BabesbyBarb

pretty reds

2011-05-16T20:03:00.000-07:00

I have been so busy lately I have not posted in a while, no time for sculpting either so I thought I would share more photos, it does not take as long to chase bugs around the yard as it does to sculpt babies. Stay tuned though I do have some ideas in mind to sculpt and will share them when I do.
Please stop by the touring babies blog to see my rat on there along with the other critters and babies that are being worked on at each stop.
I hope you enjoy my photos, I love to grab my camera and run around the flower beds searching for bugs or flowers that will hold still for me :)
barb

another macro flower photo

2011-03-28T07:56:00.000-07:00

I have been trying once again to use my new macro lens, we have some flowers bursting out with the beginning of spring. Since I do not have anything to show you of my sculptures at this time I thought I would share my other love with you , photography. I hope you enjoy the photos I am sharing with you, stay tuned for more photos of my sculpture real soon and in the mean time please stop by the traveling baby blog to see what is happening to my bjd rat and other babies that
are making the tour. Look in my favorite blogs for the link to the polymer baby voyage.

Spring is in the Air in Georgia

2011-03-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

The weather here is just gorgeous, a good day to run around barefoot in the grass. I have been trying to use my new lens for macro photos but no bugs are around yet. I have found though that I can not hold it still without a tripod, I did manage to get a couple that were okay but most were not as crisp as I wanted them to be. Here is a photo that I did like though of my miniature peach tree bloom.

owoh gifts I won

2011-02-25T19:35:00.000-08:00

I have received 2 beautiful gifts from the OWOH event so far, one was a lovely hand sewn heart with charms on it, so pretty along with some ATC cards that were gorgeous, thanks a bunch.
The other was a lovely collection of vintage papers, some gorgeous handmade card prints, and a doodler book, great gifts, I truly appreciate the chance to win and most of all I appreciate meeting all of you bloggers out there.
hugs to you all
barb

A rat or what

2011-02-21T17:43:00.000-08:00

Now that the owoh is over and our prizes are on the way to their new homes, I wanted to share what I have been working on for another blog that I am a member of, this one is called Touring babies and we all make something and mail to to someone on the list and they do something to it and send to the next person, we all do this and we all work on each others sculpts, in the end they come back to us completely transformed with a little of each of us incorporated in. Last time I sent a baby , this time I wanted to do something different so am sending this critter, I think he is cute now even though he is rough around the joints LOLOL I plan to work on that some more, It will be really exciting seeing him or her transform as it travels along its journey across America.
check back for my next creations I am wetting my feet in sculpting other things, this time it is heads and torsos :( yikes I need lots of practice on both
barb

Winner of my OWOH baby giveaway

2011-02-18T06:16:00.000-08:00

Hi, I want to thank you all for your wonderful comments you left on my blog, I enjoyed meeting you all ad have drawn the name of the winner for my OWOH giveaway, the winner is
Jennifer Desjardins
I will be mailing the baby boy out to her
thanks to you all and I hope that you can stop in and see what I am doing here on the blog
barb

OWOH

2011-01-29T19:45:00.000-08:00

Hi I am Barb of BabesbyBarb, I enjoy creating babies from polymer clay. I love to take photos, quilt, and many other hobbies but sculpting is my favorite of all my hobbies. I want to learn to sculpt many different things. Polymer clay is such a fun medium to work with, the possiblities are unreal what you can create with it. Please look around and you can see some of my creations, and some older posts have some of my photos of places I have been.
I am very excited to be part of this years OWOH event. It will be fun visiting all the blogs from all over the world and meeting new blogger friends. Click on the Logo above to get more info on the OWOH event and then have fun visiting blogs and making new friends.To have a chance at winning my OWOH give away of a small one of a kind baby made from polymer clay ( see photos above), please leave a comment below this post and include your email address so that I can reach you if you win. Good Luck and thanks for stopping by to visit my blog. I hope you pop in often to see what I am up to :)
barb

