DinkyBabies

After looking at these adorable dolls for weeks and weeks, I finally broke down and bought a pattern. I am so thrilled with these babies!

The instructions are easy to follow.

Just completed baby #3....dressing her today and will be sending her out (can't discuss details, it's a surprise!).

Here is baby #2, "Bella".

I happily accept custom orders. Custom eye color, clothing, etc.

Busy painting the horses. Doing a bay leopard Appaloosa for a customer, then will practice a bit

on a couple of others. I need to dig through the

shed to find the two Classic Sagr molds I would

like to work on.

visit my gallery at : http://www.sweetwatercreations.com/

American Girl Knitted Poncho

Finally getting pix taken of some finished items. I am so awful at not finishing things completely. Weaving in ends.... I don't wanna. I've spent the last several days weaving in ends and sewing on buttons.

This is a knitted poncho for 18" dolls like American Girl dolls. My model is a Madame Alexander, Mia Bella doll. I like her smile. This one is named Sonya. The poncho is headed for either eBay (seller hollyg) or Etsy (sweetwatercreations), haven't decided which yet.

I also hope to get a few more finished items pix up here this weekend.

Holly

More knitting completed!

Haven't had much of a chance to get photos of the newest things done.

I just finished a little raglan sleeve sweater for Cooper, my hubby's (soon to be mine...Derek, please don't be too mean!) physical therapist's son who is now quickly approaching 6 months old.

With my shoulder still hurting so much I haven't really been feeling good enough to knit or crochet.

This sweet sweater features little teddy bear buttons. Which I see now may pose a problem with buttoning. Let mom worry about it!

Also, finished up a couple of American Girl Doll items - knit socks, a sweater, a knit poncho and a crocheted poncho. Pix of those coming soon.

Holly's Dollies!

Just finished a couple of new dollies.

This one is 10" from a wonderful pattern by My Raggedy Dolls.

I designed the witch's hat and candy corn ornie to go with her for a Halloween/Fall look.

Hand painted eyes; tea-stained for an aged look.

Available on Etsy.

New sweater

Finished this baby sweater just in the nick of time for a baby shower. Quick and 5- hour sweaters always take me at least 5 days to do.... so I did not get a cap and booties done, but will give them to mom-to-be's mom tomorrow at Church.

I used Red Heart Baby pompadour in yellow.

OK, OK! An update and more FO's

OK, my bad....Things have been really hectic here. Some good some bad and some horrific and I won't go into that.

I've been doing quite a bit of painting and knitting and sewing and home-schooling and.....raising puppies.

I have a few knitted things finished, like this PL1 sweater set in blue. I have a few finished waiting for the dreaded seaming/weaving in ends. One is a "quicky sweater", another is a sun suit with t-shirt in pink and white.

I also have a sock monkey ready to be stuffed and finished. He sports a blue and red striped t-shirt! E's a monkey headed for eBay.

I've been spending too much time playing with Paint Shop Pro learning animation.

Home-schooling is going well. Charlie procrastinates and hemms and haws. A friend was uncomfortable not knowing when would be a good time to stop by. I said that unlike my painting, we can stop our school time at any moment and resume again at any time during the day. Then I said, "It's sort of a "free range" kind of thing". We don't do the same subject everyday at the same time. If he feels like doing some science work first, fine. It's getting him to do the work.

Gotta get started on a busy busy Monday....maybe get that monkey done? He needs a hat and scarf and off to ebay that baby goes. He is a cutie-patootie.

Puppies, puppies everywhere....

Been pretty busy raising these puppies over the past few months. I've hit a new record of having 3 litters on the ground (14 pups total) ranging in age from 8 weeks to 3 days. The first litter of 3 darlings are being adopted out now, the next litter of 6 is 6 weeks old and due for their first shots. This last litter of 5 is only 3 days old and I need to cut some dew claws.

Then I need to get busy grooming the adults. I had at one time had a goal of letting their hair grow long enough that I could spin what is combed out. Too much work with 5 adults to contend with!

Finished the "Happy Baby" cardigan and pants set. It is soooo cute! We use "Baby George" as Charlie named him as our model for baby things. Pictured above...

Still working on my second knitted sock monkey. Decided he'll have a blue and red striped shirt. Currently working on the bum and mouth areas, then arms, ears and tail! I am going to make buttons from non-toxic epoxy putty for the eyes. I use this stuff on the model horses with wonderful results, so why not??

Getting back into learning how to do the miniature crochet animals. All I have is white thread here, so I plan on airbrushing my first one, then trying dying another one with the food coloring method (works wonderfully on the silk cocoons!).