NEW Persimmony Monster Bunny

New in my shop!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/126431497/handmade-art-doll-persimmony-monster?

Stuff waiting to be finished

I have no idea how I used to put out so much stuff. I think now that the kids are older they are able to eat more and make bigger messes they don't clean up....because I can't seem to find quality doll making time. It sucks. I'm pissy, Ugh.

Primrose Rabbit to benefit The Robin Sullins Relief Auction

Miss Primrose Rabbit is on Ebay specially to support Robin Sullins. To read about Robin please go here http://robinsullins.com/about/

To adopt Primrose and help Robin please visit here: http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_osacat=0&_ssn=www.duirwaighgallery.com&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313&_nkw=junker+jane&_sacat=0&_from=R40

From the rabbit hole...

Peek a boo WIP.

Monster Suma

New in my Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/125228275/handmade-plush-monster-monster-suma

Vampire Folk!

Vampire Folk- Limited Edition prints and dolls for Portland ComicCon
I was invited by the super cool Screaming Sky Gallery http://www.facebook.com/screamingskygallery?fref=ts to create some unique works for their PortlandComic Con booth!
There will be only 25 of each image printed and 13 dolls(Pre-printed faces)
I will be at Comic Con on Sunday from 3-4, stop by if you are in awesome Portland! ♥

Also, these dolls are debuting my new doll tag!

Being all over the place can be good!

Usually it's a good thing to start what you finish. It's discipline. But when it comes to creating I find that if I start out with a rigid end-result mindset I might worry too much or never even get started!
But creating is the one place I can be all over the place and it's a good thing!

I just follow my intuition or the creative urge now, even if that means I start painting squares in different colors on a piece of junk wood. I have several painted wood plaques around my room and one day I had the urge to nail a red children's wooden block to it, so I did. Then I found wooden craft game pieces and loved how they looked next to the wooden block. This was a month ago and it's not finished because I didn't know where to take it next. But that's okay, I set it aside and started decorating  a left over scrap canvas with craft pom poms, a marker cap, just goofy things! I didn't finish it because I don't where it's going yet. I'm waiting for the idea to come. It will come, but on its own time. I have learned not to force something, but just to trust. It's this trusting that allows me to get new ideas and grow because the pressure to finish a piece from start to finish is gone.The answer always comes, I just need to wait and be open to it.
I used to feel that I was wasting so much time starting a doll, pillow, or painting and not finishing them. Or spending the entire afternoon setting up displays in my room. I felt like I kept making failures, even though I was very inspired while doing the half part that came to me to create. I am realizing these are necessary steps though, in my creative journey and it's not a waste of time, that this is the way my inner artist grows. I might not understand why,but this is how it is. I just need to trust my intuition and let the ideas out. Without knowing what it will end up being.  JUST LET THEM OUT.

By allowing myself to create this way, I continue to grow and this is what it is all about!

What is your process of creating? Feel free to share your ways :)