April update

Easter Swap!!! Today I met Beth at a McDonalds half way between us...and here is my basket that she cut out, created and hand painted...it was loaded full and overflowing with all sorts of fabulous goodies. I feel so spoiled!! Among the goodies are vintage laces, vintage glitter in an antique salt shaker, tons of Easter postcards, candies galore, a gorgeous pair of handmade earrings(Beth makes the most beautiful jewelry creations) so many fun things...she spoiled my dolls too with a pretty party dress that Kendall immediately had to put on, a new dolly for them to play with, and the most amazing miniature Easter basket filled with the most detailed realistic candies....this is only a partial list...I had so much fun opening my goodies...and then re-opening them when i got home....Beth thank you so so so much! You really spoiled me rotten and I love everything you gave to me!Mom!! This dress is MINE!!! it has to be..matches my hair! Kendall has been sort of mopey ever since Ash went on a trip to visit a friend of ours out in Portland...so I thought letting her have the dress would cheer her up

All of our loot laid out...WOW!!!

This miniature Easter Basket is so amazing!

I had fun this past Saturday at an artist demo at the Brownstone Cafe..this darling coffee shop dowtown Battle Creek! Lots of artist there..and so much fun meeting tons of new people!

I have been working on a bit of art and trying to catch up on some UFO's. This is a spread i did in Sandee's "celestial/dark side of the moon" book for the dark Altered Book Round Robin..this poor round is taking forever..moving slower than molasses in January..i am hoping this will help get it going again...I only have one more book to work on...once it gets here!???

Tessa is playing with her new Tomato dollhouse!

She is spoiled rotten...she also got a new doll house for her room too!!

Easter Bucket that i made for Andi..this is the back side of it....

side of the bucket

other side of the bucket!

This is the front..i packed it full with lots of goodies! I sure hope she likes what i stuffed in there!



The "cakes" are getting into the Easter spirit too...they are showing you their new Easter outfits!

Calico tries to train mr robot to help with housework! Anni is having aharder time getting around..her belly is getting bigger and bigger. Of course one must wonder how much mr robot understands the finer side of cleaning since he was using an oven mitt to dust with....next he will try to do the dishes....hmmmmm

So, here's the story..these new clothes should help us blend in...maybe no one will notice that we are odd colored and from another planet....

So mr alien...from what galaxy do you hail?

Cute sleeping kitty and girl....i love the color of this kitty.like a buttercream candy!

What sweet faces....i haven't thought of any names yet...

I just adore their matching dresses..so detailed and cute!

Well this is a bit of what is going on....i haven't had time to play with pictures lately until yesterday and today! We have been under construction so i have been working on the house. I will take pictures soon..but not until the carpet goes in..the house is a wreck right now..and so disheveled. I did finish Jonathon's mural in his room...so next time i will post some of his room too...The boys are on spring break this week...yay..no appointments, therapy or sports for now!..phew!

until next time!

March update

I guess i am just going to have to label these by month..since it seems i get around to it once a month or so..ha ha!~ Okay i realize as i look through my pictures..that even though some days i don't feel like i get much done...i get a lot done. If i have seemed quiet lately..well I guess the pictures following will show the reason..I have been a bit busy!

So for the bleh stuff...i have had one sick kid or another constantly for the last two months i swear.. Jonathon has had strep now twice since Christmas. He was home sick all week last week..finally was diagnosed and is now on antibiotics this week..after a second trip to the docs..I was rather upset that they would not swab him last week...even when i specifically asked...but now he is getting better...

Tyrus also spent a few days home in the infirmary...aka the living room...

And on top of all that i broke my toe...getting into the hottbu no less...geesh....okay besides having an excuse for not going to the gym since my foot doesn't even fit into a shoe other than flip flops..it hasn't slowed me down too much..okay so on to the fun stuff...
I finished Turners room and mural...his Robot City: as you walk in

This is the view from the door

to the right..my favorite part

behind the door

We are also under construction...of course i am sure i will be painting this area too...this is just off of our living room

the dumb window we put in will now be gone..that is our bedroom through the window. It will free up a lot of space in our bedroom..besides not having a window that is impossible to cover
Colors chosen for the new area and the adjoining current living room..the tile will be around the fire place...the green on the long walls and the orange around the fireplace..the carpet is the one on the bottom row third from the right
I have also snuck in a few moments to play with my dolls..this is the room I created in the expedit..a living room for the resident kitties

We adopted a new girl awhile back from a friend..she is my only "custom"..she has mohair instead of her normal hair and also carved lips and makeup redone...here she is when she arrived...in her room

Of course she got a new dress..and demanded a redecoration of her bedroomHer name is Olive..and this is her new room... She is a lucky thing..she scored another new dress later in the month. We are experiencing dolly uprisings left and right around here....hard to keep so many girls in new clothes..gees and i thought 6 kids was tough..ha ha

Speaking of kitties...since i am allergic and Art has a very extreme dislike for cats..these are our resident kitties...no litter box needed...

of course since i was finished with Turner'sroom..i had to immediately start on Jonathon's..here it is in the beginning stages...well actually about half done
His monsters got their first coat of paint..i only have added the eyes since this picture...but as soon as we get back from North Carolina for my mom and Russ's wedding I will finish this...

behind his bed...

