MINI CLASS FOR ENCHANTED DOLL ARTISTS CONFERENCE

"LADY COLLAGE" I designed her for a mini class on Friday evening July 18th that I will be teaching at Enchanted Doll Artists Conference. The conference is July 17-20; (Some people arrive before the 17th) People arrive for the conference on Thursday July 17th, one and two day classes are July 18, 19 & 20th(Friday. Saturday and Sunday). Mini classes are July 19 & 20th.(Friday and Saturday nights). We all go home on Monday July 21st OR some stay a few extra days to check out New Mexico. Go check out Enchanted Doll Artists Conference site. http://www.enchanteddollartistsconference.org/ Check out every page to see all the fun stuff there is.
There's a great line up of teachers. Be sure and check out What's Happening on Thursday Morning 9 A.M. to 12 Noon. It's going to be wonderful!! There's going to be a Wedding too. :-)
All is on http://www.enchanteddollartistsconference.org/ Hope to see some of ya at EDAC 2008 !!
Love & Hugs
Fran
MEET "LADY COLLAGE" She's great fun to make and has several great techniques.
BE SURE TO CLICK ON LADY COLLAGE PICTURE TO ENLARGE HER.

ANNOUNCING ONLINE CLASS

ANNOUNCING MY SPRING FAIRY PINCUSHION ONLINE CLASS

ONE OF MY SPRING FAIRY PINCUSHIONS
ANOTHER ONE OF MY SPRING FAIRY PINCUSHIONS

BOTH OF MY SPRING FAIRY PINCUSHIONS TOGETHER

ANNOUNCING MY SPRING FAIRY PINCUSHION ONLINE CLASS AT DOLL STREET.

http://www.dollstreetdreamers.com/ There's still time to sign up even though it starts today April 25, 2008. The class is on going and you can sign up anytime you want. This Fairy Pincushion is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FUN TO MAKE. You will have a BLAST making her. I will be available through the class with any questions anyone has. I will be there step by step for you. I can hardly wait to see the Spring Fairy Pincushions the students make. It's going to be FUN FUN FUN!!!

Hope to see you in the class.

Love & Hugs
Fran

GOING TO MM&M IN KENTUCKY

HI ALL,
I'm going to MM& M (Magic, Mischief & Mayhem) in Kentucky. I have family in Kentucky but won't get to see them. They are about 3 hours away from where I will be. That's Okay though, I'll be busy creating dolls, having fun, meeting friends and making new friends. PLUS I get to go back to my home state for a few days. I will get to see green trees and houses on nice green acreage. I live in the desert and houses are sitting 10 feet on each side. YUCK!! I do have green grass in front and in the back. I also have beautiful roses. It's still the desert. :-) I will return home on Monday the 21st. Until then I won't be posting to my blog nor on a computer. :-)
I'll post pics of the 2 dolls I'm making in Natalie's class and Barbara's class.

Well, got to go finish packing supplies and clothes. I'm leaving tomorrow evening. I'll still have time to get those last minute things in my suitcase. LOL LOL!
More When I Get Home!
Love & Hugs
Fran

JUST WORDS TODAY :-)

It's just going to be words today. I'm working at our Perfume Shop today. Ken hurt his back several days ago and needs to stay in bed another day or maybe two. He says he's going to work at the shop tomorrow. ????????? We shall see. :-) Poor guy, he's been in lots of pain.

The tempture is really nice today; in the high 70's. Nice breeze blowing and lots of sunshine as it is most of the time. The weather man says it's going to hit the 90's by the weekend or early next week. Not looking forward to the HOT TEMPS in the Summer. I have beautiful roses in my back yard. They love the cooler temps. They don't like the HOT Summer. I even have roses at Christmas time. :-)

I brought doll work with me to the shop :-) When not busy selling perfume, etc I can play dolls.
I really am working on doing Pre Work for MM&M (Magic Mischief & Mayhem) that I'm going to next week in Kentucky. Annie Hess is the wonderful doll artist that puts this doll conference on. Take a look at the site. http://www.anniedolls.com/

