New Items on PFAtt Marketplace For February

It has been many years since I added items to PFatt Marketplace.  At that time I was working under the name Nanny Norton Prims doing extreme primitive dolls.  I have changed a lot over the years and evolved into more mediums and a more whimsical style. I decided to rejoin the wonderful PFatt Markeplace community and have already spoken to some wonderful vendors.  It is a terrific venue and they have wonderful items.  Here is a link to take a peek at all the goodies.

PFatt Marketplace

My items up for sale are

Beer Buddies Refrigerator Magnets

I love goofy magnets and I love to drink beer and I have both a beer and a wine fridge. So it was an easy decision to make some goofy magnets to go on the front of the fridge.  Have you ever gotten to the fridge after a few beers and stopped just to steady yourself long enough to pull the door open?  Well I know the feeling and these little guys are there to cheer you on.  Sometimes I need that pep talk before I grab another cold Mich Ultra from the caverns of the frozen tundra.  If you don't drink you could use them to talk you down from that coconut cream pie. Either way they are a necessity in todays hectic life.

Follow this link:    Beer Magnets here

Sale on Etsy........13% off through the next week

I have added some new goodies to Etsy and started a sale......
here is a preview:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/176856490/winter-sale-ooak-bunny-rabbit-primitive?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/176865675/winter-sale-ooak-bunny-rabbit-primitive?ref=listing-shop-header-2

https://www.etsy.com/listing/175837006/winter-sale-klopp-ooak-primitive-folk?ref=shop_home_active_10


Any questions just send me a email and I do layaway if you see something you can't live without and you just don't have the cash on hand right now.

New Softies for this week...

I had actually sew these together back before October of last year but am just now getting them finished.  It is hard to work a full time job and craft 36 hrs a week, but I try my best. LOL,
The cute cloth softies are now listed on Etsy at this link:   New Cloth Dolls

So Please stop in and take a peak......

Frankenstein doll 9.5 inches tall- cloth, acrylic, ink and imagination.

Ghoulie doll- 9.5 inches. Cloth, acrylic and ink

Skelle hearts for Valentine's Day..... he is in love and is so having fun.  Cloth, ink and acrylic.
9.5 inches tall.

Easter Goodies Ready For Etsy

I am so bad to not post on here on a regular basis that I really want to make that a resolution this year.  I have been very busy working on new things.  Mostly for Easter since that is a pretty active Holiday.  Here are a few of the things I have added to my Etsy store.  You can email me if you have any questions.

My Grinch Tree if finished and I just love it

Finished Tree

Hand in tree

Feet positioned under tree

Second layer of Celluclay

                                  I really enjoyed making my Grinch theme tree. I started with drawing out what I wanted for the hands and feet and went from there. I decided to start with a cloth head and add celluclay.  I then added paper clay for details.  This was an ongoing process over several days. After it was dry I painted and stained the finished piece and wired the head to the top of the tree.  I plan on adding ornaments and such and will keep you posted.

Pattern pieces I drew out

Stuffed hand with wire x2

Christmas Crafting.......So Excited

Well it is 3:00 Am and I am wide awake. Been planning all week for my days off from the hospital to do some Christmas crafting for me. I want a million snowmen and the best place to start is with number 1 LOL. I have been haunting Pinterest for the last few days looking for inspirations in clay and cloth. I love Extreme Prim and am leaning in that direction for today. I have several ideas this morning. Just gathering my thoughts and waiting for for my hubby to wake up before I start making a lot of noise. Wish me luck. I am adding a link to my Pinterest board so you can see what I been using to get me excited.

Christmas Doll Board

Thursday Morning and My Wish For Christmas

I spend so many hours creating, painting and reading about how to create, paint and other such articles that I forget to just enjoy my day. Right now I am lying in bed watching TV snuggled under the covers with a diet MT. Dew. I would prefer to stay here all day. But as with most days, I have a mountain of things to finish up. I think if I had never picked up a paint brush or a pack of clay my life would be so much simpler and possibly easier. I so enjoy my art but it is overwhelming. I wonder if other artists feel the same pressure to create, not so much from fans but from myself. I lay awake at night thinking of my next project. I wish I could turn it off and on when I want to think about it. That is my wish for Christmas. A button to keep the art bugs at bay. The voices that haunt my every second. The dolls that scream from the gallery as I try to work or interact with my friends. I would like to say to them this morning, SHUT UP!!!!!!!

