FOLK ART DOLL MARY CANARY

Mother Goose Rhythm Doll

MARY'S CANARY

Mary had a pretty bird,
Feathers bright and yellow,
Slender legs--upon my word
He was a pretty fellow!

The sweetest note he always sung,
Which much delighted Mary.
She often, where the cage was hung,
Sat hearing her canary.

Now little Mary is a pretty as a picture. Mary's facial features are created with several techniques. Her gorgeous blue eyes are watercolor painted. The shading and highlighting, of her face, were also created with watercolor. The water color is sealed to keep the coloring fresh. Her nose lips and eyebrows are needle sculpted. Mary's eyebrows are also feather stitch embroidered with a rich brown color. Her eye lashes are painted. Mary's head is a separate attached piece. Her long pigtails are wool roving. Just look at those gorgeous hand made flowers adorning her pigtails.

Mary is made from osnaburg fabric. She has individual fingers and needle sculpted wee little toes. Mary sits very well as she is a little chunky. She is about 14" tall and about 13" wide. Mary has her favorite bird and fruit print dress on. This tea stained dress with the golden print fabric trim is the perfect setting for this themed doll set. Did you notice the other flower on Mary's sleeves? Flowers and birds are her favorite things.

The bird and cage are both made from onasburg fabric. Little Canary has wired feet and separate button attached wings. You can move the wings into what ever position you want. Little Canary is 5" tall. The bird cage is wired throughout so it will stand well on it's own. It is almost 9" tall and has a flower attached to the top. Did you notice it has a cage door.

For sale on my website

Traveling Mode

Tomorrow we hope to begin our journey back to Colorado via one of our favorite states New Mexico. We may not be moving back to Colorado yet. We are waiting to hear back about a summer job in Wyoming.

So I am sad to say that I will not be a vendor at the Colorado Hook-in. Not knowing what are plans are made this impossible for me to commit too.

I do have two new Black Dolls sets finished and I hope to list these over the next few days and another black doll that is almost finished. So stay tuned as to when these will hit the market.

Crisp Cool Colors

The colors of fall are in full swing up here in the Rockie Mountains of Colorado. It is crisp and cool this morning.

 I have been trying to catch the leaves falling from the aspen trees as gusts of wind cause them to cascade

 down. The unique sound of the aspen leaves quaking on the batches is a calming sound to my ears. Peace and serenity abound up here high in the mountains.  

 Our cat loves it up here as he hunts for mice and chipmunks. Sometimes just a fluttering leaf will catch his eye.

This morning was cool enough to justify a fire to try to keep off the cold.

 Much of Colorado has a fire ban but not up here. We have been enjoying the crackling popping of the pine and aspen logs as the fire consumes them. 

I hope you have enjoyed my little photo shoot from up here in the Colorado Mountains. 

Little Flower Girl

The Second doll in my Needle Punch Series.

She is free standing and weighted.

From all sides she is gorgeous.

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Lots of ideas

Enjoying the creativity swimming around in my head and working it's way out in hands on creations. 

I have a little black girl in the works. I do not do Caucasian dolls very often but my Mother Goose Pfatt Challenge doll is a Caucasion doll.This doll will follow the Mother Goose Rhythm of Mary's Canary. I also have another Mary's Canary doll in my mind that will find it's way to creation. 

MARY'S CANARY

Mary had a pretty bird,
Feathers bright and yellow,
Slender legs--upon my word
He was a pretty fellow!

The sweetest note he always sung,
Which much delighted Mary.
She often, where the cage was hung,
Sat hearing her canary.

I also have a new needle punch doll that I will be working on soon. 

Let me know if you want me to try my hand at making any of these punch needle dolls into patterns. 

Here is a picture of my last needle punch doll.

Playing Card Queens Doll Set

This wonderful doll set is on Etsy

Head there now!

Skeleta & Skelina

AHQU

Artist Halloween Queens Unite

Challenge

A Face Only A Mother Could Love

This doll set is sold.

My Halloween Castle Bootique Creations

Witch Kregraten Crow

For description of this witch doll please head to the 

Bootique 

She can be purchased directly from my 

Web Site

Or email me for Paypal invoice directly from the Bootique

Wonderful Cauldron Ornies

These unique cauldron ornies are 5" by 5" made of osnaburg fabric.