Wee little Red Head

2011-01-25T20:01:00.000-08:00

I wanted to share my latest little red head with you. This little girl is very sweet , I have not found a name for her, but have to soon cause she is going to Etsy. I have a hard time parting with them when I bond with them and something about the red heads just makes me want to put her in my curio with my other collectibles . I hope that she makes you smile.
Stay tuned for the OWOH coming up real soon, check out the logo in the sidebar for the details
hugs barb

Day 4 of white stuff

2011-01-13T07:37:00.000-08:00

It is mostly ice covering snow down here in the southern United States of Georgia, I have been sitting inside watching motorists try and climb up the huge hill outside my house that is frozen solid. Some make it up either with 4 wheel drives or if they are brave enough to get a running start and go really fast slipping and sliding they might make it up. Most others are like me , just sitting at home, glad to be warm and safe inside. I did not get many photos cause it was sleeting when I tried and I was afraid I would ruin my camera, then later it got really slick, so again I could fall and hurt my camera or worse hurt me :)
Stay tuned for photos of my latest baby, she is made and waiting on clothes and photos. Maybe I can get that done today since I am stuck at home. And watch for the OWOH event coming soon, for details click on the link on an earlier post or the logo in the sidebar to find out more
barb

Snow day in the southern states

2011-01-10T04:05:00.000-08:00

We have 8 inches of snow today, that is unusual for way down here in Georgia. It is still dark outside , I will get photos when it is daylight. A good day to stay inside and sculpt.
barb

OWOH 2011

2011-01-05T17:07:00.000-08:00

It is time for the One World One Heart 2011, For more information please refer to the link below
http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/2010/12/annoucning-the-fifth-and-final-one-world-one-heart-event-.html
It is exciting to be able to know that this will let us all see blogs from all over the world and in doing so make new friends that share the love of art.
The above link will explain the details of what this event is all about, be sure and remember when it all begins.... Jan. 30, 2011
barb

Happy New Year

2011-01-01T10:08:00.000-08:00

Happy 2011 to you all, may we all have good health, many friends, love of family, and prosperity in the New Year. I am planning on being more active with my clay this year and posting here more often to share what I make so stay tuned :)
barb

I need a name

2010-12-22T17:47:00.000-08:00

I have been fiddling with this little girl for a while now, she is a long way from perfect but she is at the point that she makes me smile so I am calling her finished and will start a new one and try and do better on it. I found an old wig I had made for a different doll and it looks cute on her I think, kind of like a wild child LOL, anyway I am wanting name suggestions for her.
barb

cold outside makes for good day to clay

2010-12-16T07:18:00.001-08:00

The temps are frigid way down here in the southeastern United States, with the icy winds and cold hard ground its hard to get outside and do the Christmas shopping that most of us have to do this time of year. I am almost done with mine, just a few more gifts to buy and a few more to wrap up.
Now I have decided its a great time to start a new clay project, another baby.
I recently participated in an ornament swap with friends from one of my clay groups and it was great fun just to let our imaginations run wild and make something for our partners. That is another great thing about being involved in Polymer clay, not only do you have fun making things and letting your muse have rein to bring them to be. You also meet some of the greatest people that also share a love of art and a love of polymer clay as a medium.
Stay warm and stay tuned for pictures of the baby hopefully in a few days
barb

baby Drake

2010-07-03T06:07:00.000-07:00

Hi I am going to stick a photo of my latest baby in here with the travel photos I have been sharing with you all. I think this one is a boy and the photos were not taken in very good light , I had to take them using a light since it was late and there was no natural light left handy, Anyway you can get an idea of how he looks, I still need to do some things to him like make him some booties and get more daylight photos to better show his coloring. He is cute but I still find myself picking out flaws in him. I guess this is the artist in us that makes us strive for improvement with each piece we create. Thanks for looking
barb

Arizona is a pretty place

2010-06-28T21:51:00.000-07:00

Sedona, is a town in Arizona where there are homes running along the river as well as homes hanging high on the red cliffs, It is a pretty place, You can see some tall cactus growing just a little south of here around Phoenix, We drove through Sedona on our way and shot a few photos of the magnificent red mountains in Red Rock Canyons, I will post other photos from our trip so check back
barb

Big Bend Park South Texas

2010-06-21T20:27:00.000-07:00

We drove down I-10 to Southern Texas at the beginning of our trip, this park is right along the Texas / Mexico border, only the Rio Grande River divides the 2, these photos were taken in this park. It is pretty, I was surprised at how small the Rio Grande was. We saw horses roaming free along the Mexican side, the river was pretty, it was all desert. Check back for more photos of other stops we made.

