14 

There is something I love about her face - but I can't quite figure it out.

I think she is stray Grey's mom.  She has just been fixed, since we don't really need more cats, especially since Grey is going to have kittens :O)  she was already pregnant when she arrived, so we have to wait until they are born.... I hope she has a small litter!!.. her belly says otherwise.....

They have both settled in very well :O)

The pigs... loving their mud....

Henrietta smiles when she's eating, and in mud.
Isabelle loves it too.....

Aw, I love my smelly dirty pigs :O)

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Jesse shaved my hair off.. (sorry mum... I didn't mean to give you a near heart attack)

Matching hair do's... oops :O)

20" won't take long to grow back.  will it?!!

NEW doll, NEW chair, & maybe, NEW dog!

Created for the Etsy Art Dolls Only Team 2nd quaterly challenge; Framed dolls ~
Chapardeur has been framed for a bank robbery & is on the wanted list.

She's for sale in my ETSY SHOP

For more images ~ HERE ~

Loopybooby's Beth doesn't like this chair & she didn't want to cooperate.  I don't much like the chair either.  It was a pain to make, so will be a one off!

This is Ellie, above.  She lives about 3 miles away, & seems to have taken up residence with us.  Even though she's afraid of our big dogs, she keep returning.  I wonder when her owners will give up retrieving her?  she settles down by my side, & this morning when she arrived, she wanted to help with the photography of Chapardeur.  She loves Nigel & Badger in particular.  Nigel has settled in BTW ~

He likes this cushion.

And look at Rosie Boy & Moonface... precious.

Hope everyone enjoys Easter :O)