Next Set of Wings

Tomorrow I'm starting a new chibi. It's going to be a smiling frog with wings. Today I'm making his wings. This is the pattern I've made for this little frog. :o) xo Maddy

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Here is my latest little chibi baby. She is made from a custom mix of polymer clay and painted with acrylic paints. If you like her, please consider showing your support by placing a small bid. :o) Each one helps! xoxo Can you live without a Chibitude Chibi??? Yes, but after you've seen one in person, you'll ask yourself why you ever did. ;) Thanks for viewing my item! I appreciate you spending your valuable time with me and hope that you will be interested in my art. xoxo Maddy (Maddy Nupp McDonald) Blogger | Etsy | Ebay | Facebook | Flicker | IndiePublic | MySpace | Twitter | Youtube | Website

The wings are Finished....

maybe....lol Boy these were a lot of work! I've been working on them since this morning. I know I won't make enough on this dragonfly (if it even sells) to pay for the time that went into these wings, but it makes me feel good that I've pushed myself through something new and hard and completed it.

I've got to pack Gomez and Morticia for their journey to their new home, and then if I'm not too exhausted, I'll start my little dragonfly.

oxox

New Project Started Wings

This next project is a crossover project. I'm making a new polymer clay dragonfly, but making the wings out of thread. Here you can see a picture of them as they are crocheted. You can view the graphical chart I sketched out on my Pretty Knots blog. They are crocheted out of Sulky sewing thread. This was accomplished by wrapping a fair amount of thread over a clothes pin, and then crocheting with a double strand (one coming from the spool and the other from the clothes pin). The Sulky thread is so beautiful and soft and shiny, and hard to crochet with. 10 needle or 0.75mm. View this type of thread on Amazon: Sulky Rayon Thread 40 Weight 250 Yards Hot Pink 942-1109; 3 Items/Order  It's so pretty.

Currently the wings are being starched/stiffened so that I can use them for wings. I've yet to decide if I'll embellish them more, or keep them simple. I'll post updates as I move along. The updates for the Dragonfly will appear on this Blog.

xoxo

This little outfit fits soooooooo much better. Using the finer material, and making sure she's got bootie really made the difference. I think she looks adorable! I feel like I want to make a Sailor Moon doll, now seeing Tink in the outfit. :o)

She still needs a couple of final touches that you won't be able to see, like painting the bottom of her base etc, but other than that, this little one is happy and finished.

Here she is in more poses. I thought I was going to add more stuff to her base, but now I'm not sure because she seems to enjoy moving all around it.

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WIP Kawai Shimai Tinkerbell 7

 

Here is Miss Tink with her fresh new skin. She's being kept in a baggy so that it doesn't get soiled with all the crazyness that's going on at my work table...LOL There's her wings next to her too. Those are going to be attached with a pretty ribbon. I need to work on her little pom poms to freshen them up a bit, and get working on her base some more.

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WIP Kawai Shimai Tinkerbell 4

Been working on Tink today and we're having a much better time. I started by making some pretty gold and green wings for her, but we both decided that they weren't what she was looking for. Here's a picture of the first wings that we changed our minds on:

So I started on some other wings. Back in the day------------waaaaaaaaaaaay back, I used to make wings and sell them. And there were all kinds that I made, so I pulled out some of my old techniques and created these for Miss Tink. We both like them very very much!

The next thing that we're working on is a little piece of "home" that she can take with her to her new destination. This is the beginning of what will be both her base and doll stand.

I'm using multiple materials to work on this. I started with two index cards and made a box and a random shape for the bottom. Taped it together, and then began to cover it with two part epoxy.

The first epoxy stuff I used was my favorite kind, Loctite brand. And then because it just sets up so fast and I was feeling anxious...LOL I decided to do the rest of it with my other favorite kind...Fixit Sculpt. That's why you see two different colors. The Loctite is kind of light blue and sets up in about 5 minutes total. The Fixit has a little bit of a yellowish/greenish tint and sets up in 1 to 4 hours. Much easier to work with if you're patient enough to wait for it to set up.

Next on my agenda is that I'm going to redress Tink. I don't like her outfit. I like the idea of it, just not the execution of the design. I'm going to remake it with some different materials so that it's more delicate, and more figure forming.

Tinks little shoes are giving me fits too, because the paint keeps chipping off while working on her. I'm going to redo that as well, and cover them with a nice coat of TLS so there will not be any more concerns with that. I'm going to have to take her wig back off in order to do this, but I think it will be worth it.

Sometimes when I'm working on a doll, if there's one thing I'm not crazy about and I don't stop, but just keep moving forward I find that I stall. That's the case with Tinks dress. She's got such a cute face. Her dress shouldn't be so chunky.

Okies...That's it for now. Back to work for me!

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