Great thrift find, and summer musings.....

Well, summer turned out busier than I thought! With all the clear weather and free time I had, I took on projects like painting the siding on the house, etc. Camping and diving were high on the list, too. In the end, there wasn't much doll making....

BUT....

My son and his girlfriend are visiting, and wanted to go to the thrift stores and antique malls around here. I lucked out at Goodwill, where I found THIS:

It was obviously a candle holder that was broken at the top, but it still held possibilities for me. I would like to use it as a base for a C/C doll. I think I could stuff a torso in the hole where a candle cup must have once presided. I don't think this will be my upcycle doll submission, since there was already a similar one created, and I would like mine to be different than the others, for diversity. But I think she will have to be a fancy lady, indeed!

There was a mate to this one.... a little shorter; I don't know why I didn't buy it, but I went back several weeks later, and there it was, waiting!

I was bored to death without my doll-making stuff while camping and diving at Lake Ouachita, but I filled some of my time doing this:



This is made from slate rock washed up on the shore, glued down onto a black painted board. The slate comes in so many colors.... reds, rusts, pinks, greens, whites, tans, browns, blacks, blues, and grays. In the end, I made two; this was the first, and the other still needs completing, but it is pretty exciting, so far! I started off with a simple design, just to get the hang of it.... I had never done a project like this before, but I received a lot of comments from other campers!

I think I will do some doll making again very soon. I am flooded with ideas.... time to pick one! I'm almost out of time for the ADQ submission!!! While camping, I had infinite time to pick up odd discarded and forgotten things around the campground, and also found a handful of small crystals, so I may work with these as well.