Handmade Dolls to Adopt

Up for adoption is Lesly Lou and her dollie.  Lesley Lou is 15 1/2" tall, she is made of cotton as are her bloomers and dress.  Her hair is wool roving which has been braided.  Her facial features have been embroidered on using floss.  She and her dolly are up for adoption for $35 plus traveling fees.

Also up for adoption is Ophelia who is 19" tall, made of osnaburg cloth which has been painted, lightly sanded and stained for an aged look. She holds a vintage coin purse but looks like a hand bag on a small doll. Her lips and nose have been needle sculpted and facial features painted with acrylic paint.  Her hair is natural wool roving.  Ophelia is $45 plus traveling fees.

These dolls were made with my own hands.......Chairs are not included with the purchase of the dolls.  Let me know if you are interested in either or both ~ first come first sold.  Will take a check or can send a PayPal invoice.

Happy Sunday to each of you.  Now I'm going back to hooking my Magdalena Goat so will show progress tomorrow.

Saundra

That Rug on my Frame

It's finally time to show an update of the Magdalena Goat.  Wanted to keep on hooking tonight but at least the whole goat is hooked....for now.  The wool from The Wool Studio (army green) is on it's way so not sure if I'll change the back legs or not.  Will have to wait and see.

Just checked thru my blog posts to learn I didn't start my Magdalena Goat until February 15th and it is now March 21st.  OMG, my friend Evelyn started hers and had it hooked and bound in less than a month. Obviously I'm quite the slacker.

Today I had an inquiry about the availability of a doll which shows up on my web site.  As I'm no longer doing shows wasn't sure what was available so sorted thru my plastic containers.  Sure enough it was still there.  

In FULL DISCLOSURE.... I'm unable to update my web site to show 'sold' or delete items nor can I change prices.  Reason is that when I built the web site using a certain software it was good for a few years.  THEN, my web server no longer offered service for that product.

That meant that I either buy another software and learn how it works, make intricate changes inside the pages of the web site or drop the service.  I chose the ladder.  That said, I did keep my domain name and pay for that but am no longer able to make changes to my web site.

Which gave me a thought.  While sorting thru my forgotten 'doll treasures' saw some that warmed my heart and just might decide to keep and change thru the seasons like I do my rugs.  

However, tomorrow I'll post some of my primitive dolls on my blog which will be up for adoption.  I have  some wonderful primitive black dolls, some 'arty' style dolls and some Americana.  I'll save the Americana dolls as we get closer to the end of May.

Here are two teasers for now; below is Cecelia, a Nettie LaCroix design holding a pin keep with wool roving for hair.

And below is Ophelia, my design, who has her life savings in her vintage coin purse.

It was such fun to look thru the dolls I'd made and remember as how they became alive to me in the moment.

Have a great evening everyone.  Today was a wonderful spring-like day and tomorrow will be fall/winter again with a hard freeze at night. WTF is going to happen to all our buds and flowers????

Saundra