Happy Thursday

Happy Thursday Blog Buddies.....

I have added a recent doll...BabySitting Witch....watching over 3 'Little Monsters' while their parents are off scary the Halloween Trick'O' Treaters.....  she is a 1:12th Miniature Scale....

So we are now planning the next piece....a Harry Potter Commission.... Ron Weasley riding the 'Horse' life sized chess piece from the Sorcerer's Stone, on the chess board...all in miniature...will be fun, then onto Harry and Hermine. 

Other than that we are doing lots of this and a whole bunch of that around the house.  Decided that this winter ( we have pretty mild winters here in AZ) we will do lots of Fix Up Work around the house...some very needed and others just fun cool small stuff I wanna do.... though in saying that we are right now clouding up and it is thinking strongly of rain at the moment....UGH!

Richard at the moment  is 'restringing' my large studio  window blind....it dips down on one side when I open it and I think he finally took pity on me...LOL! 

I need to have a couple garage sales this winter (again our time of the year to have them...summer way to hot)  so I need to organize stuff for that.

Man you would think with all the crap I need to get done and all the running I do...that I would weigh only 12 pounds....HA! ...not fair!

Roasted Garlic Pork Roast this cold stormy weekend (comfort food) and a few new movies we have not seen yet.....

Have a Great Weekend everyone..

Hugs
Jodi

Howdy Everyone in Bloglandia.... Here I go again with the apologies ...it has been ages since I have been here...no excuse really other than I get so darn busy I forget the enjoyable things to do...and also this has been on e WEIRD Year for me....Losing my Mom, not being able to focus as well on work, a million and one projects around the house , a brutally Hot Year here in Arizona and on top of everything else....we are discussing a Move to Oregon.....and though I am jazzed at the prospect of a move... the mere thought of packing up two shops and a big studio plus all my household stuff makes me want to run and hide and shake and quiver...a very scary thought.  Good news bad news kinda thing.  Richard and I have reached our limit with the hot summers here and lack of culture...we both crave a place where we can got to small art shows, hear local musicians while chomping on a burger and sipping  wine.... to enjoy these things we must now travel to Las Vegas or Phoenix.... each 3-4 hours....UGH!  I adore my house but, am willing to look again in an area I am truly happy.  If we could we would move at the beginning of the year but we have a few things to do to the house and then there is that pesky little task of 'selling' it.... with the market...who knows. So we are setting our sights on 1-2 years....EEEEK!  So in the meantime we sit and dream of greener pastures (literally)  and new opportunities. I look forward to a weekly growers market, great stores and Yes, even the possibility of selling small art pieces at a local art/craft fair....something we have not been able to do in years and years.... So gang, this is what we have been up to.  We have made a few dolls since August, mainly commission work and a few for EBAY... This one above is Called Princess Buttercup....a little girl dressed for Halloween  with her Fairy Godmother Ogre... We also made a miniature (1:12th miniature scale)   Witch , babysitting 3 tiny Monster Babies.
I think I am ready to get into Christmas....Santa's, Christmas Elves, Christmas Carol characters, and a few commissions of Harry Potter.....

Hope everyone is enjoy their fall time.... Thanks for hanging in here even though I am SO HORRIBLE at posting these days...I will I will try harder....

Hugs,
Jodi

I KNOW I KNOW...it has been ages since I was last here.... time just seems to slip away when you are having a weird time of it.  UGH!   It has been ages since I have posted anything and ages since we have created any doll art.... but i do have a good (although sad) excuse....my dear mom passed ...
She was a big part of my life and who I was...and you never realize how much until that part of your life is gone... having said all that (and believe me I will not make this any more sad)  though gone...I know and feel in my heart that she still stands at my side...egging me on, encouraging me, inspiring me, correcting me and making me laugh..... I miss most the hugs and the voice...although i will forever be wrapped in her warmth and hear her gentle voice in my mind and heart... Miss and Love you Mom...

OK...enough of that...I have done enough grieving for 10 people...time to push on....

We have started to create dolls again after the long absence...(the shot above is one we just had on EBAY) a miniature scale house section wall hanging shadow box with several ghosts and 2 witch ghosts.... very happy and surprised with the outcome.

