ARTISTIC FIGURES IN CLOTH

ARTISTIC FIGURES IN CLOTH is a conference held every other year in Columbus, Ohio. It is a FANTASTIC conference. Great line up of teachers. Check out the teachers. YES :-) I'm one of the teachers for AFIC 2011. www.cyndysdolls.com/AFIC/AFIC.htm OH! and while you are in the site check out Cyndys Dolls. Her work is FANTASTIC!! So are the doll club members dolls.
Lots to see on Cyndy's site.
More Later,
Love & Hugs
Fran

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, ESPECIALLY TO OUR SOLDIERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND PAST SERVICE. WE HONOR YOU IN PRIDE!!! IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, OUR COUNTRY WOULDN'T BE WHAT IT IS TODAY!!! THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING US!! MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FALLEN SOLDIERS AND THEIR LOVED ONES! JUST REMEMBER THEY FOUGHT TO KEEP US SAFE AND KEEP OUR FREEDOM!! FOR THAT, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH!!
Love & Hugs,
Fran

"JUST A NOTE" & HOBBY LOBBY

Wanted to say Hello to Everyone. I'm still around but just been really busy with creating new dolls/patterns, teaching doll classes in my studio, working at our Perfume Palace shop, running around with hubby, etc etc etc..... :-) Time REALLY DOES FLY BY!!! When we were little we couldn't wait to be grown up and now we wish were were little again. Time Goes By Fast!!!

I FORGOT the BEST NEWS!!! HOW COULD I FORGET IT!!! HOBBY LOBBY IS COMING TO VEGAS THIS YEAR!!! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG LOTS OF US HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR HOBBY LOBBY TO COME TO VEGAS?????? YEARS!!!! HOBBY LOBBY WILL BE LOCATED OFF SUNSET AND STEPHAINE IN HENDERSON. HENDERSON(Las Vegas area) IS ATTACHED TO VEGAS. :-) ONLY 20 MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE OR LESS.
I HAD TO ADD THIS EXCITING NEWS!!!! WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!! I'M IN 7th HEAVEN!

I'm also working on things for my sales table at EDAC http://www.enchanteddollartistsconference.org/
It's a wonderful fun doll conference. Check it out. Hope some of you will attend. You will have a Fantastic Fun Time!! I'm also the Room Mom for EDAC. I have been for several years. I'm working on Table Favors for EDAC Banquet and I'm working on a doll for Center Piece for the Banquet. I'm working on all kinds of THINGS N STUFF!!!

I better get off of here and go sell some perfume.
Love & Hugs,
Fran

INTERESTING DAY TODAY/MOTHER'S DAY

It's been a very interesting day in our shopping center today. #1 I've been really busy selling perfumes. That's a GREAT thing. #2 The nail shop had to call the paramedics for someone. #3 Somone sit fire to the bushes behind the shopping center. A couple of shops down from ours. The fire dept. came and put it out. Looks like it might have been a cigarette because the people in the shop where it was; goes outside to smoke and a big tall ash tray sits there. Glad it only burnt a couple of bushes. It's really close to the building. If anything else happened I don't know about it. Only reason I know about the other two happenings is because the people in the next shop to me came and told me. One more thing happened at the shop. It's good. FedEx delivered me a box and it had 2 Orchids in pots. My daughter Nicole and family sent them to me. One plant is opening up and it's yellow. The other one I don't know what color it will be, they aren't open yet. I LOVE Orchids. I have a baby vanilla one at home.

SOON it will be time to close up and go home. Then I have to go to the airport and pick my hubby up. Got to clean up the shop before closing.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL!!
My daughter Brandi, her hubby Jason and Cain our grandson are coming over for Breakfast on Mother's Day. They are going to make me Breakfast. Ken is taking me out for supper. MMMMM! Lots of good food and I'm on a diet. LOL LOL!!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

PICTURES OF MY DARK SIDE

These are pictures of the chair class I took with Jean Bernard when she was here teaching at our doll club.

REMEMBER when you look at this creation I usually do PRETTY!! Well, this time I did not do pretty. No matter what I did I couldn't do pretty. It didn't want to be a pretty chair. I really don't call it a chair now. It doesn't have a seat to sit on. :-)

My Creation isn't finished! I have lots more to do to it. It's going to be sitting on a board with sand, other bones, dried tree limbs and lots of other fun stuff. Right now I'm calling it My Dark Side but not sure what the real name of this creation will be. I'm sure it will tell me. :-)
YES! I had a lot of fun creating this piece. Jean was thrilled to see the dark side come out of me. LOL LOL!!! She knows me all to well-------I Do PRETTY!!! The other girls were shocked that I created a Dark piece. They know me all to well also. I Do PRETTY!! :-) I was shocked at myself but sure did love creating this piece and can't wait to totally finish it. My grandson Cain loves it and can't wait for me to finish it. I think I'm going to give it to him. He has a Birthday coming up in June. :-)

REMEMBER DARK SIDE IS NOT FINISHED YET!!! I WILL POST NEW PICTURES WHEN I FINISH DARK SIDE.

