Month: July 2008

  • prep work and zuchinni loaf…

    This was our first Monday work day together for me and John. Usually when he makes heads its at night, after dinner while watching something on the Discovery Channel *.  Our dream, sorry to be repetitive, is to be able to make this what supports our family financially. Anyhow, today we took another small step…

  • Details and Matching Outfits!

    I remember being a little one and being just fascinated with a button on a pink sweater that my Nonna had knit up for me. It was round and looked like a candy. I loved looking at that button and would spend hours just playing with it in my fingers. I remember lots of little…

  • Heads, New Doll and more Tour de France Ramblings

    There’s been a lot going on in the doll making world about heads lately. It started with Berrie and her fantastic head tutorial then I’ve noticed other dollmakers talking about their heads. Anyhow, I just wanted to share a little trick I use to avoid what I call ‘ghost neck’. You can see a perfect…

  • oh deer

    You may know about my ongoing ‘thing’ with our neighbourhood deer, it’s a love hate relationship between us..kind of like what I think Madonna and Guy are like. A few weeks back some deer jumped the veggie fence and ,well, you can see by the photo where the dirt patches are- they basically had a…

  • Inspiration

    I haven’t had a good trip to a fabric store for quite some time. I have a huge stockpile of fabrics That I usually pull from. Reggie usually makes most of my clothing, so often I’ll just buy a bunch of stuff from Superbuzzy and then have it shipped directly to her. Yesterday I was…

  • New Tunes

    John and I used to be huge music nuts. We would go out every weekend and check out new bands back in the ‘day’ before the little ones and the move to the Island. We had so much fun back then.. sniff, sniff (just joking! I have fun now too- it’s just different- you know…