Blueberry Sprite

I made several modifications to the pattern for this doll. I gave her a large nose and made the hat much taller.I changed the neckline, made the arms the same color as the shirt instead of the legs. I also made larger hands. After making the hands 6 times and having blowouts and tears in the fabric, I decided to make them the larger size that I use on my other dolls. Here is a picture of the first doll that I made using the May Pixie pattern for comparison.

You can't even see the hat in this picture. The embroidery on this doll, who I named Autumn, is from a dress bodice. I used other parts of the dress for the Blueberry Sprite's hands and face. It has a soft suede feel to it. 

These pictures are of Elfwind. She was the second doll I made. I love her to pieces. She is long and lanky and dare I say sexy. She was made from a green skirt in the same micro suede fabric, but she wasn't as difficult to make. Her long hair is braided wooly yarn.

A free month from Artfire

Artfire is a great online comunity of Crafters and Artisans. You can get a totally free acount and by totally free I mean no fees to sign up, no fees to list, no fees on sales. Sweet! Yea? You bet it is! I did that to start and then I made my account pro for a small monthly fee. I get first billing in search engines. I can see where my customers are comming from. I even have a kiosk on facebook. That means people on facebook can buy from my store directly from facebook and never have to go anywhere else! What could be better than that. Check it out and if you use my link Iand sign up for a pro account, I get a free month and you get your 3rd month free.  http://www.artfire.com/users/MyEclecticHeart/sell-crafts

Have faith

I am trying to fix my blog up. I keep seing other peoples blogs that look so great and I look back at mine and it just isn't workin for me. Sigh. So I am going to try and start over with a clean slate and see if I can get it looking better. Stay tuned....

It has been a rough winter

This picture was taken way back in October and I just yesterday unloaded all of my pictures from my camera. Sigh. It's a long story, but lets just say it involves several trips to the hospital. Not for me, for my roomate. Christmas prep. Helping my friend open her store. I got to use my Cricut a lot making vinyl signs. I think it has finally paid for itself. I should have taken pictures, but my camera was full. LOL.

Artfire-Going Pro

My Artfire Shop will be going pro starting Oct. 1. I am excited as it will give me more opportunities to have my work seen and hopefully purchased. I decided since they were running a special on the Pro fees, that I would jump in and see how I do. I will need to do allot of reading for awhile to figure out all that is included in this upgrade. I have enjoyed using the site for free for quite awhile and have had a few sales, but nothing grand....of course, it would help if I wasn't a business slug. It is true! I hate the whole sales thing and would rather spend my time playing with my art supplies. I don't like that W word (work). I have friends who say I should sell my work, and indeed I would, if perhaps one of them would do the evil work part of it. Ok, so, that just isn't going to happen, and I may have to get off of Facebook games long enough to get things going. Really???? I have been cutting back. I have, honestly. I don't really like reading either, so it may take me more time to figure out all the upgrades.