He has famous landmark buildings in the USA- the Empire State building on his chest.
He better not chop down my plant!
And a Lumberjack
What A Week!
The last week has been very exciting. I haven’t sat down at my desk until today!
We closed on our soon-to-be new home:
That’s the lobby :-) Our kids all had to come see. We had a little celebrating:
We sat out in the garden and admired the view. Yep, that is where we will be!
Now it is figuring out contractors, doing paperwork, picking colors, etc., etc., etc. There will be loads of mirrors to remove and floors to uncover. But, we are so excited! Putting our lives back together has begun!
A Classic Big Man
In my bin of mostly-finished man dolls, I have a few classics.
Here is a closer look at his toile.
An antique button-
And hanging out in the garden.
And Another Silver Fox Merman
His hair fabric goes with his tail fabric!
He has some little “jewels” at his waist.
Lots of happy skeletons!
Here is a close-up of his hair-
Silver Fox/Fish(?) Merman 😆
I don’t think silver fish is a good name for this handsome fellow!
His tail is beautifully silver metallic.
An antique button.
Top knots-
And hanging on the wall-
Dark Blue Merman
Before I packed up my studio last winter, I sewed up a number of things/dolls so that I could easily get back to work… well, I wouldn’t say easily, but it has been doable and I am thanking my past self. Mostly I can work on the men dolls, never a bad thing!
I gave him a fancy antique button.
Merman Number 2
Oh those gorgeous tattoos!
Beautiful hair :-)
I wish the pops of metallic ink on the tail fabric would show up better in the photos. The tentacles have silver dots and those are gold details too.
The ladies!
Fire Hot Merman
Look at me! I’m making some new things! It is still going slowly and will continue like that for a while because we will be closing on a new home soon and then there is all of that to deal with.
This is a Fire Merman- what?? you say?! I’ve read about places in the ocean called hydrothermal vents. They are underwater volcanically active areas and all kind of strange creature live near them. This fine fellow fits right in.
I wanted to make his hair look like flames.
He has an antique glass button, black with some gold “waves”.
A close-up of the back of his hair-
And hanging out in the backyard…
And the last 2 Tiny Worlds (for now)
There is something so special about these 2 handled cups. They look just a little bit fancier than and other cups.
Lastly, a very bright fairy house and garden in a cup with delicate gold filigree designs.
All Listed now! I am going to try to get all these Tiny Worlds into my Etsy shop early this week. I will edit this post when I get that done.
2 More Tiny Worlds
I’ve had a very busy birthday week- now that I’m in Chicago, I can celebrate with my kids which is awesome. I went and saw Barbie with my daughter. It was a delight.
The latest Tiny Worlds-
According to the name of this china pattern, this is a wood anemone. When I google that, I saw mostly white flowers but who am I to question the bottom of a teacup!
And another Blue Willow cup. I love these classic patterns!
