It's important to feel good

 is when I start cleaning I only find myself experimenting on an idea I had LOL and then it becomes a bigger mess. Creating is just so much fun I can truly find a very peaceful and fun time and of course with music too.
People ask me how do I keep the inspiration and motivation going? I remember so clearly when I use to think that with everyone too. It seemed to me everyone was creating but me and I kinda felt even more down with myself. Until a friend of mine said to me. Why was I so focused on everyone creating? I said because thats where I want to be and don't know how to get myself there. She said stop seeing everyone is creating and I wasn't because there's a hidden thought in that perception I was holding with myself. I was doing something wrong! Wow did someone turn the light on..LOL Thats why I kinda felt down with myself. It didn't have anything to do with others creating. Thats a good thing. It was the other because I wasn't doing it and I felt something was so wrong with myself for not feeling I could. We came here to live life, explore all, learn, know what we want and don't through experiences of choices. When we are disconnected with a thought of who we are not. and anyone can figure that out. Its anything that doesn't feel good. Then we live in lack of not being or doing what does feel good. I no longer experience it like that anymore. Oh, Im like everyone else I have my days too but I no longer stay there for long because I have learned how to practice on just feeling good even when I don't.
So if any of you fall in this little story of my life LOL see where you may hold a thought of yourself to why your not sculpting. No one is stopping you we only stop our self and we put excuses that everything and everyone keeps us from not being able to. Well that all falls into just lack of feeling good.
I love you all and I think I will start my day. Its going to be gorgeous. And how can I say that and feel it? Because I love myself as Im writing this to all of you here.
hugs

On with my Ball Jointed Doll

Hello beautiful world. Wanted to share a little bit of bjd. Sorry I can't stay long today have a class. Will see all soon and have a beautiful day. Sculpt something!!!! hugs

Back to my Ball jointed doll (bjd)

Good morning to all and your letting the light project out into the world and your love ones. Oh what a great start. Its going to be a great Weds for me and for all of you too. Class is right around the corner so Im working on my bjd before everyone arrives. In this picture Im showing how important it is for me to drill out all of the cooked polymer clay. Yes even in the breast as much as I can. I would like to explain why this is so important for me and I do understand many may not want to go through the extent I do to make them my bjd.

Its like fine china compared to ceramic. They are two different kinds of look. Fine china has a light look and feel and gives off a transparent look.. Ceramic has a heavy clay look. Like a solid rock. If anyone here is familiar with porcelain it is a finer clay as where ceramic is more coarse. The difference between in price are even different too because of the refining. When you pour porcelain you don't want it to thick because if you do it becomes to have a whole different look. My goal for so many years now has been tweaking all the corners to polymer clay and change them to give a much finer appearance. Now does this mean anyones choices are wrong if they don't see mine?, No lets not even consider that. I have seen beautiful art in all mediums and from artist that have expanded into there chosen mediums. So now lets move on. It also has taken me years to learn the clays I use and work with them so I know how strong they are to be able to produce the thinness of polymer clay. Im always learning and I find myself so many times I will do one thing and find I can do something else. But isn't that all about expansion?

Life its self is expansion and if we don't allow to flow with it then life becomes a struggle.

I love you all and hope many of you are creating. Life is about creating and what more fun is that. Yes I will say it again I love all of you here and more loving people like me are coming forth everyday. Why can I say that? Well when you love yourself you only get more back. hugs 

It's Tuesday here is my journey that I do not experience Moonies or Cracks in polymer clay

Good morning beautiful people. It's Tuesday and Im answering a very asked question. Here in this video Im sharing with all of you my journey to what has prevented me in having moonies or cracks in my polymer clay. Please feel free to share with friends or someone that maybe starting out. Lets get art out there and share. What is so rewarding for me is by sharing it brings a person to the flow of creation. Creation is healing and pure love. Lets spread love through are art. So here is my love to all of you. Hugs Everyone have a beautiful day.

