~Cloth & Clay Doll To Share ~

( back view :) obviously)

Good afternoon everyone. I wanted to share with you this lovely gal that I just finished. She is the result of a wonderful class I am taking given by Jane DesRosier of Gritty Arts Studio...Jane is such a sweet heart and a wonderful teacher. The link is in my sidebar with the Cloth & Clay banner...just click on that if you are interested in taking the class yourself...you will NOT be disappointed...working with clay is sooo relaxing..gosh I love it. I took the class and worked on this gal late in the evening and LOVED it...I usually don't work in the evenings unless I have a show coming up...but I found I really liked working on it in the wee hours of the night after Mark had gone to bed and the house was quiet...a couple of times he woke up and came out and asked if I was ever going to come to bed:)..he was lonely I guess:)....okay....enough of my chatting....please meet.....

~Joyous Spring~

Now...I don't think I did too bad considering it's only the second clay face I've ever sculpted...and the first one looked like Cher....and that was NOT intentional!! I just think she's the sweetest..:) Now that I've finished the first doll.....I will move on to the "Challenge" doll...we are suppose to take this basic doll and branch out and make it our own...and do whatever we want using this same medium.... I'm very excited for that:)..what fun! I'm going to be offering Joyous Spring this month on The Humble Arts and Simply Primitives...I don't usually offer the same thing on both sites...or have just one thing....but I've been so busy with orders and I've been so sick with a horrible sinus infection as well as an ear infection that I decided it's what I need to do. I have also been very busy preparing for my next announcement;..............................which is.............

.......................I'm opening my own website!!!

I'm so excited...I've always wanted my own website but I've never felt I needed one really...my blogger website was enough along with my other online sites..well now I do believe the time has come to hit the big time and have a real website!!! I've decided to stick with Simply Primitives on the 1st and the 15th and The Humble Arts on the 1st and that's it for online groups..I will be doing ebay again on a regular basis as well.....These are all goals that I've set for myself that I'm putting into action finally. I must say...this is all very exciting! The website will be www.vermontharvestfolkart.com, I had to register for a new domain name as when you register your domain name through blogger...(and blogger might boot me and shut me down for saying this.....so if my blog disappears..you'll now why...) but anyway...you can not retrieve it to move it to another server! So..just be aware of that little tidbit if you register for a domain name through here!!! It all turned out for the best in the end....as I do think that having my website name be the same as my business name is a better idea anyway...so...all's well that ends well as they say!!!


I shall be having a Grand Opening~Old Fashioned Winter Open House on Sunday, February 15th at 2pm. I would love to have all of you stop by for a visit...I will be offering tasty treats and hot beverages of course!
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By the way....I do apologize for being absent as of late....we've had so much going on here with Jenna coming home from Belize (I'll share pictures just as soon as she gets them to me)...Kurt ending up doing serious injury to his shoulder from his Skiing accident (he broke his Humerus Head, tore ligaments and fractured his rotator cuff)....he needs intense physical therapy and hopefully will not end up needing surgery.......I've been sick.....orders started rolling in...gracious..I've been exhausted..but anyway..I do apologize...I've missed visiting with everyone! The kids have headed back to College to start their next semester and I've gotten back into my regular routine..Thank goodness!!!

We are bracing for a huge snow storm coming tonight and throughout the day tomorrow!!!! YIPEE!!..you know how I love the white stuff...10-16" is expected..Gosh..that will be wonderful!

Have a great evening everyone...stay warm!