New addition to the family

Well we have a new addition to our family. Once again I'm a cat grandma. My daughter Melissa decided that   her new cat Ringo needed company,since she worked so much, so she got him a friend.  A little kitten named Timmy (so far) who looks just like a little version of Ringo. Here are some pictures of Timmy & Ringo.

Happy Birthday Christine

In with the 10 other birthdays in January, we celebrated my sister Christine's 50th birthday in atlantic city, nj. What fun! I hadn't been there in years. Very different from what I remembered. Way too many "kids" for me, but I think that was because it was a Friday night. I'll have to try again during the week.

Anyway we had a great time and I got to see some friends of her's that I hadn't seen in 30+ years. Here are some of the pics.

The birthday girl!

The girls!

The gang!

Happy New Year! Welcome Baby Riley!!!

OK So I know it's late. Actually 14 days late, but who's counting? Not me. Well maybe me.

Been very busy with the holidays, birthday etc. and of course our new baby girl...Riley Jade! Yes we have a new granddaughter and she is sooo beautiful. I can't believe she's here. Born Dec. 16th 2009.  She is sooo beautiful! Whoops...did I say that already? Well she is..look for yourself!

Did I lie? No, she is definitely a beautiful baby.  Can't wait to see her again.

Elf Troll

Well here is another doll I'm almost finished with. It was suppose to be this pretty little elf fairy but alas it turned out to be an elf troll. Darn if these dolls just don't have a mind of there own.
The doll is from an on-line class I downloaded about 9 monmths or more ago. I'm just not good at following a pattern, thus the metamorphesis of this doll from elf fairy to elf troll. lol
Anyway, here are the pics. The troll is climbing a paper mache' rock. The doll is all material and the face is also doe skin material with thread sculpted nose, eyes and mouth.

He's almost done except for having to permanently attach him to his "rock". Right now he's pinned on it.

Christmas Doll Raffle

Here is the final version of the Christmas Doll. I added blond hair since my duaghter mentioned that the fur hat looked like white hair and made her look old. We wouldn't want an old christmas doll so a blond she is!
She goes off the the church tomorrow to get in line with all the other raffles. I hope she makes me proud.

Good Vibrations

One more doll. She is a soft sculpture from a pattern by Patti Culea. Also for a doll challenge without a face until recently. Her face isn't bad but these pictures aren't very good. I'll have to take them again when I have time. She is suppose to be a flower child meditating.
Her clothes are once again from the thrift shop. I believe in recycling as you can see. LOL

Evil Elf Knight

Here is another doll. My Evil elf Knight. He's from a challenge that I did a while ago but he didn't have a face. he has one now, although not one of my best for sure. But a face never- the- less. He is a soft doll over a wire armature. His face is also soft but not sculptured. Just painted on. His clothes were made from thrift store clothing that I cut up.His hair is black faux fur.