Ariadne & Aspen

I have been working very hard lately.  Lots of fun new things and I redid my website.  This is a pic of a squirrel custom order I did for a friend!

Have a lovely weekend!

Hugs, Kelly

Chyna

Chyna is my 6th girl.  I am starting to get where I feel comfortable customizing them.  Now to develop my look!  She is available in my etsy shop.  Link is in the side bar!

Hugs, Kelly

Pyre

I always want things to be perfect.  Life isn't perfect.  Neither is art.  I have offered up my first girl for adoption.  She is #4 and she was a bit of a problem child.  She isn't perfect.  She is unique and available for a good price due to her imperfections.

You can visit her on my website at www.blondheart.com

Hugs, Kelly

Mariposa

I'm feeling sad this morning. I finished Mariposa and I was feeling pretty happy with her. She was going to be my first girl released into the wild. I put her back together, and was testing things. Her eye mech wasn't working and I realized why. I could turn her eyes by hand but the pull strings weren't working. I had done one very small thing wrong. So I thought I would just take her back apart and fix it. The screw near the scalp was stripped. I tried everything I could find online to get it out. It wouldn't budge...then I cracked the tiny bit above it trying to get it out. I don't think there is much to be done at this point. Sigh~

Hugs, Kelly

~*~ Ariadne ~*~

I finally managed to get out the camera and take a nice pic of Ariadne all done!  She is going to be offered for adoption after Christmas.  It will be hard to let my little girl go, but she wants to go out into the world and find adventure.  It's hard to blame her for that!

I have just started working on a new girl...who will she be?  I don't know she hasn't told me yet!   There is also going to be a new Blythe sized bear (hopefully) in the next few days.  Afterall a girl needs a teddy bear as a pal right?

Stay tuned!

Have a wonderful Thursday!

Hugs, Kelly

Ariadne

Dear sweet R bought me some new tools and the urge to start this next girl is great.  But I must be good and finish my decorating and laundry and all those things that have to taken care of.  It's so hard to be good when you have new toys!

I hope you're having a delightful weekend!

Hugs, Kelly

Journey

Journey is complete!  I had such fun creating her.  Another new girl will be in the works soon!

“I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.”

― Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy

Hugs, Kelly

Fait Accompli!

Don't be too hard on me now since she is my first one, but she is done!

This was a difficult process and despite a ton of really good tutorials I made mistakes.  I guess that is part of the learning process.  Making her was quite an adventure.

It certainly makes you appreciate the people who are truly talented at this.

And now...on to finishing my Christmas collection!

Have a lovely day!

Hugs, Kelly

Carved And Ready!

Good morning!  We are going to have rain and/or snow today.  It's a good day to stay in and work!

I spent most of yesterday carving Lucky Girl's face.  I didn't go as deep as many people.  Since this is my first one I am taking a light handed approach to it.  I am not comfortable with the process yet and I'm afraid of ruining her.  It's very similar to my first time using mohair for a bear all those years ago.  Now...I will do pretty much anything to mohair without worry but back then I was very careful.

As promised I will tell you exactly what I have done and used.  I carved her face with an exacto knife, I used the blade that has the straight across edge.  The squareness of it was daunting at first because my brain thought the pointy edge would be better, but in the long run it wasn't.

I used 600 grit sandpaper to sand her carvings down, then I went back over it with 1000 grit to give her a satiny smooth finish.  I have sprayed on a base coat of MSC and I am ready to do the painting.  

I did get some wonderful inspiration just in time yesterday!  I had ordered the two "Little Mischiefs" books from Dolly Treasures  If you have not seen these books, they are so wonderful and filled with lovely Blythe dolls getting into all sorts of mischief!  You will be enchanted, I promise!

I also took time out to go to a movie since R is out of town.  I went to see "Arrival."  I enjoyed the movie, it was quite cerebral for an alien flick, but it was good.  I was torn between that and "Inferno" which I still want to see.  

I am off to *nervously* start painting Lucky Girl's face...wish me luck!

Hugs, Kelly

Coming Apart At The Seams

I have managed to take Lucky Girl apart this morning.  I won't lie I was sort of terrified.  I watched a video of someone's first time and she struggled so hard I was really scared.  But for once Lucky decided to cooperate.  She hasn't been too cooperative on quite a few things so far.  But thankfully she came apart easily.  You can see Meesa came to offer her moral support to us both!

Now we begin the scary part!  Sanding and then carving...but first I need to work on the "Jolly Snowtime" collection since I know a lot of people are waiting on that!

I will keep posted on my progress!

Have a beautiful day!

Hugs, Kelly

First Changes To Lucky Girl

I have made my first few changes to my girl here.  I watched the tutorials on changing eye chips.  They make it look so easy.  I have to tell you it's not as easy as it looks.  I used the glue stick method and one eye took 3 tries and one took 5 tries.  I did finally get them out, and gave her some new ones.  I think they are certainly much prettier than the ones that come with her.  She needs two more pair but they are on the way from Brazil, so we have to be patient!

I also did not care for that skin toned plastic ring on her pull string so I changed that as well.  I dyed the existing string a khaki color and added a howlite bead and a little charm that says "faith."  I thought that was appropriate since this process is going to require a lot of faith in myself to get it done.

Next up I am going to make her an undergarment for modesty sake and fuss with her hair a bit.  But first a bunny needs a vest!

I will keep you updated on my progress!

Hugs, Kelly