more ladies

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Two more ladies done. I’ve posted a group shot over on flickr.

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I’m rather liking this ruffle-edged suit jacket-

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And this lady below has a hat that was inspired by someone I saw when I went to pick up my husband at the subway.

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Here is what is next- babies, and random hands and legs for more lady dolls.
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And the garden… puff of fluff. Butterfly weed is in the same family as milkweed and it is obvious at this time of year.

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These chrysanthemums are the last flowers to bloom in my garden. I think they are called “Clara Curtis”.

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fall and production

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Aren’t these beautiful? I picked them up when I was walking to mail some envelopes.
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Fall- busy crafting season. I am trying to crank up my production to have inventory for the very limited venues I will be showing in this fall. I have a stack of ladies cut out, ready to put together and embellish.  The first 2 ladies-

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2 more tikis

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I’ve finished 3 tikis except I forgot to take photos of one of them before I sent it off- oops!  This one left today-

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And this one is the latest I have finished-

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Also,  I put my extra school picture atcs in my Etsy shop here.

report card envelopes

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I am making little envelopes for my School Picture artist trading cards. I’ve decided to get some use- and laughs- from my old report cards. They sure put all the school issues my kids have had into perspective. School was pretty much torture for me.

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That bottom one says- – Mimi must exert greater all around effort- attentiveness, completeness, neatness, accuracy. That was 6th grade (12 yrs old).

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This one (below) is from the year I lived in London. I love the Needlework grade- D+. But I really improved and by the end of the year I had a B-.

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envelopes-

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Facebook and other things

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I joined Facebook a while back- my husband is on it, my kids are on it… but I still haven’t figured out how to use it in my world. At this point I find it very confusing- so many applications, so few that work the way I expect! It takes me a while with these things- it was maybe a year before I realized how Flickr had expanded my art/craft online life. I am hoping that Facebook will also enlarge my community, but I haven’t found the way yet. Any thoughts?

Internet love- I found Elsita’s blog, Rebel, when she left a comment. Then I found her shop. Now I have a new little friend!

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atcs- school pictures

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I like having a theme when I do something like a group of artist trading cards.  I knew I wanted to do a group with faces.  As I started putting them together, they looked like school photos to me.  That really helped me think about them while finishing up the project.

These are for a swap next weekend with members of Boston Handmade, the etsy street team I am part of.  Fun!

stuffing, tikis, atcs

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making up a title is always a challenge.

I have decided that I should start stuffing most of my dolls with wool- the whole earth friendly, biodegradable thing. It really isn’t a price issue- polyester-$3 a pound, wool- 5.25 a pound. So I ordered up 5 pounds. I bought this wool batt from West Earl Woolen Mill.  They don’t have a web site so you have to actually call them on the telephone- eek, so old-fashioned! (717-859-2241) I say, I’d like to order some wool for doll stuffing- they know just what I want. And I got a free calendar!

Okay now everybody, this is what I want- someone to invent/manufacture so I can buy it- recycled scrap wool stuffing. Just figure out a way to take scrap wool and chop or shred it up for us to use- come on now, people!

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I’ve been working on some more tikis. They have been my carry around project for a while now, so they are going rather slowly. Here are 2 brown ones. I’ve also got a red one going.

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And today, I’ve been working on ATCs- artist trading cards. I will be doing a swap with my etsy group- Boston Handmade. I haven’t made any in more then a year. It is great fun to get back into it. I am remembering why I liked them. They are like little doodles.
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ATC- Work in progress. I’m loving how they look all together here on my ironing board.

Forest postcards

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these are all approximately 4 x 6 inches- some as big as 4 1/4 x 6 1/4.  I am looking into having some printed cards in a Cafepress store-  I spent yesterday afternoon getting very frustrated with that… I guess I am spoiled by all the user friendly sites I use- flickr and etsy are pretty understandable to me.

Two of these are spoken for already.  I will be getting these into my etsy shop in a bit, or you can email me- mimik(at)pobox(dot)com.