Tuesday video will be my journey to figure out not to have moonies

Goooooooooooooood Morning beautiful people. Are you feeling all the love that is around you? Yeah did you just really stop and think that every second if we would tune in LOL we could see there is love constantly around us and its always there saying just receive. Boy was it a gorgeous weekend and its now leading us into a gorgeous week. Bring it on no matter what I will still hold the love and project it out to all that cross my path or I will think of.
I wanted to spread love here and all of you are the rays of light glowing here to help me with a dream and desire I have so deep inside. And that is nothing but love. Thank you all and I do feel love.
Tomorrows video will be my journey finding a way to stop moonies. If you are like what I use to be with having extreme moonies then you might want to watch what I had to discover with myself to stop those crazy moonies. Moonies need to stay in the sky not our clay LOL.
I love you all so much today because Im loving myself as I write this all to you. Spread love because you will only get more back. Who wouldn't want love. Hug Create everyone your all beautiful artist let it shine through.

It's going to be a wonderful weekend

Good morning all of you beams of sunshine. Woke up to birds singing and the sun coming up. Going to be a beautiful day, like spring. Now I know the sun isn't the same everywhere but what really counts is that the sunshine is felt within and our eye's will see the beauty in no matter what it is where your at.
Im sitting here contemplating what I would like to start off with today. My day I can feel so many wonderful things to play with and excited about each thing LOL. How about all of you?

Remember when I shared how I had to place some orders and was told things were on back order and wouldn't be here until March. Never stress out because it all works out. I received my email this morning and everything has been shipped and its on a journey here to me. So, excited but never had any thoughts or feelings of panic.

I hope many of you are going to be playing with your clay. I do know some of you are because your writing to me and I love to hear what your doing and how its become so much fun. Remember its never about the perfection its always about the fun and it only gets better. You just have to start. Many times even till this day and I have been sculpting over 30 years I can sit down and start a head for a doll. Will end up starting it over 10 times or by the end of my sculpting day I just didn't get what I wanted. And I move on to the next day and just let things happen until it comes. The more you do that the quicker you will see it coming faster. Some of us will have thoughts like who am I kidding me sculpt LOL. How many of you have that one sometimes LOL. Or how about this one I think in order to sculpt I should of gone to school LOL. Oh I think you have to be born with a talent LOL.. That one use to be my belief many many many years ago LOL.
Well I learned something really big in my life. Just thoughts like this comes with feelings. Stop and feel what one of yours are bringing. Whats the feeling? Does it feel like all the joy had been sucked right out of you? If so heres what I would say. We are here to feel good in life. When we feel good we are being who we came to be. If we don't feel good then we are not who we really are. So, who would you like to be? I already made my choice and it has changed my whole way of life. I have so many wonderful things every single day.
I love you all so much because I so love me... Hugs

Rampage to just living and loving life

Hello all of you rays of sunshine. Wow all of you are so bright you woke me up. lol What a joy that is indeed! Well everyone it's Friday for me and as I laid in bed I thought about my whole week and I just got so excited and a burst of energy started to run through me like a river I just couldn't lay there any more and had to get up. As I was walking to the kitchen I thought to myself wow you know when you feel so happy with life and you don't focus on all the things that don't make us feel good. My body doesn't have any stiffness or I don't feel one ounce of discomfort. My momentum of happy thoughts has such movement to all good things. Just one good thought and then another and another. Can you tell Im so happy living everyday no matter what.
Yesterday I had one of the most exhilarating moments or I should say it was 2hours but it felt like 5min LOL. I was going over my supplies and seeing everything I needed to order so that I didn't run out for class's and maybe have to postpone because of back order . Did that one to many times Im more of a professional and organized with the paper work LOL... Lets see if I can tell this story and not drag it out for all of you LOL.
It goes like this.
I make a phone call and placed a big order of polymer clay and air dry clay. As the lady is taking my order Im just on the other end of the phone and Im feeling so dang happy and words are coming out of me and she joins in with me. Were now taking this so called work thing and we have now made it into a play adventure.LOL Well it turned into where we started to brainstorm with polymer clay. And it was so cool because what she said to me tied into what Im going to be sharing with all of you here about moonies LOL. 
This women was so right for me and understood right where Im heading in life with polymer clay. Heres what she said. Polymer clay has been out for a very long time and she has been selling it and using it for as long as its been out LOL. She went on to say the information that all people have shared when learning how to use it needs a face lift LOL. Every medium needs to expand and not stay the same because it becomes boring and also the work starts looking boring to the viewer. I shared with her some of the things I went through and how I solved it for myself and then I told her about my youtube channel. She pulls it up on her work computer and checks it out LOL. Now she is so excited and wants to keep in touch with me because of the expansion Im heading towards with polymer clay. We talked about moonies and she had to tell me she gets so many calls people asking her how to stop them. She tells them which my way lined up with hers and she said that it seems that people have read to many things that when someone does share a different way they can't make the change or to try it and explore. So this whole conversation that we had gave me the opportunity to take polymer clay to even another level with myself. This stuff just blows my mind when you are really on a path of what you really know what you want to do and it doesn't matter what anyone else says LOL.
Ok Im off my rampage of excitement here and Im going to go and put it right into my studio. How about all of you? Are you there yet or getting closer. Its okay everyone if you haven't yet you will. And when you do it will be the time and then you can truly and totally enjoy the expansion of creative thought it will take you on a ride that you will never want to come off.
I do love you all and I love that you come and visit with me. You all are my rays of sunshine. I truly mean this. I honestly could not write this stuff and not feel and how did that happen. It happen because I love myself first. I love you all can't ever say that enough in one day. Enjoy your day and do this... Have a good thought. If a thought comes it doesnt feel good you will only get another thought to match it. Now which way would you like to think and feel. I already made my choice. hugs

