my girl Loo Loo

Meet LooLoo, a doll i've been working on. I was inspired to make her after i found these darling miniature converse sneakers. She has a lot of attitude and spunk. She doesn't put up with a lot of drama, but she has a very kind heart; despite her rather condescending look! she likes to wear vintage crinoline skirts with her sneakers and as you can see, she is participating in my Top Hat Blog Hop.

there's still plenty of time to participate in my blog hop - details here. just decorate a top hat and on Dec. 3rd, come on over and link up your post showing us your hat. (i'm really hoping you all will pose wearing your hats - be proud of yourself and show them off!)

**and just for the record, let it be known that I've been experimenting with paperclay for awhile in various projects and that this is how i used it in a doll. Paperclay and dolls go hand and hand and no one has creative rights over it. this is just my version using the materials i have on hand.**

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also i am guest blogging over at ObjectsandElements - come see my latest project!

Silver Sunday

Linking up with Beth of Gypsy Fish Studios today for Silver Sunday

this was really hard to get a photo of. it's a really old 3 paneled vanity mirror. i picked it up in Maine this summer. I like to use it as shows on my table. this last show it broke at the show, so i had my girlfriend, Jane, go and sew me a quick flower to cover up the biggest part of the break. i think it adds to its charm.

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this is an old silver teapot that i like to house "long" items in (such as knitting needles, paint brushes, rulers, screw drivers, etc.)

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and then another cool silver/pewter tea pot. this one holds some of my vintage scissors (also silver!)

Boho magazine in the house!

I was so psyched to get my Fall issue of Boho Magazine in the mail today. My boho Bangles are on page 14. I thought i was getting listed in a little 2x2 blurb along with a bunch of other things, so this was a pleasant surprise!

Dillon is.......

I'm very excited to go watch Dillon act in the lead role of Oedipus, in Wall High School's production of Oedipus Rex tonight @ 8pm!

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update: the show AND dillon were amazing! he really is a tremendous actor. here's his cast photo and a picture of him and i after his show.

Happy Birthday to Tucker

I just wanted to take a minute and wish my sweet little tucker happy birthday. he turns 21 today. He has been through a lot. It is very painful for me to post this baby picture of him before his brain injury, but I'm going to be brave and do it and deal with the emotions that come.

i recently read a post by Melody Ross discussing some painful memories from a traumatic time in her life and at one point i had to stop reading it. my heart was racing and i started to feel sick. it dredged up some very painful memories, ones i have a hard time acknowledging. it just is so hard to go there. I could so relate to everything she said- i just don't think i've ever been able to put it into words before.

i remembered something that happened when tuck was in utah for rehab and i went out shopping for things he needed and was so confused, disoriented (i was in a unfamilar city with no friends, no cellphones then, no computer, no money, virtually nothing), frightened and as Melody said in her post, ALONE. my husband was there in utah too, but we were coping on different levels - so we weren't working together as a team then. but i remember being out and tears just streaming down my face and it amazed me that not one person stopped and said, "are you alright?" i'm sure they had to notice. Since that time, I have stopped several women in obvious distress and said quietly, "you look upset and i wanted to stop and see if i can be of any assistance." they all said no, they didn't need my help (we never need any help, do we?) - but at least I know that I acknowledge their pain and i hope that counted.

so that's all i can handle for now on walking down that road of pain.




tucker, age 6months - (pre injury)

here's the birthday boy heading off to school. i just love him so.