ANOTHER FLOWER GAL JOINS THE FAMILY

Was stuck with this new addition to the Flower Gals Series for about a week as I was looking for the right buckle to match her outfit but after scouting around a few places, I couldn't find what I wanted. And after much thought, decided to go for a slightly different look and yes, am happy with her new look. And who is she? She's Keera who now joins Tisha, Jade and Indie and will be placed in my Etsy Shoppe if you would like to take her home. You can either email me if you're interested in Keera or go through etsy. Am pretty flexible :o)

So what's next? Have an idea for another Flower Gal. In the midst of working out how I will be doing her dress and also have to make an important decision...what colour will her hair be. Tuff decision for me so let's see how it goes.

MY ETSY SHOPPE

Yes finally sorted it out and set up an etsy shoppe for Toys From The Heart and how do you get there? Simply go to http://www.toysfromtheheart.etsy.com/ and you'll find my toys up for grabs there.

Plus remember that when you shop at Toys From The Heart (via the blog or etsy) 10% of sales will be donated to the Singapore Breast Cancer Foundation. Cheers!

DOING THINGS BACKWARDS

I have a way of doing things backwards sometimes. I am a trial and error kind of person so I like to try first and then read the manual later (which usually means I end up not reading the manual). Same thing when I created my jewelry, mosaic and now sewing my dolls and plushies.

I have created a few dolls / plushies but only recently during my chicken pox 'home arrest' I started ordering some books from Amazon on how to sew dolls. I mean, I know the basics already. But I guess I get these books to see if there are other basic techniques that I need to know about as well as ideas for new toys.

The one book (Making Creative Cloth Doll) that I've flipped through so far is asking me to go beyond my comfort zone and create abstract dolls (free form, free expression...you get the picture) and that's where I get nightmares cuz I don't do free form...period. *laughs*

So hopefully with these books, I'll learn to just let go and figure out this free form free expression thing. Guess it's part of my personal development as a doll / plushie maker.

Might take me a while to get through all these books but am looking forward into diving into these books. Now just have to find some time to catch up on my reading. In the mean time, am working on another Flower Gal Series doll and I think she will be so awesome so keep a look out for her. Am hoping to put up the other dolls on my Toys From The Heart esty shop so look out for updates.