Thought I had removed the previous post months ago. I had a little melt down as it were and made mention of an issue I should have left alone. Everything is settled for the most part. Just doing my best to keep working and hopefully get this site updated. Loads of new things to show you.

OMG Ihave had a busy couple of months. I am getting myself back on track now. I think I spent way to much time bouncing back and forth between forums and I was not getting much work done. LOL I have been forced to reevaluate my time spent online and I have decided that While i will continue to work on my websites, I will not be spending time in forums or a while. I have to get some work done and since I started my fan site, I have so much to do just with it I have to budget my time. Now my son and daughter are going back to school and I have those responsiblities again. I will continue with my blog. In fact my story line will begin in a week or so. I am going t use my blog to publish a story I have been writing. I may never get it to a publisher otherwise. I appologize in advance ro bad grammer and typos. LOL It may become a locked section of the site. If so please send me an email and i will email you the access information.

Thank you all very much for contacting me to let me know you have indeed read my blog entries. i guess i will have to start adding them more often. LOL I think I may actually start publishing my book here. it is a fanciful romp through the fairy world. I am not a really good writer but I have a great idea for this childrens book and since publishing it to the web will allow me to establish a copy right. It sounds like a plan. Thanks again for reading my blog. I am working on a new doll. It will bei n the style of the Wendy froud. I am in love with this look at the moment. It will have my own unique touch but the face style and method of doll making is all credited to Wendy's teaching. It  will be fully poseable. and 26" tall.

I have had quite an interesting month. Some not so good things happened that I will not get into except to say, I am so glad they are over. I have not been able to get much sculpting so I let myself down a little. I had hoped to have these 3 pid projects at least started by now. My favorite show True Blood on HBO has not letting me down though and has my mind back on making Vampires. So you can expect to see some new ones soon. I have given an older doll a make over. My daughter noticed that Mia looked like Alice so Alice she became. She is listed on her own page because made I some accessories to go with her and one picture in the shop was not going to show you all of her. My other pieces from July are a Vampire wall art plaque, and several small poseable dolls.
I never know if anyone reads these blog posts or not. So if your reading this. sign my guest book and tell me. I am starting to wonder if I am talking to the .com and no one else. LOL Thanks Linda www.charmcityoriginals.com

I have been working on new dolls. I spent the last month working on my IADR entry. I put so much time and effort into her. I did not win Ow well. Not the contest anyway. I did win some really great new skills. I was able to practice some new techniques on the larger scale doll.   She is named Dawn and is 20" tall. It took 5 pounds of clay and a solid month to make her. Her head is articulated. I spent 3 days sanding her. LOL I am very happy with her. I also got my new shipment of BOZZI clay. It hate the stiffness. But I love the clay overall. It is really hard to condition. But once it gets there. the color is gorgeous, the clay is bouncy so fine details are hard to achieve but once you get it baked it seems to be much less fragile. The raw clay isn't as bad a dust magnet as prosculpt either. Final vote. I may try to mix some kind of softer clay into the Bozzi to make it easier to condition. just a test piece to see how they blend and bake it. I will keep you informed.

This is a new experience for me. I am working on a 24" tall exotic Vampire doll. She will have a cloth over wire body and will have an polymer head/neck/shoulder, hands and feet. I am so very excited about this as I have never made a doll this size and I really like the way she is turning out. I will be posting pictures soon. I have her body finished and I am working on her working on her final painting. I haven't decided what to do about her hair. I know what I want it to look like but I have never done a wig this size so It will be an adventure. Hopefully It goes well, if not I will scrap it off and start again. LOL

I have been trying to make time to work on this website. I want to a t least get it up to speed on my new work. I have been working on some new painting techniques and am pretty happy with the results. I have also been working on a lerge pair of vampire dolls. They will be aproximately 18" tall. Each dressed in a gothic outfit. They will cloth bodied and have OOAK sculpted polymer clay head, hands, and feet. I have the female head and hands done and am working on the feet. The males face is finished I will be making a large chest plate for him as he will be bare chested. I am using an heavy wire armature so they will be poseable and will come with a stand.

Welcome to my first website. Have a look around. I am still struggling to get the hang of web design so it will be a work in progress for a while. I sculpt pretty much everyday so i will be adding new pieces weekly. I hope you can forgive any errors and or typos. I will proof read all the pages after I finsh setting it up. I am doing a show in November 09 and want the site finished before then. Hugs, Linda