Journey Forward
  • Home
  • Blog: earthdeva's footnotes
  • Photo Gallery
  • Art Gallery
  • consultations
  • ~the property~
  • Blog ~the property~
  • Home
  • Blog: earthdeva's footnotes
  • Photo Gallery
  • Art Gallery
  • consultations
  • ~the property~
  • Blog ~the property~

just some thoughts 

12/19/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture

Just some thoughts….

On a recent visit to my beautiful daughters home… she had a puppet displayed that I had helped her make the costume for… I remembered with fondness our time spent creating the clothes for the puppet doll…. As we chatted, I started sharing about some dolls I am re-creating for the “Fiddley Bits” book series I am writing…then she showed me dolls she still had from when she was very little… hand made/designed cloth dolls I had made for her, she said; “mom you are a doll maker”, & I suppose this is so…
I am unsure when this started… I do know I loved reading books from the library when I was a little girl…. The Lonely Doll by Dare Wright, who was the author & photographer...& that has been one of the inspirations for my own books.
My dear friend/mentor/mother figure Lee McGowan...gave me her book “Designing the Doll” by Susanna Oroyan, I love that book & the talent that is shared in it!!
when I owned my shop A BLUE MOON; I made/crafted specialty dolls called “fat fairy's” TM, whose shape & idea originated from the little triangle dolls I made my daughter when she was little.
there are also the many Spirit Dolls i have made over the years... even facilitated workshops for others to make their own.


my beloved gifted me with 2 of my favorite dolls… Kajiar the wood elf (who is a main character in the “Fiddley Bit” books) & Ruby the mermaid…
I have a few other art dolls, all who have been recovered & adopted from 2nd hand stores… Keisha, who my granddaughter Natasha spotted at a 2nd hand store,& that I bought & re-created, & who became Kajiars' older sister, Red who is named after my alter-ego; Red O'Woods, there is a lovely Victorian lady,who is un-named & a great “hippie chick”, also un-named…. All artfully crafted! & lovingly displayed in my homespace.
I recently purchased how to books for making my own cloth art dolls, & am excited to embark on this part of my path…. I am currently re-creating some little dolls that I bought with that purpose in mind, they are “only heart dolls”, sadly the company is no longer in business… so I searched until I found some on line….& have been working on re-costuming them for the characters they are becoming for the “Fiddley Bit” books…
ideas abound, they are everywhere!! ideas may or may not be ours… however the inspiration that is sparked…. & the creativity that is expressed is uniquely our own…. & if we choose to share or keep for our own… that is for us to decide.
For me there is something magical & special in working this way… something I find healing & comforting,
something that nurtures my heart &soul. I am grateful to have the skills & inspiration to create in this way…i love the nudges I get that urge my creativity & perhaps mostly i love that I can share this part of myself with my grandchildren.

brightest blessings & hugs, earthdeva/molly


0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2022
    January 2020
    December 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    May 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    September 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    November 2013
    October 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013

    RSS Feed

    Author

    molly rice ~~aka earthdeva

    Categories
    incoming moon energies
    footnotes>>>

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.