All together at last!!!!

Well I guess Buford will have to put up with his other brother's shenannigans after all!!

He was the only one of the pumpkin brothers left and as perturbed as he was with them I think he secretly missed them but thanks to the lovely Anne, who purchased the other brothers they will be all together at last!!!
I have to say that I appreciate all my customers, the responses I get from them are so sweet and so heart warming and much appreciated too!!!
I have permission to share parts of this email from Anne, so that you could see the ditty she took the time to compose !!!!


Hello Flora,
I got home late last night, and found that your package had arrived.....hooray!!
When I opened the first pumpkin man, it was Beauregard. He is absolutely darling! The grin on his face is priceless.
Bubba is so cute, and the expression on his face is wonderful.
Soooooo.....
Bubba and Beauregard are true Southern gents,
It's a shame to leave Buford alone on the fence
So, pack him up and lets keep the brothers three
Then forward another paypal to me

Thank you so much, it was a treat to open this box!
Anne


I thought it was too cute not to share!!! Thanks a bunch Anne, maybe I'll get you to do my poems/ditties from now on?!!!!!

I also need to say something about another wonderful, regular customer of mine, who I truly adore, her emails are so funny!!! I blogged just a little bit about her not long ago and I wanted so much to share one particular email of hers too. But I think I would have had to post all of her delightful and hilarious words in order for it to be truly appreciated, I had to respect her privacy so I couldn't... Yes Ms.Dana, I'm talking about you!!!

Blessings,Flora

Don't you...???

Just LOVE presents??!!! I do , especially the ones I just recieved today from the one and only Doreen Frost of Vermont Harvest !!!, we were swap partners in a Christmas swap for Prim and Whimsy Girls!! This was my swap gift to her, I made "Mr. Coolie" to look like him!! I was so tickled to hear that she loved him!!


And Oh my just look at what sweet Doreen Frost sent me!!!They are so lovely, the scented wax ornies are so heavenly!!!I have been drooling for them for so long
I knew they would smell just like they do!!! And look at my adorable punkin head
ornie too, isn't he the cutest thing!!!THANKS SO MUCH DOREEN!!!!!I think I'll hang them up now!!!!



After all it's never too early to get into the spirit of the holidays!!!
blessings,Flora

Wips...

Absent-minded moon




Where Did I..?

Now where did I put that star ?
I saw her sparkle and glimmer from afar.
Then tucked her in safely on starlight at dawn
or was it moonbeams that I placed her on?
It might have been in stardust,very near to twilight
But still far enough from midnight !
by Flora Thompson


Base

fleshing out

Trying out a different head


settling on this one, who was initialy going to be a hanging ornie

fleshing out hands.


Posing


sanding needed


The excitement is flowing and the crowds keep growing for the upcoming celebration at " SpookyTimeJingles ", sure to be a smash, first birthday bash!!!So for a RAWKIN' rollicking, goodtime with suprizes and prizes, come on over to "SpookyTimeJingles" and you too can " co-mingle "...




Blessings,Flora

And now .....

Something a little easier on the eyes
Mr.Coolie


Gentle Snow
A gentle snow has fallen over night,
for all to see in early morning light.
It's gossamer beauty blankets the land,
And I'm a child once again, catching
snowflakes on my hand.
A gentle snow begins to fall , I think
I'll make a snowman afterall.
by Flora Thompson

Mr. Coolie will be up for the SpookyTimeJingles update, he and Skellybat are only 2 of 6 of my ornaments. I also brought back the Pumpkin Brothers, here's
" Bubba "


This is a new character that I call
"BoneHead"



And a full puresculpt called the
" Absent-Minded Moon "



The excitement is flowing and the crowds keep growing for the upcoming celebration at " SpookyTimeJingles ", sure to be a smash, first birthday bash!!!So for a RAWKIN' rollicking, goodtime with suprizes and prizes, come on over to "SpookyTimeJingles" and you too can " co-mingle "...

I'll leave you with a few WIP's:







Blessings,Flora

Things that go bump....

In the night....
"SkellyBat"


Hidden

In a place void of light
quite hidden from sight
He waits to take flight
in that cold,dusky night.

by Flora Thompson

Yes he is CREEPY !!!!HELLO!!!! what were you expecting? hehehe!!!
blessings,
Flora

Responding to ....

