I Finally finished another diva! working on a polimer clay doll now wish me luck!

It's been forever since I made a diva. There is one sitting on my work bench with no face or clothes just lot's of hair. I'm proud of the diva's I've made and enjoy making them but now that I work full time there is no time to make more yet. Maybe one weekend I will find myself back at the art bench again. I have been craving creativity, my mind goes back there and does beautiful drawings and paintings in my head. Then I think about all the trouble it is to set up and find something to paint on - get the water tell Max no no no a few times and the mood is gone. Maybe those paintings can just live in my head for a while.

Maybe I can work on the Diva that is me and spend sometime on myself for a while. I really let myself go after having Max and being able to stay home with him. It was PJ's all day and snacking on Cheesit's and grapes. I had to cut out Weight watchers because we couldn't afford it. I intended on continuing to count points but didn't. At first I wrote them down then I added them up in my head - certain disaster if you start doing that! Then I stopped counting all together and relied on the 500 calories I lost each day breast feeding. Well I'm not doing that anymore and I don't get much exercise sitting at my desk all day but something in my mind is changing and it feel different up there. I am writing down all the things I eat and adding up the points and staying under a certain number - that is a big start! And I am waring a neck sweat around my middle like a back brace and I think it's made a difference. I know it make me feel supported and i really like that. Although today I wore it to work and had to take it off because it made me feel dizzy!

Anyway I just felt like rambling out there into the world -

I have two dolls in progress - just adding the finishing touches whenever I can. I like them okay but don't feel wowed by them yet. I started working again 2 weeks ago and it's taking some adjusting to get use to the new schedule but I'll get it. I love making Diva's!

Polymer Clay Practice

Polymer Clay Practice

I got some of the classic polymer clay. Hopefully this will not be as hard to work with as the soft is. I made an armature and added clay to the arms and head. I'm not sure how to keep the wire from poking thru the clay. I wonder if I should cook it 1/2 way thru - I guess I better get a book!

I scrapped the polymer clay and went back to my paper clay technique. I then tried the paper clay technique with the polymer clay we will see how that works. there is no armature so the hands might break off like last time - let's hope not.

Amerillo

I finished a new Diva yea! I need to get more paper clay so I can make more! I love the feeling when I have a finished Diva that I am proud of. It makes me want to make the next one. I know I should practice more with the polymer clay more but it's so much easier for me with the paper clay. I get closer to a finished diva with paper clay. I have a few polymer limbs but no doll. I guess it couldn't hurt to just get some polymer clay while I'm at the store.

Anyway here she is! Amerillo pronounced /Ama-reeo/

I would love to sit down for 8 hours and work on some Diva's. I went to the Beach for a week and a few weeks after that my Grandmother passed away so I was out of town for 3 more days. It's so hard to find the time between watching my son Max and regular household chores that I have adopted now that I'm the stay at home mom. My husband is here to help me but trying to work himself I try to stay out of his office as much as I can. Then there are the voices that say "you will be back to work soon - maybe you should just relax and play with Max"

I have really enjoyed working with the paper clay. I have been practicing with the polymer clay - nothing impressive to come of it yet. I'm having trouble with the wire armatures and the hands end up too big. I think I need to get the regular instead of the soft maybe.

Now I need to give the dogs a bath and get max out of his crib. He had a 15 min sleep and 40 min. crying.