Yup. I’ve spent the last couple of days making dolls. And bookmarks. And stuff to go with the dolls. I’m not sure why the urge to make dolls, but here I am, ignoring my ms in favor of stuffing and sewing (which I’m really not good at. Must get sewing machine!) and beads and buttons. Maybe because I finished The Shifter’s Heart and Sanctuary so close together, I just needed a short break from writing. A vacation of sorts. 
I put my dolls on Etsy if you’d like to take a look. Some of them, the yarn dolls, are really a piece of cake to make. Especially when compared with the doll I’ve named December, and her doll, Christabel! Here they are:
I made December the little doll named Christabel, and knitted her a crossbody bag that looks sorta like a demented frog, but she likes strange things. You can probably tell that from looking at her big crooked eyes. She’s wearing some jewelry, too. 
Anyway, she and Christabel and the yarn dolls will be up on Etsy soon.
And the yarn dolls…
I also made tiny pink girl yarn dolls with purple boy dolls, and I’ll post those as sets. They’re safe for little kids, unlike Ms. December who has beads and all sorts of little kid un-friendly stuff.
Fun fun
Tags: december, doll making, dolls, yarn
The monster who shot my brother, sister in law, and niece has a trial scheduled for this November. I haven’t gotten over any of my anger and I haven’t stopped missing my family; I never will. But as the months go by, it gets a little easier to bear, somehow.
But sometimes I’ll hear something that brings it back full force and it’s like a train hitting me.
My seven year old nephew, who witnessed the killings, told my niece the other day, ‘After I got out from under sissy, I had to walk over mammaw and pappaw, then I ran down the hill and called the cops. After all, they did shoot my people.’ And my heart broke all over again.
Tags: murder, nephew, shootings
Hi everyone:)
I hope you all had a great 4th! The last couple of days have been gloomy and wet here, so I’ve been writing quite a bit. What else can one do on a rainy day?:)
I really want to get Sanctuary wrapped up in the next few days so I can start on the new book.
Anyway, for those of you curious about the giver of flowers, come on over to my website. I’ve posted a photo
Tags: flowers, sanctuary, steve, website