Sargent's Art Sculpt-It! clay, I figured it was better to answer this way about the comments. Although it isn't my most favorite clay, I really didn't mind it.
I tried to get better pictures to show how the piece looked after I took a wet stiff bristle, nylon brush and rubbed the entire surface firmly, it seemed to respond much better, than with the sanding for smoothing out the clay, but only after it had dried a couple of days . I did this so that the shrinkage and cracking would all be done with. I also rolled out the clay fairly thick and placed the wet foam core base on it and then smoothed out the ends.



Isn't it rather strange that this tophat stayed so smooth and without cracking,
but the head did have cracks and puckering.I think that the clay application to the head was much thinner and that's why it had different results? but the brim still needs some smoothing.

I think this clay would be FANTASTIC for Balljoint dollmaking ,So I'm gonna give that a go, soon...
Let me know if there are any more questions I can answer for anyone.
Blessings,Flora

clay...

I love to try out new clay, so when I saw this at my Hobby Lobby, I quickly bought it and began to create.
It was so yummy looking, trancelucent and creamy, but it had a strange medicinal smell ... kinda odd..iodine, that's what it smelled like, no it REEKED of it!!!

But I thought ok I'll give it a try and it was a bit like what I think a polymer would behave like? Only I could add a little water and it smoothed easily, hmmm I think I like this...

Wrong it tugged a lot and when dry, every little imperfection showed up???!!!I couldn't even get my sandpaper to work on it!!!?? So I gave my Dremel a try, no luck there either???!!!!??
Wow this stuff is pretty indestructible!!! I'm not too happy about the shrinking either, because it liked to crack? So I added a bit of fresh clay to it and that seemed to do the trick.






Well I think I know what I'm going to try with this next time...
blessings,Flora

Stay with me.....

Stay with me

Don't be so quick to go,
please stay with me.
It's been so long since
I've had any company...

by Flora Thompson

My entry for EHAG Tombstone Challenge,I wasn't sure if I was going to make the
hand gorey or whimsical, I decided I didn't much care for gore....
I think it was a wise choice.

Simple base


clay characters added




clay letters added and painting begun


Although not a good picture you can see what it was going to look like with the bones painted to look as if the were poking out...


Blessings,Flora

Once upon a time...

In the enchanted kingdom of "Burkhardt" lived a beautiful princess named "Kinsley"
The king and queen of this kingdom proclaimed Saturday June 20th, to be "Princess Kinsley" day and so all the royal subjects came bearing many gifts for this special celebration......
My sweet Grandie Kinsley celebrated her 1 st birthday Saturday

Here she is in her adorable tutu!!!


Then modeling her beautiful Birthday dress!!I made the banner behind her.


Just look at that AWESOME cake!!


A few good pictures before all the fun begins




Cake time, Mom Chencha, Kinsley and Dad Brian


Hey mom who's the redhead over there?


Kinsley a bit overwhelmed with all the gifts and people.


Cousin Avery and friend checking out all the goodies


Cousin Avery ,Kinsley and Chencha




outside,under the tents, the jars are filled with gumballs to hold up the balloons


A few brave souls who didn't melt in the heat of the day...


I didn't get a picture of the cottoncandy and icecream lady...or the blow-up
pink castle....

but they all lived happily ever after!!!
Blessings,
Flora

ADO Invites You to Create an Art Doll!

Art Dolls Only challenges you to make an art doll along with us.
Your inspiration is the elements (fire-water-air-earth) and we challenge you to make an art doll using one, two, three or all four of the elements as your inspiration.



Sign up starts today and will run until July 16th.
To sign up simply email: artdollsonly@hotmail.com
Please include your name and a link to your blog.
Then get working on your doll!!


On Friday July 17th participants post their art doll to their blog.

Saturday July 18th and Sunday July 19th begins the fun of seeing all the art dolls that have been created! All participants will be listed in the ADO sidebar for easy visiting.


Any and all artists are welcome to participate, including non members. Here is your chance to explore the wonderful world of art dolls. First time doll maker, old hat or have not created in a while, all are welcome to join in on the fun!

Please use this badge to show everyone you are participating with a link back to the ADO blog.

*If you have signed up and can no longer participate, no biggy just be sure to let us know so we can remove you from the blog roll.
**Don't have a blog but still want to participate**
Deanna over at Blue Heron Dolls has graciously offered to host your finished dolls pictures. Simply visit her blog and let her know!



Sounds awesome huh? I'm going to submit my Seahorse doll why don't you give it a try too!!!
Blessings,Flora