Love & Hugs

Fran

HELLO!! OUT THERE!!!

Hello. I know I know....I've been MIA Yet Again!! Our doll club had Jean Bernard last weekend teaching 3 wonderful fun days. I have not taken a picture of my so call chair(when you see it you will know). Well, it was going to be a PRETTY chair but IT JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE PRETTY!! No matter how hard I tried to make it pretty in the beginning; It just wasn't going to happen!! I came out of my BOX and I DO MEAN REALLY GOT OUT OF THE BOX!! LOL!! BUT, I really had fun making this chair. It isn't totally finished yet. Maybe I'll show it in progress. I have to get batteries for my camera this evening. Hopefully Radio Shack will have the batteries I need. If I use plain batteries it will hurt my camera. Go figure??? Don't really understand that one but that's what the instructions to my camera says. The batteries my camera takes are Ni-MH.

I will take a picture in progress and post it this evening if I can find these Ni-MH batteries at Radio Shack.

And I wanted to say Hello to Everyone. I miss going to your blogs. I'll play catch up (if there's such a thing) later.
Love & Hugs
Fran

GOING TO TAKE A CLASS FOR 3 DAYS

Jean Bernard is teaching her chair and pincushion classes for the next 3 days to our doll club.
Jean is a FANTASTIC teacher and a good friend. Her work is WONDERFUL!
****To See Jean's work click on her name on my side bar.

I will take pictures and post them after the 3 day class. I've taken several of her classes. This will be the 3rd time I've taken the chair class. Always come out with a totally different chair every time.

I'm sure I won't be posting until Monday. :-)

Everyone Have A Wonderful Weekend!! I know I will. :-)
Love & Hugs
Fran

HAPPY WEEKEND!!

HAPPY WEEKEND TO ALL!! I spent from 10A.M.- 2 P.M. at our doll club. I taught this months project. I taught them how to make hands with fingers. It was fun and everyone had a good time. After the meeting several of us met at Starbucks and talked and laughed. After that I went to Nancy's Quilt Shop and bought some yummy fabrics to add to my stash!! YES! I HAD TO HAVE MORE FABRIC! LOL!! I really did need one piece I bought BUT I had to have more. :-) Got some of it on sale. So, that's good. :-)

The past few days I have been working on a new doll. I will post her picture when I finish her. Probably not until Tuesday evening or Wednesday. Ken and I are going away for a couple of days. His sister and her hubby(my SIL & BIL) are going with us. Won't be home until Tuesday sometime. I guess it's nice to get out of Vegas for a couple of days. SHHHHH!!! don't tell anyone but I wish we were going to Texas. :-) We are going to Laughlin, NV and Bullshead, AZ. Hotter there than here. That I don't like. Yes, there's Casinos in Laughlin. I'm taking doll stuff and doll books while there. We won't spend all our time in the Casino, we never do. I'm not giving them my money!!! I WANT THEIR MONEY!!! LOL We will go to Oatman which is an old old old town. It has neat stuff there. The donkies rome the streets and you feed them carrots. There's one shop that has THE BEST ICE CREAM CONES!! I've been good on my diet this week. I lost 3 lbs. NOPE I WON'T PUT IT BACK ON. I won't eat any ice cream cones. :-)

Guess I better get off here. I have to go to our perfume shop and pick up my hubby.
More when I get back from our short but nice get away. :-)

Everyone Have A Wonderful Fun Weekend.
Love & Hugs
Fran

IT'S FRIDAY!!!

HAVE A WONDERFUL FUN FRIDAY EVERYONE!!

Love & Hugs

Fran

EASTER BUNNY, HOME FROM TEXAS AND READY TO CREATE

PICTURE OF EASTER BUNNY I MADE CHERYL FOR VIVIAN'S EASTER SWAP. GOSH! I JUST LOVE DOING VIVIAN'S SWAPS.


LITTLE BUNNY is sculpted out of paperclay and standing on a decorated round wooden box that I made. I added some goodies to the swap. I added a little pink cloth bunny, bunch of flowers and other goodies. I JUST LOVE SWAPS!!