Our Trip

2010-06-11T18:51:00.000-07:00

We are leaving early in the morning to go on a 7,000 mile trip. We are going by car so will see lots of
things. I will try and post some photos here to share with any of you that follow this blog. I have not posted here lately, cause I have not had any sculpts to share. Hopefully I will have some eye candy in the form of photos soon , so check back .
barb

little sisters

2010-05-10T17:58:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I have posted here, I have been busy reading books and sculpting when the mood strikes me. I recently finished 2 art dolls that I think turned out kind of cute and wanted to share them here. They are both on bendable cloth bodies and are easily posed. I was trying to create adult fairies and they both turned out younger so I was told they wanted to be sisters. I hope you enjoy them
barb

First baby of 2010

2010-01-26T14:19:00.000-08:00

I just finished this little girl, and she makes me smile. I don't know if the glow will wear off once I have gotten used to her and start to discover her flaws, but for now I think she turned out sweet.
Here she is, I still have to find what her name is and what I will do with her. I am thinking she will go to either Ebay or Etsy. I am kind of mad at Ebay at the moment. I read where they are going up on the final value fees to 9% in March, we need to call them Greedbay instead of Ebay. Etsy only charges 3.5% of the final value fee. They have less audience so its harder to sell there, but taking a stand against ebay sounds good to me. Stay tuned and I will post where she ends up at. Here she is my sweet little red headed girl.
barb

Merry Christmas

2009-12-23T20:18:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to all my friends out there in the sculpting world. I hope you and your family enjoy lots of time together. Stay safe and enjoy the children's laughter.
barb

Rebecca

2009-12-14T13:32:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since I have posted here, I have been super busy with the holidays and all, I finally have another doll to share with you all here, Her name is Rebecca she is my 2nd attempt at making the poseable child dolls. Rebecca is sculpted on a wire frame so she can be gently posed, I had fun creating this little girl. Now Rebecca is going home with a special lady that is my swap partner. She is winging her way to her new home now. I hope she makes you smile as much as she did me when I was creating her
barb

baby without a name

2009-10-05T15:35:00.001-07:00

I recently got this baby completed and cant think of a name for it, I am leaning toward boy, and its about 5 inches long, a smaller one for me. I just cant seem to get them any smaller no matter how much I try. Anyway here is my little boy with no name, any suggestions are welcome
barb

Herman monkey

2009-09-25T19:17:00.000-07:00

it has been a long time since I have had anything to share, finally I want you to meet Herman, he is not real big on good looks but he is full of personality. I hope he makes you smile
barb

mt latest little sleeping boy Joseph

2009-08-10T17:56:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I have posted here, I have been busy with geneology and babysitting the grandkids, I finally found time to finish another baby, this one was supposed to be a challenge baby but was too late, I had a good time making him though and think he turned out pretty sweet.
I named him Joseph, that is what he looks like to me.
barb

2 babies

2009-07-02T07:18:00.000-07:00

I finally got more babies made, they are scarce for me these days, here they are below, I cant decide which I like best, I asked mt grandaughter and she liked them both, what do you think, asleep or wide awake
barb

2009-05-27T04:38:00.000-07:00

I have been a while in posting I am busy doing other things like geneology but still have a couple of baby heads I need to find time to complete, I will share photos later but in the mean time here are some cute baby legs that belong to my granddaughter Abigail haha she makes me smile
barb

I am honored with my Sisterhood award

2009-05-05T20:05:00.000-07:00

I just found out I had received this award from a very special and oh so talented friend , thanks Sprite
now to go along with the rules of the award I nominate 5 members to receive this award, here are the rules along with my 5 choices as Sisterhood bloggers, and thanks again Sprite I am grateful to be awarded this from you

This award is presented to blogs which show great attitude and/or gratitude.

The requirements of accepting this blog are:

1. put the award logo on your blog and/or post

2. nominate five other blogs that you feel show the spirit of the award.

