Oh what a wonderfully relaxing weekend this was, strolling through the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens with a tiny Blythe meet crew of three talking and taking photos of our dollies.
This one was organized by my friend Paula. I was so excited and honestly I think we could not have chosen a better day than this Sunday. Although it was definitely chillier than anyone expected, mostly due to the winds, it was absolutely a lovely clear day for Cherry trees, Magnolias, tulips and more. It was just glorious.
I stayed after Paula and Mel left because I love BBG dearly and I have no idea when I'll get the chance to visit again and wanted to make the most of exploring all I could although I know it like the back of my hand.
I was born in Brooklyn in the 70s. My mom brought my brother and I there since we were babies and it holds very dear, happy and personal memories for me that miraculously still remain so. And so naturally Blythes fit right in!
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For love of Blythe and other dolly wonders...
Monday, April 22, 2013
BBG Blythes
Friday, April 19, 2013
ADAD: 365/100
ADAD photo challenge really starts to feel like work to me somewhere in the late 90s but I'm really gladI made it this far and hope I can press on to the end. It's been such a busy few weeks and it's going to get even better I'm afraid but I'm trying to stay inspired.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Finishing touches on Martia the Martian
Last night I just had this burst of inspiration to start doing some paint design on Martia that I've been thinking about since I first painted her and sent her off to be flocked.
Martia is supposed to be a Martian or space alien and I imagined her in a spacey glittery way with silvery face markings to identify her spacey origins. But I've been hesitating to do it for weeks because I wanted it be perfect and I often had serious doubts about my ability to execute the image I had in my head.
Anyway, for whatever reasons, I just went for it last night and to my delight I was able to do exactly what I had imagined. I hate to sound all esoteric and corny but I swear it almost did itself. I just tried to be nicer to myself around the possibility of mistakes. Sometimes I can become so paralyzed with not wanting to make mistakes in my work that I end up doing nothing at all and that's not good. It's not good for anyone whose instinct is to create things.
So, I'm hoping to be more open to the creativity gods this year and to trust myself a little more when I have ideas because I really love how this turned out. This is just the little alien I had in mind.
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