I am almost done working of High Maintenance Fairy. I need to put some bling bling stuff on her and her antennae need to be attached too. A few more inches of lace and she will be very pretty indeed. What do you think? She feels quite insulted because I had no other seat for her to sit on when I took the picture. She has a list of her demands now which include a royal chair with purple satin fabric and gold trims. Maybe some day I will be able to meet all of her demands.
I finally gave in and worked on Ms. Fairy tonight. She is already complaining about her underpants. She says they are a bit too tight and restrict her movement. I might have to work on her pants all over again. And she also wants more "bling" on her shoes.
My daughter has a few corrections of her own, two to be precise. She was looking for the fairy's boobs this morning. My baby does not understand how I made a "woman" fairy with no boobs??! So there we go again...... I have a feeling that I won't be done with Her Highness anytime soon. (I know that I will not give her boobs for sure- even when the complaints are from my little princess.)
Or should the title say "Unfinished High Maintenance Fairy Pictures" or perhaps "Pictures of Unfinished High Maintenance Fairy"?
Here is my on-going project of High Maintenance Fairy. She is Betts Vidal's design and I took Betts class in January. Here is a picture of the torso, hands and legs. Everyone who reads my blog will now know exactly how long I take to finish my doll. I hope to finish her by the second Tuesday in March. (before 6pm- so I can get ready and go to the doll club meeting. I normally leave for the meeting around 6.30 so I can reach at 7pm) I want to take her for Show & Tell.
When is it too late for a new year's resolution? The thought occurred to me that I should write every day in my blog just to keep in touch with my thoughts. Since this blog is about my art, maybe I should talk about what I did or did not do or what I plan to do everyday. That way even if I do not get the time to do anything that day, I atleast can talk about it.
Ok, so, this is what I did today: went to the Sew and Quilt show at San Mateo Expo Center. I found some beautiful purple beads, some glass head pins, a couple of stackable bead holders and some buttons. Some of the buttons are really tiny and they will go very well on pin dolls. Ooooh I want to make some soon.... I looked for some lace but could not find the kind I was looking for. I had a wonderful time looking at the Hoffman challenge dolls and quilts. Also feasted my eyes on dolls at the Treasure of the Gypsy stand.
I came back home all charged up and went to work on my High Maintenance Fairy, a doll designed and taught by Betts Vidal. I had taken her class in a log cabin surrounded by beautiful Sequoia trees in Saratoga couple of weekends ago. The setting is very beautiful and that is the usual hangout for our doll club retreat every year.
Here are a couple of dolls from the doll pattern I designed for the doll club. I dressed them as medieval maidens. Modern clothes are fun too and maybe that will be the next project? That's a whole another post altogether. I am hoping that most of the girls will make them.
A couple of pictures here of Indian doll project that I am making for my doll club. I am making 40 doll bodies, and some clothes for the doll. And the hightlight of the project is the doll dresses I got from India last October. I am very excited about the project and will post pictures of the dolls at the club.
One of my friends was sick and had to undergo surgery last year. That's when I prayed a lot and made this doll for her. The doll is still with me since I wanted to make a doll for her daughter too and send them together. I finally decided to part with a doll from my collection. So it is time for the prayer doll to go to her rightful owner. I am sending Rudy's (Chief Ornament Polisher's apprentice at Santa's workshop)(go to the post dated Dec 24th, 2005) sibling to Amparo's daughter. Hope she will like it.
I enjoyed making this doll and I used my newly acquired art of beading on the project. I was so proud that I could bead in nice swirls. One of my dear friends from Gals and Dolls (my doll club based in San Jose, CA), Diane, had taught me to do it. Notice the clay face- I had long finger nails back then and I used them to etch the features on the mask.
Like most of the things I attempt in life (including my latest craze- weightloss), I try and try again until I get it right and then the most amazing thing is that I don't make it anymore! Hope I won't give up on my weightloss journey just like everything else.
Anyway, coming back to the topic, here is a picture of sushi I made a few days ago. I made it again today but did not take pictures of it. I make the California roll with roasted sesame seeds on one side of it. I have improved since the last time in that I do get defined ridges/edges on the roll now. Since I am a vegetarian I enjoy eating the vegetarian sushi I make with yummy avocados, cucumbers and carrots in it. The little cup in the middle has the wasabi swirl (very aesthetically arranged indeed if I should say so myself!).
A word about Wasabi here: Wasabi is horse radish- the same kind which when you taste, feels like something just exploded in your nose and brain and everywhere else in between all at the same time. A good treatment for sinus pain I will say - you forget your sinus pain for several minutes after eating some horse radish because a pinch of it (almost a lethal dose according to me) makes you forget everything else! But wasabi is a good thing . It gives sushi a good spicy flavor and taste and is yummy on green peas which I get from the Chinese store.
