It is officially summertime again, and my sweetie and I have celebrated another anniversery and we are another year older…still loving each other and our family, art and music. Still in love with the wide open Wyoming countryside after a year here. We just moved to a larger home with a bigger workspace too, and I’m loving having a window in my outdoor workspace. Can’t say as I love the mosquitos in all honesty, but they will all go away soon, and I will still be grinding my metal happily. At least, thats the plan…
We closed out our storage unit and broght home all our books and albums, and furniture I had not seen in a while. While we did take the opportunity to divest further of things we didnt love, it sure is nice to see things that remind me of other times, places and people that I do love. Like my sewing machine! My mom got that sturdy machine shortly after she got me, and a good old Singer is a workhorse indeed. I’ve made lots of clothing, curtains and dolls with it. I’m already at work making more now that I have the room to set it up and put it away right here at home. Curtains came first, dolls, costumes and puppets are on my list!
And speaking of dolls, I brought home boxes of Spirit Doll Kits in many sizes. I have dyed pre-made cotton doll bodies in 3,5 8 and 10 inch sizes, packed up with bits of dyed fabrics, sequins, beads…polymer clay faces, ceramic faces, metal faces…there are lots of parts for making dolls that delight your creative spark. Here are some pictures of the contents of a sample 3″ doll kit and two little sprites I made up using kits. I added the aluminum wings to one to turn her into a fairy–but the wings are not in the kits, Its fun to add bits and pieces. the kits are just a starting point. See more about spirit Dolls here.
