It's time for Spring Already!

Okay, I don’t think I am alone in having enough of winter and being ready for spring.  Well, I can’t control the weather but I can make it look more like spring inside.  I have been on a flower making spree and thought I would share some of the flower art dolls I have been working on.  

I really fell in love with this one and just might keep her for myself!

Most of them will be on sale at the Quinlan Art Doll and Teddy Bear Convention in Philadelphia on Saturday May 2, 2015.  If you are interested in finding out more about the convention click on the following link

http://www.quinlanmuseum.com/convention/agenda-details.html

 I am also teaching a class at the same convention on Thursday April 30^th on how to needle sculpt and use watercolors to create a cloth doll head.  Information to sign up for the class can be found by clicking on the same link.

I also wanted to share that I have been interviewed by my good friend Maria for a blog post on Greene Earth Originals.  If you are interested in reading the article and seeing some more pictures of my dolls you can click on the link here

http://greeneearthoriginals.blogspot.com/

If you sign up for her newsletter she will give you a free mixed media tutorial.  Pretty awesome right?

And last but not least, I am getting ready to teach Claudette:  A Cage Doll online class on A for Artistic starting March 30^th.  You can find out more about the class by clicking on the link here

http://www.aforartistic.com/claudette-a-cage-doll-marla-l-niederer-cloth-doll-artist.html

It Was Another Spring Snow Storm or the Birth of Two Very Silly Bunnies

Last Saturday morning I woke up and took a peek outside my window and was disheartened by witnessing yet another blustery snow storm.  It was the 22^nd of March.  Enough with the snow!   It was time for the snow to have long been melted and time for the daffodils to bloom.  I couldn’t quite do anything about the weather outside but I was determined to start making it look a little more like spring inside!  At that thought I felt impelled to pull two bunnies out of my very full bag of unfinished projects to complete on that blustery spring day.  The bunnies were two that I had started two years ago when I had designed and shared the pattern for them with my doll club in Ottawa.  The first bunny was made to show an example to the doll club during the presentation and the second bunny was used for the demonstration of techniques used in the creation of the bunnies.  Somehow life moved on and the bunnies were forgotten and left unfinished until last Saturday.  I had quite a bit of fun completing and dressing the bunnies.  Just looking at them helps it feel more like its spring don’t you think