Tag: cloth-dolls

The “Gumdrop Baby” brood is growing.

These are the newest four.

These are Bethany,

Monica,

Dominique,

and Hyacinth.

They are all original art toys, made to be hugged or displayed, made from my own designs and patterns. Each has a hand-painted face. They are all currently in my Etsy shop, where you will find more info about them.

I’d like to thank Heather for featuring my “Hug Me! Slug” on her Fabulous Fun Finds blog. The blog features her picks for online shopping.

Just grasping for a title. It’s dark and rainy this afternoon. So, I have no decent photos of the dolls I finished yet, four “Gumdrop Babies” and one extra-small “Hug Me! Slug“. I think I will make a slug set with the tiny one and a medium-sized one because I don’t think I want to try to make a tiny one again! He’s cute, but he was challenging due to his smallness. I’m at work on some new doll/toy designs, and my Lucy dolls are still waiting to be sewn up. I’ll have to update my Etsy shop sometime soon.

Other than that, I vacuumed my workspace and put my dolls in a big box to keep them clean and nice. I spent some time this morning trying to set up a webcam that wouldn’t work, regardless of what software I tried installing, and then I tried to decide if I wanted to install Skype. A friend suggested I get it, but I don’t really have a great love of talking on the phone to begin with. Add sitting at the computer some more to that, and I’m not sure it appeals to me. I suppose being able to see a person, via webcam, while talking to them might might eradicate one complaint I have about talking on the phone, which is not being able to read a person’s expression, but considering what passes for the “casual wear” I wear to work here at home…I’m not sure I want to be seen! I’m not sure I like that little eyeball staring at me either. Maybe I’ll come around with encouragement. Maybe not!

Update: The third (or fourth?) time is a charm? The webcam came on. I still have no idea what to do with it, and it is only photographing the kitchen while leaving me in total darkness…but it did come on. Such excitement.

I thought I’d finish a doll, rather than just do a little on this one and a little on that one, so I’d have something to show for myself! This is Angelica.

She reminds me of Little Red Riding Hood, only as a baby.

We ran outside to try to photograph her before the rain started. The sun was shining here this morning, but it’s been getting darker. We have rain so far, but no strong winds from Hanna yet. Here’s hoping it won’t amount to anything serious.

I have so many projects going on right now, I’m not even sure what I will finish next. Most likely, I will start a few things too. I’ve been putting my cloth dolls and toys over in my Etsy shop.

Okay, yeah, that would be an ambitious project, and I’m not sure a necessarily good one to take on. I am, however, still fusing my appliquéd pieces together for my Lucy dolls. I know these don’t look all that different here from the last time I posted about them, but I’ve gotten more done on them. They just don’t look like “something” until they come together, all sewn and stuffed, and they take a long time to make. I’ll be embellishing them next.

Thanks everyone who wrote to tell me they voted for my “Hug Me! Slug” in Etsy’s Handmade Kids Challenge, and thanks to everyone who didn’t write to tell me they voted too 😉 The polls are open until September 8th. You can still vote for my Gerard the “Hug Me! Slug” here (if you haven’t already)…I really appreciate it!