Im so happy with Oddbod
she is a bit of a mish mash
can remember which head she is ...but she has an Ashton Drake eye mechanism and is on AD body
I carved her mouth ...just softerned the tip of her nose
blushed her eyes ..and freckled her face
I can see me doing her face again ..but Im thrilled to bits
I replaced all of her eye chips , and gave her sleepy eyes ..which I LOVE !
this is her before the new mods
at last I have a green girl again
its taken me ages to draft that patten ...no time ...but at last I have
and I adore her ...I slightly darkened the blush
only trouble is its vintage fabric ..so I cant sell that one ..can I ?
perhaps I will make up a fullset ..I have 1 green girl in stock
so 2009 ...clothes for larger Moona
fantasy floaty type ...lookingforward to it
everyones wigs and dolls have gone
I have a couple of UK orders to do ...but am resting up a couple of days ,I feel pretty rough as Im not sleeping too well
I have had to pull out of the NEC show the weekend
I have tonsillitis and the antibiotics arnt working well
today I ended up in Hospital with Quincy
huge pain ..and I feel shattered ...but good news is I didnt need to stop in or have it lanced ...agggggggggggggggggg
so Im on painkillers ,,damn they work well and antibiotics for the next 2 weeks ...but hopefully I will be Ok to get the Uk stuff out in a couple of days
so Im resting ...if you have sent me a PM I will get to it tommorow
I have spent the past few weeks working on Christmas fullsets
Im so pleased with the results
all wigs have been made and posted
the last batch ..BurningOaks and Ginger Beer ..will be shipped Monday
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
almost done for Christmas
This girl is so yummy
its a month to Christmas ...wooooooooooooo
Im getting exited now ...I have a Blythe Frosty Frock ... Dandilion , 2 hujoo tiny and 2
Fee comming home for Christmas
wonder who will make it first ...Frosty Frock . I think has been shipped :D
but which resin baby !
Fleur now ...and I LOVE LOVE LOVE her
I wont be parting with her now ...
I cant wait for Dandilion to come home ..I will be giving her a simialar look I think and call her Viola
Im killing time today ...I do have some wig orders to do ...but I have to wait for UPS ....they are delivering today ..and I cant go down to my workshop ..which is OK ,I have a stinking cold and cough
...and have been burning the midnight oil ...so I will rest up for a couple of days ..keep taking the becham powder
she arrived pale and beautiful
I LOVE her .....this is her before she got her Fleur face-up
They are being sent this Thursday ....for definate
thank goodness ...and a few more stragglers to follow
I have asked for all of them to be sent by the end of this month so as we have them in time for Christmas dispatch
I finally found my yellowing BW Narea on the secondary market to replace Fleur ...I sold her the beggining of this year
and kicked myself ..when I ordered Dandilion ...I kicked myself even more
my Fleur was an older yellowed Open eye Narea ..the only thing I ever wished ..that she was the clasic Narea .....
new Fleur is a Classic ...so I am just thrilled
I am kinda thinking now I have most the dolls I need now
drum roll ....I have also got my ultimate sewing machine coming
so that will mean outfits for all tinys
Wanda the Wonderfrog , my dolls , Elf and the Hujoo tinys
plus any more you care to mention as I have most of them
and even more ....I made a tiny ...the first tiny I have been happy with for over a year
....I wasnt happy at all with my bears ...which is sad ...I should be so proud of my achievements ...but they just made me sad , like I wasnt good enough ......but yesterday I finished one ...and I wasnt sad ...I was bloody thrilled ...over the moon
.........Im back
I have been waiting for these to be released ...my trigger finger spasmed like crazy ..and the next thing I know I have 2 of them comming home :D
Cujoo and Allie Yay !