Sale on Etsy........last one of the year!

I have decided to put my shop on sale for the next few days.  It ends the 15th so not much time left.  I have been working on getting things ready for next year so wanted to clear out some of the shelves.

Etsy Shop





I have also added a new treasury of fun and macabre items that you might want to take a gander at.  It is just a fun, shopping type of day.

Click here for Treasury

Nov. Art Doll Quarterly.........look for the Voodoo Child

I got my copy of next quarters Art Doll Quarterly in the mail and I am thrilled to grace its pages.  It is such a cool magazine and it is an honor to be included.  There are so many wonderful artists in this issue.  I would so love to join them somewhere and just ask them their secrets.  Here is a sneak peak at my page.

Here is a link so you can order your copy if you don't already have a subscription.

Art Doll Quarterly

 My doll is the little voodoo doll Cubit to the right. I have the technique in my article too.









The doll on the cover is fantastic and there are several others inside that are even more fantastic.

Ky Crafted - I am in!

Well I finally applied to Ky Crafted the first of August and got my letter that I was juried in.  Very excited about this's, should really make a difference in my future. I really need to get to work now and get some work together.  Hope to here soon from Art Doll Quarterly about my Circus Klan.

Ky Crafted

Circus Extravaganza

I have spent the last 3 weeks of my life creating a Circus Freak Show.  These creatures are made of paper and polymer clays and painted with acrylic paints. I was inspired by an art challenge but it has taken on a life of its own.  I have really enjoyed this process by it really took a toll on my creativity. Needed a few days off, LOL.

Any comments would be appreciated.......

New Week...........what shall I make this week..........

Well Stampington and Co. have another challenge coming up for Art Doll Quarterly so any doll makers out there should gear up and get those dolls sent in.  I have several dolls in the works, I really need to concentrate on finishing something.
Here are a couple of dolls I submitted to Prims this past week.  They are a bit on the Christmasy side.

 This is a one eyed, buck toothed clown with all the prim fixins.

Prim angel with cloth wings.....and
Buck tooth Santa with a skull bag full of goodies

*theprimitivebucket*: Souffle Anyone??... Rusting Recipe

*theprimitivebucket*: Souffle Anyone??... Rusting Recipe

This looks like a great recipe for rusting things......I am off to try it right now.

A friend on Facebook just sent me a link to some very cool art.......Skot Olsen. I had not seen any of this and have decided I really like it. He has a very unique view of the world. I have added a link to his site..


Skot Olsen Works

Horror Movie........Conjuring

I went to see this movie yesterday and I thought it was awesome.  The story has been done a million times but if you want a movie that makes you jump then this is it.  I think I may have even screamed a time or two. LOL

Conjuring Trailor

Create a Hinged Metal Memory Journal

This is a fantastic tutorial for DIY jewelry journals.......took the mystery out of the hinge.  Those of us who do not know the trade are amazed at the design of things.


Create a Hinged Metal Memory Journal

Great Site for Doll Classes

Sometimes I spend hours just browsing the net because I have exhausted my creative light so I came upon this website a while ago that offers doll classes at an affordable price.  I thought I would share this site with any OOAK doll makers out there.  Knowledge is power they say and it certainly makes the day go faster, LOL.
They have some great classes on basics for polymer and Sculpey clays.

A For Artistic

I found another wonderful doll video today.........these are so creative.  I would love to make one of some of my characters.......this one is kind of sad but it is so cool.  It shows how human these little creatures we make can be.  I love the voodoo them too.

Sebastians Voodoo

Fall Art Doll Quarterly..........My Santos Doll

My Santos doll made it into the new Art Doll Quarterly from Stampington and Company's family of magazines. This is my first time being published so I am psyched. They do a fantastic job and I am honored to be included.
 It hits stands Aug. 1,  and is their Halloween issue.  It is so great you will want to buy a bunch and share.  There are so many wonderful artists in this issue, Scott Smith, E. J. Taylor, Edgar Shrum,  Bill Nelson and many others.  It is hard to put down, inspiration overload.