Maddie baby

Yay! Have just heard that Maddie is settling in very well at her new home with her lovely new family! I love a happy ending...

Inky Pinky Poppet nz

I have a new business name and a shpankin' new card to go with it. I hope by putting up this post people can find this blog with poppet pics, until i can sort out some kind of real online presence. Meet my new custom made Frida, complete with coat and change of clothes... she is almost ready to go to her new home, exciting!

Dolly update

Alice in Rabbit-guise, the beginning

and now becomes a head and torso.

Beatrice's head.

More babies...

Dolly poppet babies

With every spare minute spent making my babies - human and cloth - i am not sure how i will manage blogging again, but i really want to participate in this wonderful event so. THUS MARKS THE DAY I RE-COMMIT TO SAID BLOG. Where to start? I guess i will post some dolls...

In the past my dolls have always been much more "art"; it is only recently i have started to make dolly's for kiddies. I will have to dig out some of my exhibition images. Oh how i miss those strange and wondrous days of strange and wonderful creatures and creations...

doll love

Presenting my new improved babies. She is more Steiner "inspired" now as i have put my own personal inerpretation on tradition. I am much happier with this design and have had good feedback so far, so i might make a few more and see if they sell...

Name: Adelina

Size: 30cm/ 12inch

Clothing: Halter ruffle dress and princess hat, non-removable

Stuffing: organic carded sheep fleece

The Goldfish Moon

Oh my goodness just realised it is almost 2 months since my last post! This is because i have devoted my every spare minute since then to finishing a book in time to sell at Sonny's school fair, so here is a preview:

I have just this minute sent of the final draft to the publisher, so all is underway. My only regret is that i havn't managed to save more to get more printed, it will be a small stall...

A present...

for Miffy and the gorgeous Rueben. I think they are coming to visit tommorrow? I do hope so, i so want to meet the little one. Ooooh little boys are so lovely, lovely lovely little babies. I can't wait! Havn't seen Miffy in an age, except by Facebook imagery and thats useful but hardly counted...

So here it is, my second attempt at water-colour surrealism...

I found Sheree's comment on previous post most useful, thank you my love. If you happen to read this Sheshe, for some reason i cant comment on your blog?! Most annoying, i really wanted to tell you thanks for the hints and that i wait in trepidation for your most glorious exhibition, i love what i see and i see what i love... I found these frames at Kmart, $14 a pop complete with matte board! I'm going back tommorrow to clean out their stock.

The Crafty Pukeko

The cute little steiner shop at sonny's school is lookin for an image of a pukeko to use on a new business card. I have been volunteering on wednesday afternoons for the last two terms and finally made it to a "shop meeting" last week, so was privvy to discussions of searching for said image of said bird. I have been having a play with a set of watercolour paints and have hated all attempts. I have always used oils, being somewhat of a painting snob, and am finding watercolours frustrating to the max... but tonight i have had a breakthrough. YES the key, as i have found, is to use much thinner VEILS of colour, and build up vividness in that way...