{"id":4951,"date":"2011-12-31T19:51:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T00:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=4951"},"modified":"2011-12-31T19:51:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T00:51:46","slug":"2011-review-dolls-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/12\/2011-review-dolls-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 review- dolls of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This has been a very busy year for me. I said yes to several projects that have stretched me in new ways. As the year is coming to an end, I am contemplating the paths I want to keep following and the ones that probably aren&#8217;t working for me. The year, now that I am looking back, seemed a little less creative. I feel as if I let outside forces direct me instead of following my own creative compass. I need to get back on track with that.<\/p>\n<p>This is my round-up of projects I posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mimik\/\">flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-tiny-world.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4952\" title=\"2011 tiny world\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-tiny-world-e1325368944867.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>21 Tiny Worlds and I taught one workshop last spring. My big challenge with these is finding good tea cups.<\/p>\n<p>16 foxes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-foxes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4954\" title=\"2011- foxes\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-foxes-e1325369004344.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>13 owls plus I made the pattern <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/02\/night-friend-owl-pattern\/\">last February<\/a>. And 3 babies and 1 bird lady.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-owls-babies-lady.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4955\" title=\"2011- owls, babies, lady\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-owls-babies-lady-e1325369058680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>14 Tattooed ladies and 3 girls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-ladies.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4956\" title=\"2011- ladies\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-ladies-e1325369340513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And 27 handsome men- 4 lumberjacks, 2 Staffordshire inspired fellows and 21 tattooed men.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-men.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4957\" title=\"2011- men\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-men-e1325369429689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And all the rest- 7 kitties, 19 fish, 3 tikis and 4 dogs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-all-the-rest.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4958\" title=\"2011- all the rest\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-all-the-rest-e1325369486596.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"562\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That adds up to 110 dolls plus the 21 Tiny Worlds.<\/p>\n<p>And there are the things I made or worked on that didn&#8217;t get posted. Last February and March I worked on some patterns that will be included in a book that is coming out in June 2012. It is not a secret anymore because it is now available for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1454702494\/ref=s9_wishx_gw_g14_ir01?ie=UTF8&amp;coliid=I11CXJ2X2PEN1F&amp;colid=2V71MQ47JYJZB&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-7&amp;pf_rd_r=1Q74K2CPGBT6WXMF2FF0&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=470938451&amp;pf_rd_i=507846\">pre-order on Amazon<\/a>. You can see at least one of the dolls because he is on the cover!<\/p>\n<p>I will be back tomorrow (maybe) for some more reflections and hopes!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has been a very busy year for me. I said yes to several projects that have stretched me in new ways. As the year is coming to an end, I am contemplating the paths I want to keep following &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/12\/2011-review-dolls-of-the-year\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,7,12],"tags":[316,238],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4951"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4960,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4951\/revisions\/4960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}