Would you or do you use your home oven to cook polymer clay here's why I don't

Well you just never know where the day will take you. But no matter what it always takes me just to something good. Class for the children I love to see has been postponed because of flu that has hit there systems. So, Im back in my studio and just going with the flow of things. I thought it would be a good time to wipe down my oven and then a spark it me and said take a pic of this gross looking stuff that builds up on ovens. Spread good health to everyone. I guess as starting my day the kids gave me that message and I followed there bright souls.
It's true everyone this is what my oven looks like and it doesn't take it long. But I do bake in it a lot. Now remember I have 3 ovens and this picture is the oven I only cook polymer clay in. My other two are used for other things that I may incorporate with my already cooked polymer clay. I don't ever use my home oven that we cook food and eat. Take care of our bodies, I never smoked and so grateful for that. I will have a glass of wine once in awhile but not really a drinker. I love water always have. Well back to clean the rest of my oven and I will see what comes my way next LOL. hugs

My Day

Good morning and has everyone started with many good thoughts? 
Once a month I volunteer me and my supplies and I work with an art therapist for children. Today is my day for the month and I so truly love when this day of the month comes around.
I'm also waiting on a supply of art materials. I was unable to find some of them at my local craft store. So, online I went and ordered but not coming until the beginning of March. Wow back ordered. Don't wait until you run out and think your local craft store will have it even though you have bought it there. LOL My Thursday advise LOL.
But no panic because I really do know that it will get here when its time. There's no rush to life just relax. If I look back at all the times I fell into life stress it always worked out no matter what. Why did I do that to myself LOL..
I wanted to come here and say hello to all of you and sending out positive and uplifting words. I think we all get off course and we just need to stop and remember that we are all beautiful people inside and out. I hope many of you will take your clay out and spend sometime with it. This is for any of you that say your going to start but don't. If your clay is where you don't see it everyday you will have a thought here and there and goes no further. If you take your clay out and set it right in an area that you spend time. (like in front of tv) LOL or computer LOL... You just might get tired or curious to open up the clay and say hmmmmm lets see what this is. And there you go now you have taken a step.
I love you all because I love me. Have to pack up my supplies and get ready for the best day ever and live in the moment. hugs

My thoughts and what works for me with waiting for clay to cool or not

I will be making a video on each of your questions. This one in particular is asked a lot. In this video I really want to share its not so much about teaching as it is sharing what works for me. In all of my videos and my art channel is based on sharing. Its never about right or wrong. We are all different and art needs to be fun and not to focus on all the dos and don't it will make your head spin

Tuesday discussion will be how to prevent moonies or white marks in cooked polymer clay