3. to let the nominees know about the award, comment on their blog.

4. Link to the nominees in your blog post.

5. To show gratitude and friendship to the person that gave you the award, link to them in a blog post.

http://nataliescholl.blogspot.com/

http://lorimetcalfdolls.blogspot.com/

http://shannons-creations-bearly-resistables.blogspot.com/

http://tinytoecollection.blogspot.com/

http://babiesbysuzanne.blogspot.com/

Sierra

2009-03-30T16:32:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I have posted here, I have been real busy with this art doll as well as working on some other projects, she is finally finished so i wanted to put her here to show anyone that may not see her on the group I made her with.
Sierra is 16 inches tall and my first shot at making an art doll this big, the only other one I have done is the toddler I did a while back, remember Audrey :)
I hope you enjoy her, I see lots of things I could have done differently but its all a learning curve and we learn by our mishaps
barb

facelift

2009-02-19T21:02:00.000-08:00

I recently took my baby from my last post to Idex, and a few friends gave me some great tips on how to make it more babyish, I came home and took off his legs and removed his hair and added to his head and took some off his legs :)
now he is so much cuter. I will post photos of before and after so you can compare for yourself.
Sometimes things that we know gets buried when we are creating and others can remind us gently and we learn from it
I hope you enjoy my new version of this little guy, I even think it can be a little girl now, what do you think, the top 2 are from the newest baby, the bottom 2 are before I reworked him
barb

Babies at last

2009-01-28T15:42:00.000-08:00

it took me a while but I finally got the baby head turned into a baby and I think he is a boy, the other tiny baby I found her a new outfit that was crocheted for me by a friend Stephanie, it fits her so cute,
I am going to Idex for the show this weekend and taking these 2 with me just to have something I made along for showing to friends I meet there.
I am still looking for names for them both
barb

a little old and a bit of New

2009-01-01T19:16:00.000-08:00

I hope you all are having a wonderful New Year, and that this year will bring us all much love, happiness, good health and make us all better artists too.
I have photos of my last baby of 2008 and the head of the first baby in 2009 that is a work in progress.
I am not real good at the tinies but am determined to learn them, so will do them occasionally in between my bigger babies. These 2 have no names yet and the head I am not even sure of its gender although I am thinking boy, what do you think???

My First teeny baby

2008-11-30T17:33:00.000-08:00

I have always wanted to make a baby that was 4 inches or less, I admire so many friends of mine that make the beautiful tiny babies that always look so real. I have never made one smaller than 5 inches and most of mine are average of 7-9 inches. I finally got me a teeny baby made with the use of glasses and a magnifyer glass to see by. This one is 4 1/4 inches and not real cute but at least I got one this small, next time I will try to do better. Check it out, I think it should have been a boy but I found this cute little Kelly outfit for it to wear and so it is now a girl
barb

CockaDoodle what

2008-10-14T16:23:00.000-07:00

here is my latest creation, its a rooster designed on a soft cloth body so its soft and cuddly, He was fun to create because I had no guidelines except for my imagination, Its fun to just go with the flow sometimes.
Hope you like him
barb

baby Palin

2008-09-30T17:32:00.000-07:00

I finally got my newest baby boy ready for ebay, with all the elections and things going on over here I decided to name him Palin cause I have great admiration for the VP candidate Sarah Palin.
She makes a great mother and so in honor of her I named him Palin.
He is falling asleep and yawning as he gives up his battle and goes to dreamland.
I hope you like him, he is so sweet when you hold him in your hand, I got his stuffing just right so he is cuddly yet floppy,
barb

Meet Audrey the minx

2008-09-14T18:07:00.000-07:00

here is my latest work, a child doll named Audrey, she is such a rambunctious child she is into
everything, I have her on ebay now and you can see more photos of her and what she gets into there, I am including a couple photos here for you to see. She is not the prettiest child but has that personality that makes you smile, I hope you like her.
my ebay link for her is:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320299670151
thanks for looking
barb