 For further description visit the

Castle Bootique Page

Email me directly from the Castle Bootique Page 

for Paypal invoice for purchase

Submission Sent

I am so excited about the possiblity of having something published in a magazine. This is the magazine I am trying to get one of my creations in. If you love primitive this is an awesome magazine.

Prims Magazine

I made one of my witch dolls and mailed it off yesterday.

This will be my first attempt and I do plan on broadening this to include other magazines. 

My newest Black Doll Rachael

Isn't Rachael the sweetest thang you ever did see.

She will be posted on Ebay soon.

She has two rug hooked bees in her little lap.

 

Spring is just around the corner

With this idea comes that thought that we will be in Colorado soon.

We hope to be back in Colorado in early April maybe in time for David's birthday. We are so excited about being back on our land. It has been almost a year. 

My niece is getting married on May 1st and we have a reunion to help plan for this summer.

We may even plant a little garden this year. 

I started two new dolls. The one might just turn into a witch doll. 

I recently joined the group AHQU on Ebay. 

Artistic Halloween Queens Unite

AHQU group is mainly about Halloween creations. But you can also search for other art with this group using the search word AHQU2.

PWGL Giveaway March 7-13

Click Here to go to the Craft Basket giveaway

On March 7th 

Hop on over to win the awesome basket. 

Click Here to go to the Craft Basket giveaway

Tessa Bunny & Baby Jazz

On Ebay Now
Click here

Noah's Ark Made the Front Cover

So excited that Noah's Ark made it to the cover of Rug Hooking Magazine. I am so excited that I am a part of this. It is a great accomplishment for Mary and Leonard. They let us share in creating some of the animals. Thank you for letting me share in this fun project.

Check it out

Huge Rug Hooked Noahs Ark

The top photo is of Mary Sheppard Burton and Leonard Feenan with the ark. This project was their idea.
The top photo puts it into perspective of just how big this ark is.
Completely rug hooked and all the animals, people and things on the ark are rug hooked.


I had the privilege and honor of making two donkeys and a bee skep for this wonderful ark.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-noahs-ark-leonard-feenan.html
http://www.hookedrugpatterns.com/noahs_ark_project

http://www.saudervillage.com/Creativity/rughooking_exhibition.asp#FtrTchr

http://www.hookedrugmuseumnovascotia.org/m_2.asp
http://marysburton.com/noahs_ark__products
http://threadsofmiz.blogspot.com/2009/10/peaceful-motivation.html
http://www.hookedrugmuseumnovascotia.org/myfiles/NoahsArkbrochure.pdf

Progress

 

Progress is being made on these creations. As you can see the little black doll has hair and a dress now. Just look at those cute toes. 

Momma Tess and Baby Jazz bunnies are all ready to list on Ebay tonight. They are so very cute together. 

The mermaid mother daughter set is getting there. I designed and made a cloth shell yesterday with an inner wire to display this doll set on. Today I will begin to paint this shell. 

The white rabbit on the right. She must like being naked as she or he has not told me what to dress them in. ♥

This weeks kreations

 

These are the dollies that are talking to me this week. 

As you can see they are all in need of clothes. So it is a good thing we are in Arizona right now. 

Thought you might like to see the works in progress.

JoEllen 

Doll Muzings

As creations form they sometimes have a mind of their own. My rabbit that was going to go with the black girl has decided that she wants the spotlight all by herself. The little black girl will probably have a black cat to go with her and she might have wings. While walking yesterday I found a perfect stick for wings. Rarely are the wings as perfect as these. Will have to see what doll these must go with.

I like to let my creations sit for a while and contemplate them. I hate it when I have procrastinated to long and something must get finished before I am ready for it to be finished.

Rabbits galore!!!!!!!!!!!

Today found me at my sewing machine. Sewing a little black girl to go with a rabbit I have in pieces. It has been a while since I made a black doll and they are among my favorite dolls to make.

I also sewed together another rabbit with a baby bunny. This is a pattern I have had a long time but now was the time to create her. I have bunnies on the brain. Hubby saw a little cotton tail this morning. I think you will fall in love with this little set. Now if it will just come together. 

The mermaid mother daughter set is ready to be painted and finished off. 

Hope to have one of these sets ready to list by this weekend. 

JoEllen

On Ebay this week

 

When you go to the auction you will see photos that do not include these whiskers. These were added after listing the doll and a bid had already happen. Thus the added photos are at the top of the page in the right hand corner. 

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Silly Angel Rabbit

 

Bear Tissue Cover

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