Moonies, white marks on cooked clay. Every artist me included despise them when sculpting a doll. Sometimes they can be repairable or not, depends on how many you have. Unless you want them and think they have given a cool look. Then this wouldn't be for you. Next Tuesday I will be answering your questions on moonies and will be sharing with you how I have learned to prevent having them. I have not had a moonie or white marks in years and I mean years. I wanted to get these pictures up sooner while the sun was still bright but I didn't make it. No moonies in this piece of cooked clay. It took me a long time to find what was going on and why. The example in picture is straight translucent clay no white has been added.  I will be sharing with all of you next tuesday my solution. Hope to see many of you there.
Have a wonderful evening everyone. Hugs

Every Tuesday on Youtube Answer a question of yours. Have one feel free to ask

Its official every Tuesday I will be answering a question of yours. I'm just so amazed of all the questions that have been coming in emails. There are a lot of repeats but I'm going to answer one and put it up on youtube every tues.. So keep thinking. We can all learn from this. Back to my bjd!

Polymer clay is meant to be fun and not to be directed what your doing is wrong

I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend and some of you have been playing around with your clay.

Im updated all of you here about the video in regards to questions. I have received a lot of questions through email.. What I decided to do is make a video on one question if there is a lot of information I have to share. If the answer to some questions are short then there will be more questions and answers on one video. I decided to break this up to make videos shorter because it can take any where from 5 to 8 hours to convert files.

Im in the process of converting the first question and I will have it up on youtube today. The question I choose first is one that I felt to address first because people that I have been interacting with have such confusion and fear they will do something wrong. Holding back on giving polymer clay a chance or they did at one time but got chewed out by the art community with things like you cannot do that with polymer clay. I thought that this place would be a great place to start with and time to get the confusion out of every ones picture.

The question Can you take cooked polymer clay out of your oven before its cooled?

My answer and thoughts will soon be up. Next question will be posted here on tuesday and a video will be uploaded also. Thank you everyone see all of you soon. hugs

It is a good morning and what a great start

Good morning everyone. Yes I have made it here and I have two days to play. Although everyday is a play day but these next two days are my me time. I will be planning on getting out to my studio and I will clean up after all the class's that were held during the week. Then I will move on to the video that I promised many of answering some questions. 
I do want to mention this because some of you are asking about my ball jointed doll. I will be showing how I reinforce the joint areas and some of you are asking me about the top of her head. I would like to explain only my design or way of creating these bjd and the head cap if I use it to catch the cord I most diffidently would reinforce the cut out cap on top of her head. I would never just use polymer clay and put a wire loop. I think there is so much of a constant pull. I have seen many dolls that were not reinforced and the constant pull weakened the loop wire. Some of you have really been asking me about liquid sculpty bond and bake. I do not ever use any kind of liquid sculpty to bond or to secure anything on my doll. If I use it then it would be for some kind of decorative use. Only in my experiences I found that when liquid sculpy is applied to cooked or even raw clay they have the same properties and if I need something to really be strong and hold it would have to be something other then polymer. As I always say my way is not the only way its the way it works for me and. I have experimented with certain ways of using things with polymer clay things and ways have proofed to me not a way to go. What ever way your doing and have no problems do not change your way to meet mine. Keep going like you are. But if you question something then I always say theres something your seeing with your own experience with polymer clay that you might not be to happy or you might think things could be better.
Here Im answering some of your questions and won't be in the video. I don't want to make a long video but when I give out information I like to give all of you my whole truth and in detail.
Some of you have asked me about a heat gun I will add that to the video. Yes, I will say this Im totally against it only for my reasons. Hope to see many of you there and I better head out to my studio. Everyone have a wonderful weekend, have fun, take a nap if you feel like it, watch a good movie, read a good book, or you could sculpt. As I always say now I love you all because I love me. hugs

Update still moving along with my ball jointed doll

I wanted to share what I have been doing with my ball jointed doll. I haven't been able to spend enough hours with it this week due to class's I give. 
I also would like to say this with my style of making bjds. I may not make them as others I honestly don't know. And I say this because I'm the type of person I love to figure things out for myself. I learn much faster when I think things out and then make a mistake. We all are different and we must do what works for each of us. When I was making porcelain dolls it was my whole starting point of learning and expanding onto many different things. So, I already had a little knowledge with ball jointed, but I never had enough experience. I feel even today experience has no end in any kind of medium we choose to use. For many years I have been wanting to create for myself polymer clay to look and feel like porcelain. By incorporating the wax I can now have a much thinner layer of clay that now gives me a translucent look.

