Look! Look what I got! Thank you, Mary!

See this gorgeous little bag?

See the painted wooden button, 

and the fabric with the natty black cats on a

sky-blue doily background?

 How about the flipside, with three square buttons?

Really sweet, yes?

And the cute ribbon pull on the zip,

with an even cuter striped button 

on the end.

This lovely little thing was sent to me

(over the sea)

 by Mary, of

Patricia's Fabric Art.

Thank you so much, Mary!

I was thrilled to get this, 

it's a lovely little bag 

and I'm going to use it as 

a sweet little evening bag this summer.

Mary is a doll maker and, 

as her blog title suggests,

creative in all kinds of fabric art.

She makes lovely BJD's

(Ball jointed doll)

(I've not had the nerve to try one of these.)

Mary's are gorgeous, with long elegant limbs 

and graceful poses.

 with sweet faces and lovely clothes.

 Mary paints, too.

 Lovely, pensive images

with the recurring themes of 

women and wild flowers and birds.

 Pop on over and have a look.

Earth Day

 Me, Bessie (she's the cute one) and some earth.

This is an unphotoshopped image, 

taken on organically grown grass

(The dog helps)

lit by natural sunlight.

Even if we only

do one little thing today

that's green 

that's something.

I'm planting a wee little lemon tree

grown from a lemon pip

using the baby-sitting method.

It won't grow any lemons, probably, 

but it will be green and pretty.

This And That

A flurry of work on the Steampunk Study hasn't left me with much time to pop in here. 

However, I am making progress with Ms Leopard. 

I'm not sure about the bright red hair, but I've drawn a face I like.

I hope this translates well to paint.

The  doll faces I paint are never like the ones I draw.

I'm also working on a commission,

to restore a 1930's lamp.

She must have been very beautiful, when new.

Have a lovely day.

Papillon Bleu and the Birthday Party Giveaway

I've just found the most wonderful and fun doll blog. 

It's sweet and friendly and joyous 

and puts my stodgy offering to shame.

See? You're all invited!

Papillon Blue, a doll maker (lovely dolls, too)

is having a giveaway for Aliénore.

Pop on over and see what's going on 

and join the giveaway.

It's here!

 

Bessie Says...

Another Egg

Quack, Permanent marker on blown egg

WIP What's new, Pussycat?

I actually started this doll a while ago.

 Four years or more.

 I found some animal print cloth,
with a warm brushed cotton finish

and made a body and tail. 

but I was never happy with the face.

I'd moulded a leather head and painted it,

 but none of the faces I painted looked right, 

so I put the body away.

However, today I had all kinds of things to do.

The washing machine has stopped working.

 It fills, but won't drain or spin,

so every load I wash has to be wrung out by hand

 and  the machine emptied by bucket.

Really boring stuff.

I decided to cheer myself up and dug out some paperclay.

Miss Kitty's more feline features are the result.

The eyes look a bit odd but 

I'm happy with the general shape of the nose and muzzle 

Tomorrow, there will be more drudgery 

with the washing machine.

Boo!

Between loads,
I hope to finish the paperclay on the face, ready to start painting.
Then, I hope, she might look a little less masculine.


Behind her is a basket of bunnies.
Every day there are more bunnies in there.
I'm not sure how...

I always envisioned her as a circus performer, in a tutu and spangles.