New stuff

Voodoo doll I stated for my RR swap. Now I have to send it on to the next person to finish him off. This is my first and hopefully last voodoo doll. I have to confess they scare me. As do clowns.

This is a tree goddess I made for the goddess doll group. I used real tree branch. I like her so far but I feel she might be missing something but I can't think what to add to her.

This is my doll. She began like this and so fat I've added a birds nest to her and some orange fall like leaves to the large branch. I plan on adding a much smaller branch to the other leg and put small green leaves on it and the medium sized branch I plan on adding yellow and green leaves to it. The face I'm still working on what I plan to do but so far she looks really cool with what I've added onto her. I'll post more pictures as I go.

These are for a clay swap I joined. My first trinket boxes I've ever made. I think they came out really well. I was worried at first. I'm new at working with clay. But I'm happy with them.

More things I've made

These are some pictures of quilties I've made, a creepers postcard I made, a fairy jar I made and other stuff. I loved the fairy jar. It was the first one I made.

Halloween clay swap

These are my clay peices for my group clay swap. I just mailed them off today I hope they arrive safely to their new homes.

I made a mutant mouse, ghosts, a snake and vampire lips. I like the vamp lips best.

Current doll

This is the doll form I am currently dressing. She is for another swap I am in. I'm thinking slinky lacey little black dress. I have to think of a name for her.

Newest Pinchusion

This is a pin cushion I made for a swap. Its made from a pill bottle. So I can use it still as a container also. I thik it came out really well. I almost didn't give it up. lol

Dotee dolls I've made

These are my fist Dotee dolls I've made. One is for a veggie doll swap. So I made Pea pods. The other is for a Halloween swap.

What I just made

This is my Ocean Goddess. I painted some of the fish on her. I just love this doll form. It is very versatile. Any way she went to one of my swappers from my group. Right now I'm making dotee dolls which are new to me. I like that you can make them whatever shape comes to mind.

New group swaps

Clay Swap 1 - All things scary Sign up's are open till Sept 15 - Due by Oct 25. This swap is all about Halloween. ( group or 1 on 1 ) Each swapper will make something out of clay that is Halloween inspired. Ghost, Goblins, Monsters, Witches, Vampires whatever. The item must be at least 75 - 80% clay but you can add fabric and other things to your piece as well. 3 - 4 inches in size should be good but you can go larger. I'd like this to be a group swap with each swapper making 3 pieces and I'd pair you up in groups. However I don't want to chase off anyone that doesn't have time to make more than one so I am giving you the choice of picking if you want to group up or go one on one. Just add a yes under either group or one

Postcard swap 1 - Open for sign ups till Sept 15 - Due Oct 15 Theme FALL...This is a group swap so I will be pairing everyone up in groups of 3 or 4. The postcard has to represent all things Fall and can be your choice of medium

Want to swap One on One ? This is for those who want to do a 1 on 1 swap, What you do is go in and add your name and what you want to swap, then if someone wants to swap with you they will click on "edit " to the far right right of your name and add their name. At that point you will both be responsible for contacting each other for any further information... When your swap is finished and both have gotten your swap item, please delete the record by clicking delete to the far right of your names....Any questions please ask..

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LunerDreams/

Dolls

Another Rose Fiary

this is the Goddess of Beauty

And this is Emily and Buglet

Another pin cushion

This one is also made from a candy tin. It's for one of my swap groups I joined.

Another Doll

This is Diamond Cabaret. She is my Vegas show girl doll. I hand beaded her top made her face and head dress from clay and painted it. Shes on of my favorite doll's I made so far.

More of my work

This is my Rose Petal Fairy. I beaded the leaves but the roses are ribbon roses.

Halloween doll

I've started on a witch doll for Halloween. I don't have the pictures for her yet but she's coming along ok. It's the first time I've ever made a witch. Or a scary doll. I't not as easy as you may think to go scary. At least not for me. I keep working and re-working the face asking myself is this scary or just funny looking?Oh well I'll work it out I hope lol.

