I've Been Sick...

I've had a really nasty head cold that then settled into my chest. I thought maybe I was getting walking pneumonia and went to Urgent Care, just to find out it's only a cold. I felt like an idiot but I was glad I had medical insurance so I could go. I've been struggling with high blood pressure for the last 6 months (that I knew about, but probably for much longer that I didn't know) so I was feeling worse cause the cold meds I was taking were raising up my already high blood pressure. Now I have to suffer through the rest of this cold without meds...yay. Sigh, so just another thing slowing me down.

Anyway before all this happened I was working on a bunch of new stuff. I'm taking Sassy Pack Rat Studios into a slightly different direction. I've always wanted to make dolls for the children's market, so am adding some dolls specifically for children in addition to my other art dolls.

This is one of the doll designs I'm working on. She will be printed on cloth and then sewn. I have a whole fairy tale set I'm working on. They will be made from my own illustrations and based on my small felt dolls from last year. If they prove to be successful then I plan to offer custom dolls too.

There are other things I'm working on that are geared toward children. I am still working on soft sculpture dolls for adult collectors but I hope that the children's dolls do well. 

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Finally Ready For My Shop Update

I finally finished everything that I can get done right now for my shop. I have more in the works but I'm not going to stress myself out more than I need to. The 2 challenges I did recently really took massive amounts of time away from making these dolls. But hey choices..anyway glad I did do them. My listings with go live either tonight or Saturday morning but I thought I'd show here on my blog what I'm offering since a few people asked to see ahead of time.

 These 3 were made last year before I really figured out what I wanted do do with this pattern I designed. I think they are kind of adorable and I hope they find good homes.

Goldylocks.

Hansel and Gretel. These two started my fairy tale doll craze. I'm selling these 2 as a set.

Red and Wolfie. Selling these two as a set. Some friends said I should offer singles of these too so I made another set to sell as singles that are slightly different.

Single Red Riding hood.

Single Wolfie. Changed his head and made lederhosen.

Cat Witch is being listed too.

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Moving On To Other Things Now...

Now that Maleficent is finished I can move on to other projects, namely my fairytale dolls.

Besides Hansel and Gretel, I have also finished Little Red Ridinghood and Wolfie. Here are some wips. I plan on showing all the dolls together when they are done.

I've been playing around with the idea of doing the witch from Hansel and Gretel but then do I need to do Red's grandmother too? The list of characters seems endless and I'm not sure I want to devote so much time to adding more when I'm not sure how well they may be received.

I'm trying to produce enough stock to reopen my etsy store, so I do want to make another set and am considering Goldylocks or maybe the 3 Little Pigs. My daughter wants me to do Pocahontas and Aladdin. I've been doing mostly Grimm type tales since the embroidery I'm doing fits best with that Old World theme, but I'm always happy to hear any ideas you all may have.

Sneak Peek of Gretel

I forgot to show this here on my blog. She's done but I want to wait to show her completely until I have the rest of the series done and I put them up for sale. I will show wips of the others as I go along. I'm currently working on Red Riding-hood.

Running Late For Easter

I'm done with the giveaway ornie but am late in getting everything set because my new pup Olive has been very sick. I will have pics of the ornie and the giveaway details ready and posted tomorrow.

I did finish Gretel but need to go back and change a few things on Hansel. Below is a sneak peek of Gretel.

Hansel is done

Finally finished Hansel. It took a while to decide on the embroidery pattern for the lederhosen.  I was going to set Gretel aside and start on a big project, but realized while going through my supplies, that I needed to order some things. So as I wait for my felt to arrive I'm going to finish Gretel.  I know this will make Bettina happy. ; 0)