Mystical Characters

This last piece took me some time to create! I had a certain vision in my head as to what I wanted her to look like and I really took my time. From changing facial features, and changing her clothing, and adding little touches such as her earrings, lace collar, and distressing her skirt to be slightly torn and frayed at the hem until I finally was semi satisfied with how she looked.  I say semi satisfied because I am always striving to be better, to learn more and to continue to learn. I want to convey my love for creating in each and every piece I make and have it show that I put a little extra tlc into making each piece. I hope you enjoy her! Meet Grandma Troll. 

If you are interested in my crafting tutorials stop by my Facebook page On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 12:30 PM EST or my YouTube Channel. Till next time...

Karen

The Characters in my mind

There are no better memories than the childhood stories that my mother would tell me. She was a great story teller, and if I close my eyes I can almost hear her changing her voice for each character as she read to me. 

My mother read stories of Trolls, fairies, leprechauns and so many other fantasy characters. She made them all seem so real. So with her on my mind lately, I pulled out my clay and started a new line of fantasy characters. So far I have created a fairy, grandpa troll, a leprechaun, and a baby troll that is  hitching a ride on a turtles back. More characters are coming to life in my studio and I can almost hear them whispering, that they are in need of clothes, or shoes.  I hope you enjoy my latest pieces, and be on the look out for new ones to come. I am loving having my hands in clay! If you are interested in purchasing any of these pieces stop by my web site 

paper clay cat tutorial

I will be posting more tutorials in different mediums. I hope you enjoy them!

Here are a few things that I have been working on that are now available in my shopify store.

Leprechaun

Elephant with heart

I Love Ewe Sheep

I Love You More Than Peanuts Elephant

So many projects so little time

Oh my goodness! I swear my brain is like a computer with 1000 tabs opened! There are so many things that I want to make and so little time to do them! I love working in so many different mediums!  I love fabric, paint, clay, mesh and so much more! I have patterns scattered all over my work tables of things to make, and 2 different clay projects in the works. I did manage to finish a sweet Raggedy Ann. I believe she is my favorite doll that I have ever made. And  I finished a sweet clay elephant.

I have a sweet leprechaun in the works, this guy still needs some clothes but he is coming together nicely.

I have also started a new line called Memaw's Monsters. These would make great gifts for a tween. 

And of course I'd like to invite you to stop by my facebook page for live tutorials and to see what's new!