I like to reinforce all the joints for my ball jointed dolls

Little time to spend on my ball jointed doll. Here Im working on the neck and motion as to how much I want. Always around the joints and the neck I will use a thin layer inside of the polymer clay to reinforce them. Im going to get some lunch and class will begin. See all of you soon

Do you have a question?

Hi everyone I'm peeking in for a bit here today. I have been for some time now getting request to make a video and talk about the basics. I'm finding since I have started my youtube art channel more beginners are coming to my channel. I think they should be addressed just as the advanced. We must be patient and loving to everyone no matter where one is at. I find for myself that is when I teach a class and Im going back to the basics I learn something myself. So this week Im going to set some time aside and address some repeated questions.
Here's some that will be on list
1. Moonies yes this is huge and I do believe I have some great answers to these moonies LOL..
2. What clay is really good
3. Burned clay can you save it and how
4. Breakage can you repair them and how
5. Do you ever mix clays for color and what are your recipes
6. How long have you been using wax with polymer clay and did you learn it from some where and if so would you share that information?
7. Im on a tight budget and polymer clay looks like something I would like to have in my life. Could you tell me what clay I could use that I could make something. I hear a lot of bad things with cheap clay.

Now I'm going to leave open for 3 questions if anyone needs to add one to the list. Please feel free to leave it in the comments below. I thought I would do a total of 10.

Don't be afraid to ask if more then 3 we shall work it out. If not I will have a video up based on the questions above this week.

Break is over I'm back to class. Everyone having a great day?
Better say yes its positive thinking LOL... hugs

Spreading love

Good morning everyone Im pleased to be here and ready to see what comes my way today.Full of excitement and joy already. Yesterday it rained all day and it was just so beautiful. I love hearing the rain fall on the house and the trees moving to the wind. When I saw Yanni perform he said something that I could relate to but I do it differently. Yanni didn't really talk much he played more music. B ut he said this. He was in a hotel and just sitting listening to all the sounds. And there was a sound it was a bird the night and gale. He was so intrigued by the sound and he approached where the sound was coming from. As he noticed and saw the bird he listened more intensely and he heard more sounds. He heard a whole orchestra from this bird. He wanted so badly to hire the bird to play, he said I would even pay him or her well LOL. So, he knew it wasn't for him to hire this bird it was the bird giving him sounds. As he listened and just let all thoughts rest while he got himself in alignment with pure source he heard a whole new song and was orchestrated in a way he could manifest it to all of us to hear something that started from a night and gale bird. He expressed so much love as he shared because he could still feel the connection of when it all started within himself. His expression of something so simple hit home with me. Its what I do in my life with everything. Life speaks and if we listen it will bring you to a level with yourself that is pure love. Feeling love with you. Art is the same way as hearing sounds. I see things in just a tree, stone even the clouds. As I rest my thoughts and allow life in the moment fill me. Now my story begins and my thoughts are directly connected to source. Another thought comes, I hear more music and then my creation starts in those thoughts. I feel the excitement and joy and it builds to a high level I want to run free in an open field. I then write it all down and my next piece of art is ready for me to create and to share a piece of that was sent to me through life. Life is simple and we should never wake up to unhappiness. Everything always works out in love.
I love all of you because I love me. Hugs

Getting the arm started and on upper torso

I wanted to share with all of you tonight what I have done today.  I especially wanted you to see what the arm looks like when I start applying the polymer clay.  Now sometimes if my wax is to much I will shave it down.  You also can shave it down by carving the shape in the wax too.
Well I'm going to end this day with all the wonderful treasures of life that has been given to me today.  See all of you soon!  Night and hugs

Good morning Im so pleased to see everyone!