Here's a scary thought .....You and I are here. But the WIND is everywhere. Cast no words upon it that you don't wish followed back to you. ( Karen Moning)

Just being heard

We all have a voice and should use it in both words and our art. You should never worry that someone wont like what you say or do because simple fact is you will always find someone that does not like something AND you will always find those of us that do. So you have to be selfish and do what makes you happy and let everything else fall into place as it will. Arts and crafts are windows into us and I believe that sometimes people do not like what they see because it makes them feel vulnerable. Artist allow our souls to shine, to be free and to see beauty in even the most ugly of things. Look at the Mona Lisa painting it's worth big $$$ and yet its ugly! Sorry Mona! : ) But hey as a fellow artist you can see the beauty in the brush strokes and how the artist lets you see inside him through his work. So what I'm trying to say is you have to just let go and put yourself out there. Be heard.

New swap I have going in my group

Clay Swap 1 - All things scary Sign up's are open till Sept 15 - Due by Oct 25. This swap is all about Halloween. ( group or 1 on 1 ) Each swapper will make something out of clay that is Halloween inspired. Ghost, Goblins, Monsters, Witches, Vampires whatever. The item must be at least 75 - 80% clay but you can add fabric and other things to your piece as well. 3 - 4 inches in size should be good but you can go larger. I'd like this to be a group swap with each swapper making 3 pieces and I'd pair you up in groups. However I don't want to chase off anyone that doesn't have time to make more than one so I am giving you the choice of picking if you want to group up or go one on one. Just add a yes under either group or one

Postcard swap 1 - Open for sign ups till Sept 1 - Due Oct 1 Theme FALL...This is a group swap so I will be pairing everyone up in groups of 3 or 4. The postcard has to represent all things Fall and can be your choice of medium

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LunerDreams/

And below is a swap I have open now also

RR swap Due Jan 15th......sign ups open till Sept 1st I was thinking that our 3rd swap will be a round robin swap. I'd like to pair up at least 3 - 5 people to a group. And we would be making an art piece out of found objects and more. We could start off with one of the following ideas.....a doll.....a glass or plastic glass....or something else....a canvas for painting maybe. You would add something to that object and mail it to the next person. Each person that gets it must 1 add something found to it. And 2 something with texture. And a 3rd thing with color. Then pass it on to the next person to do the same. Once the last person finished they would send it back to you. Also each swapper would have to fill out a small journal telling what you added to the piece.

This is really a good and moist cake!

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug (MicroSafe)

Add dry ingredients to mug and mix well.Add the egg and mix thoroughly.Pour in the milk and oil and mix well..Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.

Yesterday was a bad day for my family. We had to take my brothers dog back to the pound. We had him for 4 or 5 months and he was just to much. He just wasn't stable. He would snap and growl at us all the time. Tuesday ended it for me. I was reaching down petting my cat Asher and the dog ran over grabbed my hand in his mouth, growled and yanked it away from the cat. He then let it go and snapped at the cat growling and chased him off. Then came back over to me and laid his head on my lap wanting me to pet him. That made the second time he has grabbed my hand in his mouth and growled. The first was when I tried to take the remote from him after he stole it off the table. It was hard enough dealing with all the destruction he would do but this was to much. The bad times was wat over loading the good times. My mom was getting scared of him. I tried to calm him down and love him but he just was to much. And I couldn't take the chance of him hurting my cat who has been a member of my family for 5 years. He's my baby. So I told my brother I couldn't watch him any more. And he decided that it would be best to get rid of him. I feel bad and I hope and pray he goes to a family that can help him better and love him. But right now I feel like such a shit.

This is my beautiful kitty Asher. I named him from a vampire character from Laurel K. Hamilton's - Anita Blake books. He is the only one who seems to be able to keep my brothers devil dog Mac in line. The dog is afraid of him. It's funny to see Asher chase the dog and box his ears when he gets tired of the dogs barking or whatever. He backs him into corners and just smacks away at him. He can't hurt him because he has both his front and back claws removed so that he doesn't accidentally scratch me. I'm prone to leg infections and am diabetic.

Doll I am working on still

This is a Angel I have about half finished. I'm slowly beading the body. The patchwork part is taken longer then I thought it would but I'm happy with the results so far.

This is Bella Donna. I made her for fun. Shes made from flannel fabric, beads, a clay face and yarn for hair. She came out really well I think. Now I just need to find her a home.

My new yahoo group

I opened up a group on yahoo. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LunerDreams/ So far things are going well. I have 2 swaps open and 15 members. I hope to get more soon. I'd love to make this the best group on yahoo. It's for mixed media art. I want to do all sorts of projects and fun things on there. I hope !

