WORKSHOPS- SPECIAL OFFER

My latest workshop is Gwynee Fennyman, she is a sweet Elf Lady, Soft Sculptured Doll, she is 51 cm (20”) tall. In this workshop you will learn how to make Gwynee from scratch, head, body, stand, beautiful  dress, jacket and hat embellished with beads, applique and more. 

SPECIAL OFFER-   Gwynee's hubby,  Mr. Fennyman, is another wonderful workshop which  is running again to coincide with Gwynee, if you have taken this workshop in the past and you would like to make Gwynee, you can for half  price OR if you want to make Gwynne and Mr. Fennyman you will get one of the workshop's for half price.                                                                                                                 In other words, if you take both workshops the 2nd one will be half price.

For more information- http://tinyurl.com/4t6b2bp 

My other WORKSHOPS currently running-

PANTALONE- http://tinyurl.com/29kesly 

 

THE ENCHANTED TREE & TWO FAIRIES- http://clothdolls.ning.com/page/the-enchanted-tree

TECHNICAL CLASSES -

CLAY over CLOTH- http://tinyurl.com/yft2qt3

NEEDLE SCULPTING-  http://tinyurl.com/yzru5oy

APPLYING a CLOTH OVERLAY-  http://tinyurl.com/yas34gc

Why not take a class and have some fun.................

NEW PATTERN -CHRISTMAS ELVES- PIPPA & OLIVER

My Christmas Elves- Pippa & Oliver are now available as a pattern (and a E-Pattern).

Their height is 39 cm (15 ½"), they have needle sculptured faces, they are richly embellished girl & boy elves.

They have wired legs and fingers. The pattern has instructions for elves, 2 outfits, accessories, decorating & mounting dolls on stand. LEVEL-Beginner- Intermediate

Here are some pics. I'm really pleased in how they turned out and I love the stand, what do you think?

Apart from creating little characters, a lot of you my know, life has been a little hectic lately with my son Robert is in hospital, got his hip replacement, he is improving so much everyday, when he had the op on Tues (Oct.19) they gave him the option of having full knockout or an epidural, he chose epidural.........he described every detail of the 3 hr op, from the drilling, sawing & hammering to seeing the bone they cut off.............gives me the shivers.

First few days were hard for him, now he is getting stronger and the pain killers have kicked in, he has been pushing himself to walk (with crutches) they are amazed at how well he's doing, he just wants to get out of there.

What I'm up to....

Just took some up to the minute photos of our pizza oven & new BBQ area, hubby and I (he is the official builder and I'm the measurer, line marker & level checker!) have been working on this for months, it seems and sometimes it feels like we're the blind leading the blind, but it looks like it's finally coming together nicely.........

On the doll making side of things, I am preparing the workshop for Gwynee Fennyman, stay tuned for details.

I have also started a new piece called the 'Time Keeper'.

GWYNEE FENNYMAN is here

I have put the finishing touches to my latest doll, here she is.............



Gwynee Fennyman is the wife of Mr Fennyman, she is an Elf from the Narlyan Forest, they have shared a life together for many years.......
Her face has a cloth overlay applied, with a sculptured features including eyelids, nose and mouth, her hands are also sculpted and she's holding a tiny bird.

Latest Activities

Can't believe we are halfway though April already, as usual everyday life has been hectic. I haven't done much designing in the past few months.
What I have been doing is working on Mrs Gwynee Fennyman, I just have to add the finishing touches and she will be complete, here is a quick peek. Here she is with Mr Fennyman....

For a while now my husband has wanted to build a outdoor pizza oven, for the last 2 years we've said we'll have it done for our son's 21st birthday, well that's in June,

so we finally made a start this week, so far we've knocked down half of the BBQ to make room for the pizza oven, here is the start of the base....

I have also began we doing our front yard, so far I have cut down unwanted plants, still a lot to do.....

I have been playing with photos, photoshop and another photo enhancing program, can't recall the name, I'll have to find it, it has the ability of turning a photo into a drawing and much more....

Here are some photos taken when we went for a holiday to Terrigal, on the Central Coast of N.S.W.

These are of the same photo-
I will put more pics up soon........

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Welcome to 2010, (can you believe it's 2010?)

Thank you again for all the support over the years, what are your New Year's resolutions?

I, for one, hope to be a lot more productive this year and also get my health back, (I fell down the stairs 6 mths ago and my back has been giving me trouble ever since).

May the new year be a new beginning for those of you who have been going through tough times, may the future bring you love, happiness, health and peace. Wishing you a...HAPPY NEW YEAR..............

