Toby Keith & ATC's

Toby Keith concert was FANTASTIC!!! WOOOHOOOO!!! My daughter Brandi and I enjoyed every minute of it. Brandi's father in law gave us the tickets. Ford is the sponsor and he works for Ford. That was nice of him to give us the tickets so we could go see Toby Keith. It also was an enjoyable night out with my daughter. We had FUN!!!
I made some ATC cards for a ATC swap I'm in. I made them yesterday and finished last minute work on them this morning. Thought I would show y'all what I made. Enjoy them.
I had fun making them.
Well, Ken and I are off to one of our friends house and then out to supper with them.
Love & Hugs
Fran

Nothing to show y'all. I've been busy cleaning my Doll Studio for the past few days. I can't work in this mess BUT today it looks better. I also have been working on doing instructions for my Bliss pattern. GOSH! It's taking me awhile to do this pattern. I'll finish it tomorrow. WOOOOHOOOOO!!!
GUESS WHAT???? I'm going to go to see Toby Keith tonight with my daughter Brandi. She has tickets and asked me to go with her, she knows I like Toby Keith. For the ones that don't know who Toby Keith is he's a big Country Music star. WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!
All have a WONDERFUL weekend.
Love & Hugs
Fran

I spent the last two days taking Arley Berryhill's Le Femme class. Here's a pic of my doll, her name is Angela. She's not finished. The dress is just pinned on her and the skirt is just a piece of fabric pinned to her and it's too much fabric. :-) BUT it looks good. :-) Our club had fun and lots of great doll were made. I can't wait to see them finished. I will finishe mine and when I do I will post a finished pic of her. Her eyes are a bit too close. That happened when we were needle sculpting the eyes, it pulled them in closer than it should. OH! WELL!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

BRANSON, MO & MARINE REUNION

The reunion with my hubby, 3 of his Marine buddies and their wives was LOTS OF FUN!!! This is our 3rd year of getting together. Next year it's going to be in Delaware & Washington DC.
My hubby Ken had a SURPRISE for me on our Wedding Anniversary which is Sept. 11. This was our 12th anniversary. Him, the Marine buddies & their wives all kept a secret from me.
On Sept. 11th we were going to the Court House for a Memorial & they told me that they were going to take pics and put the Marine reunion in the newspaper. OK that was fine. WELLLLLL!! When we got to the court house. We all were standing outside of the court house and Ken turns to me and asked me if I would marry him again. I said, SURE!! He had it all planned before we left for Branson. The court clerk had flowers that Ken ordered for me and the wedding party. We renewed our vowels. It was nice and I was SURPRISED!!! I've got a jewel of a husband.

VICTORIAN PURSE WITH YO YO FLOWERS

Here's a picture of a purse I made almost 2 yrs. ago. I made fabric Yo Yo's for flowers and adding them to the ribbon leaves I made. I sculpted the head out of Pro Sculpt clay.

Marine Reunion

My hubby Ken and I will be leaving for Branson, Mo. at 5 A.M. we will return home on Wed. 13th. I'm taking the new magazine Beyond Paper Dolls with me. I got it in the mail today. WOOOOOHOOOO!! It's a great magazine. Get it if you don't have it already.

I still have some packing to do so I better get off the computer.
Love & Hugs
Fran

Lilly Fae

Meet Lilly Fae. She's just a sketch for now BUT she's going to come to life soon I hope. She's been haunting me from inside my head for about a month now. I drew her and now I have to make her into a doll. GEEEEEZZZZZZ!! I have lots of dolls haunting me inside my head, some have been haunting me for a long long time. I have this little girl that really really wants to be born. She's dressed in a real pretty blue dress and long coat to match. She also has a beautiful blue hat to match her dress and coat. She's a victorian little girl. You see my mind works all the time. :-) You should she a couple of beauties that want to be born also. :-) We shall see which one comes out first.
NO I'm NOT Crazy !! Just have a very creative mind that works all the time but never gets too far. LOL
Love & Hugs
Fran

ANOTHER NON CREATIVE DAY

Today was another Non Creative Day for me of not making a doll. :-( I did however get our Doll Club's newsletter finished. I have to send it out tomorrow. Still working on Bliss' pattern between the newsletter and running to the post office, Wild Oats and our Perfume shop. Bliss is sitting here on the computer desk watching me and wondering why I'm not finishings her pattern. Tomorrow is another day and Bliss pattern is top priority. I promised her!!

