Crackle anyone?

Today was my turn to post on Art Dolls Only blog, the not-so-regular Tips and Tricks Friday post.  So, having asked Moriah Betterly of MLB studios if she's up for sharing her two part Crackle Tutorial (and receiving a hearty "Sure!"), I figure I'll share it here too. 

Part One...

and Part Two...

What is my name? Where is my car?

Spinning around a little lost lately. We got the rent house rented (a cute couple who asked if they could have chickens in the back yard!) and are now in contract for another one. All that is well and good, but it sure puts a giant dent in the doll making.

The peach trees are blooming!

On the positive side--spring is HERE and I have gotten LOTS of landscaping done!  Finally cleared away the white rock and @*#$^* landscape fabric the previous owners were so enraptured with. Perennials all around, but small with room to grow. Veggie garden is doing well, except the broccoli. I think the 40 degree mornings and 80 degree afternoons have confused it, because it's growing tiny little heads and then flowering straight away. Oh well. We'll have sugar snap peas soon.

I have desperately missed the daily blog read, and made time to sit and read this morning. Posted a Tips and Tricks over at ADO, (on photography) and have been working on

Tshilaba, as she was when she arrived here in San Antonio...

my visiting Traveling Doll Project friend, Tshilaba. Pictures of the rent house re-do, the garden, and Tshilaba coming up this next week. (And maybe one of the dog with a new haircut--he is sooooo shaggy!)

Be well y'all. I miss you.
Jan

Tame the Ribbons!

I posted a clean-out-the-studio thing the other day and a couple of people wondered about the ribbon holder thing. Sooooo, I figured it'd be a good topic for the ADO blog's "Tips and Tricks Friday" post. Honk if you love ribbons (but hate storing them.)

Sigorny, Guardian of Ribbons.  (Another studio buddy.)

Tomorrow's ADO blog...

I'm working up tomorrow's blog post for the new ADO blog feature, Tips and Tricks Friday.

Tomorrow's topic: glue.

It's hard to stay calm with the promise of that much glamor and excitement, I know, but please try. 

 

 (Edited to note: it turned out to be quite a lesson! Twenty doll artists weighed in on their favorites, how they use them.)