As promised, I am introducing you to my two new product lines: Thawed Charlottes and Robot Bears.

Thawed Charlottes are simple little dolls based loosely around the classic bisque dolls. Their bodies are flexible wire based, and they are brightly colored so they are 'thawed' rather than 'frozen.' They are about 5 inches tall and have a hanging loop for potential ornament purposes. I will be teaching a class on how to make these at Art & Soul Portland in October 2010. These will be availablefor sale at the Indie Banditas Valentines Show; they will also be in my etsy shop shortly.

The Robot Bears were sort of an accident. They were supposed to be little rounded martian dolls with swirled wire heart antennae. They were going to have hand drawn plastic eyes with the remaining features sculpted in clay. I began sculpting around the eyes and wasn't satisfied no matter what I did. Three hours later, it became a bear face. Then I pulled the drawn eyes out and replaced them with shiny black upholstery tacks. Woot! Robo Bears! The finished bears are roughly 2.5 inches in height. These will be available at the Indie Banditas Valentines Show; they are also available in my etsy shop. As for those rounded martian dolls and/or hand drawn plastic eyes...I'll get back to those at a later date.

Lastly, I have a new logo! I sat down with my identical twin sister Jill in early January and we sketched out a new logo design. She illustrated it for me today! My sister is queen of 2d arts...I just make dolls ;]. I am excited to get the logo worked into my banners. At the moment I am working on my 2 part credit card receipts for the Indie Banditas V-day show...I am using carbon paper to make them. It was incredibly difficult to find carbon paper for sale! It is sort of a dinosaur item I suppose.

I am pleased to announce that I will be joining the Indie Banditas for a Valentines Bazaar in Bainbridge Island, WA on February 13th. I have a few special product lines I will be unveiling as the show date approaches.

Admission is $1 or the donation of a canned good.

I am delighted to say that after 10 years of moonlighting in arts, I am finally launching my doll business full time. January 1st was my last day working my 9-5 job. I am a compulsive list maker and you should see the oodles of lists and plans I've made just in the last two days. There will be no shortage of keeping busy around these parts :].

Here is to hoping everyone has a wonderful 2010! (I think many of us are about due to have a good year!) The above Pink Ice Pillow form doll is a new addition to my etsy shop.

In an effort to streamline my internet presence (and because SquareSpace is neat), I am combining my website and blog. One less link to link to things :]. This will hopefully afford me more time to work on important stuff, like perfecting microwave smores (and/or making dolls!).

The newest addition--the westie! Oh my, what are we getting ourselves into? As you can see, she sleeps a lot. :] (Hehe this (top pic) is what I look like when I get woken up 5 times during the night.)