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

TODAY/NO PICTURES JUST TALK

Today is a great day so far although I'm still working day and night on a deadline. Got 5 dolls just about finished. I have shoes to make, nails to do and final little touch ups. Thought I would take a small break and jump on the computer for a few minutes. Haven't been checking emails, blogs, lists, etc like I should but I'm swamped in my studio right now.

My daughter Angela and our grandson Kyle will be here Saturday!! WOOOHOO!! I can't wait to see them. They will be here until Dec. 8th. Hopefully some of our other kids and grands will be here for Thanksgiving. We know Brandi, Jason and Cain will be here; they live here. :-)

I am doing a Littest Elf Christmas Swap on Vivian's blog. I'm working on my Elf for my swap partner between working on the 5 dolls. :-) Can't just work on one thing at a time. NOPE!! NOT ME!! and I'm sure that goes for you too. :-0

I better get off here and get back to those dolls. I hear them calling me. LOL
Love & Hugs
Fran

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!! WOOOHOOO!!!

Today is my Birthday!! I LOVE FRIDAY 13th. 13 is a very good number. Nothing scary about 13. I've been working on dolls all day in my studio. Now I have to go clean house before company comes over to watch me blow out all those candles on my cake. Must put the fire dept. on alert. LOL!! YES! There are LOTS & LOTS of candles to blow out. I have blown out all my candles on my past years cakes SOOOOOOOOOO, I will blow all them out tonight!! YES I WILL!! Practice comes in handy. ROFL!!! Fill those lungs up.

Will post more later.
Love & Hugs
Fran

POSTING/BIRTHDAY

I haven't posted is awhile. I try to check out a blog or two and some of my doll lists BUT haven't done much of that either. I have been held captive in my studio for weeks. Nice place to be held captive BUT it's VERY MESSY!! Do you know how many body parts I have made????LOTS & LOTS!! And they are all over the studio. I finially got a arm with fingers the way I wanted it. It's for a small doll and those fingers are tough!! Well, at least these were. I have designed lots of hands with fingers but this one just did not want to cooperate UNTIL TODAY!!! I have a deadline to meet by Dec. 1st for 5 dolls and I'm praying and hoping I get these dolls finished by then. Especially after all the work I've been doing. I only have 19 days left. OOOOOOH!! WISH ME LUCK!!!

Our daughter Angela and our grandson Kyle are coming out to spend 3 weeks with us. WOOOHOOO!!! They will be here for Thanksgiving. They will be here to help trim the Christmas Tree. We always put our tree up Thanksgiving Day and then trim it in the evening. I'm really looking forward to their visit. I LOVE THE HOLIDAYS!!!

O! and it's by BIRTHDAY on Friday Nov. 13th!!! Nope I wasn't born on Friday 13th. I was born on a Saturday. But I love Friday the 13th and the number 13 is lucky for me. :-) We will have cake and all of my candles plus one to grow on and one for good luck will be on my cake. FIRE DEPT. STAND BY!!! I blow all my candles out at once. WOOOHOO!!! Hope I blow all of them out this year. hehehe!!

Well, got to get back to sewing more arms and tiny finger. Attach the arms to the bodies and then the doll body is together and finished. WOOHOO!!! Can't wait!!! Then I start costuming the dolls. Designing the costumes is my favorite thing to do beside drawing the face.
Have A Great Day!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

SNOWLADIES-SNOWMEN ONLINE CLASS NOW ON DOLLSTREET

SNOWLADIES - SNOWMEN (SNOWPEOPLE) is an Online Class I Teach on www.dollstreetdreamers.com Take a peek and see what you think about taking this class. Sign up is going on right now on www.dollstreetdreamers.com My SNOWPEOPLE are lots of fun to make. My class has Step by Step Instructions and Lots of Pictures. This class is for Beginners to Professionals. VERY FUN CLASS!

When you sign up for SNOWLADIES - SNOWMEN (SNOWPEOPLE) Class; You will have access to me for any questions you have. I'll be there for you. I know you will LOVE THESE SNOWLADIES - SNOWMEN. THEY MAKE WONDERFUL GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS.

HOPE TO SEE YOU IN MY SNOWLADIES - SNOWMEN ONLINE CLASS.

Here's some pictures of Snowladies - Snowmen.

SNOWLADIES ON DECORATED ROUND BOX THAT OPENS

Little Snowman

SnowLady on box that opens. You can put a special gift inside

Snowlady in Red

HOPE YOU ENJOYED LOOKING AT MY ONLINE CLASS.

If you are interested in taking the class go to www.dollstreetdreamers.com click on Creative College and you will see my onlined along with other online classes.

Love & Hugs

Fran

BAD BAD SNOWMAN!!!