No late start for me today. Wow what a performance Yanni was last night. Everything went so beautiful and flowed perfect. Our event last night my sister and I took my mom to see Yanni for an early birthday. She will be 92 the 11th this month. She enjoyed it so much I thought she was going to leave planet earth and return home and my sister and I were going with her too LOL.
Im just so speechless but filled with emotions flowing through my body. Im going to just bask in these emotions and milk them as long as I can.
Everyone have a wonderful weekend and I hope many of you are creating a master piece. Yes a master piece of fun, peace, love, of who we all are.If some of you are having a difficult time getting started I would say this to you today. We are all creators and we must create or we become very unhappy in life. It's very important that we take care of who we are and pay attention to our thoughts and how the thoughts are making us feel. We can have a thought that can take us to a level of so much happiness and in a instant we can give ourselves a thought that can bring us right down. Its our choice do we stay up or do we come down. Always be gentle with self and say kind loving words. And from those words you will be given a feeling of life that fills you with happiness. Life truly is a precious stone. Polish the stone everyday and you will see yourself in the stone glowing back the refection of your loving self.
I love everyone here because I love me!
Hugs

Setting the eyes lots of pictures

Are you ready ok here we go! You will see by learning how to make a hollow head.  You won't be limited to what you can do or use.  No more concerns with the heat from your oven.  At this stage my doll head will never go in oven when doing a ball jointed doll. If not a ball jointed I still would make a hollow head. But the whole doll will be completely cooked then I would do the eyes.

Painted eyes next setting them in Stay tuned

Good morning everyone! Well it's Friday and what a great week I have had. I hope all of you here can say the same. I know everyday doesn't just flow so beautiful but those little bumps along the way can help us when we know how to allow and just move on. Everything always turns out. We got our cold front and it's very windy here. I haven't even been out to my studio and turn on some heat LOL. It looks like its going to be another late start for me today and its okay and all things are flowing easy.
Well after dinner last night I did another layer of paint on the eyes. Today I will be setting the eyes in. So, there are some of you that wanted to see pic so I will have them posted today.
Well Im go and I want to say everyone have a wonderful day. Be safe and warm. Hope many of you are planning on creating and just have some fun. For those of you that are still just thinking and haven't taken action. Here's what I could say to you. I have been there didn't touch the clay for 2years had a death in family this happened many years ago. A beautiful friend I have at that time just told me to hold the clay in my hands. Don't think your going to make anything. Well I did just that and that same day I started to sculpt. I came out of that bump who hit me so hard and I started to move along with life in such a blissful and fun loving flow. Things can come our way but its our choice to take action. Talk yourself through it and always say wonderful things that make you feel good. You will be out of your slump in no time. See all later with pictures of setting the eyes in. Please feel free to share with friends lets spread the joy around with art. Hugs

Tried sponge painting

Since the rain has come and the lighting isn't so good where Im at and class is right around the corner. I thought to share with all here what I did with the paint. I did a sponge look and I need to let this dry so I can maybe blend in some shine. So we shall see. Shaking head don't know don't know LOL. Maybe we will see how many times I can change this LOL..

Good Morning I'm so pleased to see many of you here!

Good morning everyone can you believe its Feb. and we have our windows open and ceiling fans on and still do. I have to say its gorgeous but I do like to have a little more winter LOL. 
I'm really getting a late start but I have been enjoying this mornings weather. Were suppose to get rain sometime today and then turn cold. 
I wanted to let all of you here know I took the paint off her eyes yesterday for a couple of reasons. One of the eyes I needed to drill out some more I noticed a big gap between the back of the eye socket. Im still playing with the paint the way I applied it I wasn't happy with it. I wanted some brightness and to me she looked like it was more of a bruised eye. So, today in my studio Im going to do a sponge paint look. We will see. Or maybe my mood will change and go back to the first choice LOL.  Im still working on the upper torso and I almost have the shoulder sockets worked in. Then it will be on to the arm and of course the lower torso.
So everyone I better get dressed and do a few things before I head out to my studio. I will also have my computer with me so if anyone needs help Im here. Also I do have one class to give today in my studio, Im looking so forward to that. What a great bunch of ladies I have met.
This is for anyone that said Im going to get my clay out and they didn't get there. Today is another day a new day. Get that clay out because saying your going to and not taking action it just won't happen. Even if you just take the clay and feel the raw clay in your hand. Your one step ahead now. LOL
If I have anything good to show I will be posting the pic.
hugs everyone

