Hurrah!  I am starting to Create again!!

I think that the hot weather somehow distracted me.  And then I started to reorganize the large closet in my studio.  AND I keep finding things that I had forgotten even lived in that closet!  Things like soy silk and silk cocoons and ..... five little dolls that I started years ago but never finished. They are only 8 inches tall and they are stuffed with fiber.  They each have a little hanging loop on the back so they can perch somewhere or they can hang on the wall.  

Each one has a distinct personality and expression.  Their faces are stamped - they came into existence before I learned how to draw faces.  Seems like a LONG time ago.....

I want to think of names for each of these Little Ladies.  Maybe old fashioned names like Maude and Gladys (no offense to anyone with those names!).  

I added hair and more beads to each one.

I like the pointy beads on this one.  And her weird hair - looks sort of like she was in an electrical storm.

And if you make this one larger you can see the copper-colored cord that decorates her whole little body and then turns into glasses!  Very fun to play with.

And I think that is the most important thing that happened with these ladies...I had FUN just adding beads and wild hair and smiling a lot.

I need to find some more treasures in my closet to play with!!!

 The last of the five dolls is in the mail going to keep a dear friend company.  The other four are going to Hang Out (get it?) at the Marketplace and make people smile. 

 Summer is Crazy Busy!!

But when I get time I play with easy things and made a few new collages.  These will go into the Marketplace and hopefully will make people smile.

I also want to rearrange and move some Marketplace items and will post a photo when I get it all fixed up.

This collage sort of came to be all by itself.  The pieces were just sitting there gathered together.  The main image of the peaceful young lady is actually rice paper which I had not tried to include before.  It works great and I may need to get more.

Can you tell this image is from a completely different source?

She is called Seeker even though there are no words on the front of the piece.  But she felt finished once I surrounded her with lots of lovely bits for her imagination to play with.

This one is so different that it doesn't seem to be from the same group.  It is a nod to Elizabeth Warren.  Some days we all just need to persist!!

I think that I am going to go back to fabric for new projects soon....and I can't wait to see what will appear on my work table.....