Now doing another witch (1:12th scale)  that will hopefully be listed in a week....I will post pics here...
All of a sudden my mind is reeling with ideas and desires to work...this is good!  So I will seize the moment.  I am caught up in Halloween this year....yearn to see ghosts and other things that bump in the night...might have to hunt down a haunted house somewhere near....can't wait to get out my Halloween do dads from the closets.... I want to get my 'spook' on.....

Good to be back...Missed everyone here....Welcome to my new friends...

HUGS,

Jodi

I just created a new FACEBOOK Page  'Creager Studios'  where I will be posting all of our Older Work right up to the very newest...hopefully tips and small videos from time to time...I wanna make the page fun and informative...  hope you will pop over and say Howdy....

 

Our Newest Commission Piece

'The Vampire Hunter'

Can't show everything cause it is supposed to go in a magazine and I sorta promised that I not  show to much before it does....

Started another Harry Potter Piece this morning...will be a fun piece

Also have this little Cornish Tommyknocker on EBAY right now...

A tiny little chap who lives and works deep in the gold mines of Grass Valley, CA  (where we used to live)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330743226994

Bob McKinley's Great Book being Re-Released

I am thrilled beyond words this morning with Great News that I just heard.  For all you Doll makers out there ...even for those that may already have the Original first edition...hold onto your hats cause this news is gonna blow you away.

Bill Nelson (wonderful artist) ...has just released the long long awaited second edition of this fantastic Doll Sculpting Book...by American Treasure Robert McKinley. Long out of print...this book has been searched for high and low for years...and when a copy here and there have been located have commanded prices as high as 200.00.

Now everyone can have a copy of this great classic ....I have my original, but plan to get this copy to keep my original safe and packed away.... I find myself even to this day thumbing through this book for inspiration and guidance...now I don't have to worry about messing up my original.....YIPPPEEE!

So don't walk but rather run to get a copy ... Bob single handily introduced the words 'Doll Art'  to us all....he was (and still is in our hearts) the Great Master.

Thank You Bill for bringing the great talents of Bob back into our lives....

You are Both great Treasures to us all.....


http://books.billnelsonstudios.com/

Greetings from the Other Side of Norm.

Hello one and all... Well it has been one heck of a March, and to be truthful I could not be more pleased that the whole month is over...now I am keeping everything crossed for a super dooper April!! I dropped off of (or out of...which ever is best) of Facebook....for at least a while...I found I could not concentrate on other matters and still maintain an active chat life (sort of like rubbing your stomach and patting your head at the same time sorta thing) ...so I stepped away from facebook...and decided to only chat here for a while...though I have not been very good at that either...UGH!

In a nutshell...My Mom and sister (both live in town near me) have been in limbo for the last few months ...living in apts they were moved to as their other apts were being remolded....a move within a move if you will...and for most this may not seem bad...but to understand how much crap the two of them own would give you all a very accurate idea of the HELL i have been in...helping to pack them both for the first move, than this move and yet to come...the unpacking!!!! Makes me want to set a torch to my belongings and go for the freedom of a paper sack suitcase and the road!! My Mom is 88 and very feeble of body now and my sister has many health issues...both find it hard to do a lot of things on their own...so that is where Jodi comes into play.... I love helping, and I feel the duty in it...but it always comes with such a price....in our case....our work has really suffered.... case in point, the doll listed here...and Easter Doll that won't end it's sale until the day before Easter....UGH Again!! I am off kilter and outta whack!!! Oh Well....

Then my Mom got very sick with a quick trip to the hospital...and another coming in a few days....I fear my dear sweet Momma won't be here much longer....and for that I am so sad....I will love her each second that I have left with her.... and my sis is not a whole lot better....

I had a few health things this last march...other than turning 61~~lol. Including a fall where I ratched my ankle and wrist! (move related) ... I have been in touch with so many friends and family that have also had a shitty (health wise) March.... Must be Mercury in Retrograde....

I am ready to move on...get those loud quacking Ducks in a row and raise and wave my Freak Flag at the world...

Miss you all.....

Jodi