Added Side Bar Attractions

Check out the side bar for a cool give away and a great funky spooky swap!!

Thank you!

'Thank You' to all my followers and to everyone who commented on my Octopus Lady!!
I feel so special.

These are my green eyed girls, Mesa and Teasel.
They will be celebrating their 16th and 11th birthdays, respectively, in August.
I will be digging up the 'nip' in the yard and there will be much partying in the neighborhood by fur friends and the girls. Yes, I'm biased.

ADO challenge dolls

WOW, I just started viewing the element dolls...it's going to take me a while to get through them, I didn't realize how many there were and the ones I've viewed so far are amazing!! This was a great challenge and I hope they do another one soon.

ADO Elements Challenge

The Element - Water

I created an octopus lady. It's difficult to see but her skin is a hand dyed mottled cotton and her body is a store purchased batik print.

I used acrylic paints, colored pencils and micron pens for the face. Her hair is natural mohair.Of course it isn't a photo shoot unless Mesa can help.

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Odd Imagination

If you haven't been to my sisters site, I highly recommend it. Of course I may be biased, but I don't think so, she really is AMAZING!! Here is one of her latest pieces, it was for the Under the Sea Swap on Wild at Heart Art.

Denise Baldwin
Odd Imagination
http://denise.pbase.com/denise
http://oddimagination.blogspot.com
http://oddimagination.etsy.com

wild at heart art - sea swap

I finally finished my sea swap mermaid and now I'm getting ready to send it off to it's new home. Here are a few views of it. She was made from a wooden 'lizard' that I altered for her long bendy tail. I applied paperclay to the upper portion for her face and torso, the rest is painted, glittered and encased in gold netting. With all that she's still bendy, which I think is the fun part!

coaster swap

As part of Kindred Crafter's coaster swap I designed the 'Flora' coasters on the right. I received the wonderful coasters by Candi below. I enjoyed the challenge of thinking out side my usual idea of what a coaster should look like.

Candi's coasters use fabric from anna marie horner, so gorgeous!



The fronts are strips and the backs are solid pieces of the same fabric. I love the colors and prints of these fabrics together.