My first doll posting will be tomorrow! so for all of you who have been wanting, needing and just cant wait for instructions on soft dolls :D please check back tomorrow!
I will have the first pic of the first step and as I go through the day and have time to post I will update the progress:D
Im very excited, I cant tell you how many times I have looked for doll sites, specifically soft doll instruction sites and have had no luck. I was always given bits and pieces of how to's and then of course I had to buy a book if I really wanted to make a doll.
I will have the face pattern first and go from there...see you back tomorrow, I have lots to do tonight....seee you then,
Dulce
Sunday, March 13, 2011
DOLLS.....MAKING SOFT SCULPTERED DOLLS :)
LOOKING FORWARD TO POSTING MY FIRST SOFT SCULPTURED DOLL....
When I first tried my hand at soft sculptured dolls I found a magazine that gave me a few hints at the trials of working in this arena! I was looking for something that would fill my time while I healed (my back...geez that sounds soooo old....and i dont feel it, really). So I looked for something that I loved, one which is sewing..., that comes naturally because my mother was a prof. seamstress and taught me almost everything that she knew. Wish that I actually knew everything...hmm, but I gained quite a bit of knowledge while my Mom was here, she was a beauty and a major plethora of knowledge...although Im sure she didnt realize how much she was passing on. OMG did that women know how to sew. I have her machine, that gives me comfort. Its almost like she was here, hmm. Its an old singer, I actually like it much better than my new machine which is a New Home..yah, not a fan so much. The New Home is very squirelly..all over the place unless you really get a hold of it! The singer really held the material in place and you had to tell the machine that you wanted to go somewhere.....ok..............I getit, IM AN OLD SO AND SO.I need to adapt, the machine should need to respond to what you want...shouldnt it?
I learned something......
Dulce
going to bed...........
When I first tried my hand at soft sculptured dolls I found a magazine that gave me a few hints at the trials of working in this arena! I was looking for something that would fill my time while I healed (my back...geez that sounds soooo old....and i dont feel it, really). So I looked for something that I loved, one which is sewing..., that comes naturally because my mother was a prof. seamstress and taught me almost everything that she knew. Wish that I actually knew everything...hmm, but I gained quite a bit of knowledge while my Mom was here, she was a beauty and a major plethora of knowledge...although Im sure she didnt realize how much she was passing on. OMG did that women know how to sew. I have her machine, that gives me comfort. Its almost like she was here, hmm. Its an old singer, I actually like it much better than my new machine which is a New Home..yah, not a fan so much. The New Home is very squirelly..all over the place unless you really get a hold of it! The singer really held the material in place and you had to tell the machine that you wanted to go somewhere.....ok..............I getit, IM AN OLD SO AND SO.I need to adapt, the machine should need to respond to what you want...shouldnt it?
I learned something......
Dulce
going to bed...........
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Its a Sunny Day in OHIO and The Kitty is Happy!
Finally, a sunny day! We have snow on the ground but we have SUN, yay!
I was sitting here watching the sun peek in and out of the clouds earlier and thankfully now we have blue skies and SUN. What a pleasure it is to see. Im happy for the sun and Kitty is happy to have a playmate, even if it's stuffed :)
Im also watching the dvd of the Coral Reef that I bought a few yrs back for my cat Tiger (who is no longer with me, lost him last May) because I thought that Sophia (my new little kitty) would enjoy it. I thought that it would keep her somewhat occupied as I wrote my new post (she likes to walk across the laptop-not a good thing). Well she was playing with her toys, running all through the house, looked at it a few moments here and there and now she's sleeping. It didnt amuse my Tiger either.
I did buy the stuffed animal for Sophia that I spoke of yesterday. It's really cute. It's a stuffed pink sheep that has a squeeker in the tail end and one in the nose. She likes it and has taken to harassing it instead of me when diverted. I even tried the "hold down" this morning that I looked up on some cat info sites yesterday, which is where I learned about the idea for a stuffed animal.
The "hold down" is where you firmly but gently hold the kitten down once he/she has decided to dominate you by biting and box kicking you very aggressively. You only do it for a minute or two if that and then put he/she-kitty down and ignore them for a few minutes. I used the stuffed animal as the diversion this morning when she did her usual "I want you up" routine of attacking my hands as Im just waking up. I used the stuffed animal at first and tried getting her to understand that she should be aggressive with it and not me by showing her the animal and keeping my hands unmoved at my side. It worked for a few and then she caught site of my arm/hand and went for it, so I used the "hold down" method. It worked but I also think that the stuffed animal was too close at the time and she may have thought that it did the actual hold down and now she's a little bit timid with it now. Hmmm, well at least she's not attacking me LOL.
