art doll party hats for a bit of joy

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It's hard to believe that we are half way through August. School is starting back. Soon, the frost will be on the pumpkins. Well, not here. We are happy to get rain and the daily thunderstorms are a welcome relief to the heat. It's a wet heat. The humidity makes my hair frizz and my temper short. You think you'll get used to it, but I am not sure you ever really do. If you have the time to go to the beach you can swim and relax and get wet and beat the heat. If not, then some suffering is gonna happen. I get snarfy when I don't feel well and compound that with the heat, I am just miserable. Nobody wants to hear it! I feel torn between deleting this and other posts and singing it load and clear and not worrying what anyone thinks. I sabotage myself. This Blog is for the Arts & Crafts Fun Make & Do Club. Not the whining, crybaby, boring, bull!@#%. Oh, man, snarf a licious. Pay no attention to that Cowgirl behind the curtain!!! She's still SNARFY!!! Maybe a few pictures will bring out the happy happy joy joy girl. We'll give it a try. If it doesn't work, just run! Run away! I made another art doll party hat while I was feeling yucky over the weekend. I didn't really get much else done. I cleaned my sewing room and moved the oak secretary into the sewing room and put my paints and stamps in it. Now I have room for the large cupboard in the living room. If I can stand the heat long enough to finish refinishing it. I will try today. It will be so beautiful when it's finished. Worth all the effort, I know. It will make a nice display for pictures this Fall. I plan on letting the Mr set up his GI JOE Collection on it also. It's only fair. I have all the other spaces allocated to my fluff and whims. I received my Art Doll Party Hat yesterday from my swap partner, Deb and it's Gorgeous!!! I bet you'd like to see it! I asked for a mermaid and I got one! The most beautiful mermaid with a glittered tail and a gorgeous gold net full of fish and a lovely stack of photo and wallpaper ephemera to create more dolls with. Here is a link to her Blog- HopHopJingleBoo and here are some pictures of my lovely mermaid hat... and all the cool stuff she added...wallpaper and vintage photos.   Below that is the mantle filled with art paper doll party hats and below that is the cupboard with painting supplies and stamps. Then a look around the sewing room. Up, down, and all around. Then my current wip.  I added a few things to the Etsy shop since I was cleaning up the sewing room- some stamp  organizers and  a few unwanted stamps and stars and I lowered some prices. You'll have to go see. Etsy shop I bought some watercolor crayons and am thrilled with them- it's fun to play!!

Comments

[nita from red tin heart]

The hat is so wonderful. I love, and I mean love mermaids. I have felt a bit down myself over this heat. I don't do heat well. I would like to get out and go for a walk, but I don't want a heatstroke!! I can do cold much better than heat. Hang in there fall is on its way. xo Nita

[Lisa 'Oceandreamer' S.]

Your party hat dolls are SO joyful and fabulous and it's really making me want to run to the party store. And as a Mermaid I LOVE the one your swap partner sent you as well!! and look at all the extra goodies, lucky you Miss Calamity!
As for feeling snarfy...honey you have every right to get it out there. Heat and not feeling well I am WAY more than snarfy when that happens. I could never get used to all that humidity - thankfully Calif doesn't have it. So I, for one, understand your misery and say snarf on til you feel better! HA!
XO

[Amy]

Your mermaid hat is so lovely! And I love your new art doll hat! The pearls around her neck are so cute! You have such a gift for these hats!!!

I heed to put up a shelf like yours in order to display all my lovely art doll hats!!!

[Betty @ She's Sew Pretty]

I think I need to make me a party hat! Those are both awesome. I want your studio and everything in it. Fun!

[June]

We all have snarfy moments--it's part of life and we can't honestly avoid those times. However, I admire the way you acknowledge your "snariness" and then go on with creative and artful remedies. The party hats are awesome and mermaids are my favorite--I collect mermaid things.

[amanda button]

be as snarfy as you like, my friend...you know i say better out than in!
Your hats are so amazingly gorgeous, i never tire of looking at them! And i love the mermaid! She's lovely!

[Amy]

Kim--I forgot to mention that I nominated you for a NICE MATTERS blogging award for you generosity with your art and your talents!

-Amy

[LauraJ]

Your room looks like a craft shop! It's gorgeous!

[Randi]

I have a bad case of the sweltering grumpies, too. Love those party hat dolls! You should do a tutorial!

[Cheryl]

all that chatting we did today and I forgot to ask how much you love your Caran D'ache!

Will the postman EVER bring your package?

[Kim Sherrod]

Cher- I love them! Then I used the acrylic gel medium on the transparency and rubbed it off on to my painting- gorgeous!!!!! I had to buy more gesso and so tomorrow I am trying them with that! Fun!!! I love the way it makes clouds look!

[rochambeau]

Love your party hats!!