Long time - time flies - life changes - but stays the same - where are we going?

Hi - Good morning - Long time no see - wow over six months since my last post and we're still here.  There is a heat wave in NY right now - supposed to be 96 F today - I can attest that it's hot already and only will be hotter.  It's been that way for a while now - it is supposed to cool off though very soon. 

I have my grandson, Zachary with me - he's been here a month and leaves to go home to Arizona tomorrow evening.  I will really miss him.  I got a new puppy in January - Wolowitz and I think that Wally thinks I bought him a kid - he will be heart broken - but we will both recover. 

I was inspired according to my post from last December - and I guess I was - I've been "doodling" with clay for the last few months.  I'm making more beaded face pendants - this last one I'm doing is for Emily - Mike's girlfriend. 

I'm hoping to make a couple of figures within the next couple of months - but I will see how it all goes.  Time is fleeting and it seems that when I decide to do things I enjoy something happens and its the next thing later where ever and how ever that is...

I am hoping that I figure out some time management soon.  I will be working full time for one or two more years and then I will stop and play for a while.  It's funny that we are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up - from this vantage all I can say is the good answer is happy and doing what makes me that way.  Too bad very few of us ever get to be that - it would probably make the world a much friendlier place.

Anyway - I am going to try and do more for what makes me happy and see where it takes me - I will still need to work for a while but that's okay - as long as I get a chance to play once in a while.

Have a beautiful day and keep cool.

Texas - sick with a sinus infection - but feeling inspired...

In Texas with my dad.  I came down with a cold the day after I got here and wound up with an antibiotic and decongestant.  Finally feeling a little better.  I've taken advantage of the time to watch some crafters do projects on you- tube. Feeling very inspired and ready to go home and get busy in my craft room.  Of course that also means I have to finish cleaning it up.  But I'm feeling ready.

The weather here is cool to cold but I'm thankful that if I had to come down with this that I'm here and not home buried in snow!  Hopefully it won't be as long to my next post. I am trying to build an Etsey shop too - but the perseverance necessary for that endeavor has been sadly lacking. I tried to get my son to build it for me but he doesn't have time. I guess one day I'll surprise myself.

Until next time - keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart.

Home - first real vacation in quite a few years -

Tired but happy.  Took a trip to Disney World - with my daughter Rebecca and her family.  We had a great time - stayed in Disney's All Star Movies resort - what a great idea.  Will be posting some pictures - got some incredible ideas for dolls to make!  Can't wait.

January 2012 and posting swap stuff from December 2011

Well, not too bad - only a month has passed and I'm posting the doll I made for Kath Davids, the puppet maker and the doll that Aileen Turner made for me.  I was so lucky to have Aileen for a swap partner - she makes fabulous dolls!

Take a look:  This guy is from Aileen - he makes me smile - he is the cutest and will stay out in my home all year.

 And this is Peppermint, the elf I made for Kath.  (Pardon the mess of my crafting area....)

December - again

I don't have pictures to share right now.  I do have an elf I just finished last night and mailed out today though - and will post pictures hopefully by tomorrow.  Peppermint elf is part of a doll swap I'm participating in on A Dolls Safe Haven.  I received my gift from another member - Aileen - she's a wonderful artist.  I haven't opened the gift yet - it's for Christmas after all. 

I'm going to Texas for Christmas so I will have the holiday with my dad.  When I come home in January, there will be a little Christmas for my family here. 

My Granddaughter, Samantha, is turning 6 on the 21st and I will be on my way to Texas that very day - so we did an early birthday party for her here at my house.  She was a very happy and lucky girl.  We had her birthday dinner of "Regular" chicken, mashed potatoes and corn - with a bubbly cider toast - topped off with a Barbie chocolate cake and mint chip ice-cream.  All Sammy's favorites.

Tried to remember what it was like when I was 6 - kind of stretches the memory though - I know it was good....

On a roll...

You'd think that after the storms of the last couple of weeks - not to mention the 8 inches of water I'm trying to deal with in my basement and the leak in the roof - I'd be much too haggard for art.  It is helping to keep my chin up.  I'm taking a class on A is for Artistic given by Marilyn Radzat.  So far I've taken her Head series and her hand and arm series.  I still need to add a little to the palm area of one hand and flesh out/smooth the arm areas but thought I would post a picture or two.  My thought for this figure is to make her a Herald Angel.  She will be a gift for my church.

Second installment - face pendant #2 - not too seriously

This is the second of the two face pendants that I've worked on this week.  It's funny how I make the faces and then it takes so long before I figure out how I want to finish them.  This is the second face that I've worked on this week.  The faces were finished long ago and I just got into a beading frenzy and finished them.  This one really is not taking myself too seriously.