Ok, I need some refreshment and I should turn off the heater, this laptop does get hot on your lap, phew. I'll be back later, I have some ideas that I've written down...requires some add'l work and some pics.
See you in a few, Dulce
I was sitting here watching the sun peek in and out of the clouds earlier and thankfully now we have blue skies and SUN. What a pleasure it is to see. Im happy for the sun and Kitty is happy to have a playmate, even if it's stuffed :)
Im also watching the dvd of the Coral Reef that I bought a few yrs back for my cat Tiger (who is no longer with me, lost him last May) because I thought that Sophia (my new little kitty) would enjoy it. I thought that it would keep her somewhat occupied as I wrote my new post (she likes to walk across the laptop-not a good thing). Well she was playing with her toys, running all through the house, looked at it a few moments here and there and now she's sleeping. It didnt amuse my Tiger either.
I did buy the stuffed animal for Sophia that I spoke of yesterday. It's really cute. It's a stuffed pink sheep that has a squeeker in the tail end and one in the nose. She likes it and has taken to harassing it instead of me when diverted. I even tried the "hold down" this morning that I looked up on some cat info sites yesterday, which is where I learned about the idea for a stuffed animal.
The "hold down" is where you firmly but gently hold the kitten down once he/she has decided to dominate you by biting and box kicking you very aggressively. You only do it for a minute or two if that and then put he/she-kitty down and ignore them for a few minutes. I used the stuffed animal as the diversion this morning when she did her usual "I want you up" routine of attacking my hands as Im just waking up. I used the stuffed animal at first and tried getting her to understand that she should be aggressive with it and not me by showing her the animal and keeping my hands unmoved at my side. It worked for a few and then she caught site of my arm/hand and went for it, so I used the "hold down" method. It worked but I also think that the stuffed animal was too close at the time and she may have thought that it did the actual hold down and now she's a little bit timid with it now. Hmmm, well at least she's not attacking me LOL.
Ok, I need some refreshment and I should turn off the heater, this laptop does get hot on your lap, phew. I'll be back later, I have some ideas that I've written down...requires some add'l work and some pics.
See you in a few, Dulce
Friday, March 11, 2011
My Crazy Kitty
MS SOPHIA, ah, my dear Ms. Sophia Solana...what a great little kitty! except when she gets in that mood where she wants to exercise her dominance :o, not fun. I received Sophia when she was 7-8wks old, the cutest little ball of black fluff you have ever seen. I posted her pic earlier and until I get my pics moved to this laptop, we'll just have to keep looking at the one below that I posted a few days ago :).
Anyway my goal today is to find her a playmate-a stuffed one. So Im off to the store to find miss Sophia a friend. Ive been told that a stuffed animal about the same size as the kitty itself will give her someone to dominate other than me! Ha,ha..we shall see, Im hoping it does the trick cause I really dont want to have two kitties and i'm tired of being attacked by my little furball :0
Ok, have to get ready and brave the elements, we have a lot of snow on the ground today. I hope its the last blast for the season cause im really tired of this white wonderless land. Although I have to say or rather not complain when Japan just had an 8.9 earthquake and a tsunami I believe of 22ft. I will get my calculations correct. I send my prayers out to all of those who have been affected by this horrific event.
I'll be back, Dulce
Anyway my goal today is to find her a playmate-a stuffed one. So Im off to the store to find miss Sophia a friend. Ive been told that a stuffed animal about the same size as the kitty itself will give her someone to dominate other than me! Ha,ha..we shall see, Im hoping it does the trick cause I really dont want to have two kitties and i'm tired of being attacked by my little furball :0
Ok, have to get ready and brave the elements, we have a lot of snow on the ground today. I hope its the last blast for the season cause im really tired of this white wonderless land. Although I have to say or rather not complain when Japan just had an 8.9 earthquake and a tsunami I believe of 22ft. I will get my calculations correct. I send my prayers out to all of those who have been affected by this horrific event.
I'll be back, Dulce
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Trying A Few New Ideas
Just trying a few new ideas, gave myself a new background and looking for a few new arenas of interest.
I have a lot of time on my hands as Ive said earlier and also a lot to give to this Universe!
I would love to hear your ideas! So dont hesitate to post :)
Talk to you a bit later,
Dulce
I have a lot of time on my hands as Ive said earlier and also a lot to give to this Universe!
I would love to hear your ideas! So dont hesitate to post :)
Talk to you a bit later,
Dulce
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
What does it take to dispute a cell phone issue?
Jus
t spoke to an absolutely wonderful woman....mind you it's International Women's Day ! Im trying to resolve a cell phone dispute of my husband's. One company meshed into another company and voila! The left hand doesnt know what the right hand is doing? We have a family share program for 3 phones, should be easy but hmmm guess not this time.
