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Happy Thanksgiving!  

Hugs, Kelly

Snowflake

 

Another sneak peek of what's coming in the Jolly Snowtime collection in a few days!

Hugs, Kelly

Snowmen

A little peek at the snowmen that will be in the Blythe holiday sets!

Back to work for me!

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