Halloween

 I’m really enjoying my painting right now …and enjoying my watercolours 

so painting on my boots I’m really enjoying 

These are my last Halloween boots …before we went away for a few days 

I loved doing these 

Andy

 He was in such a state when I bought him 

Poor boy was very well loved and very battered .

He’s had his hair dyed using a combination of Rit dye , his legs cut and wobbled , using apoxy sculpt and blushed 

, his arms have been straightened and hands blushed 

Then his neck was expended , and his eyes enhanced and a soft blush of freckles 

His outfit was made by Mom … MinnieBloomers Designs 

And his boots hand made and panted by myself 

He’s lovely , we are so happy with him 

Available soon 

October has been and gone …

 October I paid a visit to Snap and Chat …a wonderful Sasha convention …and I’m sorry to say ..I didn’t take any photographs…and I didn’t have enough painted boots …I’m making a mental note to self ….next year , April ..Newbury ! 

I am going to relax more ….and take photographs…but needless to say I was busy with the run up to it making stock and had a bit of a  “ lightbulb “ moments with the boots 

I’m spending longer and longer doing these now …but I am thoroughly enjoying the challenge and the creative process , and I’m getting finer detail , which opens up a a whole world of possibilities,

I did make a wobbler to sell …but fell in love with little Milo …so I won’t be selling him 

…bought a little Rosie to wobble …and guess what …fell in love with her too …she has a tiny little black spot on her nose …so right now she has Oxy 10 on it ….but her hair is gorgeous…I may give her blue eyes though 

New painted boots in myEtsy shop

 Working like crazy to get customer commissions done 

Amd I want to take some new designs with me next month at Sasha goes to the Races 

Dead exited about that x

But I have added a couple of painted boots and shoes to my Etsy shop

https://sleepingelf.etsy.com/listing/1886475061

Frida Fridays …

 I finished these 2 yesterday… and I am delighted ! 

I bloody loved doing these 

When I’m repainting them I like to keep as much of the original face as possible and work from that 

With Frida , I have to remove the lips and eyebrows and go from their .. but I like to keep them as much Sasha as possible ❤️

After years of really disliking the Sasha baby’s .. I’m really enjoying them now , I know a lot of people love them , but I found them really hard to dress and pose with their bent limbs and tuck necks … 

I shall be sorry to see these 2 go 

But I just may have bought another baby to turn into. Wobbler 

And I can’t wait untill she arrives 

Cora incoming … and I have plans 🤣🤣🤣

Grace

DEC 2024 

I can’t believe I forgot to post these ( well I can ..life went a little crazy just before Christmas ..long story short Paul had a pacemaker fitted Friday 3rd ) looking forward to a healthy happy new year ! 

Any how we were visiting Worcester for the Christmas Market and I couldn’t help but notice this little girl on EBay ..you know what it’s like ,I couldn’t stop thinking about her ,I kept looking and was pretty sure I could fix her …so the day before we came home …I bought her ..She is just beautiful, tiny little face , she is a Gotz Serie No Navel 69 or 70 ..

Her leg joints were broken , and she has a hair cut at the front ..but Florence let me have the hair from her Frida doll , so I knew I could replace it , and of course she needed to be restrung ..no problem there 

When she arrived I was bowled over ..I planned to do her after Christmas ..but I couldn’t 

With Paul’s help ..I worked out a way of fixing a new leg joint ..

Although next time I may just use the large cotter pin embedded in the apoxy sculpt 

Frida …Trendon Sasha

 Sadly this poor girl had hair fall ..so she had to be wigged 

I was asked for a Frida Sasha …I wanted to capture the iconic look of Frida

Florrie

 Before these are her auction photos and her face , with the paint removed and her wig removed 

I decided to wash and condition her wig , and enhance her face with watercolours …the wig came up beautiful 

New kids in the house

 So exited to add Michael and Florrie to the fold ….Michael has the most beautiful face and hair …a little caving around the neck …nothing I can’t fix …Florrie …when I saw her auction pictures I knew I had to have her 

I had been to the most wonderful Sasha gathering in the next village, I met some wonderful people and collected Michael ..amd that’s when I saw her … a “Velvet” …I fell in love with her face , so I was hoping to transform this poor little waif into my own version of

Arnt the beautiful Velvet …this is Florrie after 

And I forgot …Frida ! 

Another rescue …poor girl had a dink on her face and a real bad hair cut , which is tragic as her hair is amazing , so I piled it up high for now and her curls cover it ..shes a real beauty