New Dolls

Hi Friends,

Hope you are all doing well. :)
Before I move on to something not Valentine's Day related, I would like to share these photos with you.
For our February Doll swap on a Ning Group, I made two dolls. One is a Dotee Doll and the other is an Icicle Doll. We had to make one with a Valentine theme and the other to represent our favorite Artist.
I decided to make my Dotee Doll with a Valentine theme and my Icicle Doll would be my favorite Artist.
This time for my Dotee Doll, I made her to represent a Russian doll of sorts. Hope you like her.
My Icicle Doll represents my favorite Mexican Artist, Frida Khalo. You will see she is very colorful with flowers in her hair. I also beaded around her heart. I also found some nice charms to finish her off.
Then my dear friend, Carey in CA. had her birthday recently so I made her a chipboard postcard in her favorite colors. I mailed it in a colorful envelope that I drew and painted on.

Hope you enjoy my creations and until next time.

Valentine Dotee Doll for Swap

Favorite Artist Icicle Doll .....Frida Khalo

Birthday Postcard for my friend, Carey

Front of Mail Art Envelope for my friend, Carey

Back of Mail Art Envelope for my friend, Carey!

Belated Valentine's Day Post.....

Hi Friends,

Sorry for my absence but I have been really busy and didn't have time to post anything here nor check your blogs. Please forgive me.
But here I am and wanted to post some things that I received and made for Valentine's Day.
I know that some of you wanted to see more of the ornaments that I made and received for my small
Valentine studio tree so here they are. :)
I must thank my good friends Myra and Kathie for sending me some cute ornaments for the tree. Myra made me a lovely cross stitched ornament with two birds and Kathie made me a Heart Ornament and an owl ornament (they know I love birds) :)
I recently hosted a "Hanging Hearts Swag Swap"over at our Yahoo group Fabric In Altered Art 2 and I want to share some pictures of it with you. My Hanging Hearts Swag  went to my Swap Partner Pam S. in AZ.
Hope you enjoy all the New things. I will be checking everyone's blog soon.
Hugs and keep well!

Small Studio Valentine's Day Tree

Cross Sttiched Ornament by my Friend, Myra

Little Owl Ornament by my Friend, Kathie

Heart with Face Ornament by my friend, Kathie

Valentine Owl by Norma

Hanging Hearts Swag By Norma for Pam
All the hearts had hand beading all around them.

Top of Swag with Handmade bead with glitter by Norma

Close-up of heart second heart

Close-up of third heart

Close-up of Fourth heart

Bottom of Heart Swag...I attached a heart cookie cutter.

I am here just been busy!

Hi Friends,
How have all of you been? I have missed posting but here I am  now! :)
I have been busy with so many things that my days go quickly!
Does anyone have a formula to add a few more hours to a day? :)
I just visited a few of your blogs and will visit the rest after, I finish this post.
Well, I managed to make two more Valentine ornaments for my studio tree.
Both turned out very Victorian looking. One is a wrapped doll and the other one is a felt round ornament with a  sweet girl image and I embellished it with some ribbon that I twisted and turned and added pearl beads to it.
I also managed to make a cute Owl picture for my studio. The background is painted fabric, the owl is made from textured paper that has dry grass in it, the wings I made using velour fabric that I stitched to resemble feathers and the eyes and nose is made from felt and stitched. I also made the owl's feet from wire and I attached it to a twig.
Hope you enjoy my new creations!
Hugs and see you soon.

Victorian Wrapped Valentine doll

Victorian Felt Ornament with ribbon and pearl beads.

Owl made from paper and fabric.

More Valentine Ornaments for My Tree!

Hi Friends,
Hope you are all doing well and having a creative week. :)
I am doing fine . Been busy with things that weren't on my "To Do List" but I did manage to  make a few ornaments for my Valentine Tree
I finally made a Icicle Doll Tree Topper, another Victorian ornament and a small wrapped Victorian doll ornament.   It has been fun creating these ornaments for my little studio tree.
Hope you enjoy them  and also the New Header!
Hugs

Icicle Doll Tree Topper. I painted sunglasses on her and gave her a punk style haircut, red earrings and a heart in her hair. LOL

Victorian style ornament.

Victorian style wrapped doll holding a stuffed felt heart
with the words " With Love" on it.

Paper Valentine Ornament for Tree.

Hi Friends,

Yesterday, I got side-tracked and didn't make my tree topper . :(
Sometimes we plan things and they don't go according to our plans but we must move on. :)
So today I made this Victorian Paper Ornament for my tree.
Hope you like it.
Hugs

New Project......Valentine Tree!

Hi Friends,

Now that everything Christmas related has been put away, I am now ready to tackle Valentine's Day!
(Hey that rhyme's. lol)
So as I was putting away my Christmas things, I noticed that I forgot to put up my Christmas Desk tree last year. :(
Last night, I was thinking was not use it as a Valentine's Day Tree. So I decided to do so. I will need to make 15 Valentine ornaments and a Valentine Tree Topper before February 14th. If I make one ornament per day, I will complete it with time to spare. :)
Last night I made my first one, a beaded heart. Today I plan on making the Tree Topper. :)

In today's mail that just arrived, my dear friend and artist Wanda sent me a little surprise that is PERFECT for the tree. It is a paper ATC (artist trading card) titled "Queen of Arts".  It is going to be my second ornament on the tree.  Thanks dear Wanda for your lovely surprise. :)
Here is a photo of the tree that will be converted in a Valentine's Day Tree and the 2 ornaments that it has so far. I will post photos of the ornaments as I make them and then the completed tree. :)
Hugs to all and have a creative day! Hope you like the photos.

Soon to be Valentine's Day Tree for my Studio!

Valentine's Day Beaded Ornament by Norma.

Paper ATC by Wanda for Norma. Titled" Queen of Arts."

A Few Photos of My Studio!

Hi Friends,
Last year, I had mentioned that I was going to upload some photos of my studio and never got around to it. So to start the year off right, I am now uploading some photos for all of you to see. My studio is not enormous like some others I have seen in the "Studios Magazine" but it is cozy and I think represents my personality. I try to surround myself with things I enjoy seeing on a daily basis.Lots of color, things that I have made, things good friends have sent to me and swaps items. :)
I didn't take a photo of everything but just a few to show you where I am on a daily basis. :)
Hope you enjoy the short tour.
Hugs

Desk Area as you come into my Studio.Lots of markers, pencils in the cups on top of shelf over desk. Some dolls and other
things and my laptop.

Another photo of desk area in better light. You can also see some of  my paints on the wall and other books.

Shelves with books and magazines. Storage bins with miscellaneous supplies and Large storage bins with fabrics.

My Bird Corner !

Window side of my studio with long counter where I sew and have my printer /scanner/fax set-up. I also have my Bose radio to hear music as I create.

Hanging Paper Mache Angels from the ceiling and metal embelllishments.