Grubby old Miss Tattered and Bee, a primitive aged rag cloth doll

I created this 15 inch rag cloth doll from a vintage 1982 pattern that was just laying around doing nothing. In the original pattern you are to use felt, buttons. I did the pattern a little different, instead I used muslin and stained it heavily with what I call my sludge, coffee, vanilla and cinnamon. I make it up extra thick and set the solution in the refrigerator over night then I brush it on the made up doll several times depending on how stained and dark I want the doll to be. I had lots of fun making this one I made the face darkest and the body parts lighter she also has a little friend that was fun to create. The facial features are painted on with acrylic paints and the hair is a thick dark red wool yarn that I have hand sewn into the head of the doll using quilting thread. The dress and apron are cotton fabrics. You can find her here http://www.etsy.com/listing/93445940/15-inch-rag-cloth-doll-grubby-old-miss

What I have been Working on this Week Paper Mache' Boxes

Howdy to all! I am hoping everyone has a great weekend for March 24, 2012. Well I have been busy creating some really cute decoupage boxes and this is how they turned out. I went to Jo-Ann's the other day and found some sweet 3 inch round boxes, some colorful scrapbook paper and cute card stock items! I also did a video on how I did these boxes on YouTube and this is the link to the how to do these boxes http://youtu.be/2GV-KlVRMCs The Spring boxes are now in my Etsy store here http://www.etsy.com/listing/96020264/spring-is-in-the-air-3-inch-decoupage I used Mod Podge and water to do the decoupage and a sponge paint brush. The box that has the interesting wooden look to it is stained for a primitive look and I used instant coffee, cinnamon and vanilla, then blew dried the box. The card stock pieces are hot glued on and I have used some twine/cording for tying around the boxes with bows on top. I just loved this card stock it added to the boxes and made them even neater.

Crazy Weather On the Oregon Coast for March

Oh my have we been having some wild weather! yesterday was rain, snow, hail, rain mixed with snow just snow, then some sun! I took some pictures of last Friday's weather and thought I would share....

This is just out side the house ready to travel, the second picture is Astoria and one of the many hills in town this is the big reason why Astoria closes down when snow rolls in. It's kinda of hard to see how steep this hill is, it's one of the worse hills in town.

In this third photo you can see another tough hill and I actually caught a car sliding its the one that is turned side ways.

Snowing down the road as we head to Longview WA with the load of logs. Now finally down the big hill into Longview WA. The storm started out with wind and rain and got worse! There was swelling in Seaside that were 40 Ft. and wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour then it all turned into snow and we got about 2 inches.

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Very Proud Mother and 2 Dolls, Paper Mache and Grubby

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! Wow! I am so proud of my son and this being his last year, he just lettered in wrestling and has gotten 4 different offers from 4 colleges. He was fast last year in the 100 yard and here is a link to the video, the boy in red that crosses the finish line first is my son http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=215867158427747&set=t.100000133945510&type=3&theater

Also in a very short while I will be a grandma! The baby girl is due April 12th!

Well now onto some items I have finished and added the the Etsy store. The first one is a paper mache ' doll and I created her a while back but was not able to finish until now meet Wild Miss Banshee. The next doll is from an old pattern, in the Sixties, but I changed it just a little by using warm and natural and staining the doll for a grubby look. Both dolls are 14 inches tall and are a ton of fun!

The Finished Fabric Bowl Pictures

I decided to take some pictures of the fabric bowl I just finished. The bowl measures 11x12 and I will be adding it to my Etsy store shortly. You can find the video here also on how I made this bowl out of a recycled dress http://youtu.be/45-NlH_khsI

The dress was an old cotton floral print that was only half way finished, now its a nice fabric bowl.

How I Create my very Own Fabric Bowls, video demo

I put together this video just to show how I created this fabric bowl and recycled an old dress I had laying around. My Aunt taught me this way in making fabric bowls and I really enjoy it so thought I would share with you all, hope you enjoy the video.