MEET BAD BAD SNOWMAN!!! Since it's almost Halloween BAD BAD SNOWMAN wanted to show what Fran made last year at Halloween for Sandy.
BAD BAD SNOWMAN MADE ME DO IT!!! LOL LOL!!! They didn't think I had it in me to make something SPOOKY SCAREY!!! I was making snowmen and snowladies SO, I thought I can do something Dark & Spooky. Soooooooo, OUT of my Box I got. LOL LOL!!! Sandy is a friend of mine and she has it displayed in her house. Her little granddaughter loves BAD BAD SNOWMAN!!! HEHEHEHEHE!! I surprised myself on this one. :-)

I'M BAD BAD SNOWMAN

YOU DON'T MESS WITH BAD BAD SNOWMAN

BAD BAD SNOWMAN IS BAD!!!!

Love & Hugs
Fran

FANTASTIC GIVEAWAY ON PUMPKIN PATCH PRIMITIVES

LOOK AT THIS FANTASTIC WONDERFUL FABRIC STASH HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY!!
Scroll on down pass the pictures for the url to this FANTASTIC GIVEAWAY!

WOW! WOW! What a wonderful stash Pumpkin Patch Primitives is giving away. HURRY! don't walk........Get on your BROOM and FLY over to http://www.pumpkinpatchprimitivequiltshoppe.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-happy-halloween-giveaway.html Follow her directions to enter in this FANTASTIC HALLOWEEN SWAP!!!

Love & Hugs

Fran

MERMAID DELIGHT

Thought I would post a couple of pictures of my "MERMAID DELIGHT". She is a new pattern of mine, COMING SOON! I have to write up the instructions. I'm going away tomorrow and will return home late Sunday. Next week I have lots of work to create in my Studio. :-)

"MERMAID DELIGHT"

"CLOSE UP OF MERMAID DELIGHT"
Have a Great Weekend!! I'm going to. We are going to Cedar City, Utah to see 2 plays and have a nice relaxing fun time. Will post again next week.
Love & Hugs
Fran

GOING OUT OF TOWN AGAIN

I'm going out of town AGAIN! Now y'all know why I don't get anything done. LOL!! Hopefully this will be our last trip for the year. I have so much that I have to finish. Time is slipping right past me. I'm even missing our doll club meeting this Saturday and I'm the President. That's OK, Micki the Vice President is standing in for me. WOOHOO! She's good!! I do have to send her some information for the meeting.

I have Christmas Ornaments I have to make and get in the mail. I have a Ebay item that I'm bidding on and it ends while I'm gone. !! DARN!!I don't want to miss out on this item. Maybe I will take my lap top and hope I can use it in Cedar City, Utah OR place my highest bid before I leave and HOPE I WIN!!!

I have been designing a leg (legs) pattern most of the day. I haven't had time to look at lots of blogs because there's always something else I have to do. No time to read all my emails and lists that I'm on. Where is the time going??? I sure wish time would slow down some so I can get more done in a day. LOL! I'm sure most of us wish for that one. :-) I think I'm out of control with everything I have to do and finish creations. I woke up around 4:30 A.M. this morning THINKING about everything that I have to do. That really isn't anything unusal for me. :-) I did get up and do some house work and then went into my studio until our daughter Brandi came over for Breakfast and to help her Dad with a program on the computer. NOW I HAVE A HEADACHE!!

Relax???? WHAT IS THAT????hehehehe!
Love & Hugs
Fran ;who is going to start supper, wait for hubby to come home, watch some TV and then work in my studio some this evening. Sounds like a plan. :-)

MY HALLOWEEN BOY!!

Meet my Halloween Boy, Kat. My husband wanted to name him Dog but I wouldn't let him. Next name he wanted to name him was cat. I told him cat with a K not a C. Kat was sleeping and I snapped his picture and he woke up. I got his eyes open. They are orange and sometimes they are green.
He's our big boy. He weighs almost 30 lbs. He's a big boy. We had to buy him a dog bed to sleep in. Cat beds were too small for him. He's normal, he's a big cat. I forget what cat family he is. He's not in the main coon family. The cat family he is in starts with a B. Our cable guy has one just like him but his is a girl. She's 25 lbs. Kat loves to run and romp through the house, up and down furniture. I sure hope he doesn't run up and down our new sofa and chair that was delivered today. So Far, So Good. :-) SHHHHHHH!! Kat went right back to sleep. The deliverly guys thought he was a dog at first glance. hehehehe!!! SHHHH! we won't tell Kat they thought he was a dog.
Love & Hugs
Fran

Kat

Nature's Beauty Class I Teach & Students Dolls

Monday Sept. 5th & Tuesday Sept. 6th I taught my Nature's Beauty Class to 3 wonderful ladies & friends of mine in my Studio. Each doll is unique and beautiful. Ladies, you all DID ME PROUD!!! FANTASTIC DOLLS!!

Each student did a fantastic job of creating their Nature's Beauty. We all had a fun 2 days.

