Bravura

I think this is my favorite doll of the coolaberation. Meet Bravura, who is Gail's doll. She's always reminded me of Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's." So I decided that she needed the cigarette holder and cigarette, which of course necessitated hands. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. I still need to finish the edges of the gloves though.

My last Art Doll in the Coolaberation

Here is Lakeloon. Isn't he just fantastic? Everyone has done such a fabulous job on him. I think he is just perfect. I'm working on a beaded hummingbird for him because his great goal in life is to catch a hummingbird. :D

Ayala - Art Coolaberation Doll

Well I can't believe that I'm almost finished with this RR. After Ayala I think there is just one more. From the first time I saw her I knew she was a mermaid at heart.

So when I got her, I Shortened her lace top so she could have a belly button. Embellished the lace with more beads and added a few sequins. Gave her a necklace. And then made her a tail fin

For the fin, I added batting and quilted it. Then I added sequins ( a first for me). It was much harder than I expected. Because I had machine quilted it, it had compacted the fabric and in places it was incredibly dense. I actually broke a curved needle which is also a first for me. The sequins look white in the photo but they are clear iridescent in real life. In the sunlight they are almost blinding.

The Keeper is finished

I REALLY loved working on this doll, I think she is so fantastic and everyone who has worked on her has done a great job making sure it all goes together.

The keeper's torso is made out of a purse so she has hidden trinkets inside.

I made the wings. The hardest part was finding the perfect fabric. It had to be really sheer and all the colors I thought were going to be "it" weren't. She also needed very simple wings for all her sparkly bits (her head piece is made of parrot feathers) she really is a simple girl. : )

Lovely Mayrah and her friend Bart

This round in the Art Doll Coolaberation I have Mayrah who has come all the way from Sweden. She's quite the lucky gal, travelling the world. So far she's been to Australia, Canada, California and now Oregon.

I helped her aquire her useful hands and a travelling companion, a cat named Bart who is literally two faced. He has a Cheshire face and a whimisical surprised face.

The Color Purple

Here's my second doll of the Art Doll Coolaberation. His name is Cass. This is the before picture with out his glorious new hair. It was a lot harder than I thought choosing a medium for it. I think it would have been a blast to bead it but that would have made it quite heavy and it has to be mailed several more times and not just in the U.S. Then I thought about torn strips of fabric but it didn't look right. So I finally decided on yarn but now what color? All along I'd been planning to do greens and yellow but that didn't' look right either. : P Black, black has to look good.... Nope. Finally Cass chose purple and I have to say he was right. : )

Ta da! Still needs a few embellishments for the hair and then he'll be ready to go to Arkansas.

Quite the mane don't you think?

Latest Results

I have no idea why Cindar is sideways. Probably part of her quirky personality. She fights me over everything. Had to do her lips TEN times, count them ten times, before she was happy.

Cindar is Mary of California's doll. She is half tiger and half woman and is represents the strength of women to overcome bad situations such as domestic abuse.

She has decided that with all her strength but also compassion that it's time to become a super-hero and help make the world a better place. I'm really excited to see how she turns out over the coolaberation. There are so many talented people in the group and I think we all think a little differently which makes for all sorts of exciting possibilities.

And then you lost me...

I have this dream that I'm uber organized and that I'll post on my blog on a frequent basis sort of a journal of my progress through life. Ha... The summer is almost over and my blog got lost somewhere along the way.

So let's see what have I done since I last wrote? On the Wild Art Dolls group I joined the Art Doll Coolaberation, which has been a blast. You create a doll or part of a doll and the rest of the group adds to it.. I created an alien which I named Plain Jane.