a new "home"

Well, my pretties, I have put all my efforts in one basket and opened my sewing studio in a little old historical downtown building. This is so I can be my own boss and girl oh girl am I happy!

I'm working as dollmaker and seamstress, I'll do anything that has to do with sewing and creating and all is going so well so far! I've been open for 7 months! And have met so many wonderful people...

More later when I get time, but now at least you know what's been keeping me away... go see my facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/ThreadBoutique

love, P.

turning chaos to zen'ity....

have these last few months been crazy? Well.... YES! only with my work situation, my home life is terrrrrrific.

Anyway. I am decided to focus on my career more, what I want from it, to focus on me more what I want from myself.

I want to create and have fun doing it dammit! Here take another bite of that chocoalte bar darlin'... This blog is so darn old it still has my old last name in the url...

To catch you up, I have published a pattern in the march issue of Soft Dolls & Animals! yay! My big angel girl was published in the June issue of Art Doll Quarterly! big YAY!

And I work at a sewing shop. The owner is retiring and moving to Nevada, far away. So I've decided to rent the building, continue the custom sewing and alterations AND move my doll art studio in to boot! My daughter redesigns dresses and makes the most exquisite jewelry. So together we are going to have a unique little boutique inside our sewing shop.

It Is A Dream coming true for me. My very significant other, Loving Husband, Big is so supportive of this, of me. I truly am where I want and need to be. Girls.... Dreams do come true. But definitely not with the wave of a magic wand. It's that four letter word we all know

W-O-R-K

and I love it... stay tuned my pretties, it is only just begun.

love and kisses

~P~

Mother....

been reading poetry...

and here is one of my all time favorites ~


THE WHITE BIRDS

by: W.B. Yeats

WOULD that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea!
We tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fade and flee;
And the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rim of the sky,
Has awakened in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die.

A weariness comes from those dreamers, dew-dabbled, the lily and rose;
Ah, dream not of them, my beloved, the flame of the meteor that goes,
Or the flame of the blue star that lingers hung low in the fall of the dew:
For I would we were changed to white birds on the wandering foam: I and you!

I am haunted by numberless islands, and many a Danaan shore,
Where Time would surely forget us, and Sorrow come near us no more;
Soon far from the rose and the lily, and fret of the flames would we be,
Were we only white birds, my beloved, buoyed out on the foam of the sea!

~P~

i forgot about....

A few weeks back, just before Valentine's Day.... it snowed. I just found these pic's on my camera and remembered I was going to share them.... hmmmm...

Well, here they are.

I was out playing in the snow, so were my kitties, mainly Mathilda, she's more like a dog than a cat. Maybe I'll get here to hold still for a photo one day.

My house... in the snow....

which way up? I love this pic, especially in the big image, click'er!

and even fairies freeze in snow such as theezzzzze.

I hope you are warm and cozy where ever you are.

love ~P~

fuzzies....?

Here are the two big sweeties I get to work with every day! Meet Rhett Butler and Ashley Wilkes, they are poodles. I work as a seamstress with one of the best chicks around, you can tell we're busy working all the time. Yes, VERY serious!

That's their mommy giving them their afternoon snacks

Look at those fluffy tails, wagging cause they know there are cookies in the closet!

Master Ashley Wilkes

And Master Rhett Butler

Well, we're busy with customers and sewing alterations all day, but we know we have to take a break every now and then. So we play with the puppies!

Love, ~P~

Up to?

What I've been up to is, making some new and fun dolls I'm calling Inspiration Angels. And I re-opened my etsy store.

It's taken me so long to get back to the "work" i love.... Creating art dolls, painting, stitching.... is like the air I breathe... How did I function without breathing for so long?

But you know with out the experiences I've had and the love I've found, or that found me - I wouldn't be creating the style of dolls I am now... And that's from exquisitely detailed and sculpted to the fun little inspiration dolls in the photos above...

It's the same with all artists, and without my online and real life artist friends, my weird ones as we call one another, I wouldn't be the person I am. Thank you dear friends, I love you and You keep me going in this crazy world!

Lots of Love, ~P~

it was a great day...

a few wedding photos i wanted to share...

my dear friend walks me "down the aisle"

lovin' this one.... i do.

Another January...

A new year begun. A new family making a new life together here at the Doll House. It's a beautiful and loving thing. Also terrifying stepping foot into waters such as these, but I know and trust in the strength of the love I have found and all will be well... and the weather is warm today!

Always a cheerful thing to find is new life springing into being. Proof of that is in the trees left bare for so many weeks and finding the tiny fuzzy little buds breaking through the bark. Soon the world will be green once more! Until then I work in my studio trying to fill your hearts with cheer and lightness with my wee creations.




Two new tiny fairy girls are visiting us in the Doll Shoppe today and more to come. Nothing but work to do in the sewing room... and I love it. This is the best kind of work I know, creating these little characters to share with you. I hope you enjoy visiting the pages of my virtual doll house and sewing room. Make yourself at home while I rearrange the furniture and stock the bookshelves with wonders and the pantry with comforts... Sit with me for a cup of tea

Give Your Time to Someone Needing It & Give Thanks to Those That Matter Most & Blessings to You All ~Paula~

Merrie....

Merrie is a new baby elf cloth art doll. She is listed in an auction on eBay.

Handpainted face, beadwork, original design and a one of kind creation.

Merry Christmas! ~As Always, Paula McGee