We had a wonderful fun time in Texas visiting with family and friends. It was busy from the time we arrived until we left. Ken left on Tuesday and I stayed a few more days. Joleen and Natalie (our daughter-in-laws) took me to Hobby Lobby. Didn't get to do much shopping. We didn't have the time. :-( Next visit to the kids will be for relaxing, fun and hitting up all the Hobby Lobbies in town. There's 4 and they are not to far from each other. :-) I was really good this time shopping at Hobby Lobby. I spend only $14.00. YES! I WAS IN SHOCK!!! OH! There were lots of things I wanted but didn't have an empty suitcase. LOL LOL!!! I probably could have bought yet another suitcase. YES, I have several suitcases because I needed them to take stuff home that I bought. SOOOOOOOO!!! I figured I better not buy another one. Next time I will take an empty one with me. :-) Now that would be the smart thing to do. LOL

I am rested up and ready to start some new creations. I have lots dancing around in my head.

I'll start on a new creation tomorrow. Thursday and Friday I am teaching a doll class in my studio.

EASTER BUNNY SWAP/GOING AWAY

I LOVE VIVIAN'S SWAPS!! I JUST HAD TO DO THE EASTER BUNNY SWAP.

My Easter Bunny Swap partner is Cheryl of Artsy~Fartsy. Her creations are WONDERFUL!
Below is the Easter Bunny she created for me. Isn't this bunny a real CUTIE???? Look at the wonderful egg it came in. Love all the goodies that she put in the egg with the bunny.
I LOVE IT! Thanks Cheryl.

EASTER BUNNY SWAP FROM CHERYL

WOW! LOVE IT!!! OH! and there was (YES WAS) some Hershey Kisses in the egg. YES! I ATE ALL OF THEM. :-)
YUMMY YUMMY!!! They were SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!! :-)

Cheryl, your bunny swap from me goes in the mail tomorrow. It's packed and ready for the post office in the morning. You should have it in a couple of days.

I'm going away again. My hubby and I are going to TEXAS to see some of our kids and grandkids. We are also going to a wedding there. I will return home April 3rd. My hubby will return home several days before I do. He has to work at out Perfume Shop. I will stay a few extra days with the kids and grandkids. I can soak more Texas into me. LOL LOL LOL I REALLY REALLY LOVE TEXAS. Maybe one day we will move back there. HEY! A girl can hope. :-)

Love & Hugs

Fran

NEW ONLINE CLASS & A GIVEAWAY

NEW ONLINE CLASS: WALL HANGING TASSEL DOLL

CLOSE UP OF "TASSEL DOLL"

TASSEL LADY DOLL FULL VIEW

WALL HANGING "TASSEL DOLL" I'M TEACHING

Check out my class on http://www.ebearz.com/

Click on Dolls and you will see "Tassel Doll"

She's a lot of fun to make. Lots of fun techniques. I walk you through each step with lots of pictures and instructions. The class is for Beginners to Advance.

Hope to see you in class. :-)

Love & Hugs

Fran

THERE'S A GIVEAWAY AT THIMBLE PRIMS STUDIO. CHECK IT OUT!!

http://thimbleprimsstudio.blogspot.com YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE WHAT YOU SEE!

VALENTINE'S DAY

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL!!!

I just wanted to jump on and say HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL!!
Now, I'm going back to watch rest of NASCAR!!! LOVE NASCAR!!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

GOING AWAY

I'm going away for a few days. I will return on Feb. 3rd.
Will catch up with others blogs when I return home.

Thank you for your nice comments about my 5 new dolls. I appreciate hearing your comments.

Have a Wonderful Week.
Love & Hugs,
Fran

New Dolls

Here's 5 New Dolls (Elegant Ladies) I have made. They are all cloth. Clothing is new fabrics and vintage fabrics and trims. Hair is needle felted mohair. Faces are hand drawn. Totally hand made my me. :-)

These dolls are For Sale and I will be posting them to my Sales Blog And/Or My Etsy Shop in a few days.

All 5 dolls Stand On Their Own. No stands for these Elegant Ladies.

ELEGANT LADIES

SHELLY ANDREA WHITE

DESIREE ANN DEVINE



WANDA FAE PRESCOTT


IDA MAE WEATHERSPOON

EVELYN LYNN PEACOCK

I haven't posted in awhile and I haven't been online much. I was hoping to start the New Year posting, etc like crazy BUT didn't happen the way I wanted it to. That's OK though; Every thing is Great!!! I'm working on some new creations and new online classes. Plus everyday life things.

Everyone Have A Wonderful Week!!