now I am going to have to sit on my hands ...I have gone crazy the past 4 week
2 of Charle`s amazing creations
2 of the new Fee
Dandilion ...and I am thinking of Narea and my Unoa head ...Oh is there no end to it LOL
I have heard Rainman is planning a new tiny ...god let be an Hana /Doona size , I know I wont want that LOL
and I am preying for a Tan Lati yellow ...I want one of those so badly
Oh well my end of week birthday celebrations are over
and its time to buckle down ..I have almost done ALL of the wig orders
Im dying 5 today and sending them all out Monday or Tuesaday
my other pelts arrived Thursday so I have enough fur to last me over the christmas period
if your thinking of ordering ...please do it now ...I cant believe how fast this month is going
I am making a range of limited edition wigs
there may be 4 wigs in the collection ...or just 1 ..just a small number ..I love playing with the dyes ..but sometime s the colours I use ..it is just too time consuming or impracticable to do the colour as an open edition .so when I do these wigs , they will go on my Etsy when they are available
I will call them PLAYING WITH COLOUR :D
she arrived yesterday ....she was about the only thing that walmed my day
my fingertips went BLUE ..bLUE ..not good with a french manicure LOL
SO this weekend Im going to get another heater ,
On the plus side heating in the house is on ...and the pelts are drying beautiful
all I have to do today is Latte and Burning Oak ..and the second layer of Chocolate Chip and they will go out next
Im eyeing up my work shop ...I know I have to go down there , I have a small class this afternoon ..so I have to go down and get the felt ...plus some more materials
Such a happy face ...and such a happy day
my pelts arrived Im thrilled to bits .I was going to have to close my shop today as I have sold out of all base colours and reds/cinnamon swirl
almost everything
and now Im back in stock ...YAY !
right a peacefull image ...walking in a local wood...3 deer crossed my path ..by the time I got my phone on ..they were hid ...but somewere in those trees are 3 deerI LOVE this girl ..she is all ready for Miniatura :D
Ok I have just got a small ammount of dark brown and blonde
so Im OK for a couple of weeks ...I have noticed my stockiest has now updated their web site
so I am hopeing they will answer my mail and get back to me
my one order has been missing since July
the blondes and reds were ordered Sept 4th ...
Im already out of blonde again and am now in need of MORE blonde
unless I get my orders sent NOW ...
and unless you want Puki wigs ...Im in trouble :(
some of my order arrived from Dennis
the dark tan Mina is quite , quite beautiful
I changed her to 5 mm eyes ...a little difficult to fit as they were a little small ... but she is so beautiful and so realistic ;Im just captivated by her
I look at them sometimes and feel very mellow ..for years I have wanted to make the perfect tiny ...and I feel I have now
I think I will be making a large version of her next year
in dark tan and light tan ..I just love this girl
flat on my back !
my Back went yesterday ...OUCH ! ..all I was doing was dressing a doll ...just sat dressing a doll ...PAIN !
the muscles in my back keep spasiming..is that a word ?..well its killing ..feels like cramp ..all the way through my back
! apparently its a side affect of the meds Im taking ...
I FEEL BLOODY OLD ..in pain and Miniatura is too close for me to be flat on my back ...
Ive run out of blond ...and no sign of the missing order yet ...starting to get ansy
Im starting to get the girls ready for Miniatura ...to my horror I realised its but 2 weeks away !
so see you there 3rd and 4th October ! at the NEC ...I should have my stand number in a couple of days
I will have some fullsets of Moona ,Mina ,Bracken and Coco and BonBon ...and a couple of OOAK mermaids
and the Pumkin house will be on display :D
DELAYS are expected now ...the brown fur shippment ..which went missing last month is officially lost ..thats 2 shipments in as many months ...thats not good .
a replacement parcel is on its way ...but I am now sold out on dark brown . Coffee , Chocolate chip ,
MOST BROWN TONES ...
