Houston, we’re losing power…

Well, the past couple of days have left me in a very dark place…literally.  With all the storms, we have been losing power on a fairly regular basis.  Though I looked a little pieced together today for work, I did manage to make it in.   I also managed to get my first set of offerings in to Simply Primitives… That’s right, I am going to be selling on Simply Primitives the first of each month.   I have included a teaser for the time being.

Please be sure the check out the rest of my stuff as well as the great artists I will be selling along side.  Here’s the link…

1st of the month artisans

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My own little sweatshop

Ahhh, success.  It is such a great feeling when something you love catches the interest of a young person.   It’s a small hope your craft will live on.  I have been doing historical craft lectures to second graders for years, but this was the first time I focused on dolls.. and the first time I attempted to make them with the class.   22 kids, a teacher, and a classroom helper, and I sat out on a doll making journey.  The kids were great.  They hung on every word. It was a daunting task and one I wasn’t sure we could handle.  But we cranked out 22 wagon train dolls and 22 corn husk dolls complete with hats and paper flowers.  You should have seen the look on their faces when I told them I was going to put their dolls on Ebay.  Then we learned what a sweatshop was. J   I was pleased to learn that some of them even had plans of entering their dolls in the county fair – another endangered tradition (and somewhat self- inflicted, but I will blog about that another time).  Anyway, I think we all did an awesome job and it was refreshing to visit with kids who were so interactive and responsive.