SURPRISE!

I AM still HERE!

It has been almost 2 years since I have posted here.  

I am FINE....healthy and happy~I've just had a lot of overwhelming situations that made it hard to focus on any one thing in particular.  

My mind has been scattered as we went through the PLANdemic and all that it entailed, the loss of my Mother, the loss of my Father in Law, the loss of business due to the economy plus the loss of the Artfire Shop where I consistently sold mohair, color guides and DVD's, the shutting down of the website for They Never Grow Up Nursery that I had for 18 years (due to finances), the loss of property for my horses then the gain of property for my horses (and donkey), building fences, taking down fences, moving fences, finding hay in a drought, financing hay that more than doubled in prices (I REFUSE to give up on my horses (and donkey) and sell them!) and oh my.  I am probably missing a whole lot of things.  Oh...a lawsuit filed against me for a statement I made against action taken by our City Council to eliminate our city ran ambulance service...yes, LOTS going on!  

But the Lord has carried me through it all, with grace and love.

I am still working exclusively with Lilianne Breedveld on her incredible full body silicone dolls.

Due to the poor sales in the industry (and countless fraudsters out there) you can say that I am semi-retired in this industry.   I manage the rest of life while I wait for the next silicone prototype from Lilianne.  

The one above was the last one, sweet Fender.  He is sold.  The next one is due in about 8 weeks.  

Her name is Zinzie, and this is the clay sculpt.

So know that I AM still HERE...for over 19 years as of February and I am HERE for YOU.

Let me know if you need anything 💗

PNW BJD Expo!

 I should have posted about this a long time ago but obviously I am struggling to keep up with life, "work" and the blog!

But...I am happy and healthy so all is well.

The Pacific Northwest Ball Jointed Expo has moved from Seattle, Washington to Portland, Oregon and for the first time ever, I am going!  

I've not been to a ball jointed doll show so this will be an amazing experience.  

HERE is the show information and it starts tomorrow, Friday May 20, 2022 with a desert get-together.  

I haven't shared my doll collection for a while but I have been collecting ball jointed dolls.  They are as much fun to me as all of my other dolls.  When I climbed the ladder to where most of mine live on top of storage shelves in my work studio, I asked, "who wants to go?"  Ted E Bear gave a very prominent 

"MEEEEEEE!!!!!"

How could I resist that face???  

So he is packed along with one of each size of my "kids" so that I can be sure that clothing, shoes and accessories fit.  This is going to be so much fun!

My beautiful friend, Kathy Arnold made an amazing bag as a gift to me that protects ball jointed dolls during transport.  I will feel like a queen taking that gorgeous bag onto the show room floor!  I expect to see her there and can't wait to hug her neck!  

Have a wonderful weekend!

XXOO

Mohair, color guides and DVD's all on my website now

I will be selling my mohair, color guides and DVD sets through my website.  

~VISIT MY WEBSITE HERE~

Let me know if you have any struggles there!

XXOO

Artfire is no more~Mohair selling site gone!

 I had a customer inquire on mohair 2 weeks ago.  

I went to my Artfire selling site so get the link for the mohair I have on hand and Artfire was shut down!

Apparently the owners have moved onto other endeavors.

So, I need some time to get myself organized and get my mohair listed on my website until I find another site that will work well for selling.

In the meantime, if you need mohair, I will work with you on a personal basis to share what I have in stock.

Email me at tngun05@gmail.com

New blank baby in the studio!

 I had an interesting beginning to my new year as I had a hard fender-bender with a semi truck.  

I am fine and my mother, who was with me, is fine too.  

She went into a rehab facility where they tended to her bruises and I began some massage body work therapy this week.  I feel SO much better so I am ready to get back to work.

I have been working off and on rooting a head that has been painted for a while.  I hope to get him finished and offered before I start paint on this sweet little girl and the Charlotte prototype FBS by Lilianne Breedveld near the end of next week.

This is blank Cookie, sculpted and poured by Elsie Rodriguez.

Her face is so irresistible!

She IS available to reserve!  

XXOO

 We pray you had a glorious Christmas and wish you great blessings in the New Year!

XXOO

Tiny babies available for Christmas!

 These two sweet micro-preemie full body babies are available for Christmas!

Tobin:

And Prototype Xiao Mei:

~SEE THEM IN FULL HERE~

And feel free to ask any questions!

XXOO