Mac

My brothers dog is driving me crazy!!!! I baby sit him 5 days a week. He try's to eat everything. If it fits in his mouth it goes there. You tell him to drop it and he tries to swallow it whole instead. This morning I wake up to find the book I just got in the mail yesterday was his chew toy of choice today. I told him I was going to kill him and he rolls over on his back and grumbles at me. I like to think he was playing dead and letting me know he understood but I fear it was more like "yea whatever lady". I swear to god around this dog you can't even afford yourself the luxury of blinking. One could end up with an eye tick making yourself blink with one eye at a time just so you always have one eye on him. So far this week between my house and his he has chewed up 4 markers, 2 pens, 5 books from off a shelf, a shoe, 2 cat toys, 3 of his toys, a loaf of bread that I didn't see him steal of the table when I was putting groceries away, a box of tissues, the doll I was working on, and bobbin, some cd's and the cases, stuff from out of the trash, a pillow, almost ate a dead bird and more. I accidentally dropped a new spool of thread on the floor and he snatched that up and tried to eat it. It took some doing but I got it away from him. Stupid me I panicked and yelled at him to drop it so he tried to swallow it. I had to fold onto his body with my legs and pry his mouth open with my hands and pull it out of his throat so he didn't choke on it. He's growling at me. I'm yelling at him that if he chokes it permanent cause I don't know the Hiymalick procedure and if he thinks mouth to mouth he crazy because that it isn't happening. I've seen what he puts in there.

Time and how I'm using it

I've gotten myself in a fix right now with agreeing to do more things then I have the time for and on top of that I have a leg infection. I'm diabetic and get them every few years. They are a real B - - - - to get rid of. I have to stay in bed mostly to keep the swelling down in my legs so that the sores can dry up. It's been weeks now and I'm going out of my mind. I took pictures of my leg. I should post them. Thankfully I'm still able to do some crafting in bed. I've just mailed off some ATC cards today for the Art4Mail group. I have some postcards to make but I'm having some problems getting inspired. It doesn't help much that the street behind my house they are building a bunch of new housing and in front of my house the city is tearing up the road to lay down new pipes so it's noise noise noise from 5am to 6pm. I'm also making some bookmarkers, inchies and quilties for the same group. And for another group I have a RR swap I'm in. I had to make a doll body and mail it to someone else to do the face and hair then it goes to another to finish up. I din't get a picture taken of the body before I mailed it but the swapper I sent her to emailed me a sneak peak picture of her so far she looks great. I made some wings for another swap as you can see in the pictures I have posted around this listing.

This is AMAYA. She is a fairy princess. I made her for a swap. I'm not happy about her face. I'm still learning to sew those. Practice makes perfect. : ) I'm getting a camera for my birthday so I plan on taking more pictures of things I make. I joined a few swap groups to learn new things so I should have more to blog soon.

What I'm doing now

I'm working on a swap for the All About Beads board. I'm the host for the April swap. We are making dolls. Below is the link. I hope to borrow my brothers camera and take pictures of every ones dolls before mailing them back. Right now I'm working on an angel. Shes coming along pretty well. I'm color blocking some of her body so it's taking longer then I thought it would but I'm having fun with it. I also am making these little cat dolls for gifts for everyone. It should be fun.

http://forums.delphiforums.com/beads2/messages

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Projects I'm working on

Emily and her BFF's Buglet and Kitty

Goddess of Beauty

Flower child

Here are some dolls I've made the one with the flowers I made for a swap. Emily and buglet I just made on a whim. And the Goddess of Beauty was just for fun also. I'm making more dolls now. I have a swap on Yahoo that I'm making a doll for Samhain that will be a witch of some sort. I haven't really started her yet. And for another swap I'm making wrist dolls. I'm starting them off with friendship bracelets as the base I'm think then building from there. I also have another doll to make for my group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LunerDreams Please check it out and maybe join. We have some swaps going on now that are open. Including a round robin swap that is mixed media. That is what my group is for. Not just making dolls or ATC's or journals but those and more. I want to use and make all kinds of art projects. Right now we have a swap that you will be making something with the help of 3 to 5 other people adding 3 things each to it. It should be loads of fun.

I'm back

I had started this blog to have a place to show my creative side. Soon after I got a new computer and lost my link to my blog. In fact I wasnt even sure how to find the blogs in general. haha Well thankfully I found blogging again a few months back and started a new blog elsewhere for just giving myself a voice. This blog will be for my creative voice and the other blog will be just about me. So I'm back.......................