Scanography

Ok, so I have a thing for Tory Amos. I LOVE her music so much. I have always adored this cd cover album photo of hers from Choir Girl Hotel.

I always wondered how they got that photo. Did they lay her on a huge glass table and the photographer took a photo underneath? Anyway, while I was on flickr I noticed a group called "Scanography". I was blown away by how creative and beautiful it was. Basically people are just using a scanner as a camera to express themselves. It looks like fine art.

Anyway I decided to try it with my new Kenner Farrah. I will properly introduce her soon. Promise.

Here is one of just Farrah

This is how mine turned out. It was a fun thing to try. I will do some more soon.

Sweet Babies

These are my girls. They are so precious. This was taken with my Dreamy Diana Lens for my DSLR. I love the fuzziness.

Working in an Art Journal Tonight

Tonight I thought I would post a peek of 3 pages in an art journal I have been working on. This journal's theme is inspiring quotes.




These pages say...Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air.

I love how the girl turned out with sun and sea behind her.

Road Trip

My handsome husband had a job interview 4 hours away. So we got a babysitter and drove up the new place we MIGHT be living.



The interview went well. We will see what happens. It would be exciting to go to a new place. But I really love where we are right now, so I will be happy either way. On the way home the scenery was so beautiful I had to stop and take some photos.

I brought my Simply Vanilla along named Bear.





Her hair went perfect with the lovely desert scenery.






It was nice to just hang out with my husband with out the kids and just be. Such a lovely road trip.

A Woodland Sprite and her Pet Frog

I am very proud because I finally finished this little labor of love. I am really trying to get my foot in the door with customizing blythe dolls. She is my first fully customized blythe doll. Every detail was specially made for her.



This is her story-
LilyBean is a silly little forest sprite who loves to cause mischief with her pet frog Shoofly. They can often be seen doing little tricks to animals in the forest. Be careful, she might do a little prank on you too.



I did the works on her!


New face-up- with carved lips and nose. She also has tiny green freckles.
Yellow painted lids with green polka dots and soft new lashes.
New eyechips in side facing dark green, front facing hand painted green, side facing pink, front facing burnt orange.
Green shoulder length mohair I hand dyed myself and knotted on a cool-cat scalp.
New pullcharms.







The beautiful dress was custom made for LilyBean by the amazing Heidi from SwanLoveDesigns. It is a two piece outfit. A hand knitted dress and a tulle pettiskirt. The flower is a pin and is detachable.



She also comes with a custom throwaway pet frog named Shoofly. Made by me.







She is now on ebay!

Easter Daffodils

We had a beautiful sunny day for Easter.



I am starting to see the signs that spring has sprung everywhere, including my own backyard. Daffodils have to me favorite flower. They are so cheery and bright.

Oh Deer

So I am slowly organizing photos and updating my family blog. I came acrossed this photo I took a year ago. I was staying in McCall, Idaho for a family reunion. This sweet deer happened to walk past our lodge and I hurried and took a quick photo before it ran away.



I have a deep love for deer. I wish I could have one as a pet.

Thrift Store Finds of the Day

Today was thrift store day.

I found a few little gems I would like to share. First was this cute vintage doll. I have no idea who she is. I thought for a 1$ why not. She is super adorable. I also like the handmade dress stapled to her body, it makes me smile.



I also found a Skipper doll with this sweet 90's overall get-up. I love the little pop bottle attached to side. I bought the skipper doll for 1$. I then took of the clothes and gave skipper right back to the cashier. I only wanted the outfit. I have enough dolls as it is.

Any way I thought it would look great on my Icy Doll Dexter. I just finished customizing this girl and will do a full post of her later.



Thrifting is so fun. You never know what you are going to find.

Oh Strumpets!

Look, it is little Maude trying to fade into the background. She doesn't like too much attention.







Well too bad for her she was featured on a great blog called Oh Strumpets.



You can learn all about her over there!

So I have had a secret project I have been working on since February. And now I can finally finally talk about it.

I feel so lucky because I got to be part of the most beautiful doll magazine I have ever seen.

Filipa is the maker of Tiny Feet and we first met on flickr. I sent her message gushing about how beautiful her magazine was, and she asked if I wanted to join in on the fun.

And I said "HECK YA!"

To see the full magazine go here .

I just wanted to post the photos I took for the magazine here.

So here is the photo of the whole circus crew. I took it in front of a run down miniature golf course in town. This photo took a lot of effort to take. It is hard to keep that many dolls from standing up. My dear husband was sweet and was my assistant, his job was to make sure none of the dollies fell down or blew away.

Here is my lovely Ringmaster, she is my beloved Kenner Willa. She is with my Violetpie monster Foofa.

I really wanted to have a bearded lady for this shoot. So I used my Kenner Aspen and drew a beard on paper for her.

Also, what is a circus without a clown, so I customized a Blythe doll into a clown. Her name is Pooka.

I was asked to give a tutorial for Blythe Doll Paper masks. The tutorial can be found in the magazine.

Here is a lion, a tiger, and a bear.

Oh My!

I already ordered my printed copy of this magazine! I can't wait to see it and smell it when it gets here.

Thank you again Filipa for the opportunity. I feel so blessed I got to contribute.