I am expecting it this week ...but there are a couple of orders here
held up because Im just out of browns
I am trying to get out most of the orders by next weekend
because next week ...I have to work on my dolls ....and shock horror...my tiny bears !
yup I have made a couple ...Im loveing doing them too ....I have a new Panda ...Peter ..a mohair minature ..and I have a yearning to do one of my Emily falmer kits
which I find wonderful ...I havent been able to settle to do my bears at all this year
dose this mean Im not stressed out now ? :D
and I agreed to do a huge toy show at the NEC in December
to exhibit my larger Moona ....Im feeling real good right now
I am having a new love affair with my Blythe
Blossom has finnaly got a new head cap on ...the wigs fit so much better now ...I m in love with her all over again
Julia is about to have the tinybear treatment ,I know I have eyechips somewere
And Oddbod is haveing a nose job and mouth carved
...Im thinking of turning her into a "Sally "
the Hujoo body is too pale for her ...but I still think the Hujoo body is awesome with Blythe head ...
so Im now hunting for a pale head to make my dream Blythe
a Blythe Ball joint !
so I orderd a new Blythe ...Cousin Olivia ...apparently she has a white tone ...she is also stunningly beautiful and I LOVE her outfit
...only trouble is I saw Miss Sally and I really like her too .......No I am only having my 5 Blythe ...no more !
Rosie is going to get fixed up soon
I love her ..she was my secong Blythe ..and her eyes dont work at the momment ...she came to me like that ...but she is my little Gloomy guss
at last ...after a very long and stressfull weekend
my work office is up and running
spent most of Saturday without power trying to get power into the WORKSHOP !
STRESS!!!! ...seriously I felt better than I have for ages
my blood preasure is normal
if I can just control the stress I should get rid of the mirgaines
Im still on the meds to control them
but they are hopeing in 3 more months and I can come off them
now if I can just control the stress
Oh at last ...Im so so pleased with them
its going to be a couple of days,before I can get them on to my web site
and onto Etsy ...but Im so pleased with the end result
...now Im wondering ...what next :D
trying to get inspired ...I have to make my class bears very soon
and a couple of special projects
so I ordered some glass eyes today ...Ok I ordered Mina some as well
but I have been knitting and sewing for the Elves for Miniatura
I want to make a few fullsets for Miniatura
the pupkin house made ...we have a lot to do :D
I just love this boy ....sigh
major major PC disaster ...it died ...in tecnicolour and loads of flashing squares yesterday ...including my list of who paid for Mina mermaid !
I know I can track them down ...I do have a couple I know have ordered her ...buy my days !!! I need this like a hole in the head !
I knew it wouldnt last for too long ...it was slowingdown and freezing
I have most things backed up ....just a few Doccuments are missing
luckily .. ...and I have my old work horse ...thats so slow its almost clockwork ...but I will be able to work on line and still take orders and get them out ...how annoying ....RIP FRANK ....(it was made up of my old harddrive and my brothers PC so we called it Frankenstien )
.....my new brand spanky new PC ...with WIFI ...will arrive next week ...just in time for my new office to be ready! whooooooooooooo
well its been a hellish week ...I havent got half of the orders done ....personal.. family .. ...sigh which has caused me some distress and stress ...so
and bloody awefull migraine from hell ....that was 2 days knocked off my feet ...I am still teaching my summer school ..which has been hard work for me ...
on a plus side , I have 2 left ,and
my new office , work room ...Summer House ,arrived
once Im in there ...I shall be as snug as a bug :D
everything will be in 1 place instread of 2 ....the fur company got in touch with me ...thank god ...I thought I was going out of bussiness
and all colours back in stock this week ...apart from browns ,Another box has gone missing :( ...but thats Ok I know it will be replaced
so ...no major problems ...Autumn is comming ...so the heating is on ...wig orders will speed up now
enhanced face-up on a white Mina :D
Wig updates
....nothing major ..only ANOTHER parcel gone missing
I am starting to wonder now ..this is the 3rd parcel in a row
all the browns ...the company I buy from replace them ,,,and now are trying traceing it ...and I do have some still in stock ..so no problems untill that runs out ...which should be about 2 weeks , but hopefully either the replacement will be sent or the orriginal will be with me
the weather is still appaleing ..so dyeing is slow ...on a plus side
its getting colder on a night ..so soon I will have the heating on
..I shall make a note ...next Summer ...wigs take a Month
Winter Months I can get them dyed and dry overnight
Summer Months it can take a week ...so wig orders will be expected to slow right down
I am trying to get a lot of the orders done this week as I have my new office arriveing the weekend ...so its going to take a week ...to get all my "stuff " into it and sorted :D
I died ...Im thrilled to bits with the tail ...I cant wait to see a whole shoal of mermaids ...I LOVE the lilac resin in this sculpt
Im just beyond happy with her
she is so scarry , she is so tiny and looks so real ..Im just bowled over with her ...