People will talk their self right out of doing something they would love

Yes I was one of those people until I just did a simple thing.  First don't look at what others have. Second see if you can make something yourself that can at least get you through till you have what it is you want. Third never say you can't afford it. Be happy with what and where your at.  It will change just like the weather. Everything has a change. Last write down the first thing you want in your art.  Now just know its coming.
Don't ever give up or don't think you can't afford supplies. If anything when we focus on the lack of it we will sit it in so much longer. Here I get most of my supplies at yard sales. Hubby is on a mission and he has found my trail that I have spent thinking oh what more would I like for art lol. Here it is and for a $1.50. Him and I work so well together I can really think and feel the things and he can go out and really feel where to go and find them LOL. I have found in life when you think you can't afford it just keeps showing it over and over. Hope Faith and positive thinking, don't give up believing. We all came here to enjoy life and be happy.

Tools Tools Tools who would of thought over a diamond with me LOL

Hubby and I have a great relationship and today as I was in my studio he comes popping in with these bits.
He said hun here is an early valentines present and I will keep looking for more tools as the 14th arrives. I know you would rather have a tool then a diamond. But one day you might just have to try and get excited other then a tool. LOL

Discount Auto everyone $5.00

How to make wax core using plastic straws for a mold ball jointed dolls

Short video showing making the wax core with plastic straws for molds. Follow me as I move along with this ball jointed doll.  Subscribe to may channel for lots of video's.  All free..

Wanted to end my evening with all of you here and show my last thing for today

Well it's been a beautiful day for one 84 degrees. Had the windows opened all day and hearing the birds have been such a joy. Along with visits from our deer. So, many this year and even saw one with her baby. I have been in my studio for 12hrs and I have been called where's the food LOL. Don't they know I'm in the vortex and we don't eat LOL.
After dinner I will paint the other eye so that I don't forget how I did the first one. So, I wanted to leave it here where I ended up and for everyone to have a great evening. 
I'm so excited for tomorrow ! This is truly living life.

A very common question I would like to share smoothing your clay

A very common question I get asked a lot is how do I get my clay so smooth? To start off with lets just take the question right to the beginning of sculpting. I have seen many students they want to start smoothing way to early into there project. To start smoothing you should be finished sculpting all the raw clay into your sculpture. I have tried so many products to smooth and I'm going to share what I found that did not work for me. Remember if anyone does different it's not wrong for anyone it's all about what works only for YOU.
I don't use baby powder this got into my raw clay and when cooked I had white marks. No not moonies it was powder, Found out that baby powder is to fine and if your clay has some good oil going through it then it can get trapped and build up. No talcum powder either.
Plain 100% Corn Starch with no aluminum. Corn starch works with your dry soft paint brush. Corn starch will just keep rolling around the surface. With a very light touch keep going over the same spot until it's satin smooth. Now your piece will have a very smooth feel to it and it's ready to be cooked.
I never use baby oil it always leaves my clay tacky and dirty. I don't ever use smoothing oils for clay, worked just like baby oil for me that is. If I ever needed to use an oil it would be coconut oil. Tiny tiny amount. But the way I sculpt I don't need to put oil on it to smooth, the corn starch is all I need. Also make sure before you cook that your clay doesn't have big dips in the clay. Uneven. This will take you into more work and can discourage you with your piece of work. Most important take your time. Sometimes in one area I can work on it for days. Sculpting is therapy let it do the work not you. Enjoy every stroke of movement with your clay.

While I'm in my studio wanted to share my bjd wip

I took some pictures today while Im in my studio working on my bjd. Just wanted to keep this flowing for me and who ever's watching LOL. I'm just not ready to set the eyes in yet never rush. I want to make sure everything is going to fit then I need to paint around the eyes before I set them. No more cooking eyes in oven for me. A lot less problems for me that is.