It's going to be fun. Natalie Hamade and Barbara Schoenoff are the teachers. WOOOHOOO! Nothing like putting off until the last minute to do my pre work. That's me. LOL LOL!! I still have a week. :-)
Back to the Pre Work. :-)
Love & Hugs
Fran

NEW ONLINE CLASS AT DOLL STREET

Here's a couple of pictures of SPRING FAIRY PINCUSHION I am teaching on Doll Street. Class begins April 25, 2008. Want to join in on the fun of making SPRING FAIRY PINCUSHION????
Go to: http://www.dollstreetdreamers.com/ to sign up. You will have lots of fun!! Hope to see you in the class room.

CLICK ON PICTURE TO SEE LARGER VIEW

I'VE BEEN TAGGED BY DEANNA. I have to tell 5 things about myself and tag 5 other bloggers.

1. I LOVE designing and creating dolls of cloth, clay and other mediums, patterns, costumes, and props for my dolls.

2. I MISS my children and grandchildren that live in NY, CT, PA & TX

3. Dolls dance in my head all the time and want to be created. They even wake me up all hours of the night. I have a pad and pencil on my night stand so I can sketch & write them down.

4. I'm addicted to fabric, dyes, fiber papers, fancy fiber yarns, natural dyed flowers, stems, etc.

5. I work better under pressure. :-) Seems that way any how. :-)

I'll go to 5 peoples blogs and tag them. :-)

Love & Hugs

Fran

ROUND ROBIN DOLL CAME HOME TODAY

RR DOLL
CLOSE UP OF RR DOLL

LIL LITE FAE RR DOLL & LIL LITE FAE

WOOOHOOOO!! My Round Robin Doll came home today along with Pammy's Round Robin Doll. I worked on Pammy's doll and I will put her in the mail tomorrow. Pammy you are going to love her.

I love my Round Robin doll. She's BEAUTIFUL!! Thank you, Pammy, Judi W, Judi A, Sherry, Natalie, Jan and MaryO. Each one of you did beautiful work on her. Thank You. She also had a little traverler with her. Jan made her a little Lite Fae. She really lights and flashes too. She's as good as can be. Thank you Jan. Someone put a beautiful crocheted or knitted neck scarf . Which one of you make the neck scarf? Thank you, I love it. The colors are just PERFECT!!! Love those colors. I just took a closer look at the neck scarf and it looks like it might be knitted------Now I wonder which one of you it was. Come on and tell me. I LOVE IT!! I LOVE MY DOLL and her Lil Lite Fae.

COMPUTER

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!! My computer is FAST now.
We had the computer man over for 3 hours working on my computer. Upgraded the ram and new driver and did a few other things. Now I don't have to sit here thinking I must be on a phone line when I'm really on wireless. It's nice and fast. :-) Now I can get my work done.
I'm HAPPY!!! :-) WOOOOOOHOOOO!!!
Back to working on an online class I'm going to be teaching in April. Now it won't be a nightmare to work on.
Love & Hugs
Fran

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY

Wishing eveyone a HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!!! Are ya wearing green? I hope so, you don't want to get pinched do ya????? :-) I have corn beef cooking as I type. Company coming over for supper. We are having corn beef, cabbage and boiled potatoes. YUMMY YUMMY I'm hurgry now. :-)

On another note, I'm on my hubby's computer because mine is VERY VERY Sick at the moment. :-( Long story but hope to have her up and running tomorrow after the computer man works on it. :-) My husband is NEVER ALLOWED to work on my computer again. He deleted stuff out that he should not have. This is not the first time this has happened and it WILL be the last time he makes my computer sick. LOL LOL :-) His fingers love hitting the wrong keys and/or hitting the delete button. He doesn't read the little notes that pop up, he just hits delete, etc.