Im in awe ...I always am
The Mina human version ...Im already dreaming up a blue fullset
Human and Mermaid .. body blushing outfits and custom wig
...I have the urge for a lilac mermaid ?
they are being done right now
,.,,,I am taking reservations now
the pelts have come ...yay!
head down for a few days ...I need to get all of the outstanding orders dyed and sent
I just love this picture ..so though Im gonna post it
Still not heard about the fur ...hope to soon
I have got a small ammount ...so am dyeing each wig seperately ..terrible wase of dye ...and its slow ...but Im getting the wigs out slowly and surely
I LOVE this portrait from Blod
she is just so talented ...it realy captures my Coco
anyhow .NEWS on the Fur
its missing
I had got it in my head it was June I ordered them ..it was actually the end of May ...so they are missing.... Damn
well it was a Month .last week, I ordered them ...its not unusual for them to take 3 weeks to arrive ...but a Month ...no they are gone
so I have had to report them lost ...that normally means they will go back to the sender ..then they replace them ....Last week I rebought that order ...and doubled it ....so that should be with me in 2 weeks
.I also managed to get a small ammount of white and beige in the Uk ...trouble is it cost me double ...but it will be with me in a couple of days ...so that means ...by the end of this week ..it will be bussiness as usual , and I can catch up with orders
I have only had this happen once before a couple of years back ...but its not good
all the girls and my polishing block
if I never see another dark tan it will be too soon ...
things were going so well ...then the weather changed and disaster ...the face-ups bloomed
I could just do without this ...it means another days work
stripping off the face -ups and starting again ...I can do it ..luckily
but its very frustrating
its not been a great weekend
Dont even talk about yesterday ...Ok I will caus Im still getting over it
I vowed I would never do a Summer Fete ever again ...15 years ago ..when I sat in a field trying to sell SaltDough
.
and I vowed I would never do a Knex class again ..Im just not happy doing it
....but thought I would help out 1 last time ....with a 4 hour workshop
and I could show the lovely Gavin ...who made my day ...the roaps
....so I followed my Tom Tom ....and was mortified
I ended up in a field largely ignored as I wasnt a bobbing duck or bouncy castle ! and I learnt youcannot do a class next to a marching band !
If it had dawned on me it was a Summer Fete ,I wouldnt have done it
I got prickly heat ...I only have to see sun and I get that ...then it rained and I got soaked ...I stuck it out ...I got soaked again ...and this time I was so cold ....at 3.30 ...I gave it neck ....
I was stressed ...distressed ...and miserable
NEVER ...EVER ..AGAIN
so thats why Im in a bad mood ...and will sleep on whether I release the dark tan girls again
although I do fancy a dark tan Mina
and a message today , they have finished the tail detailing
..stunning , I cant wait to see this lot finished ...
I love this wig ...It took me days ..but Im glad I took it on
who says Isao looks funny in fur wigs :)
I loved him so much ..I bought him a body :)
Ok expect delays ...fur hasnt arrived yet ...I dont think its lost or anything like that
the shippments are just taking longer to arrive ..it used to be 2 weeks ..now its more like 4 ;(
Im just going to have to order more
I just ordered some stunning deep red from them ...that should be in about 3 weeks
also the Dark tan girls are on their way ...shipped today
and coloured Coco and BonBon
I also have most colours of Bracken and Moona in stock
Mina and Large Moona re being made now
then will be the mer maid
I am also thinking of haveing 10 dark tan Large Moona , Mina and Mina mermaid made
also free knitting pattern for Moona on my web site
www.thesleepingelf.com
this blew me away
working with Bobobie I have come to expect their workmanship to be just what I want ...