My last project...a wedding gift for Mom and Russ...Mom's handle on the internet is the German gypsy..that inspired this set. Since it is a wedding gift i couldn't leave it at just a gypsy..she needed her man too. And they needed a fancy ride! All of the patterns are my own opriginal design..made as i was creating..ha ha..i had so much fun! here are the bodies before decoration:

size comparioson to the peacock:The finished couple riding on their fancy peacock..i hope they like my creation...mom always has remarked how she really loves my art dolls and would at some point "not mind" having one.well she got a whole set.....well is getting it this weekend..we are off to Asheville tomorrow....
In the plastic world...we have pregnanat Plastic...Anni was not having a good morning...we are not sure how far along she is yet..but must be the first trimester since she has had a lot of morning sickness...arturo has been worried...

Who would have believed that there are even T-shirts for pregnant dollies..lol...this cracked me up..a friend sent it to me....

And finally! I have finally gotten my weight back under 200lbs...I still have a ways to go..but to get to that first landmark was exciting! This was the day i saw 199 on that scale!
So there is a bit of my month..lots more of course was going on...but these were the fun parts..and the momentous ones..i have more pics..but need to get off here..so hopefully i will update sooner than a month...see you all then!

xoxo's

i really am bad aren't I?...okay let's see huge ketchup needed

Well it was a romantic month around here so far! Lot's of goings on and romantic art and swaps and romance going on in the dolly world aka Sunny Blythe Towers~
First off I was in one of the most fun swaps ever for Valentine's Day. This was with the Altered Art Divas. I was in a pinch with a sick kid(story of my life this past 6 weeks..if not one is sick then another one is *sigh* and couldn't get to the store to buy a heart box...so i made one from fabric and foam core. I created the top by making a fun crazy quilt from various vintage and new fabrics and laces...and then filled it full with goodies! Beth Bricker was the person i sent to!this is the contents before i added a top layer of more things...so fun to fill..we are doing an easter basket swap next yippeee!

Here is the box that Andi made for me...i just love it! It too was filled with all sorts of yummy and fun goodies..It was amazing~
The romance was in the air as Patrick and Madison go out on their first date for icecream...he is such a sweetie....Madison I think, is falling for him~

Chaos also ensued. Poor Mitzi was having nightmares that she had turned into Alice in Wonderland and her bedroom was filled with characters from the movie...she must be watching too much Disney lately...

The Kitties threw a suprise party for a friend of ours..they had delicious cream frosting and strawberries on the yummy cake!

We got a new family member, a custom doll by a new friend of ours in Canada! she has the sweetest customs out there..she goes by blytheplanet on flickr....Michele is her name. This is Olive...Olive got a new bedroom in the Sunny Blythe Towers Annex..OLive loves to wear pink..but refused to be okay living in a predominatly pink bedroom~

I also decided it was time for me to get around to making chains for my reading glasses that i need for almost everything any more...so here 3 of the batch that i made...need to make a few more. I have a growing collection of reading glasses...at least i can always manage to find a pair somewhere..lol

I was also inspired to create another vintage button and bead necklace using a couple of kits from French General(through paula's kit club) and various components i had on hand..brown and pink makes such a lovely combination..this is my favorite one yet!

Our Frog family expanded by adopting firs two toddlers....Here is Trixie tucking in the kids....

but Trixie and Ed had fallen so much in love..they decided to adopt twin newborn babies too!! Ed is such a wonderful dad! He always seems to have one wee on on his knee at all times! Here they are in their new studio flat!

I tried something new! Needle felting...i think needle felting and I will be getting along quite well...now to only find more time

We had a snow fairy visit us a lot during the month of february...so much so i had to chase her down and very kindly ask her to lighten up a little and not send us quite so much snow...i think she finally listened..it hasn't been so bad the last couple of weeks!

I actually had a day a couple of weekends ago that i had time to make a few valentines..i even mailed them..ha ha! I can't tell you how many cards i have bought or made..but never made it into the mail~ These we so fun to make!

These are post it note booklets. I made these as gifts for the little ones' teachers

The inside of one..a very fun project and makes such a fun gift to give!

Ash our resident boy toy took Kendall out for a date..but as they were leaving for a movie heard some good news. A toast is in order...(Kendall is wearing a dress i had made for her)

See Love is really in the air this month...the love birds were singing so much Pistachio had to go see what all the racket was on the patio..(she is also wearing a dress i had made)

Darla pitches in cleaning up after all the boys in the house(in a new dress too....ha ha!! made these 3 dresses super bowl sunday morning instead of computering) She was a bit worried about Anni...Anni had just told Arturo the news

Anni had not been feeling herself lately, she has been so tired and has been throwing up at weird times..and waking up in the middle of the night needing weird foods.. ... she finally breaks it to Arturo....Honey..I am pregnant....yes we have pregnant plastic here.....this story is to be continued(after the major studio overhaul i am in the middle of...) but keep watching folks..some twists and turns are planned....

One last bit of news at the Sunny Blythe Towers....the cakes finally got their new home. The had to endure a horrible uprising from some of the other members of the gemini angel art studio society...but they now have their own cottage to be comfie in on the block...

Well that is it for now..I hope you enjoyed the update of the crazy life around here..The studio is where i go to escape in between sick kids(all three at different times of course..the minute i think it is getting back to normal...wham another trip to the doctor..two cases of strep so far..another with gastritus from his nerves of starting a new school...one diagnosed with sensory defensiveness....3 times a week therapy at the moment...so it was rough at times and very crazy since before Christmas.Oh speaking of which.. I am happy to report that Art is now doing well and has built his blood back up and finally seems to have energy again...but i won't bore you with the life details more than that...today life is good..even though i have a strep throat sickie on the couch as i type..it does make it so i HAVE to stay home...oh darn...okay now off to clean the house!!

Happy Days to all of you!!

xoxox's

angela