
Mom and I joined Etsy for Animals just recently. This is a group of artists and craftspeople who have shops on Etsy, and who love and want to help animals. Many of them donate a percentage of their Etsy shop sales to animal charities each month.
Cat art dolls, figurines, stuffed animal plush toys, miniatures, sculpture, fine art, doll clothing
My repair job is done, my next doll face it painted, and I have a few “Rabbit Dances” cards to finish up. I still have more bunny and snow scene cards in my shop. Thanks for all the compliments on them 🙂
I am also refining a new doll pattern done in machine appliqué style like “Lovely Lucy“. There are three variations so far and I think they are going to be really cute. I can’t wait to get the first ones together. I hope they come off without needing too many, no, any adjustments to their patterns. I’ll give you one hint: they are of the animal variety. The possibilities are multiplying in my mind right now…
Kathi at Out on a Whim Studio included me in her “Blue Christmas, Have a Cool Blue Yule” treasury on Etsy! Thanks, Kathi! Those are my rabbits in the middle of all the pretty blue things 🙂 Go check it out along with all the handmade art and crafts, and check out Kathi’s shop too.
These are the greeting cards of my dancing rabbits, closer up.
Prints of “The Rabbit Dances” are available on our website and in my Etsy shop.
This is her first snow, and Millicent is as patient as she is watchful.
The snowball she made is feeling very cold in her paw, and she hopes Tommy shows up soon.
In their one room schoolhouse, Tommy is the boy who sits behind her and teases her all the time. When the teacher isn’t looking, he pulls her whiskers, and dips the tip of her tail into his inkwell. Then he calls her “Silly Millie”.
Tommy will come around the corner soon. He’ll walk right past her like he doesn’t even see her. Then WHAP, he’ll get a snowball right in the back of his head. Millicent will say “That’s for you, Tommy Salami!” The snow will go down his neck, and he’ll squeal and run home to his mama.
Millicent smiles to herself. Her little paw tightens on the snowball and her yellow eyes get even brighter. Here comes Tommy now!
Millicent is a young tuxedo kitty with white paws, a white tip on her tail, and a little black patch on her chin. Her yellow eyes are alert and full of mischief.
She wears a maroon Victorian jacket, trimmed with gold braid and brass buttons. Her skirt is vertically striped with green, gold, maroon, and gray, and a green striped scarf is wrapped around her neck and tucked into her jacket. Lots of white petticoats can be seen below her skirt.
I hand sculpted Millicent from paperclay, and used stiffened cotton thread for her whiskers. She is an original one-of-a-kind work of art, and is meant for display only. No molds are ever used in my work.
Millicent is completely hand painted with acrylic paints, then signed and dated and sealed with matte varnish for protection and preservation. She rests firmly on a turned wooden base that is stained and sealed in golden oak, and she stands 7 1/4 inches tall.