Mad tea party and doll giveaway raffle.......

I've neglected my blog and my blogland friends lately, but now I'm on a roll.... A Fanciful Twists annual Mad Tea Party is on the agenda.... 26th June to be precise.  So, I thought I would combine this with my two doll giveaway/raffle.  The two dolls I am going to make will be going to their....

very own Fairgound Carousal Tea party.  Each doll will have their very own carousel horse as part of the raffle.

I thought it was rather apt, considering the money raised will be going to our local animal shelter.  

I'll be adding raffle tickets to my Etsy shop, and maybe a paypal button on my blog, if I can figure that out!  If this isn't legal, I will see what our animal shelter can come up with!

The chance to win one of two dolls, each with a carousel horse, will cost just $2.... all of which will go to the shelter.

Watch this space folks...I'm counting on you all :O)

~UPDATE~

Texas raffle laws... what a blooming nightmare!   ok, latest plan is ~ I shall make some ACEO cards (Art Cards Editions and Originals) mini artist trading cards, and sell those instead... each card will be numbered and those numbers will go into the draw.  I will even send them out, so you will not only get chance to win one of two dolls, each with a carousel horse, you'll actually receive a trading card.  The card will be an image from the fairground carousel mad tea party.  (better get practicing the camera skills eh!)

How's that grab ya?

Photos.....

Since we are about to move to Oklahoma, thought this little chap should be called Texas!(above)

and this little one is called

Mulberry, she had glued up eyes, but a trip to the vets helped her out :O)

Stella, loves to 'mother' them....

Badger is growing.... she has one floppy ear and one straight up!

These are a few doll pics... more are on my flickr page...
and I've started listing dolls in my Etsy shop

Sheila's doll.. a commission

Isabella Blue

Francesca

Mocca

Jewelry Box

Orange Blossom

Melina

Ooh, whilst I was taking photos of some dolls... UPS delivered this...

Can't wait to try it out... I love my skin when it's tanned, but I've decided, as we all know, the sun is bad, very bad.  So here is to some fake stuff... cheers! 

And, my sister sent me these, which I also received today... FIBERS yeah I'm in heaven!

My favourite....

Ok, I think this post is more than long enough.  But I am getting plenty of photography and eye candy practice!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend :O)

This really is an OH MY GOSH!

The Dubai show is cancelled until next year.... double drat.   I am gutted, but there is nothing we can do about it :O(  with cut budgets, they were forced to cancel the majority of their summer shows.

But, all is not lost, I have a new camera to play with... a Canon EOS Rebel T2i Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm IS lens no less!  and a Berina Aurora 430 sewing and embroidery machine to play with... oh, and 2 new little kittens that my husband found huddled in the road.

I will eventually take photos of all the dolls I had made for the show, and of the growing Badger and the cute kittens, but for now, here is my camera experimentation... there is so much to learn... ugg.

Lester

Llano... these photos were taken when it was really dark!

She has no name :O(  any ideas?

Jewelry Box

Well, I definately need to practice using the camera..  It's so heavy, my wrist aches LOL!

Ooh... I've just thought, I can do the blog raffle/giveaway thing sooner than expected... The animal shelter is suffering, so this could be good timing....watch this space :O)