Our club is having Arley Berryhill to teach his Le Femme doll Sept. 16 & 17. Arley is a member of our club Silver Doll-Ers. GUESS WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE PRE WORK DONE. YES, ME!!! NOW HOW DID YOU EVER GUESS THAT!!! LOL LOL!!!
I really should be working on other things instead of writing in my Blog. :-)
On that note I'm going to bed. NITE NITE!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

HOW WEIRD

NOW THAT'S REALLY WEIRD!! The same post posted twice yesterday. MMMMMMMMMMMM!! Wasn't like that when I posted last night. Wonder if this one will post twice. hehehehehehe!!! Maybe today I'll get to work on a doll instead of writing pattern instructions. I also have to do our doll club newsletter that should have been done already. A GIRL'S GOTTA TO WHAT A GIRL'S GOTTA DO!!! :-) Such as life. I still have to go shopping before Ken and I leave on Saturday for Branson, MO. Going to Ken's Marine Reunion. It'll be fun seeing the guys and the wives again. They are fun. Y'all should see the booklet Ken does every year for each of the guys. The reunion is in a different state every year and he does a booklet pretaining to the town that the reunion is in PLUS the Marine stuff he puts in about them. It's really good. Our 12th Anniversary Sept. 11th will be during this time too. SOOOOOOOO, I get to spend my 12th Anniversary with several Marines and their wives. It will be nice with all the fun things Ken has planned for all of us. Maybe we should have him plan a doll conference. :-) I bet he would be good at that too. He loves the dolls. When we owned a little Doll Shop years ago he amazed me at the stuff he new about dolls. All my doll talk and books rubbed off on him. :-)
I better get off here so I can get to work on finishing Bliss' pattern instructions.
Have A Wonderful Day!!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

MY DAY

My Day was a busy one around the house. I stayed in my nightgown ALL DAY! LOL LOL

Ken hurt his back a couple of days ago climbing out of the boat and he's not going anywhere for a few days. He won't be going fishin for awhile. He wasn't even fishin when he hurt his back. He was in the boat in the garage cleaning the boat. He has lots of back problems anyhow.

I worked on my Bliss pattern some more today. I should have had her finished a couple of months ago but everything seem to come first for one reason or another. I have Bliss' body and wings pattern almost all typed. Tomorrow I will finish it and take it to the printer. WOOOHOOO!!!! One more thing I can mark off my long long long long list of things to do. :-)
I think we all have one of those list.

OOOOOOO!!!! I'm SOOOOOO HAPPY!!!! I found the two patterns I designed awhile back. They were in with another pattern. I didn't look in it before because I didn't think it would be in there. Always the last place you look. LOL LOL!!! I'm Thrilled!!!

Well, I'm going back to typing up more of Bliss' instructions. Nighty Nighty!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

MY DAY

My Day was a busy one around the house. I stayed in my nightgown ALL DAY! LOL LOL

Ken hurt his back a couple of days ago climbing out of the boat and he's not going anywhere for a few days. He won't be going fishin for awhile. He wasn't even fishin when he hurt his back. He was in the boat in the garage cleaning the boat. He has lots of back problems anyhow.

I worked on my Bliss pattern some more today. I should have had her finished a couple of months ago but everything seem to come first for one reason or another. I have Bliss' body and wings pattern almost all typed. Tomorrow I will finish it and take it to the printer. WOOOHOOO!!!! One more thing I can mark off my long long long long list of things to do. :-)
I think we all have one of those list.

OOOOOOO!!!! I'm SOOOOOO HAPPY!!!! I found the two patterns I designed awhile back. They were in with another pattern. I didn't look in it before because I didn't think it would be in there. Always the last place you look. LOL LOL!!! I'm Thrilled!!!

Well, I'm going back to typing up more of Bliss' instructions. Nighty Nighty!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

Just Words & A :-)

I didn't play today like I wanted too. I worked in my Doll Room all day cleaning and re organizing it. ROLF!!!! Just like it's going to stay organized. ROFL!!! GOSH!! I have way too much stuff in here and no room for it all. At least I can walk on the floor without tripping over something. VBG!!! Maybe tomorrow I can work on something new. I've looked all day for a couple of my patterns I designed last year and I can't find them. I must have put them in a box and put them in the garage. GEEEEEZZZZZZZZ!!! It's too hot to go out there and look for them. I really do need them soon. If not I will re design them. I have the dolls so I can do that. Not what I want to do if I don't have too. Going to go watch a little TV with my Honey.
Love & Hugs
Fran

Well, I have nothing new to show and not much to say. :-)
I've been busy finishing some swaps I'm in. I have them
finished and now I'm going to play tomorrow. :-) First I'm
going shopping for some new clothes. I really need some
new pants that fit. I really don't like going shopping for
clothes. I'm sure my car will turn into JoAnn's and/or
Michael's. hehehe!! Now that shopping I love.
Think I'm going to go to bed in awhile.
Love & Hugs
Fran