Gerber baby ooak

2008-08-26T19:00:00.000-07:00

here is my latest baby Elizabeth, does she look like the Gerber baby to you? She does to me, I have her listed on Ebay and am kind of nervous since its a holiday weekend , keep your fingers crossed for me here is her link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320291745035
hope she makes you smile
barb

Coming soon

2008-08-24T20:55:00.000-07:00

here is a sneak peek at my latest baby, I still have to add hair, color it and sew it a body, hopefully I will have it all assembled tomorrow sometime. I am thinking this is a girl but never know until I get it completed then it tells me :)
barb

Howard, a face only a mother could love

2008-08-17T13:26:00.000-07:00

here is my latest sculpt, Howard. Poor thing is so homely , he has to do cute tricks to make you think he is cute.
Howard is definitely a character and I think his name suits him. He will be on ebay soon if you would like to adopt a homely monkey named Howard :)
barb

made for this outfit

2008-08-11T14:35:00.000-07:00

I have had this outfit for over a year it was given to me in a swap by a special friend Kathi of ShabbyChickCottage in a swap. Finally I made a baby that is so cute in this set. I decided I would have to keep this one since I am not parting with the outfit and this baby is so cute in it even if I say so myself.
thanks kathi
barb

Is she really a boy

2008-08-03T18:26:00.000-07:00

here is my latest baby and I was thinking it was a boy the whole time I sculpted her, and then once it was all done I thought, hmmmn this could be either so I sewed this darling little girly outfit and a very close friend said this baby was a boy hehehe so I am wondering what do you see, boy or girl. I think I will make a boy outfit and offer it on ebay as the buyers choice. keep your eyes peeled this one will be on ebay Tuesday
barb

Angels in disguise

2008-07-31T19:50:00.000-07:00

I was working on my old beggar woman sculpt and the thought came to me that she needed some wings to show that no matter what we look like on the outside whether we are rich or poor or beautiful or haggard, its all what is on the inside that counts and sometimes when we are in need of an angel they appear in disguise of other people to lift us up. So here is my beggar woman who is really an angel once you take the time to look past that haggard wrinkled old face and toothless smile you can see her wings hanging gently down her back. I hope you like her and will remember to be nice to everyone you meet cause you may just be face to face with your angel
barb

boo boo all done

2008-07-26T19:33:00.000-07:00

I finally completed one of my boo boo babies, this little girl along with another head was left in the oven way too long as I turned off the timer and did not unplug the oven, I know I am so bad, well I completed her anyway and now since she is a boo boo she will get to stay home with me, I think she is cute anyway don't you?
I still have to do limbs for the other head and hope I can get them baked long enough to match this head, keep your fingers crossed for me, I will post he head later but here is my finished boo boo girl, her name is Leesa
barb

how bout this face

2008-07-21T19:09:00.000-07:00

this little baby is my latest one, Sometimes the clay just decides what it wants to be and that is what happened with this one. After I made the last 2 baby heads and had them bake too long I started to create another happy baby since this is what I was asked to make for a dear friend. Then while I was creating everything fell into place and I got this cute little face. Tomorrow I will make new clothes, we decided that this one is a boy and named Devon, stay tuned to see him in his new clothes and more photos of my boo boo babies
barb

Krispy Kritters

2008-07-15T10:59:00.000-07:00

I finally got 2 happy baby heads completed and had baked them both and was just doing a final bake to add the baked on hair, I was a good girl and set my stove timer, then waited until the timer buzzed and cut the timer off, then me and the grandkids went to get some lunch and sometime later I happened to think "Did I unplug the roaster" well when I got home I found the answer was no my poor baby heads had overbaked, they are now boo boo babies but will become babies never the less here are some wip photos of them I have to make a body for the first one and the second one needs some Krispy limbs to match so cross you fingers for me
barb

long time gone

2008-07-07T05:07:00.000-07:00

its been a while since I posted life has just got so busy, I went to a trip out west across 14 states to see the Grand Canyon then we got home and took off again over the 4th of July weekend to see Niagarra Falls, so in between I was uploading photos and doing all the little things you have to do around the house
I will share a link to my photos that we took here for anyone that would like to see them.

