Problems problems problems!

I had to re post my angel doll "Hope" posting! Silly me I tried to add Ad Sense and lost it....a bit of an oxymoron dontcha think?....Anyway it's back......But things are still out of order....that'll teach me.... and the comments were lost, just didn't know what else to do so I guess this is how it will stay. DUH! I did not lose the post ...they got archived..... !!!!!! Well at least she'll stay up front and center as a reminder!!!!

On a lighter note, I had my hair high lighted by my sweet niece Tina, HEY TINA !!!, who is a bride to be.

I wasn't too sure about the color but my dh Bill said it made me look younger.....HAHAHA...on the other hand my ds Walker said it made me look older....? go figure!

I told y'all earlier about my membership into the awesomely wonderful " The Humble Arts " group http://www.thehumblearts.com/, well these are the dolls I hope to sell there. I say hope cause people have to like them to buy them otherwise they just sit there....waiting to be adopted... they should be up for the beginning of Oct. The top doll is my pumpkin lady, her photo is not very good, as I said I do need photography lessons, she is about 25'' tall and the other one is my Jolly Jumping-Jack , now his photo is much better, he is about 18'' tall, they both look much better in person ! I'm not having any luck posting so I better go do something else. They were supposed to go below....as you can see they didn't.

Blessings,Flora

re post of "Ava Grace "

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Angel Hope doll



Hello, i guess this is a good time to begin this blog. I have been busy creating and this is the latest, of my creations....let me introduce you all to my angel "Hope'',she was created, due to the birth, of very special baby named ''Ava Grace'', who was born with pfeiffer syndrome, I was honoured to be allowed to be a part of this wonderful group of artist who are all donating time and talent to help defray hospital expenses for her and her family. This is her site ,please click on it to find out more about it http://www.avagraceangelsunaware.com/the silent auction will go from September 16th-22nd. I hope you all will see what a worthy cause this is and bid generously.Now I would like to tell you a little about my " Hope", she is an airdry, paperclay and osnaburg fabric doll , all handmade from my own designs with found objects, vintage fabric and lace, which was used to embellish her sweetheart neckline. I have used acrylic paints in soft muted tones to color her face, then she was given a light blushing of powdered mica. I also used mica flakes on her ''wings'', which are secured with silver colored cord high on her waist.Hope has individual fingers except for the middle two, with light pink finger and toenails, I have applied a spray sealer to protect her. Her eyes are also paperclay, painted with metallic acrylics and sealed with a dimensional medium. Around her neck she wears a silver colored metal heart shaped pendant with a starburst design in the center on a silver colored metal chain with a clasp.My angel at 23-1/4 inches tall, is made to be a shelf sitter, she does that with just a little back support or she can be displayed on a doll stand, she is not a childs toy and should not be treated as such.She was a challenge to make but I think she was worth it, she really is a sweetie and I hope she finds a good home.Blessings, Flora
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Full swing

The silent auction is in full swing and there is one doll already up to 1500.00 +...WOW!!!!
Someone was very generous! It's all good, Ava Grace is a deserving child, I only hope there are more " generous" people out there keeping an eye on the auction and bidding with their hearts. The beauty of giving with your heart is that it somehow always seems to come back twofold, before you even realize it...it happens.
I was looking at all the lovely items in the auction and I was a little taken aback when I came to mine, I really need to get some photography lessons, or learn some photoshop techniques. That way if I screw up a photo I can at least manipulate it enough to make it look a little "artsy", everyone elses photos are fantabulous .....and then there's mine.. and I was so proud, I thought i was finally getting the hang of this
picture taking.....LOL!
Blessings,Flora

