In the Mail

Haven't posted in a while, but see what I got in the mail from Suzi!  

A handmade note card and some tiny wishbones 

that I can use for my Eccentric creatures!  

(I started this post a couple of weeks ago,

and have just added stuff when I thought about it.)

I'm doing the finishing touches on several little Halloween figures.  

Frank is done.

Marigold is finished except for a stand.

She lost her pointy hat and gained a bonnet.

I've played with her off and on for more than a month.

 I used the bottle of "Wishes" from Suzi,

and one little wishbone on her charm strings.

Marigold is a hedge witch and herbalist.

Some days I thought about trashing her

because the armature I made was all wrong.

Periodically, I would try to redeem her because I liked her face.

Now, I like her fine, partly because she is a lesson 

on so many things not to do!

More recently in the mail:

A Sweet Monster Clown

from Sandy Mastrioni!

Sandy included a wonderful little bookmark as lagniappe!

The first pic I took has the little monster on one of my quilts,

and you can see she just got lost in all the pattern,

but isn't she wonderful?

She just makes me happy.

I haven't made any sock dolls in a couple of years,

and now I'm inspired to make another,

but it is Sandy's faces that make her dolls unique.

What else?

The Goblin and the Troll dolls 

have been essentially finished for over a week,

but it is the details that end up confounding me.

I'm not sure what else they need,

but they are patiently waiting.

While waiting to decide what else Goblin & Troll might need,

playing with odd bits and cleaning work areas keeps me busy.

Just a few of the odd bits, I've played with lately:

Heads for the cloth bodies (below) are drying;

a staff and black and white cat for some future Eccentric;

one of the tiny wands I'm working on;

some sticks I wove together because I was at a loss

of what to do next.

More odd bits of clay and cloth

are scattered on my various work surfaces

(which include the floor, the ironing board, and the cutting table).

I made a list in my work book of things I want to make

and have been systematically going down the list

for the last week.

Sometimes making accessories for creatures 

yet to be imagined is more fun

than working on specific dolls.

A few items still on the list:

tiny bags or pouches,

another twig chair,

flat, scrappy dolls,

Halloween brooches,

tiny candles,

brooms.

Before I continue down the list, however,

I must finished the items I've already begun:

the wands and wizard staffs,

the cloth and clay figures in progress,

the clay circles and runes, etc.

Happy Labor Day!

I plan on laboring!