I have to get a PLUG in here. :-) I travel to teach "Nature's Beauty" class to Doll Clubs & Conferences. If any clubs or conferences are interested in my teaching "Nature's Beauty" or any other classes I teach; Please contact me at dollartistfran@yahoo.com

My Demo Nature's Beauty doll as I taught Nature's Beauty to my 3 students. Yes! I have several different Nature's Beauties from teaching other classes. I suppose I have to say I have a collection of Nature's Beauties. :-)

Micki's Nature's Beauty

Jeri's Nature's Beauty


Casey's Nature's Beauty

****Credit for Photos goes to Maurine Adrezin. THANK YOU Maurine for taking all these wonderful pictures for us.

Thank You to my Students for a wonderful, fun class. Thank you for helping clean up after class was over. Y'All are DOLLS!!!!

Love & Hugs

Fran

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SOMEONE IS HAVING A GIVE AWAY!!!! AND ANOTHER SOMEONE IS HAVING A GIVEAWAY ALSO!! A THRID GIVEAWAY!!

OH MY!!! You have to go see Adorable New Christmas Doll Giveaway on http://thimbleprimsstudio.blogspot.com/ You Don't Want To Miss Out ON This Giveaway. I HOPE I WIN!!!! LOL!!! A GIRL CAN HOPE, CAN'T SHE???

YET ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!! Check out http://codyskeepsakes.blogspot.com/
"bella" is a Fantastic Bat. Just right for Halloween!!

A THIRD GIVEAWAY!!! Check out http://mommabsfrontporch.blogspot.com/2009/09/give-away.html
You are going to LOVE the HALLOWEEN PLATE!!! It is FANTASTIC!!!

LOL!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

OOOPS!! OUT OF TOWN

OOOPS!!! SORRY!!! I forgot to post that I would be out of town from Sept. 10th through Sept. 15th. My hubby and I are in Texas. We went to San Antonio for our 15th anniversary and then we went to Dallas to see our 2 sons and their family. We will be leaving for home tomorrow evening. It has rained everyday that we have been here. Every time we come to Dallas IT RAINS!!! San Antonio needed the rain. LOL LOL!!! It's been fun spending time with the kids and grandkids.
Love & Hugs
Fran

HAPPY LABOR DAY!!!

I want to wish all a HAPPY LABOR DAY!! Hope all have lots of fun and yummy food. :-) Ken and I are going to go see a movie tomorrow. We are going to go see "ALL ABOUT STEVE" Sandra Bullock is one of my favorite actress. It looks like it will be funny. OH! and we are going to eat yummy food. There goes the diet. NO!! not really. Have to be good. I've lost 7 lbs. so far. Can't mess up now. Ken has lost 7 lbs also. Usually men loose more and I know he will because he has lost that much before in one week. He has to get with the program. hehehe!! and leave the goodies alone. Got to get healther. Good ole exercise to. :-) We have our mind set to loose these extra extra pounds. We have done it before (put it back on) BUT we are determined to stick to the diet & exercise. WISH US LUCK!!
HAPPY LABOR DAY!!
Love & Hugs
Fran

TODAY'S POST :-)

I was a couple of days late on mailing out the 2 give aways. I just checked and one package has been delivered today and the other package is at the post office and hopefully delivered today also. Hope you like your prizes.

I figured I would post some other stuff today. I got most of the doctors appointments done. WOOOHOOO!!! Now I have to watch what I eat and exercise. UGH! I go back in 3 months to have more blood work. That's to check and see if watching what I eat and exercise is bringing my blood sugar(Glucose, Serum which is only 3 points above normal) and triglycerides down. My cholesterol is good except for one of them (bad or good one is to low HDLone) This is where the exercise comes in. It will bring it up. My triglycerides don't know what to do with the sugar. I never had high blood sugar until this year. Go Figure!! Eating lots of all the good sugar desserts brings my triglyerides up . SOOOOOOOOOO!! I WILL START BEING GOOD AND LEAVE THE GOOD STUFF ALONE AND EXERCISE!!! Other than that I'm healthy. :-) God's watching over me. That reminds me, a few weeks back my husband and I went to the Chinese restaurant. My fortune cookie said "God looks after you especially"

I received an email from the Museum Curator in Lithuania. My doll arrived and they really like it. Also got my invitation to the exhibit. I wish I could go but can't. I'm really excited that I was asked to send a doll for the exhibit. Pictures of the exhibit isn't up but the announcement is. Here's the website. http://www.jmm-muziejus.lt/ International Exhibition "The World of Dolls & Woodland Fairies" from Lithuania, Latvia & United States. Sept. 4 - Oct. 17, 2009

I'm in a Halloween PinKeep (Pincushion) Swap so I'm off to go work on a Pinkeep for my swap partner.
EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL & CREATIVE WEEKEND
Love & Hugs
Fran