Inventing and Creating....the things we are made of

Ive had a few crazy weeks and just sat down to write for a moment. I forget sometimes how good it feels just to put some words down and have them slowly relieve my  mind. I love to write I always have and with the crafty, inventive side always taking center stage :) my love for writing stands by the side of the road if not for this blog.

So,.... the sewing portion of me is at a standstill for the moment..,hmm. I keep going into the art room with intentions but I suppose they arent strong enough or I would have worked on one of the projects I have waiting for my attention.

I am as I mentioned working on a move to another, warmer, state. Im also working on my divorce. Im making all the appointments for the lawyer, Im paying all the fees, Im organizing my things and getting rid of those items that I dont need anymore. Im bombing the garage for spiders so that I can go through those items and throw away, give away or pack what Im taking with me.

I have a few months to get these things done so Im "thoroughly" going through things. What a great opportunity to cleanse my life. Its a lot of work but so worth it in the long run, kind of Feng Shui'ing everything while im at it hmm? I love my books on Feng Shui! if you've never tried it...I highly recommend it! The energy that is derived from getting rid of old, stuck energy is absolutely amazing!!

So my agenda today is to open the garage so that it can air out for a bit.....means that I have to sit out in the lot for a while, Im in a large apt. complex and my garage is on the other side of the complex, dont ask, ugh. So I'll read my book on "Trust Your Vibes" by Sonia Choquette and enjoy the sun for an hour. Its 76' and sunny with a light breeze today, not too shabby for having to sit outside.

I also plan on dedicating an hour to my purse and at least an hour to Mahdreen (she deserves it, she's been patient enough). I also have a new jewelry project that I started a few days a go to appease my nervous energy. I made a pair of earrings yesterday and want to make a necklace. Its the Steam Punk thing that has become so popular lately, some fun ideas to play with.

I've posted a few pictures that I took a few days ago early in the morning. I live on the 3rd floor of an apt complex and look out onto a beautiful protected wetland area. So you see woods for as far as the eye can take you. This particular morning we had some fog roll in and as I was waking up and looking out my window I noticed the fog and the beautiful colors that were coming through due to the sun rising. Sometimes you can capture all the color and sometimes, well, maybe just the fog :)

So I'll be back soon....I am having a great time with my creative freedom. Talk to you soon,

Michelle

Back In the Saddle :)

Hello to everyone who has been hanging in there with me and to all those dropping by to say hey! I've had so many changes to come about in the last several weeks and have gladly welcomed them. And yes, there have been some changes, wow.

For one, Im in the process of divorce....hmm, that one is time consuming enough on its own. It's only been 3yrs last April that I wass married and as happy as a clam when I did. I remember posting about the man that I had fallen in love with and our wonderful times together. And then of course the proposal and then the wedding and then the honey moon....And then I stopped posting about "US" altogether because the problems began. I won't go into the  specifics because they aren't important at this point. But I will say that it was my choice to divorce and for many good reasons. If it were for only one of the reasons that I decided on.... it would suffice for my reasoning.  I believe that all women can and should stand tall and strong, this is not a mans world of and to itself, this world is filled with human beings. We all breathe the same air. Enough said. So this has taken a bit of my thoughts and time. It isn't one of the things that I posted about being so happy for, which is an obvious.

One of the great things to come of this is that I am moving to a warmer climate, no more snow! yay, yay and yayyyyyyy. I'm very excited about this all by itself! I'm a West Coast native and have longed for the warmth and SUN, ahhhhhh, for a lonnnnnnng time. So I see an opportunity to make changes and live my life the way "I" would love to.

I have also had several offers to expand my sewing creations, many different avenues to explore that are so exciting and that makes me very happy!

I will post some of the new pictures of the body parts for Mahdreen, which I plan to finish through the next week. And also a new purse that I have been working on:)

I love the fun of making a very cool, classic outside shell and then a wild and crazy fun lining! I don't want to give away tooo much of the future, in the works, creations but this purse may be one of the lines to come :))) One more picture and then I'm off to bed.

still healing from my back surgery........