http://picasaweb.google.com/sky980ster/TripOutWestAcross14States2008

http://picasaweb.google.com/sky980ster/NiagarraFalls

I hope you enjoy the photos that is another passion of mine is taking photos
barb

totally different

2008-05-23T09:47:00.001-07:00

I have always wanted to try to create an older person, I am fascinated with all the wrinkles and character lines they have developed through out their lifetime. Here is a wip photo of my interpretation of an older woman. It is still just basic so far but I thought it would be nice to let you follow along with this one to some degree, sorry the photos are not real clear I just took some quick shots inside, It is kind of looking like a man to me so far and looks like it will be a short person as well, Oh well that is the good thing about clay there are no set standards it can be what ever it decides to be
thanks for looking and any comments are welcomed
barb

ebay and fees

2008-05-21T13:42:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to putting another baby on ebay, yikes them fees are steep. Kiko is looking for her new mommy if you want to check her out on the link below.
I have not listed for a long time with all the ebay strikes and new rules etc... so I thought I should try ebay again and see just how bad the new fees are, I used to be able to list a baby in 1 category and pay for the gallery for around $1.35, now they are giving me free gallery and charging $2.00 per category, now you tell me how they think they are giving us a better deal. It is terrible to say they are scratching your back and they are really sticking a knife in it :) but that is Ebay for you they have all the buyers there looking so if we want the items to be seen we have to go to ebay or should I say feebay. I listed her in 2 categories with a reserve and they made me pay for reserve in both categories so her fees were $8.00 total before they get their chunk of my final value fees, gotta love it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320254638632
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Meet Kiko

2008-05-19T19:24:00.000-07:00

my sweet little asian girl is finally finished she will be on Ebay tomorrow, I think she is my sweetest yet, I am loving them chubby legs
barb

Its a girl

2008-05-16T11:00:00.000-07:00

I finally finished my latest sculpt and decided it was a girl, I think it could be either but decided on girl as I have to do a flower theme for a challenge this baby was made for so girls are better with flowers than boys. Here are a couple photos of her without her clothes, I have to make her something floral I guess :) cross you fingers for me I am not a great seamstress.
Any ideas on names?
Can you see the bubbles on her tongue?
Keep watching for updates of her dressed
barb

No Color Yet

2008-05-14T10:03:00.000-07:00

Finally I have the Asain smiling baby's head baked, I still have to add color to it and make the flange bigger on the neck but here is a sneak peak, this poor baby had its face tore off 3 different times and finally I just decided this is going to have to be it, poor thing was going to get a complex going through so many surgeries :)
what do you think so far, boy or girl?
all comments are welcome, I am working on some chubby legs and arms for this one and it will be bigger than my normal babies,
stay tuned for her completed photos soon and thanks for peeking
barb

challenging expression

2008-05-07T05:11:00.000-07:00

I am working on a new baby, no photos as yet cause it is still in the beginning stages but this one is going to be a real challenge to do, its supposed to be a happy asian baby , talk about getting into something over my head, I may have done that with this one but it will be a fun thing to try and whether I get it close or not if I can at least get it cute and learn something from it I will be okay with it, but then I would be happier if by some miracle I could pull this one off, cross your fingers and check back as soon as I get the head done I will post progress photos
barb

Isn't she kind of cute

2008-05-05T09:36:00.000-07:00

I finally got my air dry bjd close enough to string it and see how I need to tweak it so its poseable, I found lots of areas to tweak, I made her a wig from some fur and I do think she is cute, I was smiling while I took her photos, she is not dressed but has no nudity to be concerned about , now I have to get her tweaked so she poses better, then put layers of Gesso or another medium on her to harden the clay, then color her and seal her and give her a face up and clothes, I am finally getting excited about her cause she now has a personality, all comments are welcome both good or bad
thanks for peeking
barb

here they are all done

2008-05-01T13:51:00.000-07:00

I decided on finishing the coloring that that lighter baby looked like she could be asian, not sure why but this is what I thought so I gave her some dark hair and think it looks cute on her
the mad baby I made into a girl although I think it may be a boy in the end but I had girl clothes for the photos
here are photos of them all done, these 2 babies are promised out to friends of mine
barb

what ya think

2008-04-27T12:29:00.000-07:00

here is my latest 2 heads one is made from prosculpt and one from a mix of fimo classic and translucent, there is a lot of difference in the coloration on these 2 babies, to me the prosculpt one is a bit dark and the fimo one is pale but I know they will both look real cute once they are colored, I have limbs cooling for the sleeper now and the cryer is waiting on his/her limbs
any comments are welcome
barb

