Snowed In
Well, as the title suggests, it's been rather wintry weather around here of late. It started snowing very heavily yesterday afternoon and it has barely let up since. When I woke up everything was blanketed in a heavy layer of white. My boss called me this morning and said that due to the weather they wouldn't be working, so I got the day off. ROCKIN' LOVELY! I stayed home all morning cruising the web, reading, and working on finishing up a doll I've been making. (I'm secretly hoping they call off work tomorrow too. I know it's really kind of cheap of me, but it was so fun to just slack off and have fun today, and I would so enjoy another round!) My brothers and sisters gleefully bundled up and ran out into the snow to play as soon as they could. I don't know why exactly but I don't really have much of an urge to play in the snow anymore. It just seems I end up standing out there and freezing with nothing to do... I used to find it such fun when I was little though.
When the mail arrived I ran out and got it, and was very happy to find that Persuasion had arrived at last! We watched it after dinner and I quite enjoyed it. That movie has such a mood to it.
As for the doll I've been making, I finished it today! It's a doll of Marie Antoinette's dear, tragic friend, the Princess de Lamballe. I find her much more interesting than Marie Antoinette, but I'm always dissapointed by how little attention she's given and how little information I can find on her, so I decided to pay a little tribute to this unfortunate Lady. I've been working on it for the last couple days; last night I began work on sewing her a gaulle style dress which I finished this morning and while I was watching Persuasion I made her hair. The only thing left to do is paint a pair of shoes on her feet. I'm really happy with the way she turned out, especially her face, which is the best human face I've ever sculpted. (Rivaled only by a bust of a young girl I did once, but her eyes were just painted on. Lamballe's eyes were sculpted and I was terrified I was going to mess them up.) As soon as my digital camera arrives I am determined to take some pictures of her so you all can see, too!
And speaking of dolls I thought I'd share the work of one of my favorite doll artists, Marina Bychkova. She is the artist who designed the doll above, and I admire her greatly, and dream of being able to make something half as beautiful as her work. See more of her exquisite dolls at http://www.enchanteddoll.com
-Olivia