Hello everybody! just wanted to take a minute to give you a quick update on the doll swap. so far so good. There are about 11 of us right now and we still have 6 days left for signing up. Hopefully there are a few more creative doll makers out there who want to join in the fun. keep spreading the word!
I promised my friend Terri at http://primtiques.blogspot.com/ , who gave me this sweet little award that I would pass it on this week.. so on with award giving!

This award is for all of you dolly makers who are signing up for the doll swap... because you are soo making my day (days) by joining! so this is for you:

the polkadot pixie

faeriedustdreams-michelle

123lavenderlollipoplane

artful-spirit

Catie ann's corner
sherrie at sympletymes

frans doll land
doll artist carla
cheryl comfort
Kecia at lemoncholys blogspot

mica at garboodles

Well that was a lot of work getting all of these address's on here! hopefully they work!

HEY! Yay! I have all of my valentine swap things finished! So off to the mail tomorrow or saturday!

then I can start on the easter stuff!

I also have to come up with a little valentine craft because I'm having a little tea party on feb 2nd. two of my girlfriends are coming over to play. I have to think of something fairly quick but awesome! any great ideas anyone?

but for now I really need to go work on a couple bear orders.. that need to be done , one tomorrow and two on sat! I'll post pictures tomorrow!

DOLL SWAP INFO !!

Hey! How do you like my new banner? My daughter has been playing with photoshop and made it for me! isnt it sweet! I think she did an awesome job and I'm so glad to know that she can do that.. I will keep her busy making banners for me!

Well finally I'm ready to post about the doll swap! Ok.. this will be the "Beat the winter blues doll swap", and the theme of the doll will be "sunshiney and sweet". the dolls can be made out of any medium and can range in size from 9 to 15 inches. All I ask is that you put your heart into the doll and make it special, because that way everyone will make something extra nice and everyone will be happy with what they recieve! I am so excieted already!

I'll take sign ups until jan. 23. and will email or post partners on the 24th. That will give us the rest of Jan and all of Feb to design and finish our dolls. Lets have the mail out day be leap day! Feb 29th! then we will all recieve our dolls at the right time to cheer us from the winter blues! (well those of us living in snow country anyways..) Everyone else lucky enough to live in sunshine all year around, will be recieving a little extra dose of sunshine in the mail!!

Ok.. so.. please email me vivianneroni@yahoo.com to sign up, please include your name, mailing address, email address, blog address and your flickr if you have one. Also please consider this a committment. I hate to have to throw that in, but I hosted a swap a while back and some people made and sent, and didnt recieve. How disappointing that is.. I'm still trying to make up for it to them! Please contact your partner and keep in touch with them.. Here is a great chance to make a great new creative blog friend!

Ok, and lastly, I have to make a badge or button or what ever you call it! so I will do that hopefully today.. or heck.. I'll be right back, I'll do it now!done! what do you think? ok? I had trouble with the size. couldnt get it how I wanted it! well, this will do.. so everyone, please post it and spread the word to your doll making friends!So on to other things.... I recieved this little award from my sweet friend at http://primtiques.blogspot.com/ how nice of her to think of me.. I 'll pass this on during the week, but for now I just want to say thank you!I have all my valentines stuff out now.. I really dont have much compared to 11 christmas bins, 3 halloween 2 snowmen, and 2 easter! Just one smaller sized bin.. thats it... I think I'm going to make myself a valentine swag. one of these days. I have a couple new bear orders and I really should be working on them today. eh! "theres always tomorrow" but one does need to be done by Friday. so really if not today.. then it really has to be tomorrow.. no room for procrastination here!

So while I'm here, shall I post my valentine pics? Ok.. (I think you said yes!) did I tell you I have a nasty little sinus headache? I woke up this mornign and thought I had a hang over! We went out to some friends last night, I had 2 momosas thats all.. I only had two because I am on call and didnt dare have any more! anyways, I sure enough woke up withthat stupid headache.. well now after pumping myself full of liquids and eating and taking 2 extra strengh tylenol at 6 am and then 2 more at 10am.. I am realizing that its definitely sinus! and it wont go away!

OK so the pics.. let me get to that now..

morning ramblings...

Just a very quick post this morning. a few pictures. I did manage to get all (well most) of my christmas stuff put away. I had to keep out my snowmen! Winter has barely started.. why put them away yet!

I also got most of my valentine stuff out. I dont have a lot of valentine stuff. but I do have some cute things. I didnt take any pictures of my valentine decorations yet. but I did take pictures of some things i've been working on for some swaps. the problem is.. I cant show you yet.. so there are some sneak peeks below. well, except for this one below.. this is just a couple of my tiny dolly friends, that I gave a little valentine too! the rest are sneak peeks!

I'm not sure whats going to happen with these yet!
This is a little peek at part of my faerie zine vintage valentines swap...
This one is a sneak peek for Debra S at hophopjingleboo! I still have a few other things to work on for other swaps! so much fun! And I'm still lookign for people interested in doing a doll swap ... pass the word!
I didnt work on anything last night.. I was a bit grumpy! so last night I played with some old toys, had a drink and indulged in some icecream them fell asleep with the kitty on the couch!
Unfortunetly, I've been here longer then I intended.. Now I have to hustle my little self off to work!

lots of swaps going on right now! I'm just a glutton for punishment! I've joined quite a few. Plus I'm making something special for a few of my snowman friends who didnt recieve anything from their partners. I plan on parking myself at my craft table (which translates to the kitchen table!) tomorrow and sunday and creating away the weekend. I will take time out to do some laundry and to make dinners.. and possible bake something ..and of course to play on the computer when I feel like it! but other then that.. I'm just playing this weekend!! I have sooo many ideas.. my brain may burst.. I dont know what i want to do first!
My husband is doing very well. thank you for your prayers and concern. He has been going out every morning to get coffee and visit at the corner diner.. well the corner is about 4 miles from here! I dont know why I just called it the corner diner, I've never called it that before! Oh well. in any case he is doing well.. He needs to put some weight back on.. he lost about 15 pounds, and he didnt have an ounce of fat on him to begin with.
ok remember to spread word about the doll swap.. I'll post about it again.. and do a little advertizing on flickr!
toodles for now!

DOLL SWAP to start the new year off.

Ok.. I promised Fran that I would put together a doll swap, so lets see what kind of interest we have.. and any ideas you have about themes and making the dolls will be good to hear as well..

looking forward to your comments!