I played some yesterday and made a dress and some leggings for Pippa. So today she is having lunch with Sunkist, a Strawberry Shortcake girl. It would be nice to find the time to make Pippa some more clothes.
This will be a busy week with several Dr appointments, including one for Lexi very early tomorrow morning. Looks like an eye infection. Poor thing, she gets all the ailments and Lucy just keeps chugging along at age 17. I think Lucy was stung by a bee or some other bug bite just under one eye. I noticed her rubbing it and next time I looked at her she had a puffy face. So I gave her a benedryl and within a couple hours the swelling was gone.
One good thing, Bill's appointment is near Hobby Lobby and Michael's, so I have been making a list of things to shop for.
I try to post at least once a week but it has been more than 10 days since my last post. I have been reading and playing
I finished the book I mentioned, took it back to the library, checked out another and finished it. I have everything together to start crocheting but haven't begun. I did reroot a Strawberry Shortcake doll with bright red mohair. That was a learning experience and I just purchased some longer mohair to do another.
I have worked on some bears and dogs. I have a custom order Pekingese three quarters finished. Just waiting on some eyes I ordered(after waiting a week I found out my original order was lost) to finish her. I dyed some cream mohair with lemonade kool aid and it came out a nice muted yellow. The mohair has been cut and pinned waiting to be sewn. I also cut out 2 black and white Puppy Grrls....breed to be revealed later.
Today we are headed to a birthday get together for Bill's aunt. A beautiful, warm day in Florida!
I have to blame my flickr friends for getting me hooked on dolls. I have to admit I am having more fun with them than I had as a child. First I purchased a Blythe doll. You can find out more about them here .I recently sent her off for a "face-up". A customizer takes apart the head, sands the face, and gives her new make-up. Her eye mechanism(pull a string to change eye color) is also redone. My Blythe's name is Shannon and I am having a ball making clothes for her. You can see more photos of other Blythes by searching Blythe on flickr or find out more on the forum Plastic Paradise.
I also started picking up Strawberry Shortcake dolls at yard sales. There are some cute pictures of other "cakes" on flickr. Some are also customizing them. I am going to try to reroot hair on one using mohair.
I did get some work done today. I have been going back and forth between the office/craft room and the critter room. I am working on making labels using ribbon and iron on transfer paper. I have also gone through some of my fur stash. I will be listing some mohair pieces in Nancy's Notions etsy shop very soon. I also listed the Beary Cocktails in my artfire shop for a special price.
