Oddly Sweet Dolls

Catching Up...

 

 

I have been away for a handful of days. We were in a beautiful wedding in Portland Oregon. My phone charger was lost or I like to think stolen by my friends Ferret. I guess we will never know what happened to it. Because my phone was dead for over 3 days, my e-mails have been piling up! I am still in the process of getting back to everyone on all the different forums too. If you have contacted me, please know I will get back to you sometime in the next couple days.

Having your cell phone die and not being able to use it at first is a terrible feeling. After a day of not worrying about it, I must say it was really nice. I tend to always focus on work and it forced me to literally take a break from everything and enjoy the time I had with friends and their family's. We all must of burned off a million calories from laughing so much. That is what life is all about....

Then I got to thinking that I spend way to much time on Face-book, Doll Forums, E-mails, eBay ect... We are talking hours and hours in the morning haha. I will be cutting back on all of that. I realize my 2 year old spends more time in front of the t.v than I like because I am constantly updating everything trying to grow my business. There is so much more to the reborn industry than painting a baby. There is the business and promoting side too. 

Anyways, Portland Oregon is gorgeous! We had perfect, unusual 75 degree sunny weather I was told.  My son thinks it's "Christmas Tree Land". He is a cute 5 year old! *Hugs*

Jimmy Gnecco (OURS) "The Heart" Solo Album

Last month was so exciting as far as new album releases. My two favorite singers released solo albums only a week apart. Brandon Boyd from "Incubus" released "The Wild Trapeze" and Jimmy Gnecco from "Ours" released "The Heart". Talk about Christmas in July! Jimmy has an unbelievable voice. The first time I heard it was almost 10 years ago while shopping at some clothing store in the mall. I stopped what I was doing and looked at the t.v screen in a trance while "Sometimes" played from the "Distorted Lullabies" album. Needless to say the next place I went was to buy the album. To this day still one of my favorites. Sadly I have never been able to see them play live, they tour mostly on the east coast. Next time they are over here on the west coast it's on! Fingers crossed! 

 Jimmy's new song from "The Heart":

Bring You Home from Jimmy Gnecco on Vimeo.

"Ours" the first song I ever heard from "Distorted Lullabies":

Been away for a bit....News!

A very Happy Birthday to my oldest son who turned 5 today! **Yea**

Iv not been bogging as much lately. The past month for me has been nuts! I had planned to take this month off to be more of a help to my sister and her newborn, however work would not allow it. It's been a very stressful past few weeks. I guess we all have are ups and downs! :) 

What lots of people don't understand when creating these reborn babies is that it can take longer than you had anticipated. Not every kit is made the same and working on different kinds of vinyl can be tricky. Some softer German made kits can take a few weeks longer to paint. My past two commissioned ordered babies took a week longer that I had quoted due to the kit they choose because of how soft the vinyl was. Sometimes paint will not cure properly and it takes extra hours to complete. Thankfully all my babies have been sent out the door and on their way home! It was so fun creating them!

Commissioned orders are a million times more stressful. I'm totally not complaining! I love the experience and am so grateful I am able to do this! I just want people to understand that babies can take longer and if that happens to just be cool & have patience with the artist. This is why I only accept a couple a month.

I have paused my custom orders for a bit, at least for a good month or so. I'll update again when I will accepting them incase you are interested!

NEWS:Sweet Stuff & Wee Yawns by Marita Winters will be the next two babies that will be available for sale. They should be on eBay September 5th. I think I have slowly been working on these twins for over 4 months. I am painting hair next week and will be so excited to get pictures up to show you... Stay tuned!!

Lidy kit Didy Jacobsen

UPDATE 8/5: Lidy found her new mommy almost the moment she was launched on eBay. Thank you so much everyone for taking a peek and all the wonderful comments on facebook & eBay! She will be on her way here in the United States early tomorrow.

 

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Please welcome my newest little one. She is a "Lidy" kit by Didy Jacobsen. Adorable cheeks and nose, she is sure to steal your heart. She will be sold through eBay with a Buy It Now price. 

It's my plan to start creating one baby a month that is alittle bit more affordable for those who like & want to collect my work, yet may not be able to adopt higher priced little ones I offer. This doesn't mean that there is any less work that takes place. With each baby, I still put in the same amount of time, hard work and love! 

Her listing will launch sometime today 8/5/2010 once I finish the remainder of her photos... Stay tuned for a link.

Thanks for peeking!