I was wondering how to get Mina to pose ...especially after seeing Puki`s Posiden ..I was plotting all sorts of stands ...or how to sit her ...but this blew me away when I saw it
I wanted her to have Elf ears ...but do realise some of the people who like my work ..dont like Elves ...so I have compramised ,when Mina walks on land , she looks Human ...
when she takes on Human form in the company of Elves ...she still has her distinctive Ears ....
and Suddenly the Witley Woods is taking on form ...
the Sun cuts through the green canopy's of the Wood ...and and dances on the surface of the Lake
waterfalls run into it .from the Mossy Cliffs ..Mina lives quite happy there ...
at its depths she makes her home ..but there is an underground passage ...under the Beacon Mountains and out into the Sea ...
but Mina loves to be by the Trees and her friends Moona
and Bracken and Cousin Coco
mhhh its comming
she is beautiful now ...what she will look like when she is finished ...Wow she is gonna be amazing
when I first saw BonBon and Coco , I had a gut feeling they would be popular ...especially Coco
and I was right ...I feel the same about Mina
Im trying to work out colours for her
Im thinking
Natural with Blue tail
Natural with Green tail
White with Pink tail
White with Blue tail
Light tan with Green tai
Blue with white
Lilac with Green
Green with ...Lilac or Blue dont know about those yet
the Human girl is comming in Normal , White , Tan , and samples of Green ,Lilac , Pink and Blue
I have been playing with wig colours
LOVE this version of Forget Me Not ....its stunning
will be shareing new
Rose Gold with you soon
I have a load of wigs made , but I have run out of postal envelopes !
so as soon as they arrive I can get all the wigs out ...should be tommorow
they arrived and Im slowley sorting them
I have NO ...repeat No coloured Tubby Fairys in this order
just large Fairys
I do have a couple of normal resin Coco and White
and I still have Blue BonBon and Pink Coco in stock
the May order isnt due in untll end of June ...July
and they are working on the dark tan girls
these do take a long time as it takes a long time to finish them off
but May order and everything else is in progress
I have also ordered extra coloured girls , so I will have stock soon again :)
this is the new white Moona Im putting togeather for a new fullset
its taken me a week to dye all of the colours up Im missing
now Im catching up and getting all outstanding orders out this week
Yay! I feel so much better
I LOVE Cindy in this ...Chocolate Orange ...yummy
this is the closest Im getting to chocolate right now LOL
iM Gutted ...at the height of headache pains ...I went and ordered 2 Elf dolls ...thats fine ...I wanted them ....but somehow ...I didnt notice adding USA to my address ...so my beautiful girls are stuck in JFK :(
I am possative they will be shipped back to Korea eventually ....but Oh I want my girls .....:(
on a plus note this week
I have got a Wendy ....I only have to get Winky now ...so thats made up for Kai and Olivia being stuck in customs
and I am having an Iso head ,.I love that boy so Im thrilled to bits
and the long lost pelts arrived ...so I can now get the Storm Cloud and grey wigs out ...HappyHappy Joy Joy ...and I dont have any aches anywere this morning ...got to be good :)
after waiting for 2 months my Lati Lea came home at last
she has got the most beautiful face-up ..Im so glad I decided to order the Yellow Kitty ...she is just so beautiful
so I have called her Iris ..
still waiting for the white , grey and orange fur to arrive
I am dying grape
ginger beer
sunflower and black cherry today
Choc Chip is drying
I reordered more blonde and white
the orange , grey and white is on its way
so all of the grey tones are still out of stock ...they will be with me in a week
I had a bad day yesterday another migraine :(
but I am getting there with the orders Im not getting stressed
and I am paceing myself
Im on target to get everything in the post Wednesday
and the larger Moona are being sent out next week
...and this picture ...I just like it
I call her Sandy ..my little beach Elf :)
just found out Im supposed to be makeing several bears for a local shop ...better get sewing !
Yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy
this is the first picture of the new larger Moona
I just cant wait to photograph this girl and get her with a wig and glass eyes