Anyway, problem here is they are trying to charge us for 1 of the lines twice :)lol, yah, not so funny really..but this is where it stands for the moment.
I called the present phone service provider to try and resolve this,they said to call the 800# for the collection co that is trying to bill us. I called the 800# for the collection co that is trying to bill us and they said that I need to call the 800# of the present phone service provider!
Three calls into insanity and I am now speaking to Myrna, ahhh the lovely Myrna, who has decided (thank you good fortune :) to take on this crazy cell phone problem we are experiencing. Except for one small problem, ha ha ha...I need my husbands permission to access his records!. Did I mention that it is International Women's Day! This is the reason that we have our day!
I am now waiting for someone to answer once again now that my husband has given his permission over the phone for me to take care of this cell phone problem, since he doesnt have the patience. "Thank you for holding, all of our phone representatives are busy the next available rep will be with you in just a few short moments". Let's see its 227pm and ive been on for almost 5 minutes. Hmm, we will see.
IN the meantime, you see the problem is that he was with another phone company and when we got married we thought that bundling the services would save us some money, right? So we brought his phone number over to my provider. Mind you his company was in the process of being merged/bought by my company so it really shouldnt have been a problem. We even had his same number "ported over". That's where you keep the same number and have the next company assume service. With that being said let me ask you this, how does a company bill one phone/number TWICE!for 6 months when both companies have become one? HUH!>?
GEEZZZZZZ, Im frustrated and its not even my phone...ha ha ha, that's what I think, it's my bill. Ok.
I have to take a breather and get back to you. I will leave you with a pic of my cell phone and hope that Myrna calls me back :) OH, and also of my Sophia, she's 3 months old tomorrow...what a cutie pie.
Thanks, Dulce
t spoke to an absolutely wonderful woman....mind you it's International Women's Day ! Im trying to resolve a cell phone dispute of my husband's. One company meshed into another company and voila! The left hand doesnt know what the right hand is doing? We have a family share program for 3 phones, should be easy but hmmm guess not this time.
Anyway, problem here is they are trying to charge us for 1 of the lines twice :)lol, yah, not so funny really..but this is where it stands for the moment.
I called the present phone service provider to try and resolve this,they said to call the 800# for the collection co that is trying to bill us. I called the 800# for the collection co that is trying to bill us and they said that I need to call the 800# of the present phone service provider!
Three calls into insanity and I am now speaking to Myrna, ahhh the lovely Myrna, who has decided (thank you good fortune :) to take on this crazy cell phone problem we are experiencing. Except for one small problem, ha ha ha...I need my husbands permission to access his records!. Did I mention that it is International Women's Day! This is the reason that we have our day!
I am now waiting for someone to answer once again now that my husband has given his permission over the phone for me to take care of this cell phone problem, since he doesnt have the patience. "Thank you for holding, all of our phone representatives are busy the next available rep will be with you in just a few short moments". Let's see its 227pm and ive been on for almost 5 minutes. Hmm, we will see.
IN the meantime, you see the problem is that he was with another phone company and when we got married we thought that bundling the services would save us some money, right? So we brought his phone number over to my provider. Mind you his company was in the process of being merged/bought by my company so it really shouldnt have been a problem. We even had his same number "ported over". That's where you keep the same number and have the next company assume service. With that being said let me ask you this, how does a company bill one phone/number TWICE!for 6 months when both companies have become one? HUH!>?
GEEZZZZZZ, Im frustrated and its not even my phone...ha ha ha, that's what I think, it's my bill. Ok.
I have to take a breather and get back to you. I will leave you with a pic of my cell phone and hope that Myrna calls me back :) OH, and also of my Sophia, she's 3 months old tomorrow...what a cutie pie.
Thanks, Dulce
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
TIME ON MY HANDS
So much time has passed as many of us say since we've blogged but it's always true :o
well since I last wrote....i have been terminated from my job. I'm disabled now and have a bulging disc to deal with. Im waiting for surgery and have been since Dec of 09'. I have gone through a lot of stress throughout this wait and am looking forward to healing and smiling. Everything happens for a reason Ive always said and now Im learning to work through all that has happened.
I have in the past posted great pictures, good times, great recipes and the rantings of my day to day job. So much has changed since my last post, so much that I havent even begun to talk about. Im thinking of taking on a new avenue for my blog. I will learn more about design and settings, links, advertisement and all that goes along with it. I will post a picture for this writing and see you all back as I make the changes. I have plenty of time on my hands these days, that's for sure.
This is a picture of Ankri, she is a traveling Gypsy. I love to make dolls and gave my hand a try at a soft sculptered doll this summer. I enjoyed every minute of it and look forward to making another. Maybe the next one could be a play by play of a sort as I make it...an Idea!
Thanks for listening,
Dulce
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