You'd better not shout!
You'd better not cry!
You'd better not pout!
I've given fair warning.
100 day to
Halloween.
Also
Pure coincidence
as I really don't have the
organisational skill
but it's the blogoversary of
my Steampunk blog.
There will be giveaways and tutorials,
all geared towards Halloween
and the coming
mists and mellow fruitfulness
of Autumn.
In other news...
I am moving ahead with my little
paperclay dolls.
I have an important lesson
I wish to pass on to you
to spare you the
drama and tears I suffered.
If you're making a paperclay doll,
who will have a wig and a soft cloth body,
paint and seal the doll parts
BEFORE
you attach the body and the hair!
RIGHT
WRONG
Then you can avoid the whole body-bag
CSI scenario and strands of hair
stuck in the varnish.
The nice lady who enrolled the dolls,
at the County Fair,
remembered me from other years
and was kind enough to take some photographs.
There was more room this year,
which was good
as I entered three dolls.
Sookie and a Bad Fairy
Miss R White and Alice.
(Technically, that makes four dolls)
I couldn't get to the Fair
to see the judging but I'm told
Miss R White
won a Blue Ribbon!
Yay!
I hope to get her back tomorrow.
I just hope she isn't broken.
Yes, they break my dolls at the fair...
Congratulations on the blue ribbon!!!! That's first place right? I ask because here that's second place and surely that can't be right?
ReplyDeleteWell done Miss R. White and Alice:)
Thank you very much! I've never worked out how they award the fair's ribbons. There's more than one blue ribbon for each section, a blue ribbon is better than a red, and a rosette is a 'best in show'. Other than that, I've never understood it. Just happy to get a blue ribbon!
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ReplyDeletea blue ribbon..well deserved and how utterly marvelous!!!!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
ALL YOUR DOLLS ARE SPECTACULAR AND GORGEOUS!!
I must admit, I was thrilled too! And thank you so much, that's a very sweet thing for you to say! The dolls this year were both so much fun to make and you and everyone here was so supportive. I couldn't have done it without you all!
DeleteYay! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThank you! My thoughts exactly! When I get a blue ribbon, I really feel like a show pony, and this is my equivalent of a canter around the ring.
DeleteSo glad you popped over for a visit and for your sweet comment.
ReplyDeleteI love your dolls! Congrat's!
My mother used to make dolls. I made my daughter a set (boy and girl) for Christmas when she was 2 or 3 yrs old. The only ones I ever made. They actually came out pretty good. Better than I expected.
Thank you for sharing your amazing work!
Will visit again soon.
Elizabeth
Thank you for popping over, Elizabeth and for your sweet comment! I'd love to make a doll like your vintage dresses, with the pretty, faded flowers. So sweet!
DeleteHi Rhissanna, thankyou for your sweet comment-
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful Miss R White won a blue ribbon- congratulations to you :-)
xo,Dorthe
Thank you so much Dorthe! I was really thrilled!
DeleteCongratulations on your blue ribbon. Was there any doubt?
ReplyDeleteI bet she is having so much fun at the fair that she stays a while longer.