Calender Doll Challenge ~ September 2008

This little pin/doll is for the  challenge on  Beaded Art Dolls Group of a doll a month for one year.

She is my September offering.  I call her "Falling Leaves", also known as Amber :-)

She is beaded with the lush colors of fall, bronzy golds, browns, green and her face and the leaves are of brass.

She has a pin back with a bale, so I will be making a beaded chain so she can be worn as a pin or necklace.

Thank you, my friends......

Saturday I went to my bead group meeting after a long absence. To my great surprise and delight, Toni, one of the beaders had made little doll bodies for the other members of the group and brought them to a meeting for the gals to finish as friendship/brighten your day gifts for me -- I just can't get over how sweet these ladies are -- and I will cherish the little dolls forever. After so many months of being a care giver it was such a boost to be given these little gifts and I thank you once again. You are the greatest.

And the winner is...........

The winner of the the pin/doll (left) is:

Arline

( abeadlady )

I  hope you will enjoy her.

Thank you all for all for participating.

Give-Away Thank You

OK, here it is.  

In honor of the 25,000+  visitors and 200+ posts to this blog, I will be giving away one of the little dolls/pins pictured.  Each doll is assigned a number and DH or DGS will draw the number for the doll to be given away.  Then the name to whom it will be going will be drawn.  All you need to do is comment on THIS  post -- and have a blog or some way that I can contact you if you are the winner.  Now, how easy can this get?

That's all there is to it --- comment on this post and on August 15th the name will be drawn.

I hope whoever  is the winner of the little doll/pin will enjoy her -- these little dolls have give me much inner peace these last weeks and I hope she will bring to you some of the same.

Thank you all for your support and positive thoughts these past weeks --- I wish I could make a "thank you" gift for each of you -- you have all been super.

Give-Away will be posted later today

Sometime later today I will post details of a give-away I will be doing.  Please check back.

My blog has reached over 25,000 visitors and I have posted over 200 entries -- neither of which seems possible.  I thought I'd have the photo of the "Give-Away" ready to post when the visitors hit 25,000 but I still have to take the photo --- it WILL be posted later today

WOW ~ What A Way to Start The Day

Ny niece let me know of a garage sale with lots of craft items including beads.
Needless to say I dashed over there -- and the photos show the treasures.
Lots of very nice beads -- and I also got a bunch of sequins -- every so often I want to use them and hate to spend for a full bag when I only need one or two --- well, today I didn't mind --- all these lovely and different sequins cost me less than one small package. All in all it was a fun morning.

2 Finished 2 in Progress

Top two are finished (I think LOL) the lower two are in progress.

Four More Little Bodies

Four more bodies I made up Saturday evening -- all ready for finishing.

Fun Little Dolls/Pins to Make

Another Gift

Well, needed another gift for Friday -- so tonight I made up this little doll/pin.

She too has lavender filling --- these little dolls/pins are such fun to do.

(Click on photo to super enlarge)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2008

Added 2 new little doll/pins.

Friends Forever

Will be meeting with a dear friend tomorrow and wanted to make a little something to give to her. I only get to see her once or twice a year and I want her to have something to help keep me close in her thoughts while we are apart.

The sweet "Inner Child" dolls came to mind. This little one is, like Pat Winter's original inner child dolls, stuffed with lavender and smells wonderful. I did add a pin back to her as she is quite small and can easily be worn as a pin if my friend would like to.

Just thought I'd share her with you.

Pollyanna and her little blue pool

Life has been so crazy lately that today was the first time I had a chance to put Polly's little blue pool out.

What a great time she has playing in the water.

Thought you might enjoy a couple photos of her. Munchkin, the Pug, stays as far from water as she can LOL.

Idle Time Doll #3

Here is the third "Idle Time" doll I finished 

while DH was in the hospital.

Had to put these together with the small box 

of beads I had with me.

They are simple, fun, and keep mind and hands busy.

Another "Idle Time" Doll

Here's another little doll I did while spending time with DH at the hospital. He does a lot of sleeping, so I have beading time.  I am so grateful for beading -- it has made the idle stressful hours fly by.  This isn't a very good photo, but will have to do for now. Thanks to Pat Winter for the darling faces :-)  

I have one more "Idle Time" doll finished and will try to get a photo soon.  And I was able to complete my September piece for the Bead Journal Project for 2008.  I can't show it yet -- but I had such a peaceful time beading "her" -- and look forward to the BJP 2008.

Idle Time Doll

Sitting with DH watching the Cubs beat St. Louis and put together this little doll.  She has lavender inside but also batting -- I love lavender and use it when I can.

Time marches on.....

It has been some time since my last post -- but had to share this photo with you.

Look what came to brighten my days.

This beautiful male cardinal comes each day to check the grape vine in hopes the grapes are  ready for his dinner.  He is so beautiful -- and it boosts the spirits just to see him.

A Quick Post.....

Life has been taking the bumpy road lately, but to help level things, I did get in a bit of beading today.
I am amazed at how soothing even the simplest of beading is.These are four little prayer / meditation beaded pieces I did this afternoon. If you don't have these books, you might be interested in requesting them from your library: Bead one, Pray Too by Kimberly Winston. or A String and a Prayer by Eleanor Wiley.

Thank you all for your emails and caring thoughts. Please keep my DH in your thoughts and prayers --- I would really appreciate it. I will post more when I know more for sure. In the meantime, thanks again. You are all very special.

Be Back Soon.......

I just recently had minor surgery -- and though it was minor, I will be mostly out of commission for the rest of this week.  I'm looking forward to beading lots more in the very near future. See you soon.

Fiber & Textile Art Award

ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair is pleased to announce that we will be giving out the first Fiber & Textile Art Award this year at the fair!

The award will be $2,000 to be used for tuition for an undergraduate or graduate degree program in Fiber Arts or Textile Arts.  This award is being administered by the Northwest Area Arts Council, a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. NAAC administers other scholarships as well.  It is made possible by a generous donation from Toni Neil of The Fold.

 

Here is the challenge:  We have only until June 30^th 2008 to find candidates for the award!  WE NEED YOUR HELP!  Will you please tell EVERYONE you know about this award?  Post it at your places of employment, put it in your newsletters, blogs, forums, lists, tell your church organizations, guilds, clubs, golf buddies, etc, etc and even possibly email it to your friends?  Then ask all of them to do the same?  You never know where you will find a fiber arts fanatic! 

 

Complete information and the application can be found on the web site at www.FiberAndFolk.com …(If it doesn’t show as the first item on the home page, hit your refresh button).

 

Thanks and plan to come and see the first one given away on Sunday, July 20^th!    

 

See you at the fair! (46 days and counting)!

A bit of beading.....

Didn't get much beading done

last night --- but it's a start.

Hope to do more tonight.