Poor Lola ..took suddenly ill yesterday ...she was very drowsy and wouldn't eat her favorite chicken..half an hour later ..that fast ,she went off her legs went floppy and unresponsive :(
I dashed her to the vets
Lola was kept in last night ..her temperature is still very very high , but Mike phoned as at 10.30 she has picked up a little and is eating ...so I slept better but missed her ...this is my first cat Pete has let me keep in with me ..he doesn't like cats in the bedroom ...but Lola cries and gets lonely
so she sleeps next to the bed ..she is ever so good ..she never gets on the bed until 7.00 ..she is my own little alarm clock

This morning Alex phoned me ...Lola is eating everything she is given ..but her temperature is still very high and she is sleeping a lot of the time ..she is on a drip for antibiotics and given an injection ..and something else ..I forgot ...they are hoping by this afternoon her temperature will drop more
looks like another night away from us ..
as if her temperature hasn't dropped enough for it to be safe
, she has to stay in
she is still on a drip ..and I can go visit her in an hour
the worrying thing is they cant find anything wrong with her


11.15
went to Visit Lola ...she perked up ..wolfed down the chicken ..and played with my Lola Rose bracelets and for a time ..then fell asleep ..then woke and we watched the bus`s and the traffic

she isn't at all her self ..her eyes are running ..and she feels so weak in my hands
then she would just look up at me with those huge sad eyes
I held her for almost an hour ..and let them have her back
she is going to stop in again tonight ...I just hope her temperature drops ..its still 40.1
its a long day ..Im doing work ..but my heart isn't in it

another dream girl

playing with curls, originally uploaded by Sleeping elf.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeee
stricly she is a gloomy Belle , but I have her on a Laches body ...she is so sweet on the tiny body


OK wig news

no flights are leaveing the Uk ,...Im still takeing and doing orders ..and as soon as I know its Ok ..THEY WILL GO UP THE POST OFFICE ..ONE BATCH or orders is stuck intranset
there is NOTHING AT ALL I can do about it
but all the others ..I will save untill AIRMAIL resumes ..then I Will send them out xx

Lola -Rose

more of Lola ..., originally uploaded by Sleeping elf.

my dream girl ...and I adore her !

Sam helping

Sam helping, originally uploaded by Sleeping elf.

Im not online too much at the moment
I have a whopping backlog of orders I'm ploughing through
I vastly underestimated how long it would take to make up the curly tot wigs
I am perming them now ..so it takes much longer ..but the results more permanent
I am aiming to get my back logs out by the end of the week

when Im not making up the wigs ...I am hunting for another kitten

Im missing Winnie like crazy ..so is Zack ..he has no-one to play with ...Sam largely ..sleeps ..by me ..and that's it
he is so laid back nothing bothers him ..except if I wont pick him up and love him when HE wants me too

but we are at the top of a list of British short hairs ..we are going to view them May 16th ...cant wait

and Im waitng to here back if I have a very special little girl
...so kitty talk over ..wig talk

Curly tots /almost done ..custom cut and curls ...almost done
hope to have caught up by the end of this week

Dolls all to be posted by the end of the week

beloved winnie

beloved winnie, originally uploaded by SleepingElf is just ...sad .........

what a week ...
Sunday ..got to the show and they never received my booking ..
I had some lovely offers of help ..and the organiser got me an extra table ...it was a little tense
the clutch went on the car driving home ...so we have no car for Miniatura ..they cant fix it untill next week
then to top it off

Winnie didn't come home Monday ...I knew in my heart something was wrong

she had a very short life ..but was loved and adored

and I cant thank you all enough for the personal messages I have got

when you work for yourself like I do ..it can be very isolated ..and I dont mind ...I love my work ..and my cats are my constant companions ...they are sat on the table by me now ...:)
loosing one of them is like losing a friend
and Winnie ...lol she never shut up ..never ,,she was always "talking " jumping on me or the other cats ..she demand our attention all of the time ..and we loved it ...
so its very quiet without her
and I have had such lovely messages they have so helped ...thank you all xx

Happy Mothers day !!!

what a treat .

