Mortimer found a home!

What a pleasant surprise! Late last night, before I went to bed, I checked my email and saw a notice that I had a sale. So I'm thinking, "Cool, someone must of bought an ornament." I opened the email and saw the amount of the sale and thought, "What the hell did I have in my shop for that price?" (yes, I was that tired) HOLY MOLLY, it was a doll! WOOHOO, I sold a doll! I was so excited that I couldn't go to bed and ended staying up a few more hours. 

Thank you to my buyer, you ROCK and you made my day!

Finished WIP Ghost and cat.

I finished my newest ooak art doll. He's the first in a new series called "Oopsied". The series will be dolls depicting weird and wacky ways some of us leave this world.


Title: Cat-astrophe

I like to write stories or poems for some of my creations and this poor fellow deserved one. 

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Cat-astrophe

Melvin's wife was quite the nag,
he stopped listening to her long ago.
He never heard her yell, (the old bag)
"The light's blown out, the stairs are dark below!"

With his tummy sounding a rumble grumble
he put his bunny slipper's upon his feet
Sleepily to the kitchen he began to stumble
not knowing the fate he'd soon meet.

At the top of the stairs he found no light.
"Forgot to mention the bulb?" he said with a shout.
"Not that it matters if I have no sight,
I know this old house inside and out!"

He lifted his foot to take the first stair
when he hit something soft and furry.
The next thing he knew he was high in the air
And then everything went kinda blurry.

When he opened his eyes he found he was quite dead
but the universe would show him no mercy.
The voice of his wife was no longer in his head,
now he spends eternity with a pissed off cat named Percy.

written by Tamara Dozier


You can find him in my Etsy Shop

Updated WIP Cat-astrophe

I still have a bit to do. More stripes to paint and then "ghostify" and antique.

Yes, those are pink bunny slippers. Yes, I know no man in his right mind would wear them, (according to hubbahubby). They are staying pink, they make me laugh, that's all that matters .... I have spoken! :)

Painting the day away

I plan on spending most of the day working in my studio, now that I can find things again ... :) Started painting on an ooak doll that I've been working on for some time now. Actually, he would have been done long ago except for a slight accident involving a too curious child. A dear friend of mine stopped in one day and while we were chatting away said kid stole into my studio and picked him up to look at him ,,,,,,,,, and then dropped him! Broke both of his arms, darn it. So I had to CUT off his arms, (good thing he's a ghost and he didn't feel a thing). But he's good as new. In fact, he's even better than new and my studio will now be locked when said child is visiting.

Here he is with a coat of gesso.

Goth doll - painted

I finally got her painted, YAY! I am so excited about how she's turning out, I just love making these and already have several more in the works.

I bought some black mohair for her hair but am going to have to dye it today. It is really a very dark brown with a few too many grays and that just won't do for a goth doll. Went to Wallyworld and got a bottle of Ritz liquid so going to see how big a mess I can make of my kitchen today. Also, the material in the background is the material I'm using for her costume. It's actually shades of grey and black, not the blues my silly old camera is showing.

This doll is a gift for my wonderful daughter so sorry, not for sale BUT keep checking back as there will soon be dolls to collect!

WIP Doll update

Slowly she's coming along. I'm working on her lower legs and once they are done I'll sand her, then gesso her, then sand her again, then maybe one more coat of gesso and another sanding.

I've already picked out the materials for her clothes and I think I know what I'm going to do for her hair. I'm really enjoying making this doll and have started on a few more heads for more dolls. This doll is a gift for my daughter but I will begin making them to sell.

Anyhow, back to my studio to clean and straighten and then hopefully I can spend a few quiet hours working.

Pumpkin Scarecrow

I just finished my Pumpkin Scarecrow OOAK doll and decide to title it "I don't scare you?" This one was a real challenge to create. I just love his expression and all the details in this one. He's also my largest piece to date, 11 1/2" tall!

Hope you all like him as well.



You can find him at My Ebay

Merkitty

I finally finished my Merkitty and now have it listed on Ebay.



This one was a real challenge for me and I must admit I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I love, love, love working with paperclay. It lets me sculpt more complicated pieces then when I was sculpting in wax and making my own molds. I also like creating one of a kinds because recreating the same piece over and over makes my brain freeze ... lol

You can find my Merkitty here. Ebay.

Do you live with Dust Bunnies?

I do and I just caught one! I was doing my weekly cleaning, trying to vacuum under my bed when all of a sudden my vacuum got plugged with something. Great, I just vacuumed up another one of my hubbahubby's socks! Was I surprised to see what the vacuum really got plugged with! Yes, I had caught a sock alright but it was in the mouth of the biggest dust bunny I've ever seen! After I pulled him out of the hose all he said to me was, "What sock?"



You can find this in my Etsy shop

After Easter Bunny

I know it's not even close to Easter but when my muse insists on an idea the only way I can get her to shut up and move on to another idea is to just give in and make whatever it is she's driving me batty with.

Let me introduce you to the After Easter Bunny.

What? You think it's easy being the Easter Bunny? You think all I have to do is hop around and leave cute little baskets with lots of goodies laying around for greedy little .... ummmm.

Let me tell you ... I get no help, none! It's not like that fat guy in the red suit. He has elves. All he has to do is sit around eating cookies, drinking cocoa telling all those elves what to do. He has only one night of work,.... one night!

Me, what have I got? I've got a bunch of chickens, that's what. Do you have any idea what it's like to work with a bunch of chickens all year long? Squawk, squawk, my hay is prickly ... squawk, squawk ... I want more seeds, ... squawk, squawk ... turn up the heat.

They drive me CRAZY!!!

You can find me here My Etsy shop