I got back on Tuesday from my five day trip to the UK and I felt exhausted, which is odd because I didn't do that much really! I was really happy to see that my mum is doing so well, she is now walking quite well with either the walker or her crutches, she's also cooking and able to do light housework. The only thing she's not doing is going outside on her own, which is fair enough as the weather isn't good and I'd hate for her to slip over.
Whilst there I did a little bit of shopping and met up with friends. My friend Sue, who I've mentioned several times before here on my blog, brought a parcel over to my mum's house, which I'd had sent to her from Dollstown in South Korea. I will share more of that in a future post. Anyway, it was lovely to catch up with Sue again if only for a brief time.
One of the dolls I brought back with me is Sienna by Kaye Wiggs. I bought her from a friend in the UK who is downsizing her collection. In fact I bought two dolls from her but will show them seperately.
Sienna is in Coffee tan resin and I have to say that her sculpting just blew me away, she is so beautiful. I think that she is my favourite Kaye Wiggs doll sculpt so far. She is so realistic!
Please excuse the dust particles on her face, I forgot to blow them away before taking the photos.
This girl is 43cm tall and has the 'Abby' body, which is the smaller of the two MSD bodies released with Kaye Wiggs dolls. She has beautiful Coffee Tan resin which is darker than my other Kaye Wiggs dolls and is such a pretty dark tan. There were only 50 of this doll released in this colour resin and all of them have had their faceups enhanced by Kaye herself. My girl is number 29.
The wig in the photos is a very dark Tibetan lambswool and although it's very full, I think it's absolutely perfect for her face sculpt. The only problem is, I don't see all the stray hairs in the photos until I've uploaded them and put the doll away, so apologies for all of those!!!
My friend sent her with this outfit as well as two others, so Sienna has some different clothing options until I can sew for her. I love her in these colours, I think they really suit her.
I believe these glass eyes are the ones she came with from Kaye.
I think in the past I read an interview with Kaye where she was asked where she got the inspiration for her sculpts and if I remember rightly she said that she sculpted the faces of the children she saw around her in her home country of Australia. If this is the case then she really is spot on with this one, she so reminds me of the little Aboriginal children that live down there in Oz, she's just gorgeous!!!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Big hugs
Sharon xxx
Most people complain that January goes by so slowly after the rush of December and Christmas but I must admit, that having been in the UK from the 3rd to the 11th, the month seemed to whizz by! I was hardly home when the 31st arrived and brought with it my son Brendan who came over for a week's holiday with us. He mainly comes to see us on his own as he has more holidays than his wife Virginia, so when she comes to Spain she naturally spends the time with her family. Anyway, it was a great week, we did lots of chatting and laughing and of course shopping, Brendan always wants to buy things here that are apparently much cheaper than the UK, so he keeps us very busy!!
Lucy loves having Brendan home!
On the dolly front I have sold a couple of dolls and done a bit of sewing as well as have taken some photos of different dolls who've had a change of clothes or wig. The weather has been lovely, very warm and sunny, perfect weather for taking my girls outside to photograph.....
Here is Holly (formerly Wentje, the doll I showed in my last post), she is a Zwergnase Junior and is 55cm tall. I changed her into this dress that I made ages ago for another doll that has since left for pastures new. I then added a 'shirt' underneath so that it looked a bit different from when the last doll wore it. When I first got her I wasn't sure about her but since I got back from the UK and have had a chance to 'play' with her, she's really grown on me.
Also today I changed the wig on my Little Cosmos Dolls Robin. I've always thought of her as a dark haired girl but yesterday I received this wig from a group order I'd participated in back in the autumn. By the time it arrived, I couldn't remember who I'd ordered it for!!! So Dylan (Robin) tried it and I really think it suits her so she will keep it.
Who'd have thought she'd look so angelic as a blond! Funny how looks can be so deceiving though😉
I also changed my little Sienna (Bastian, also by Little Cosmos Dolls) into this cute outfit by the Gorjuss company. It seems odd to have a coat with short sleeves but it's not cold here now so little Sienna doesn't mind 😉. This girl's face so appeals to me, she always looks so worried, like she's scared she's about to be told off!!!
I made a couple of outfits for my Kaye Wiggs girls, here is Gracie modelling the outfit I made for her....It wasn't quite finished in this photo, I'd forgotten to put the cord through the bottom of the sleeveless hoodie!!
Here we go, the cord is now done and I made another outfit, this time for Hope.
I have a third outfit cut out and ready to sew for Layla, I'll get to that soon I'm sure!
In the meantime, I am off to the UK again on Thursday to see my mum and brother. My mum has been doing very well since her fall and is completely on the mend now, thank goodness. She was recently discharged by the physiotherapists and is now walking well with the aid of a walking stick or a walking frame. I'm only going for five days but looking forward to it....apart from the weather!!!
I have some dolly purchases to pick up whilst over there so hopefully will have some new arrivals to show you on my return.
Have a great week ahead, and for those of you being affected by Storm Ciara, keep safe and warm.
Big hugs
Sharon in Spain xxx