Pearls .Chocolate ...Lemon Drizzle Cake ...and Tim Burtons ,,Alice in Wonderland

what a visual treat

you know I read the critics thought it was rubbish ...they must of been watching a different film

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp at their best ...it was wonderful ..Im so inspired

up to my eyes in it ...

the babies come out to play again, originally uploaded by SleepingElf.

anyone waiting for me to e.mail them ...please bear with me
I have been inundated with curly tot inquiries and orders ,,and Im picking through them

YES ,,,Im making more
Yes ..Im making more boots
and some outfits ,

Yes I am taking orders ..
.wait list is a month now ,.and potentially getting longer by the day
but once your on it ..I will try and get your things out as fast as I can

its because I have 2 exhibitions coming up ..so I am trying to fit in dressing some fullsets and making my bears with making up orders
Once March is out of the way ..orders will speed up again

the babies come out to play again

the babies come out to play again, originally uploaded by SleepingElf.

Ok so 2010
didn't start quite how I planned ..colds ..cough ..chest infections ..Sinusitis ...Respiratory infection ..and now ...another cold
the joys of working for yourself ..what stress LOL

Im still managing my 3 happy thoughts a day
and manage it ...I do feel blessed ,,I have an amazing husband ,,,who only flinched slightly when I told him I had gone on the wait list for an enchanted doll ..and said he liked my new Mooqla
my kids a re great ..we rarely argue ...in face we have a pretty good laugh ..and my cats ...Winny and Zack are great ..but little Sam ...still smaller than the other 2 ..he is devoted to me ...and I to him ...I dont have favorites ..honest ..but I saved him ..and its like he knows ...wonderful animal
and spring is coming ..I can feel it ...I see it every day in my work room, buds pushing through the soil ..it's coming

I havent felt this creative since ....Years ..watch this space
Miniatura is 2 weeks a way and I have 2 projects ..and 3 boy dolls ...and hopefully the Thistledown will be here

IM GOING WILD with my wigs ..my beautiful tan babies are my inspiration

god forbid if the HK release are tan ...i THINK i WILL GO A LITTLE CRAZY!
I want a tan Momo and tan Cookie Im thinking :)

I have a box of vintage lace ..violet has a collar on at the moment ,,,Miniatura Im after some silk ...I can feel a gown coming on ............hand made silk roses and vintage lace ..with lati tan
I know I should be thinking of my own tinys comming ...I am honest


and at last I have that illusive boot ...for Lati and my large dolls ..yay

yup feeling good !

Curley Tots

Curley Tots, originally uploaded by SleepingElf.

Im so inlove with these new girls and their wigs ..and outfits
I feel all creative ! ete has reminded me I have to do my won dolls too ...Ok
( but I am working on my Mystic Lilly first LOL


prices are going up ..as from Monday
new price list is on my web site ..$5.00 for cuts and curls ...and $1.00 on every wig and $1.00 on shipping

prices on my pelst almost doubled in the past 4 years ..and shipping gone up ..so this is my first raise ..hopefully no more for another 5 years :)

Will nothing make this little girl smile ?

Will nothing make this little girl smile ?, originally uploaded by SleepingElf.

this little girl is causing quite a stir ..well her wig is LOL
With a weeks orders already in..Im seriously considering makeing up some specials to list on Etsy ..its going to be very difficult to reproduce this I think

and I have some storm skys that I know is going to be amazing in this style


this week I got my face-up commisions done ..I dont do them vrey oftern ..but Blossom will see her new girl tommorow ..and I re-did Koori ..I love her !
wig orders will go out tommorow and Saturday ..Im pretty much up to date
and 2 custom Zacks also go out this weekend xx

beautiful Kay

beautiful Kay, originally uploaded by SleepingElf.

my latest acquisition
Little Fee Shiwoo ..its great to have a little fee back in my house ..and I have always adored the Shiwoo sculpt , whether it was a SD or Mini fee ..so of course the little fee is perfect


the year has started out with a bang ..and gone full pelt into the new year

not only have I added 3 more Lati into the fold .
AND new wig colours ..my dolls are flying out ..and Im working 7 days again

wig ordres are up to 3 weeks wait list
dolls I do have good stock of large Mina and Bracken , Brier Rose and Moona ...but the smaller ones are dwindling


Im trying to think of my happy thoughts too
so far ..even though I had that lousy cough ...and we have had so much cold ..and snow !

today is face-up day ..I have set it aside
I have 2 Hujoo , 1 planetdoll ...a Bobobie sprite and Blossoms Chibi
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Ok ..cup of tea time ..and time to start !