Talk to you soon, Michelle

Patience is My Virtue I hope its been yours :)

I will post tonight, I have so much to show you and tell you. A lot of new ideas and lots of new fun for the future of my dolls and my sewing life.

 Thank you for your patience, I know that many of you have been waiting to see what has become of Mahdreen and soon the next steps will be posted. So many things happening in my life and so many choices, Im sooooo excited and will let you in on everything very soon, promise :)

So I will be back tonight, Michelle

TIME... WARP..!

I have been involved in some home-work of sorts that has taken up my time lately. Things are going well though I have to say and Im feeling great. So I'll be back to my Elf in no time.

I do have the body sewn and am in the process of stuffing it. The legs and arms are sewn also, I just need to fray check the edges and then on to stuffing them too! I will post pics of the progress of Mahdreen in a few days. She is going to be just amazing, I can't wait for you to see her :)

Love, Balance & Light to you all,

Michelle

My Lady Elf...sculpted

Well today I've gotten the sculpting done and now Im looking forward to painting her face!

It's amazing how each doll takes on its own personality as you move through each stitch. I had a small idea of what I wanted  when I began and it seems that  this lovely lady had her own idea :)) I thought that I would make a younger female Elf to go along with Zandar but  when I finished sculpting her she appears to be a bit older.

 I feel that she may be one of the Elders of this group of Elves. She will be known as Mahdreen. She is one that the young seek for the knowledge only an Elder can impart. The ways of the Elvish are ancient and very deeply guarded and can only be passed on to the young by an Elder. Mahdreen will see to it that all the young, even Zandar :), learn the ways of the Elves of this clan.

Well we have her name, Mahdreen! and we will return soon.

 Back to the the workroom...........

See you soon,   Michelle

New Elf in the works :D

Just wanted to take a few minutes to show you what I've done so far. Im now working on a female elf with my own pattern. I've drawn several and have cut and sewn 2 so far. I'm working on the head first, as I've said before this is where you find all the personality! The rest just seems to follow along and additions come together easily :)

I'll leave you with the first of my Lady Elf pictures. I'll be back sooon with more,

Michelle

A New Day and what to make, hmm

Well as I stated in the previous post there were some copyright issues. I did hear from Ute regarding this and she assured me that it was ok for me to continue to post my progress. I thanked her and let her know that I indeed was having a fun time working on her pattern.

With that said I have decided to go with my original plan before I came upon the troll pattern. I was in the process of working on my own patterns and was making a female elf of my own. I have decided to do just that, work on my own creations. I came to this decision due largely in part to the events that I've dealt with over the last year. It seemed there was always someone, somewhere, deciding what and how and when events should and shouldnt be happening. I felt like that with this episode of copyright issues. I have some knowledge of copyrights with a magazine that I was in the process of putting together many years ago. Sounds very glamorous doesnt it, it was, for a while. It was a small project that struck my creative edge and I gave it a try for a short time. I did some research for that project in the copyright arena and gained some knowledge in the process. So suffice to say that I have chosen to work on my own creations and not venture off into the land of someone else's power field.

I have enough creative energy and ideas to keep me busy for a very loooooong time so here we go :D

I have been working on a pattern for an elf, a female this time. She will be my own from top to bottom. We will start from the head and work from there. I will draw the entire doll first but won't bombard you with all the bits and pieces, just the head. Of course the head is where all the personality comes from anyway and that just spurs you on to invent and create more! It always seems to me that once I have the head in progress that the name just seems to pop into my mind. I can't wait to see what creative being comes together next.

Ok, I've got my excited, creative energy in full rev!! Im off to the sewing room (you know, I should name that too, the way people name cars :)) to retrieve my drawing inventory and continue the pattern drawing process. I will return with some good, no, GREAT ideas and a beautiful, womanly elf for all of my readers to join in the fun with! :)

Be back soon,

Michelle