Monday Mornings

This morning is especially beautiful. We keep bird feeders full during the winter months. Sitting on the front porch sipping coffee, I heard a loud happy energetic trail of chirps from a nearby tree. I think the birds know it is going to be a warmer week. The feeder sits right outside the porch with several softly chirping little black and white birds playing with the seeds. Nice start to the day......

Finished up two custom reborns for Santa over the weekend... sure feels good to have completion. The best part is dressing these little personalities! Hope the receivers of the gifts love their new baby dolls!

This little girl wanted to be something different then what was ordered so she will stay with me for the doll show in Orlando and I will start over today on another one. Sometimes these baby dolls have mind of their own!

During this week I have three more to finish for Christmas deliveries. After that..... it is clay work and cleaning out the studio. There are so many ideas rolling around in my head for the clay. Can't wait to see how some of them take shape.

Weekend Sleep Over

Now whose feet do you think are those sticking up in the air between the girls???







Over the weekend, my grand daughter and her best friend, Cassie spent the night. Sandy was lovin' life and just had to be the center of attention at all times, but....... we slipped out to the studio when she was not lookin!!


We worked on Christmas ornaments following one of Carol Duvall's shows painting a winter scene on acetate and slipping it inside a clear glass ornament decorated with snow. Unfortunately, we did not take photos of the finished work because they are Christmas presents!



I gallery sat Thursday and Friday last week catching up on some of my reading and also played with watercolors... since the weather was bad people were not going out! It was my first time painting and had fun using watercolors and oil pastel crayons... it felt good to experience some spontaneous creativity. It sure gave me a better appreciation of the skill needed to do watercolor landscapes!