www.dollmakerlaura.blogspot.com for patterns

I now have my Steampunk patterns and the felted cats on my new Blog above. It takes a lot of time getting things written! Still need to work on other patterns, but at least now folks can buy these using PayPal once again. Still waiting for my computer guy to get back in town so I can hopefully get that darn web site up with dolls. Getting ready for art show at the museum next month with my Art Thing group so there's plenty to keep me busy!!!

MY PATTERNS

It's been a frustrating time for me trying to get my "stuph" published. Web sites a mess, and Yatimi which I loved closed down, so no longer available to sell patterns. Thanks to Katie Bock who took the time to write me very nice instructions on how to ad a page for patterns and insert PayPal. I was able to do PayPal, but I still couldn't manage to ad a page for patterns, so instead I just created a new Blog. dollmakerlaura.blogspot.com I only have instructions for the felted cats on there right now. This took me most of the morning! I will be putting together all the info for all my other patterns in the next few days. Thanks to all who have ordered patterns from me in the past..hoping you will visit my new place soon!

DOODLE CAT

My Art Thing group's challenge this year is "Doodle" art. We each start a piece which is passed around with each of us adding onto it, then we have a showing of the final results. At the show, which is scheduled next month at the Rio Grande Museum, along with the challenge pieces we also show 3 or 4 pieces of our "regular" art work. I decided to make a wall doll with doodles covering it...but as I started planning, I found I was still in a cat mode, so, you guessed it, a Doodle Cat was born! Fun to do, and thought it was done, until husband suggested I should ad hair on head top, since that's one of the things he really likes about the felted cats..."and whiskers would look good". Nice having a critic to critique!

MOMMIE HAD ME DE-CLAWED SO I WOULDN'T HURT THE BIRDS!

Been sending versions of the cats to family for Christmas. My sister-in-law in Az has a great black & white cat named Oreo....her hubbies fav. After I got him made Hubbie suggested instead of a mouse I should make a bird. So made a little bluebird nesting in his hair! While at it made a couple of more birds, in red and blue.

CATS & MICE ARE WINNERS!

So popular last week at Monte Art Walk, had to make more this week for the Bazaar in Alamosa this weekend. While I was at it decided to make some larger "Tree Mice", to go with the Angel cats. After all who wouldn't want to have a mouse in their tree??? Sure glad I decided to try this as a project to do while at the shows. Have had a couple of requests for instructions on my "technique", so plan to write up after the Holidays.

CATS & MICE

Been doing more experimenting the needle felting and made a few more animals, but have gone crazy with the cats & mice! Wound up with 20 mice, made while watching TV at night. Everyone, including me, loves the cats, so have pretty much zeroed in on them. My original idea was to have cat's foot on tail of a mouse, but a friend suggested with the look on the cats face,putting the mouse on the cat. Love it! The biggest cat is 9". Now have decided to make little ones into Kitty Angels for the Christmas tree. Anyone who has a cat knows they are! So now think I have everything pretty much figured out and if I can control myself, will be able to do them at the 2 shows I'll be at next weekend and the one after.I always like to have a project to do so people will stop to see what I'm up to.

MY NEW TREASURES: MANNEQUINS

What a deal I got this AM at an estate auction...paid $2.50 for these body parts! Been wanting to make a life size doll, so these babies will give me a good start. Had another lower torso but some guys asked me about getting one for their Mother's Halloween decor, so gave them one. Not sure what I'll do with everything, but at this price I couldn't resist. Stay tuned!!!