2 new heads

2008-04-25T19:30:00.000-07:00

today I took a break from my bjds in progress and made 2 new heads, I will get photos to share soon so check back, one is a cryer and one is just a sleeper, it feels good when you get the heads done, you know you are on your way to having a baby or 2 :)
barb

Little elf girl

2008-04-24T06:27:00.001-07:00

I finished my elf girl she is my very first bjd and is kind of rough around the edges, she was my learning block of what not to do with the bjd dolls, she is made of polymer clay and kind of cute in an elfish way, hopefully I will get better at them the more I do
barb

Elf in the works

2008-04-22T20:34:00.000-07:00

I have been busy trying to learn to do ball jointed dolls, I am working on one in air dry clay and another one in polymer clay. I wanted to give you a sneak peak at my little elf, I have test strung it today to see how well it works, and found that it has a few bugs, so tomorrow I will take it apart again and work on them as well as paint it and add hair, I am liking this little elf fella and hope that you do as well

too long

2008-04-18T06:49:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a long time since I have posted, I have many projects going on, I am working on a bjd from air dried clay and another jointed doll not sure if it will be balljointed or not from polymer clay. This has kept me busy cause the air dry clay you can only do so much then you have to let it dry in between and I am trying to figure out the joints and how they move together. I am using Yoshidas book on ball jointed dolls its a great asset.
I will post in progress photos later on so you can see what I am up to :)
so stay tuned
barb

lil and bald

2008-04-02T11:24:00.000-07:00

I made this little 5 inch boy and thought he was cute, I left him bald , what ya think?

meet monkey

2008-04-01T12:59:00.000-07:00

Here is my latest monkey baby, I am going to leave her without fur cause I see her as a new monkey that has not had time to get her fur grown in good yet and I love the pinkish tone of her skin, I am undecided yet as to what I will do with this one,
barb

monkey hands

2008-03-25T16:28:00.000-07:00

I am presently working on a monkey baby as well as a tiny baby, I have the heads done just need to get the arms and legs finished, I will have photos to show hopefully tomorrow. Easter was great here, my grandkids had a good time searching for the easter eggs as we all stood around giving them hints, then they used these super large bubble wands to blow bubbles into the wind, It was a good day. Stay tuned for monkey photos
barb

Shrek is complete

2008-03-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

I think this one is cute, it makes me smile sometimes it fun to do something just cause you want to do it, I lucked up and found a exact color of material for her body in my stash of material. I am not sure what I will do with her, she is laying with my monster now

Shrek

2008-03-16T16:36:00.000-07:00

I decided I would do something different and fun aside from the babies so I made a Shrek baby, she is sweet. I still have to put her together on a body but here is a sneak peak of her with a dress covering, I will take more photos of her as soon as she is completed, isn't she cute.
it was a beautiful sunny day today the flowers are starting to bloom here and we even rode around with the top down, spring time is here, yipee
barb

Poor Sam

2008-03-11T14:26:00.000-07:00

I am still waiting to make Sam his body, he has all his limbs and I reworked his cheeks where one side was bigger, but then my flighty mind got to researching making BJD dolls and that is what I have been doing the past 2 days, I promise I will get Sam done and dressed soon and share him with you all
barb

reworking Sam

2008-03-07T09:10:00.000-08:00

after showing my Sam head to a very dear friend of mine that I respect oh so much she told me that his face was chubbier on one side so after I made him some legs I added more clay to one side of his face, he is cooling in the cooker now so I am hoping all went well and he is more even sided now :)
I will share him when he is finished.
barb

Sams head

2008-03-04T14:55:00.000-08:00

I finally got Sams head finished, today should have been spent making him some limbs but instead I went to JoAnns and added to my fabric stash, they had one of those sales that just drags you in and empties your purse. I bought some yummy baby fabrics to make some minature doll quilts geared toward the OOAKs, Now I just need to get started making them, I think this will make a fun project
barb

