Unusual Girl Studios

  I should tell you the tooth fairy had to double her payout because she got distracted and forgot her duties.  But this note was found next to the tooth.  How sweet is this kid?  Well, she does stuff like this all the time.  That's how sweet.  And she's my number one fan.  But then I'm hers.  The new music on the blog- first song is called Lullaby by the Dixie Chick (most likely the only country song ever to be found on my blog- I'm a rock and roll kinda girl) but the first time I heard it I fell in love and now I own my very own Country music CD.  Listen to it- you'll tear up, I promise!   Short post I know, I'm very behind must catch up on other duties... 1.  Vertigo- under  control but it reminds me once in awhile its still lurking- like when I turn around real fast.  2.  Art stuff.....working on Big Little lady but must wait to post.  She has hair. 3.  Do you like the new look on the blog?  I have organized pages and who doesn't like organization???? 4

It sounds sophisticated, though, doesn't it?  But alas, unplanned vertigo is not fun.  But the medicine they give you to fix it????  Lets just say it- I like it .  I do.  I'm hoping I have to be on it for awhile even though several things are suffering. 1. My typing.  Not good on a normal day, even more skittish these days.  For instance, I am going backwards in my typing to delete just as much as I am going forward.  Another for instance- the letter 'u' added to sophisticated makes it soup-histicated.  Better or worse? You decide.  And if you leave out the p in hoping- makes the word mean something entirely different than I intended.  REALLY- this typing bit is hard! 2.  Decision making.  Not that I care if I actually make a decision- I don't.  For instance it confuses my husband when I answer him like this.  "maybe."  "what do you mean?  Do you want to or not?"  "Maybe," I say. "Maybe I do, maybe I don't, I'm not s

I'm working on a little re-design of the ole' blog.  I want to include more readily accessible pictures of my art but can't decide if I want pages.... or slideshows or three columns vs. two...so bear with me while all of my personalities compete for some time in the spotlight.  I'll reign them in after I know what the heck I'm doing!!!  OOH- comments are welcome if you have any ideas how to make this site cooler- let me know ((I always wanted to be cool, I did, I was just pretending I didn't care......)

For the Cloth and Clay group's Story Book Challenge I chose Sara Crewe from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The story is about a the daughter of a diamond mine owner who sends Sara to a seminary for young girls in England. Things change suddenly when the diamond mines stop producing and believing he has lost everything Sara's Father falls ill and dies. Sara is left orphaned and must live as a servant in the seminary where she is mistreated and neglected. Things seem to be at their very worst when a mysterious stranger brings a little magic into Sara's life. I quickly realized that as a little girl I loved the whole story. All the characters had a place in my heart, each chapter was a story in itself- a little gem in just those few pages. This little monkey that Sara is holding brings the story to its lovely conclusion. It belongs to the neighbor, who, is in fact searching for Sara. He is the business partner of Sara's father. When his pa

Isn't she precious? I thought so, last night. So, after she dried and just before I toddled off to bed at midnight I snapped these pictures. If I had one detraction last night it would have been that Emily looks a little forlorn. She's not supposed to be. She's a doll. She should have that blank doll-face look to her. But this morning it became evident as to why she was sad. Her creator gave her Rosaecea. OOPS! My eyes just have not been working well late at night or early in the morning.Her little cheeks are mottled and splotchy!   Darn it! That's something I'd like to fix, by re-painting, before the hair was glued on. Here's Emily and a group of friends in process. There's a rat who has a monkey on his back. Really. And three cute birds. What is this motley crew? Well, in my Cloth and Clay group I am participating in a story book challenge where-in you create your version of your favorite story book character. You may remember from e

To celebrate the wedding the girls and I had a tea party.  NOT at 5:00 A.M. on a school day mind you. No, thanks to modern day technology we taped the wedding and watched it Sunday Evening. I tried really hard not to peak at the dress on the news...I failed. But for everything else I did really well at keeping things 'MUM'. Speaking of 'Mum'- loved the queens choice of yellow. She was so cute! Decorations were purchased.  I kept the budget to twenty dollars. I kept reminding myself that my Grandmother served tea and toast fingers at Diana's wedding and it left very fond memories in my heart.  This guest just returned from Horse Camp.  She had more fun than legally allowed.  She bounced back and forth between glee and tears as she described her horse 'Leroy' and pledged her undying love to him. This pretty damsel had all of her lovely locks cut off while she and I hung out for the weekend. As it always surprises me- they were happy to see each ot