Isabell The Renaissance Fairy

Isabell is my latest creation. She comes from the Renaissance Era. Her head is topped with a delicate felt like flower sprinkled with glitter and seed beads. Her wings are gold plated wings. I made her skirt with a scrap piece of fabric dyed with a variety of dyes and lightly glittered with seed beads. Her ta'ta's are floral type glass beads with a tiny brass bead on the end. She has a piece of junk jewelry for her necklace and her body is decopauged with green and cream colored papers. Her hands and legs are a variety of glass beads and wooden beads.

Bowling with style!

I went bowling with my class and as always I take my camera everywhere we go. I started taking pictures of them bowling...then thought it would be great if I took pictures of the ball hitting the pins...and this is what I got. I took many shots but love this one the best. I did some digital enhancements of coarse to make it look this way. I used Paint Shop Pro to change it to black and white and added the texture. Then I put it in PhotoShop and added the color image to it and did some adjustments til I got the look I wanted... I really like how this turned out. Please do not use this photo other than to share it with others to see.

How does one do this?

How do you do it? I have been adding new blogs to my list and I cant seem to keep up with them all. I now have 3 stores online that I put my art on for sale, plus my own website. Im finding it to be quite time consuming. I will admit though that I have lots more visitors than before. Guess that is what my goal was in the first place, more exposure! Im not complaining, I just want to know if there are others out there who have this same issue!

On another note, I wanted to share with you my latest and greatest doll. Vintage Bride. She is quite beautiful I might add...I enjoyed putting her together over the weekend and I am quite pleased with how she turned out. Let me know what you think?

Have a Great Monday!!!

Chris

Happy New Year!!!

A little late as I usually am. I have been sick for what seems eternity, but am finally feeling like my normal self. I took my first day back to work off so that I can recover from the nasty germ that infected me right after Christmas. I also had a little mishap yesterday while cleaning up my work room... I kindof fell..yes..clutz that I am! So now I got this huge nasty bruise on my side..it really hurts, but I will live. So that is another good reason to hang out at home today. My body is a little sore. I feel stupid..never have I fallen like this before..If I wasnt cleaning my room, I wouldnt have fallen right? But I had to clean up this mess...after the holidays this room can be really crazy. So every year I have to tidy up! Well...more than once a year I have to do tidy up. So, now that my room is in better shape...I can get back to work on my creations. I did something different this Christmas. I made earrings. I sent them to my sisters and my mom about 2 weeks before I went out there. They sold almost every pair for me! I was amazed! And they want more now...so guess they like my stuff. So my younger sister and I went to Beverlys craft store and we found such beautiful beads, nothing I have seen in my area. So, I bought a bunch of them.. spent the money I made! But the beads are really beautiful, how could I resist! So, I am thinking that maybe I should do a little more with jewelry. Its fun, and fairly simple to make. Just what I need, another hobby....... Oh well...that is what life is all about right?

Ok, so, as time goes, I will be adding more of my creations to my blog... OH, did I mention that I submitted my dolls to a book? Yup, I did. Lets hope they accept my art. I will keep you posted on that too!

SO, here is one more of my creations. I decided to name her Orange Blossom. I have 2 more bottles of the same size to do up, and I will add them as soon as I get them done. And my other doll just below this message is named Wisteria. I had other names, but I like these 2 for now.

OH, and one more thing...I got my new camera for Christmas...I am sooooo happy. The Canon Rebel...LOVE IT! So, I will have better photos of my stuff...YIPPY!

Im not sure yet to name this one....

Ok, I created another doll. She is so pretty. I found these really neat bottles bundled up with wire at a thrift store and just had to have them. I cut the wire, cleaned up the bottles and got to work. This one is the first one I made of the 4. She is blue and green...and has these nice fake flowers for the hair...I found these flowers in a box I had just for all of the silk/fake flowers. Im so glad I save this stuff! Anyway, each flower has a small bead glued in the centers. She is basically made the same way as my other dolls... just she doesnt have any legs.. I think it would be too much if I put lets on her. I would love to get some ideas as to what to name her. I will think of something eventually, but I am so slow. I have another doll which I will post once I get the photo cropped and color corrected....

Tues, when we went back to work after Thanksgiving...I was walking to the classroom and saw this ugly but very interesting mushroom. It was huge! I got all excited about taking a picture of it..but realized I did not have my camera. So, I used the schools camera but the picture sucked! I could not get a close up photo with that camera. So I had to wait til yesterday to take the photo...so when I got to work, I was all geared up to take this picture of the ugly mushroom...and when I looked at it...it changed! It is still ugly, but it drooped and was dripping this black stuff on the ground. So I thought I would take the picture anyways...I do like how it turned out even though it was not as exciting looking as the day before. So I thought I would share this funny looking mushroom...I like it! :-)

If anybody knows what kind of mushroom this is, please let me know...

Sheila Fairy Doll

Sheila's doll was also fun to make. Actually all of my dolls have been really fun for me to create. Sometimes I dont know what I am going to add to them so they will sit on my table..and I will look at them each day and finally something will come to mind. This is one like that. I had her head made and her body...but wasnt sure what to add for the hair. Then finally little by little she came together. I found this golden colored hair extension at the dollar store of all places and just had to have it! I knew exactly what I was going to do with it...so instead of her having wings....she has this wild hairdo... I added a cute ring with a green stone in her hair... I was on this shopping spree on Ebay one day....well...maybe it was more than one day...just dont tell my husband...Hehehe...anyway, I ordered a bunch of charms and beads, and findings...and so on...great prices! And so that is how I ended up with the cute hand charm on her. Even though its upside down...it makes her unique! One of my biggest problems I have had all these years...is I could never mass produce an item. I did crafts for many years with my best friend who now lives in NY...and we did some mass producing of our crafts....but I got bored so easily...I cant do the same thing over and over...I will search to all ends of the world if I have to to come up with something different. My mind is always thinking...dont know if that is a bad thing or not...but I cant shut it off...so you will see more and more of my creations.. These dolls are all new to me, I havent been making them long at all. I think its only been a few months now that I have been putting these together. So, I have a long way to go before I move on to something new...cuz I really like how these are turning out...

As always, I would love to get some feedback on my artwork, so please drop me a line when you get a chance...

:-)

Chris...

Cindy Fairy DOll

This doll was sooo much fun for me to make. I made her for my sister Cindy for her birthday. She loves blacks and reds. Her kitchen is done in the Coca Cola motif and her livingroom is done in a really nice warm red. So I thought this doll would fit right in. Most of my dolls have crocheted wire skirts as this one but with different yarns. All my dolls have little to large TA TA's, the bigger the better...LOL On this doll, I decided to do something a litte different and added a flower to the top of her head to kind of create a hat. Then I thought it needed something else and added the wire and little dangle...sure made a difference! As for the hands, I found a black hand glass bead and it suited her quite well. My sister really liked her when I gave it to her...

Blue Fairy Doll

This is one of my fairy bottle dolls. I created her for my sisters sons girlfriend for Christmas. Her head piece is crocheted organza ribbon. She is really cute in person!