Love & Hugs

Fran

THINGS

Well, I was hoping to have the New Year start out better but doesn't look like it. We shall see about that. :-) I'll turn it around as soon as I get my Studio in order. I already have a schedule of what I'm creating and the creating time. I know I know, that usually doesn't work but we shall see. :-)

I've also been busy doing this and that. I'm in the middle of cleaning and rearranging my Studio. It's taking me a lot longer than I thought it would. Nothing new there. LOL I have way too much stuff. hehehe! It will be nice when it's finished. I PROMISE MYSELF THAT I WILL CLEAN UP AFTER EACH DAY THAT I CREATE!!! I WILL!!!
I'm organizing myself. :-) I have a good plan and I WILL STICK TO IT!!! X X Yes, those are crossed fingers. :-)

I'm having some computer problems as usual along with some other computer problems that has taken me days(week so far) to get straightened out. Got it under control and hope nothing else happens.

I'll get off my soap box about myself. HEHEHEHE!!! It's upsetting when things happen and takes so long to get them fixed or straightened out. The Internet is great but it does have it's problems and takes time to fix it.

Everyone Have A Wonderful Day,
Love & Hugs
Fran

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!! I know I'm a day late but never got on the computer yesterday. Just stayed at home watching movies with hubby and our cat, Kat. Nice day to stay in PJ's and watch movies.

May 2010 bring all of us Peace on Earth. I wish all a healthy and successful year. I Wish for the war to be over and for all Countries to get along with each other. OH! WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD THIS WOULD BE!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

HOLIDAYS ETC.

WISHING THAT ALL HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. We had a wonderful Christmas. As some of you know my husband and I own a Perfume Shop here in Vegas. During the Christmas Holidays I have to work everyday from Opening to Closing. We are ready for bed as soon as we drag our tired bodies into our house each evening JUST TO GET UP EARLY THE NEXT DAY AND DO THE SAME THING EVERYDAY FOR 9 DAYS IN A ROW. LOL LOL!! I keep telling my husband this is the 9TH CHRISTMAS in a row now. LOL LOL I'm tired I guess. I just want to have one year that we can have a normal Christmas without being so tired. hehehe
I really shouldn't complain, our store is holding it's own. Not like some that have gone under. I really do Pray and count our Blessings.

I do have a few Christmas pictures and I will post them later.

HAPPY NEW YEAR is next. :-) I'm looking forward to a WONDERFUL NEW YEAR in 2010.
I will post pictures and most stuff later.
Love & Hugs
Fran who is going back to our Perfume Shop to work some this afternoon then we are going out for supper with some friends.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

MY BOY KAT

THIS IS MY BIG BOY "KAT". He is 8 years old. We have had him since he was 8 months old. He is a BIG cat. (Still growing) He's a sweetheart. Sometimes his eyes are green and sometimes his eyes are orange. In this picture they are green. Picture doesn't capture how pretty his eyes are. On Halloween they were orange. When the door bell rang he would go to the front door to see all the kids dressed up. He would stand or sit and look at them. LOL!! I'm not sure what that is behind him.

"KAT"

THANKSGIVING/FAMILY/ DOLLS & CHRISTMAS

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING. We did. Our daughter Angela and our grandson Kyle came in for a few weeks. They left yesterday to go home. REALLY DO MISS THEM!!!

Went to our grandson Cain's concert last night. He plays the violin. It was a wonderful concert at his school. I'm so proud of him. :-) WOOOHOOO!! GREAT JOB CAIN!!!! Grandma & Grandpa are PROUD OF YOU!!!

I met my deadline on making 5 dolls. WOOHOO!!! My new camera I got for my birthday came in handy. It really takes wonderful pictures.

I finished the Littest Elf Swap that I was in on Vivian's list. I mailed my Elf to my swap partner a couple of days ago. Amy, Hope you like him. Amy if you are reading this post, please take pictures of him. I FORGOT TO. :-( I thought I did take pictures but with everything going on I must have forgot because there's no pictures of him in my camera. OOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I'm BAD!!!! IT SLIPPED MY MIND!!! SORRY!!! Hope Amy sends pictures and I will post them on my blog. I guess I had/have too much on my mind of late. YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! WHAT MIND!!! HEHEHEHEHE!!! I REALLY DO HAVE ONE. HEHEHEHE!!

Now, I need to screw my head on right BECAUSE I have to get to work on new patterns and dolls. I have 2 stockings to make and mail out. Today I will clean my studio SO I can get back to creating. My mind is so full that it's running over. hehehehe! It's PENCIL & PAPER TIME!! MUST CARRY THEM AROUND WITH ME. hehehehe!

EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL FUN FULL DAY OF CREATING!!!
Love & Hugs
Fran