Art and Dolls

I try as much as I can to do more dolls, but it's summer, the kids are out... and some days I have time to do my thing, some other days I am only a chauffeur driving around from summer class to summer class.
Nuff of that. Now I want to share some awesome links, from some wonderful ladies that make the cutest little baby dolls, there's too many links but I'll post little by little:

(Links deleted because they were no longer online)
Sabrina Sunshine

Stork Bundle

Bttrfly Creations

little incidents

Well, my son has kept us busy in the emergency room.
Who would've thonk a little straw, an inocent rubber band and an unsuspecting paperclip could be shot through the fingers if mixed togheter by a creative boy (did not go through the bone thank God!)
Then the weekend of 4th of July, we decided to cancel the firecrackers after our inventive boy decided to start earlier and stick one in an empty water bottle. Our ears were still ringing hours later. I'm glad we can laugh about it now!
Don't try this at home.

baby dolls and little outfits

I have a little dress to show. Not too bad huh? I made a little matching headband, and as the ruler shows, it is very small.



And this is my first baby girl doll. The first baby boy one went to live in Delawere. This little girl will go for adoption when I have more dolls to list.




This almost takes me full circle to my starting point when I decided to make 3D sculpts of my little ACEO girls.
The first face I made was so scary I did'nt even dare to take a picture of it lol
I have left my Art Cards in standing still because I so much wanted to figure out the sculpting of a tiny size, not to mention a child's face, in a tiny size.

I am so enjoying the polymer, the paperclay and all that takes to make this OOAK creations. I am not quite sure what I like best: the fairies, the babies or my original interest of making little-girl dolls.
I just wish I could work faster....

A treasure in my hands

I have been learning and messing with new things so even when I have been online (hello to all the people from the doll group!) I have not been blogging as I should.
Look at the picture, all the pretty fabric colors!



I am just so thrilled with my new fabric!
All of these are to make the baby outfits. It took me forever and a half to manage sewing in a tiny size, but I think I'm getting the hang of it.

ACEO artists and collectors, your attention please...

You love art cards? Do you collect ACEO cards?
Do i have great news for you!
OoakaArtAuctions.com is a place to list, buy and chat about One of A Kind Art, and they have a cool little FREE space for all ACEO lovers!

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All features are free, except media files, which has a fee of $5 per file

*Can you use paypal?
YES, integrated with PayPal

*Can you do relistings?
Yup, you can relist 10 times.

*What's the duration of a listing?
From 1 to 45 days!

*What about adding pictures?
You can upload max 3 free pictures / 500KB each

Other details:

- Free store option
- Ask seller a question feature
- Suggest a category feature
- Great META tags, we already show up in some search engines even the site was opened just recently
- Feedback comes from each purchase, even if the same buyer wins several auctions.

Oh - one thing is important everyone to know...

No troublemakers allowed! That means 0 tolerance for anyone who abuses the site or
is rude to other members. Very friendly and artist oriented.

So, click _HERE_ to visit and join
www.ooakartauctions.com

For all the cat lovers out there...

If you don't laugh hard at this one, you are probably sleepy.
Even if you are not a cat person! :oD

I must add, my family is trying to convince me to adopt another feline.
They are sending me kitty videos, pictures... my daughter is making cat-art...
Will I surrender? ;o)

Listing finally

So thrilled to have new listings again!
I have a little bit of here and there.
Later today I'll be uploading and listing.
Check my OLA, my Etsy and Ebay.
Yes I know... ebay again.
After all the commotion I think some of the dust is settling.
It is scary. A lot of people are going to other places which is good (Like a friend said: "you should not have all your eggs in one basket"), going to other groups, and I guess some are keeping their hopes on ebay.

There's also this new site Doll and Art Live. Looks very nice and it's all dolls.

So, here's Brontë, all finished. She is a posable polymer Art Doll.


She is a little bit of a gypsy.

Enjoying the weather

Being in California, I guess we should not complain about weather, since we don't get the frozen winter other people have, but I need to say... I'm glad it's getting warmer!! lol
I was supposed to finish a IF to post today, but somehow I did not like the result, and the painting did not agree with me, so... another friday with no illustration for me.
As you probably have noticed by now, I get pulled in different directions when it comes to art and creativity. Too often, but I can't help it.
Right now I'm working on paperclay.
Isn't she cute?




I also have started some polymer projects, and I work slow. Mostly because I keep looking at the window and admiring the flowers.
I think when I finish this little one in particular, she's going to be frolicking all over the grass. She just looks like it.

UPDATE:

She is painted, but still need hair and clothes... and shoes...!

Spring is in the air

I love it when the trees start getting all covered in colors and new leaves. The plumbs are all pink, they look so silly this time of the year, but I love it.

I have some very exciting news!
Last month the art site Art And Craft Auctions was looking for a logo and guess who won?? It was great news!
They even opened a new doll area after I suggested it!
They are wonderful and have been working very hard at it. :oD

And talking about dolls, I have been working on the outfits of my polymer dolls.
In my opinion (but I am quite partial!) they look great lol
This is the little one, only 6.5 tall:


I will post a picture of the other one soon.
And don't be shy, feel free to leave me a comment!

Insert appropriate title here

I bumped into THIS wonderful blog posting.
It's regarding the same thing we've been talking about, the crazy ebay changes, just with another point of view, even better. Or should I say scarier?

Viva Ola!
I'll put my nickle in just about any other auction/sales site that will respect me, give me back the fun of listing, and will not tie my hands when the occasional mean buyer attacks.
In my art ID I have been lucky to meet so many nice repeating buyers, but in our other ID, the one where we sell all kind of odds and ends... man, I have had a couple of bidders who'd make a Tazmanian-devil faint.
OK, 'nuff of that!

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In other news, I have been working with polymer, and loving it!
I thought I was going to have a hard time making hands and feet, so I started by working on those.... but what do you know?? By the time I tried to make a face, I woke up to reality and no other material I have tried has given me so much ... frustration? LOL
I made some weird looking heads... I messed with them till it looked more like an old asian lady instead of a cute young girl (my initial goal) So I kept making one after the other.....
I realized my problem was the eyes I had baked, and the fact that I was not setting the eye ball deeper into the head. :oP
So I have cut the ball in half and I have added more to the top of the head.
What do you think?

Here I used white clay pre-baked for the eyeballs. I curled the wire because I had nothing to hang her from to bake, so I thought the wire could be her own little stand. It worked.

This is after I painted the face and eyes

For this face I used my pre-baked and pre-painted eyes

I added the eyelashes before baking. It was hard! lol