Above are some pictures of the fireworks in our beautiful Sydney harbour last night I had the pleasure of sharing the night with my husband, my bro & sis in law, it's the first NYE all our kids are all old enough to do their own thing.

BEST WISHES

Thank you for your comments and well wishes for my mother-in-law, the latest on her condition, she is leaving hospital tomorrow, now we just hope for the best, that they have removed all of the cancer and she can enjoy her senior years comfortably.



I want to thank you for all your support throughout the year, I want to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas, a happy & safe New Year and hoping 2010 is full of good health and prosperity.



All the best,
Michelle


Remember, 10% discount on my pattern & workshops until Dec. 31st at- http://www.dollstreetdreamers.com/

POPPINS PATTERN AVAILABLE

The 'Poppins- Cone Puppets' pattern is now ready to purchase, they are such fun to make, you will love them.

The pattern has many step by step photos (in colour if ordering E-Pattern version) and clear instructions.

Great to decorate your home, your tree or give as a special gift.

Can be made in Christmas colours or any colour combination for all year eye candy.

For more details please email me at-

michelledolls2000@yahoo.com.au

CHRISTMAS POPPINS

Just completed my Christmas project for this year, I wanted to design some sort of animal ornaments but they turned into cone puppets, there is also a elf amongst them, couldn't resist, anyway I'm pleased with how they turned out.

I am now in the process of writng the pattern..........what do you think?

Also, we have a new addition to the family, my oldest daughter came home with a new kitty a few days ago...............introducing Poppy.

I'm still missing Fluffy very much, he was a cat in a million- see below. (I'm not biased am I?)

THANK YOU & LATEST WORKSHOP

Thank you all who posted comments and well wishes here and on my yahoo groups, for my cat and my latest activities, I appreciate it.

Well Fluffy is definatly doing a lot better, he is still taking medication and I'm hoping the problem completely disappears, I can't believe he is almost his normal, cheeky self.

Other news is Ankara, Queen of the Sky Fairies is now a workshop.

Consists of 5 funfilled lessons- from construction of the body, to applying the paperclay to dressing, embellishing and making the crown and septa and much more.....
This promises to be another exciting workshop that I hope you can join me in.
The workshop starts very soon, please have a peek....
http://tinyurl.com/nbjsdl

I'm still here

Sorry I have not posted for quite a while, I'm afraid it's usual story so much to do, so little time.
My beautiful cat, my good friend, Fluffy hasn't been well, he spent almost a week in hospital, his bladder was blocked and he has kidney problems, sad to say he will be 13 years old next month. Well he's at home now and hanging in there, let's hope he has a lot more time on this earth.

As for the creative side of things, I finished Ankara, Queen of the Sky Fairies (she finally has a name.........aaay!)
She will be a workshop on www.dollstreetdreamers.com very soon, so keep a look out.She is 44 cm (17" ) tall and is made of paper clay over cloth.
Her costume is richly embellished with beads, what do you think of her?



Some other great news, my oldest daughter has returned home from her South American holiday, she had a wonderful 7 months but is very happy to be home, I'm glad too.... see past posts for pics.

Fairy almost complete

Sorry I have been quiet, I have been very busy and it seems with the orders I'm receiving this week I'm going to be much busier, which is good I can't complain, love making stuff.........
Between family and other everyday commitments I've been slowly working on my latest fairy as you know, well now she's almost done, I have sewn on more beads to her costume, she has hair but I'm not that happy with her hair yet and her wings are started, want to do more to them, anyway I love the way she's turning out.......
(more wip pics below).
Thank you for all your past support and comments so far.

Latest On line Workshop

My latest workshop is Mr Fennyman a 34cm (14") tall elf, he is made of paper clay over cloth, and is seated on a mushroom. There's six lessons in this class, you'll learn how to apply the paper clay over cloth to build up his features, how to make his elaborate costume, and learn how to build his base with those great little mushrooms. This is a fabulous class to take with tons to learn!
Class just started but if you would like to join in click on-
http://tinyurl.com/cygacw

UPDATE on New Creation

Just want to show you what I've done with my latest fairy, if you're interested. She now has a face and is dressed including underwear.
Finally I'm finding a bit of time to work on her, hopefully she will be completed soon, what do you think of her so far?
Now I have to think of a name, any suggestions?

JACLYN in a Box

I have finally finished my Jaclyn, she plays Amazing Grace.
She is a happy character just sitting in her box, I love to embellish my dolls with lots of beads..............what do you think of her?