Sam

2008-02-26T21:00:00.001-08:00

I am trying to start a new sculpt tonight in honor of a special friends great grandchild, so far it looks nothing like that pretty baby, hopefully I will win this battle and find the sweetness in the clay.
barb

signs of spring

2008-02-25T10:55:00.000-08:00

The weather is very warm here today it will be around 66 and is very sunny today, I have yellow daffodils bursting from the earth waiting for the bees of spring to start buzzing their blooms, Robins are hopping along the grass searching for insects and things to start their spring nests for their first brood of baby robins, a few years ago we found a baby robin newly hatched, his mom was gone and he was nearly dead on the ground, we brought him inside and fed him soggy dried cat food with a baby spoon and he lived and was with us a few months until we released him, My grandkids loved him and named him BeeBop, they used to dig for worms after he got older and feed him the live worms. Now everytime I see a Robin in the yard I think of BeeBop and the joy he brought into our lives as we watched him grow feathers and learn to fly here is a photo of BeeBop and my grandson
barb

Slow Start

2008-02-21T06:35:00.000-08:00

Here is sit still in my jammies, thinking of all I need to do before it starts raining, I hate driving in the rain. I have baby parts painted and waiting on a body and another one a tiny fae needing some arms and legs. I have to make myself do so housework and run to the store first then I will let that baby be borned, more photos later :)
barb

Slideshow

2008-02-20T08:50:00.000-08:00

Finally I got around to adding a slideshow of my past work, please check it out and feel free to leave comments , I enjoy looking at the babies I have made over time and I know they all have my distinct fingerprint as their creator, but to me they all also have their own unique personality. Is this just my perspective as the artist or can you see their personalities too.
I finally got started again on my body parts hopefully I will have more to show of my newest work soon
happy claying
barb

too many body parts

2008-02-17T15:10:00.000-08:00

I have sitting here 3 heads and 2 legs, these poor things are looking at me like finish me finish me :)
Maybe I can get things in order and back to my clay soon, I miss it, there is nothing like having one all completed and realizing that you created it. Even if its not the prettiest baby, its still pretty to me as its clay momma
barb

Incomplete

2008-02-14T16:13:00.000-08:00

I have many heads laying around my desk, waiting patiently for their arms and legs, One of them I was trying to do something different with, ball joints. This has me puzzled as I figure it all out in clay, how to make the joint, sturdy, hollow, and a good fit.
I may have to leave this for a while and bring the others to life , otherwise I am running in circles
barb

My Art

2008-02-13T07:27:00.000-08:00

I want to begin by showing some of my sculpts so that you can relate to what I love to create.
each one is unique and created without molds strictly from my hands and they each are precious in there own way, most of these have been adopted.
here is my one of my recent babies and one of my favorites she was created using a dear friends granddaughters portrait, here is Madi
I am still working on realism and to me she is the closest I have gotten so far, she is still with me I am having a hard time letting her go.
I just recently created my first baby monster and though this is a monster, she has the face that pulls at me making me smile, I still have her too at the moment. I have not given her a name yet, any ideas?
I am working on some more new things right now and hope to have more to share with you soon and also will be listing at least one of them at the newest doll auction site Morethan-Dolls.com
If you have not checked this site out, please do, its a new site that is composed of artists to sell their work and even though its still new there are already many artists there selling everything from sculpt, reborns, outfits, dolls, teddy bears, supplies, fairies and more categories added each day.This new site is also completely free to list your items on with no fees to list or for final sale, it gets no better than that.
If you want to see more of my work then please check out my website, you can see it on my contact page and any feedback is welcomed.
There are many wonderful artists that sculpt babies, dragons, fairies, and any thing else you can think of, I will have links to some of those for you to look at, please take the time to pop in and see them, it always makes me want to create all of these things when I see the work of other artists.
I will leave you today with one more photo this one of a beautiful flower, I love taking photos and what better place to share some of them. I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog and please check in often to see where my muse is taking me and share in any ideas I may have or other mediums I may try and please do comment, I love to hear the comments on my work or my ramblings.
barb