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

SWAP DOLL FROM BARB

Here's pictures of the swap doll Barb made me. Isn't she the cuties. This one is a Spit Fire. hehehehe When I opened the box she had her arms folded and looked at me and said, "LADY! It's ABOUT TIME YOU LET ME OUT OF THIS DARK HOT BOX". She's sitting her looking at me and saying SURE you have to tell everybody what I said when you opened the box. She still has her arms folded. She's enjoying living here with all the other dolls. She's a CUTIE!! She makes me SMILE! :-)

Love & Hugs

Fran

HOME FROM SEDONA & DOLL SWAP DOLLS

MEET "VIOLETE CARMELA"



Violete Carmela now lives with Barbara of Lavender Lollipop Lane. We were swap partners. I designed Violete Carmela for Barbara and for my newest pattern OR class. Haven't decide which one yet. She's 14 inches tall, she will sit, hang or stand on a stand. She's cloth, paper clay with cloth over. I am making another one but she won't be just like Violete Carmela, Violete is one of a kind.

My hubby and I had a wonderful and fun relaxing time in Sedona, AZ. If any one goes to Sedona be sure and eat at COWBOY'S in the Silver Saddle room. OH MY! The food is to die for. It's really YUMMY!!! best I've had. The Art Galleries are great, lots of wonderful creations. The mountains and rock formations are beautiful. All in all Sedona is a fantastic place to have fun and relax.
Love & Hugs
Fran

I'VE BEEN TAGGED :-)

I've been TAGGED by Susan at "A Walk In The Park".


HERE ARE THE RULES:

1. Link to the peson that tagged you.

2. Post the rules on you blog.

3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.

4. Tag five or six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.

5. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.


HERE ARE SOME THINGS ABOUT ME.

1. I miss my hometown in Kentucky but would never move back.

2. I sometimes snort when I laugh.

3. I was a cheerleader in the 8th grade

4. I'm a fabricholic.

5. I love calling my brother by his middle name(Morton) to make him mad :-)

6. I sneak and eat sweets while dieting.





THESE ARE THE PEOPLE I TAGGED !
CHECK OUT THEIR WONDERFUL CREATIONS ON THEIR BLOGS.

1. http://123lavenderlollipoplane.blogspot.com/ - Barbara

2. http://needlepullingthread.blogspot.com/ - Nita

3. http://cheryl-comfort.blogspot.com/ - Cheryl

4. http://faeriewindow.blogspot.com/ - Lori

5. http://sherrygoshon.blogspot.com/ - Sherry

6. http://www.artdolls.info/ - Judi

HAVE FUN CHECKING OUT THESE WONDERFUL ARTISTS BLOGS.

Love & Hugs

Fran

HELLO

Just saying HELLO !! I don't have anything else to post except a big HELLO TO ALL ! Maybe I'll have something to post tomorrow. Got several things in the making BUT nothing finished to show. Keep checking back to see a finished creation. :-)

Have A Wonderful Day/Evening
Love & Hugs
Fran

QUILT SHOW DOLL WINNERS 1ST & 2ND PLACES AND ROUND ROBIN DOLL

MARGIE IN FLIGHT FIRST PLACE WINNER & FAIRY AND HER QUILT SECOND PLACE WINNER. AREN'T THE RIBBONS PRETTY? THE PICTURES AREN'T VERY CLEAR. IF YOU SCROLL DOWN PAST THIS POST YOU WILL SEE THEM WITHOUT THEIR RIBBONS. THOSE PICTURES ARE CLEAR.

I SOLD FAIRY AND HER QUILT WHILE AT THE QUILT SHOW. SOMEONE WANTED TO BUY HER.
FULL VIEW OF A ROUND ROBIN DOLL. I SENT THE BODY OUT AND EACH PERSON ADDED TO HER. SHE'S LOVELY. EVERYONE THAT WORKED ON HER DID A FANTASTIC JOB. HER SHOES ARE HANDBLOWN GLASS. HER LEGS ARE AND ARMS ARE BEADED.
ROUND ROBIN CLOSE UP. I THINK SHE JUST MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE OUT OF THE ROUND ROBINS I HAVE DONE. SHE'S HANGING IN MY LIVING ROOM.
LOVE & HUGS
FRAN

DOLLS IN QUILT SHOW

WOOOOHOOOO!!!! Margie In Flight won 1st place and Fairy & Her Quilt won 2nd place. I'm soooooooo excited. One of the gals that is working our doll club booth today called me and told me. :-) I will be working at out doll club booth tomorrow. I will see my dolls that were judged then. I will take pics of them with their ribbons.