Membership

I'm so very excited, I didn't want to say anything till I was absolutely sure now I am!!!
I am now officially a member of a fabulous doll group called "The Humble Arts" http://www.thehumblearts.com/ Blondie is such a sweet person and the BOSS, y'all should go visit and take a peek at all the lovely handmade items they have to sell! Tell her I said HEY..ok?
Just look at the beautiful banner Greenie, also a member and very talented too, made for me!...I hope I can display it here...oh darn....I shall soon find out won't I, but in the mean time I'll enjoy it. I'll post the dolls I hope to sell there soon, one is a pumpkin lady and the other is a jol, gotta go! Hey, don't forget about my auctions either, the one for baby AVA GRACE and my BONEY SKELLYTON on ebay, both
links are in a few post down below.
Blessings,Flora

Boney Skellyton

I finally did it! ( well my husband and I did ) we put up one of my dolls for auction. Introducing ..." Boney Skellyton" , He sure was in a hurry to be made, because from concept to creation it took me all Monday and half of Tuesday to get him done...good thing too cause I didn't have much time left to list him. I made him for my HYR group theme which is"skulls". If you scroll down to below the photo, you can click on the link to go directly to the auction and........BID!!!!! or just look.

He really is quite handsome ... in a strange sort of way and I'm sure he would look even better at Halloween, when he's on display. It would be just horrible if he couldn't find a good home by then.....

Blessings,Flora

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250165142511&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DSelling

Before and after

Below are the before photos of Hope, the one above is of her eyes being "cured". I know, I know, I was a little scared when i first saw them too, but i crossed my fingers and hoped for the best, what else could I do? They get crystal clear after the curing.
Flora

Before and After

About Blog Title

It might have been a good idea for me to have explained my blog title before I did anything else , anyone looking at it might also think "what a bone head name!"...lol... I don't mind saying that at times my ideas are a bit ''bone headed'' too, but that's not why I chose the name. The real reason is that my son , who was around 3 at the time, had been helping me put up Halloween decorations and when we were finished, I asked what he thought of everything. In a quiet voice, with eyes wide open, he meekly said "I like ebby ting but dat bone head ober dare! " , as he pointed to my recent and most favorite decoration hanging from the ceiling. The " bone head" was a light sensitive, motion and sound activated skull, so once it got going it took a lot to stop it. The eyes would flash and the jaws would start clacking, then it would let out an eerie deep, sinister laugh as it bobbed all around. So you can imagine how scarey something like that might look to a 3 yr old.
I still have that "bone head" and I still put it up every Halloween, although my bone head isn't what it used to be anymore ( he's gotten kinda deaf ) he still has his old familiar place at the doorway. My son is becoming a young man now, all of 12-1/2 yrs , and ''old bone head'' became his favorite too.
Blessings,Flora

Angel Hope doll

Hello, i guess this is a good time to begin this blog. I have been busy creating and this is the latest, of my creations....let me introduce you all to my angel "Hope'',she was created, due to the birth, of very special baby named ''Ava Grace'', who was born with pfeiffer syndrome, I was honoured to be allowed to be a part of this wonderful group of artist who are all donating time and talent to help defray hospital expenses for her and her family. This is her site ,please click on it to find out more about it http://www.avagraceangelsunaware.com/

the silent auction will go from September 16th-22nd. I hope you all will see what a worthy cause this is and bid generously.
Now I would like to tell you a little about my " Hope", she is an airdry, paperclay and osnaburg fabric doll , all handmade from my own designs with found objects, vintage fabric and lace, which was used to embellish her sweetheart neckline. I have used acrylic paints in soft muted tones to color her face, then she was given a light blushing of powdered mica. I also used mica flakes on her ''wings'', which are secured with silver colored cord high on her waist.
Hope has individual fingers except for the middle two, with light pink finger and toenails, I have applied a spray sealer to protect her. Her eyes are also paperclay, painted with metallic acrylics and sealed with a dimensional medium. Around her neck she wears a silver colored metal heart shaped pendant with a starburst design in the center on a silver colored metal chain with a clasp.
My angel at 23-1/4 inches tall, is made to be a shelf sitter, she does that with just a little back support or she can be displayed on a doll stand, she is not a childs toy and should not be treated as such.
She was a challenge to make but I think she was worth it, she really is a sweetie and I hope she finds a good home.
Blessings, Flora

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