Dolls in My Etsy Shop

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Here are my first two dolls to show up in my Etsy shop. My little faerie "Little Robin's Egg Blue Faerie" is now in the shop. She is buzzing around my studio wondering if she will have a new home. She is 15 inches long(tiny for my dolls) and I even made her a tiny crystal and glass beaded crown.

Joining her is one of my Cat Busts. This is Solstice from Saint Moritz, Switzerland. I beaded his red cross and blue diamond collar with teeny tiny seed beads on my bead loom-whoah-that is something I always forget is so crazy to set up, but so worth it once a piece is finished. I am going to try and add another doll tomorrow as well. So, if you have a chance, check them out!
Take care!

Where Have All My Dolls Gone?

I have been looking around my studio and house wondering, "Where have all my dolls gone? I thought I had made tons?" But, I can't seem to find many. So, I had to take a trip back in time and revisit where they all ended up.
These Three Little Ladies were all sold to different homes years ago. Now I remember that they are in happy places(from left: Violetta, Snow White and Anouk)!


This Lady with the Long White hair was commission by my Printmaking Professor. She was a really big doll. My professor is one my best friends and she has long white hair herself. I wrapped this doll like a mummy to send it to her. We call her "Baba", my professor's nickname.


This group of Cat Bust was made for a special show at a local Gallery. I have sold all of them but one. I love them but, the gilding of all of their crowns took forever. I guess it should take forever!


Oh! I miss these little Faeries! There were more and they all had on Party hats and were have a tea party with with cakes and treats! I made them for a special May Gallery show and sold them all. I am glad people thought they were so fun. The one who bought the little Faerie in the photo named her "Coco". Love that!


This Chitza, a Faerie from South America. Yeah, um, I know where she is. She is currently flying around my house! I did put her in a show, but I brought her home!


This doll is "Deidre"(based on the Irish folk tale). She is the 2nd doll I ever made and I sent her to my best friend in VT.


And this is "Ophelia", the first doll I made. I had to keep her because I love her and I needed to remember how I made her!


This is a doll I made for my twin from the remnants of the fabrics my mom and I used to make her wedding dress so this is her "Bride Doll". It was so fun to surprise her with this!


Oh, the mermaids I have made! Big and small, Dark and Light. Here are few. I have sold these, but I have kept a special one for myself. Her name is Ione and she has dark raven hair and an emerald green tale. I have also made mermaids with hot pink hair and purple tails-that was fun too! Here are the Little Mermaid and Undine.


And, For a Dia De Los Muertos Exhibit, I made an altar to my deceased pets so I had to have flying angel cats and my lovely cats whom I grew up with-these are all in my home now. I need to make more angel cats, dogs and whatever else animal people want!




I sold my first Bird Cage skirt dolls before I could take some proper photos of them-yikers! Imogene is in pink and Matilda is in blue. The best part? Their skirts light up!


So, that's all I can do for now. I have sweet faerie named Aida that flies around my house too and several more that have ended up other places. One Chocolate Faerie went to live with a sick friend. My version of "Tinkerbelle" went to live with one of my Aunts(everyone in my family gets a doll for free-that's just the way it is!). A new faerie I made is one her way to a dear friend across the ocean who is about to give birth to a baby. Sleeping Beauty is still in her bed, but is slowly waking up. The Snow Queen is a bit ticked that all our recent snow and ice has melted.

I did a more recent post of my latest Bird Cage Dolls that I made for a show in October-they are a darker version of Imogene and Matilda and are named Raven and Mina. It has been a slow winter and I haven't felt like I can make much. I think it has been hard on a lot of people. I am hoping that I can create again soon. October was a long time ago!

New Dolls Mina and Raven

Here are some photos of the dolls I made for my recent shows. They are 2 more of my bird cage skirt girls. Here is Mina wearing peacock colours and Raven in dark feathers. They both are wearing vintage lace, victorian beading and found materials. Raven wears a turquoise medal of Lourdes and Mina wears a gorgeous peacock feather that a dear friend gave me. I wasn't able to take such great photos of them before the show unfortunately. These are spooky girls for Fall, but it is already time to start thinking of pretty Snow Queens! Welcome the new girls!