Now I have to get busy cleaning my studio. It looks like a tornado went through it. Have to clean it so I can work on more creations.
Love & Hugs
Fran

DOLLS

FAIRY AND HER QUILT

MARGIE IN FLIGHT

Meet Margie In Flight and Fairy & Her Quilt. These are a couple of dolls I've been working on. I'm working on other stuff and doing everyday life stuff.

I've had a couple of health issues I'm taking care of. I'm okay for now and I WILL continue to be okay. I have problems with my thumbs, been going to PT and going today to be fitted for thumb splits like baseball and skier have to have sometimes. :-) I have fiber cysts and a couple of lesions in my left breast and they aren't being nice. Had an ultrasound and have to go back in 6 months for another ultrasound. Been to the doctor several times. Not cancer. Have to watch them.

On to a happier note. :-) Here's pictures of Margie in Flight and Fairy & Her Quilt. Both dolls will be going to the Desert Quilters Of Nevada Quilt Show this weekend. Our doll club also will have a booth in the show. This show is GREAT and FUN. Lots of shopping. :-)

LOL Looks like pictures of Fairy with her quilt and Margie in flight went on top. That's ok. :-)

Love & Hugs

Fran

JANUARY 14, 2008 I'M BEHIND !

Well, I'm behind again. Maybe I should change my name to Behind Frannie :-)
I wonder if I'll ever catch up on everything I need to do. If I do I will have to live to be 400 or 500 years old and then I don't think I will be caught up. SO, I'll have to live forever. :-) Don't I wish ! A girl can dream can't she??? LOL

I'm working on a deadline project. I'm having fun with it. I will finish it in a few days and get it into the mail. I'm also working on new online classes, new dolls, new patterns, new pressmolds, etc. etc. etc. O an I'm working on lots of other stuff too. Aren't we all. Some days I can finish a project in one day and others take me days. Depends on the mood I guess. Today has been a good day for the deadline project, it's coming right together. WOOOOHOOO! I love when that happens.
I will be working on a couple of dolls to enter in the Desert Quilters of Nevada quilt show. Our doll club will have a booth to sell our dolls, doll supplies, display our dolls and recruit new doll members for our doll club, Las Vegas Silver Doll-Ers. The show is Feb. 8, 9 & 10, 2008 in Henderson, NV. This is our 4th year having a booth in the quilt show.
I guess I've rattled on enough for tonight. I think I will go night night now.
Love & Hugs
Fran

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008

Today starts a brand new year. Another year to get it right; what ever right means. :-)
I'm making a list for the New Year and I'm hoping(AM) sticking to it. I'm going to do my best to do everything on my list. I have already started working on my list today. :-)
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!
Love & Hugs
Fran

END OF ANOTHER YEAR 2007

This is my last post for 2007. It's been sad, it's been good and it went by way too fast. I couldn't keep up with my doll making, patterns, etc. with everything else I had to do. 2008 is going to be lots of doll making , patterns, pressmolds, online classes, teaching, etc. :-)
All in all it was a good year, I'm still here and my family is doing good. My hubby Ken and I are getting ready to leave in a few minutes to go celebrate New Year's with some of our friends. We will watch VEGAS Fireworks from their house. Vegas does put on a wonderful fireworks display.
HERE'S TO 2007 Ending and 2008 Beginning. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL !!
HAPPY NEW YEAR !
Love & Hugs
Fran

MERRY CHRISTMAS

WISHING ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
LOVE & HUGS
FRAN

VICTORIAN CONE & VEGAS SNOW LADY

You will notice I posted twice today. :-) Scroll on down past the Victorian Cone and Vegas Snow Lady to see my grandson's Snowman he made today.


VICTORIAN CONE I MADE A FEW YEARS AGO.


VEGAS SNOW LADY I MADE