Prototype Denver Rose

FINALLY today I will have prototype Denver Rose's art work done!

Her body is assembled so she'll just wait a couple of days for her head to meet up with her body so that the glues can dry and be aired out.  

I picked up a darling display box to add to her layette the other day.  

Whew!

I'll also be "finishing" a silicone baby for the show today with gloss.  I rooted tiny lashes into his sleeping eyes yesterday.

He has to arrive in Denver bald as I simply do not have time to root him.  I will offer him with the option of rooted hair.  

I have one more mini full-body silicone that I want to root hair onto.  I THINK I can get that one done but not the huge head on the doll I spoke of above.

Mohair processing is going well.  I wish I could twinkle my nose and get a lot more ready.  I've been working every evening on banding hair; washing, combing and dying it in the day, but it simply isn't going to be enough to offer to all of the artists at the show.

I've been assembling class packets and gathering supplies.  

I really need to start packing them as they are consuming the entire floor of my studio!

I DO feel like there is a light at the end of this tunnel and my excitement is escalating!

Hugs!

Registration is CLOSED

I feel so lucky to have 10 amazing and talented ladies joining me in my 

Make the Switch to Air Dry Paints at the ROSE show in Denver in just a couple of weeks!

We are going to have an amazing time there.  

I have much to share and am so thankful for the wonderful people who have enhanced this class with special door prizes and supplies.  

Registration for the class is now closed.

Did I mention...

I do not remember if I mentioned the fact that all four of the 

Denver Rose prototypes will be in my class at the ROSE show!

I know that if I asked, Marita would probably share the pictures of the one that arrived back to her completed, but I think I will hold out as I love surprises.

For now, I will enjoy gazing at the one I am working on.

Have a great week-ending and weekend.  

It is going to be a hot one here. 

XXOO

Rooting and mohair processing

The rooting on Denver Rose is going well~She's so adorable!!!

I won't have as much mohair as I had hoped for the ROSE show but I'll have a little.  I banded up another batch last night which I will wash today and dye tomorrow.  

This one will be AA curly black/brown!

I will be able to assemble another silicone baby that will have to arrive in Denver bald.

~sigh~

I simply do not have time to root his big head.  I will offer him as bald or with rooting option then bring him back home if his new mommy wants him with hair.

Counting the days....

Three weeks!

Excitement is building for the ~ROSE~ show! 

And I have THREE babies complete and ready to go!

Rooting of Denver Rose prototype starts today   :)

Happy Father's day to the men in your life...or to YOU if you are a father and visiting my blog.

God bless you all!

This too shall pass....

I was looking for a particular blog post to send to a gal that is working on her second doll.  

I know it had the word "Breathe" in it but I cannot find it at all.  

But through the searching I felt a bit sad as I simply have not had time to "play" (remember "Sharing my Collection Fridays??) and to do teaching video's.  ~sigh~

The move that we made at the end of October has been hard.  Anytime you move and change there are so many tasks to complete, and it seems they are just never done.  

But I do know that it will pass.  It will!

The Dolly House should be finished and all the dolls moved in certainly by I'll say....October.  

We have begun organizing our new garage so that we can move the old garage over.  

I am working on skirting the Dolly House so that I can bring my compost barrel over from the old house (it is huge and where I want to put it will be right in the way of the work I have to do to skirt).  

We have begun the groundwork for building a tack shed over at the horse pasture.  

There are a lot of beguns but one thing that I DID finish is stripping and restaining the front porch, park bench and the mail box post!

I failed to take a picture of the porch and bench before I stripped them but they were looking pretty bad. 
Here they are stripped:

It took me a long while to choose the color for the porch.  I finally settled on Australian Timber Oil in Jarrah Brown:

I really love it!

For the park bench, I selected a lighter color called Shaker Pine.  It was a "normal" stain and worked differently than the Australian Timber Oil.  I prefer working with the Timber Oil but the bench looks nice.  My husband tightened up all of the loose bolts.

We have had this bench for a very long time  :)

New porch!

I was out in the horse pasture resting over Toby's back and gazing at my handiwork when I realized WHY I liked the color of the Timber Oil that I chose....

It is nearly the color of my old geldings hair!  (You can see the mail box post in this picture.)

Cross that project off the list....

Getting there!

Turning off my phone yesterday helped SO much...mostly with my level of stress!

I think I will be turning off the chimes most days as the stress was just putting me asunder.

I won't be ignoring people, I will just have more specified times to handle what they need without a notification chime coming in every few minutes and making me think that I must stop now and handle it.  

~SHOW BABIES~

With the stress gone yesterday, I was able to get the artwork fully done on one show baby.  His body arrived yesterday afternoon and I may have time to assemble him today!

I will be able to finish rooting a micro-preemie silicone head today and quite possibly finish her artwork too!

I have washed some lovely alpaca hair for the next sweet thing to go into the rooting station.  

After that one is rooted, it leaves 2 other heads to root and I just am not sure I can get to the largest one.  I am pretty certain that I cannot so that one may have to go bald with the option of rooted hair.  

~CLASS PROGRESS~

The Class Color Guide is written, edited and ready for printing!

I have been organizing supplies as they come in/are purchased.  

I am going to have to start packing them soon as they are taking a large part of my space in the studio. 

Door prizes are being assembled and some arrived in the mail from a student who could not attend after all.  :(  

Oh, her gifts are precious and so thoughtful! 

A wonderful gift came for me as well!  

Thank you Melissa R!  

Hugs and love to you....you will be missed!

There are just NINE days left to sign up for the class

My thanks go out to Melissa George who has created wonderul promo items to promote this class and for promotion on her own pages and on Baby FX dealer pages.

You are the best Melissa!  

XXOO