Art Doll Christmas Tree

 

Bear Magic on Art Doll Tree by Marla L. Niederer

I just posted a video of my 2020 Art Doll tree and thought I would share a little about some of the dolls on the tree.

 

Angel created by Christine Shively Benjamin

This is an angel created by Christine Shively Benjamin.  I am so fortunate to have one of her absolutely lovely creations!

 

Carnival created by Tamara Pivnyuk

This is a beautiful souvenir doll created Tamara Pivnyuk for the 2018 NAIDA conference.  I just love it!

 

Doll created by Julie Brais

This is a tiny doll made by Julie Brais that I adore and have to admit that I keep it out all year!

 

Queen Anne inspired dolls by Marla L. Niederer

These are two Queen Anne inspired dolls that I recently created and added to my tree this year (yes I took them down from my Art doll wall for the holidays).

 

Bear and Racoon Magic by Marla L. Niederer

These are Bear and Raccoon Magic that I made for the online class I recently taught in October.  I took them down from my Art doll wall  and also added them to my tree this  year.   

 

Happy Meal angels and creations by a very young Jason  Awesome Niederer

These are Happy Meal McDonald’s angels that were given to me long ago.  The candle holders and wooden tree were made by my absolutely wonderful son many many years ago.

 

If you wish to see the video of my art doll tree just click on the link below.

2020 OrsinisAngels Art Doll tree  

You can find out about my self study classes by clicking on the picture below.

 

Self Study Classes by Marla L. Niederer

You can find out about the Little Lion and Little Santa Art dolls I have for sale by clicking on the picture below.

 

Art Dolls for Sale

You can find out about all the free tutorials I offer by clicking on the picture below.

 

Free Tutorials by Marla L. Niederer

If you want to find out more about me click on my picture below.

 

About Me

Until next time…….

 

warm hugs,

Marla

Sewing room

 I haven’t posted in a bit. I’ve been a bit behind on things but thought I would share with you what I have been up to lately.

I’m continuing to work on organizing my studio and have recently focused on my sewing room.

 

My sewing room  art doll display

This is one of the walls of the sewing room where I just put up a display of my collection of art dolls.  Some are vintage, some were created by other doll artists, and some were made by me.

 

Vintage Baitz Dolls

These are the vintage Baitz dolls that I have collected.  The one on the right is a souvenir doll from Appenzell Switzerland where part of my husband’s family is from and where we have visited in the past. The other two are the Baitz Mozart pair that I fell in love with and had to have. 

 

Doll made by Barbara Schoenoff

This is a doll created for me by Barbara Schoenoff as part of a doll exchange.  Lucky me!

 

Doll made by Christine Shively Benjamin

This is an angel made by Christine Shively Benjamin.  Isn’t she lovely!

Doll I created using Peggy Wilson's Long Tall Sally pattern

This is a doll made by me quite some time ago using Peggy Wilson’s Long Tall Sally pattern for the doll.

 

Bear and Raccoon Magic Dolls  by Marla L. Niederer

These are the dolls I made for the online class I taught called Bear and Raccoon Magic.

 

Queen Anne inspired doll by Marla L. Niederer

Queen Anne inspired doll by Marla L. Niederer

These are my Queen Anne inspired dolls that I have recently created.

Ocean Goddess Mermaid by Marla L. Niederer

This is the mermaid, Ocean Goddess, that I created.  It took me six months to bead embroider her!

 

My Singer Featherweight

This is one of my favorite sewing machines that I use to sew my art dolls.  I also created the sewing companion, the Little Miss Marie, and Little Lamb Lissette.  There is a free tutorial on how to create your own Little Lamb Lissette in the tutorial section below.

 

I hope you viewing part of my sewing studio today.

 

In my next post I will share some of the holiday decorating I have also been doing with you.

 

You can find out about my self study classes by clicking on the picture below.

 

Self Study Classes

You can find out about the Little Santa Art dolls I have for sale by clicking on the picture below.

 

Little Santa Art dolls for sale

You can find out about all the free tutorials I offer by clicking on the picture below.

 

Free Tutorials

If you want to find out more about me click on my picture below.

 

About Me

Until next time…….

 

warm hugs,

Marla

 

Working on my studio

 

Painting stations in my studio

Inspired by the art studio tours on the Art Connection Summit and the NAIDA virtual conference, I started working on reorganizing my studio this week.  This is my painting room.  

Standing Station in my studio

I wanted to set up a space in it where I can easily film my projects while I was working on video tutorials and classes.  I recently invested in a camera arm so I no longer need to work around a tripod to hold my camera while videotaping sessions.  I tried it out this week and it works amazingly well.

videotaping station with camera arm in my studio

Since I am trying to develop a consistent watercolor painting practice, I have dedicated one station to watercolor painting.  

Watercolor painting station in my studio

This is a close up of my watercolor painting station.  

Close up of watercolor painting desk

My beloved husband made me a reproduction watercolor painting box which I love and keep my tube watercolors in.

Reproduction watercolor painting box

Reproduction watercolor painting box

The studio still needs some work and a bit more decluttering but it is getting closer to how I would like it.

Another work station in my studio

You can find out about my self study classes by clicking on the picture below.

 

Self Study Classes

You can find out about the Little Lion and Little Santa Art dolls I have for sale by clicking on the picture below.

 

Art Dolls for Sale

You can find out about all the free tutorials I offer by clicking on the picture below.

 

Free Tutorials

If you want to find out more about me click on my picture below.

 

About me

Until next time…….

 

warm hugs,

Marla

I Love what students do with my class projects!

 

Sleeping Mermaids by Marla L. Niederer

I have to share a project Christy Chumley created after taking my Sleeping Mermaid class. 

 

Octopus Doll by Christy Chumley

I always encourage students in my classes to make three heads for each project so they can use the head they like the best for the doll.

 

Octopus doll by Christy Chumley

Christy used one of the extra Sleeping Mermaid heads she made to create her Octopus doll.

 

Octopus Doll by Christy Chumley

I just love how her Octopus doll came out!

 

On another note I have been downsizing my collections trying to choose what to let go and what to keep.  

 

My teacup collection

It started with my teacup collection.  Prior to arranging them in my china cabinet like this, there was kind of a mash up of unrelated items in the cabinet and it just didn’t look as pretty and calm as I wished it would. 

 

My Half Doll Collection

Some of the items in it didn’t go together such as my collection of 1920’s half dolls and my beloved husband’s collection of mementos from Switzerland and two forks from his grandfather.

 

My Beloved's collection of memorabilia

 So I asked him to make me two shadow boxes so I could arrange the items from our collections together in a way that we could enjoy them without feeling cluttered.

 

Antique doll collection at Carmel Doll Shop

  I originally got the idea of placing a collection of small dolls into a shadow box when I visited the Carmel Doll Shop in Pacific Grove California during the 2018 NIADA conference.   Displaying our collections like this makes it easier to enjoy what you truly love and let go of the excess.

You can find out about my self study classes by clicking on the picture below.

 

Self Study Classes

You can find out about the Little Lion and Little Santa Art dolls I have for sale by clicking on the picture below.

 

Art Dolls for Sale

You can find out about all the free tutorials I offer by clicking on the picture below.

 

Free Tutorials

If you want to find out more about me click on my picture below.

 

About Me

I will be teaching the Sleeping Mermaid class again online next year.  You can be kept posted of when it will start by signing up to be placed on the waiting list on the AforArtistic website.

 

Sleeping Mermaid Online Class with Marla L. Niederer

 

Until next time…….

 

warm hugs,

Marla