Pretty Flowers

Just some photos of pretty flowers in my neighbor's yard. I took them last weekend...

New Photo: Rebirth

I was lucky enough to see this beautiful cicada break free of his shell and start climbing up the sycamore tree in our front yard. He still had moisture on his wings, and they looked iridescent like stained glass! Cicadas have long been symbols of rebirth, longevity, reflection, change, resurrection and immortality.

This photo is now available on my shops at Red Bubble , Cafe Press and Zazzle (technically I'm still posting it on Zazzle, but it's already available on quite a few things).

Notes from a Nose

Ringo wishes you all a happy weekend!

New Photo: Eyes of Love

Mini dachshund Ringo looks like an angel, soaring through the clouds, with a vey loving expression.

This photo is now available on my stores at Zazzle,Cafe Press, Red Bubble, and my deviantArt Print shop.

I originally took this photo a couple of months ago - can you believe my little guy is going to be 10 years old this Friday?!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ringo and I just want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! And Ringo wanted to model one of his new coats for you ^_^ 

Isabelle

I am finally posting a couple of photos of my new porcelain BJD. Her name is Isabelle. She is 35cm tall, made by JRDolls. I have to say, although I love all my dolls a lot, she is definitely one of my very favorites. She arrived on December 7, 2013.

Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to take many pictures of her. I only have 2 to post right now, plus there is one more I posted here, which is a photo available in my stores. Hopefully I will be able to take more pictures of her, and my other girls, soon! But until then, here are the ones I have:

New Photo: Amber Faerie Doll

"Amber Faerie Doll"
©2014 Debi Cady

The Amber Faerie lives deep in the gemstone forest, cultivating amber in the form of flowers and mushrooms, which she then distributes throughout the world. Amber is the stone of the zodiac signs Taurus and Leo, and is an alternate November birthstone. It represents eternal love, life and youth. It is also said to have many healing properties.

This image is now available on my stores at Cafe Press, Zazzle, Red Bubble, and my deviantArt Print Shop.

If anyone is interested, I wrote a post back in July about the making of this doll, with more photos. you can read that here. ^_^

New Photo: Clara and the Nutcracker

"Clara and the Nutcracker"
©2014 Debi Cady

Clara (portrayed by porcelain ball-jointed doll Isabelle) sits in front of the Christmas tree hugging her beloved Nutcracker, wondering what she can do to save him.

This image is now available on a variety of products on my stores at Cafe Press, Zazzle, Red Bubble, and my deviantArt print shop.

I love the story of Nutcracker and Mouseking! The ballet, the music, the original book… they are all really good! I found a cute little Russian cartoon that was inspired by the ballet:

Also, Isabelle, the doll in the photo, is my newest porcelain BJD. She was my Christmas present. I just now realized that I did not write a post about her. I will try to do that in the next week or so...

New Photo: Dachshund Love

"Dachshund Love"
©2013 Debi Cady

Mini Dachshund Ringo is in love with stuffed dachshund Elvira. Will she return his affections? Conversation hearts tell of Ringo's love, while two large dachshund tables act as chaperones.

This photo is now available on my stores at Cafe Press, Zazzle, Red Bubble, and my deviantArt print shop.

Ringo and I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, and we wish you many blessings in the new year. Happy 2014!! :D

New Photo Illustration: Dachshund Snow

"Dachshund Snow"
©2013 Debi Cady

Mini Dachshund Ringo, surrounded by sparkly snowflakes - but look carefully! All the snowflakes are dachshunds too!

This image is now available on a wide variety of products in my stores on Cafe Press, Zazzle, Red Bubble and my deviantArt print shop .

Ringo sends you all his love, and we hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Llamas, Frogs and Forget-Me-Nots

What do they all have in common? Well, nothing much, really, except that they all have something to do with doll clothes I've made recently :P Sorry I haven't posted in a while, things have been kind of busy lately. In addition to making the clothes below, I have been working on a new book, taking a tapestry weaving class, knitting a new little dolly, studying Russian and Korean (well, the Russian is just brushing up, since it's not the first time I studied it, but still, it's time-consuming), and I am still working on the Snegurochka costume for Elena (look for an update on that in the next week, hopefully, I'm almost done sewing the dress). 

So the first outfit is the Llama outfit, modeled by Kateri. The llamas are handwoven out of organic colorgrown cotton. I used the same yarn to trim the top and skirt, as well as on the sandals and the handle for the purse. The rest of the outfit is made of organic cotton too :) I picture her going to an outdoor market, or some sort of art show or something in this outfit. Some place outdoors, in the summer, just relaxing and doing a little shopping, or something fun like that ^_^

Here are a few pics of the llama pieces, just off the loom:

The second outfit I call "Forget-Me-Not", just because the color of the fabric looks like certain kinds of forget-me-not flowers. Well, that, and I couldn't think of what else to call it! lol It is modeled by Bu-Yong, and is made of organic cotton with swarovski crystal accents. I made the shoes too. I was going for some kind of ballet flat. I can't say I succeeded entirely, but they are useable for now...

And now for the frogs. I am making Kisa a costume inspired by the Russian fairy tale "The Frog Tsarevna". This trim is based on a charted knitted pattern created by Huldamor on Ravelry. She was nice enough to allow me to weave it :) I will actually be weaving two of her patterns for this costume. I'm using very fine, organic cotton lace-weight yarn. Here are some pics of the trim I have finished so far (and of course, Kisa too!):

I'm really happy with the way this trim turned out! I haven't been able to start the second trim yet - I had to put this project on hold temporarily, because I need to use this loom for the tapestry weaving class that I'm currently taking. But as soon as that is done, I'll weave the other trim, and then get to sewing the costume!

Well, that is all for now. I hope you're all well, and enjoying Spring!

~Debi

P.S. Ringo says "hi"! He is doing really well :) The warmer weather is making him quite sassy.

Waiting for lunch...

Ringo was quite sad while waiting for lunch today. It seemed to take ever so long! *sigh* Such a hungry little man... He kept making little groaning noises. So very sad.

But, you will be glad to know that this story has a happy ending! Ringo finally had his yummy lunch, and now he's in my lap sleeping - one of his favorite things to do (other than eating), is to be held while I work on the computer. So he's very happy right now :D

Happy 8th Birthday, Ringo!!

It's hard to believe, but Ringo is 8 years old today! He's still as playful as when he was a puppy, though. 

Today is my birfday, you will do whatever I say!

What's that?

You have something? For me? Gimme, pwease!

It's a yellow lizard!

He makes a good pillow! (this, of course, took place after lizard was viciously attacked and Ringo was tired out :P)

Don't even think of messing with my new lizard! If you do, you will pay the ultimate price.

Happy Birthday, my sweet little man!