Is it Possible?

AA toddler Felecia Renae' may very well be getting a mommy for Christmas!!!! YEAHHHHH! She just adopted little 6" Hailee and decided that Hailee needed a sister. I am waiting with baited breath! LOL Nuri reached his destination and is now known as Nicci! Still need mommies for Abra, Chane'l, Ayashe (Landon) and Pressli Dawn. I have faith!

We had some nice weather so I put up a few lights, just seemed like I couldn't break the neighborhood tradition, especially since my neighbor across the street started putting up lights too! Their children are grown now...they didn't put up outdoor lights before...hummm. Oh well better late than never. We were supposed to be in for some bad weather...yep, barely got a 1/2 inch of snow, but it made the lights look pretty. Weathermen...KWIM

Then I had to remove my newly installed floor under the sink, I was so despondent. I just re-did it about a month or two ago from the garbage disposal leaking. However, this time it's on me. I think water seeped under the sink when I was giving the pups a bath. They have their own bath tub but if it moves wrong it tips. Nothing more to say on that. Just had to take it all back up, it was getting that mildewed odor again and I can't stand to smell it. This time...contact paper! Jeeze Louweez!!

I have to do some update pics of Melanie / Crystal and Bridgette / Amy. I am rooting Bridgette's big head LOL almost finished so that I can start on Melanie's. I love how both of their skin tones turned out. I got a new Nikon 35mm lenses for extreme close up so I am biting at the bit to take some shots! Well, hair first, pictures next. :o) Back to work~


From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie www.loveisforevernursery.com

Ayashe in her little custom made outfit and cradle board

Well I survived another year without my best friend, lover, confidant and husband. Having my moments as usual but I did finish the little one's pictures. She's definitely OOAK too!

Hope you like her...

From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie www.loveisforevernursery.com

Moving right along updated

Thanksgiving with my family was actually fun this year. We ate good as usual and I played a game with my sister, nieces and nephew. My sister and her husband from out of town came to visit, a real surprise. Still miss my hubby something fierce, just not the same without him, really nothing is the same. Now Christmas is coming again (this was his favorite holiday to celebrate) so I made myself go out and put up a few decorations. The weather was unbelievably beautiful and I must say it turned out pretty festive looking when I finally finished. I just kept it simple. It really looks nice because all of my neighbors houses are now decorated too!

Then I had to have my sewing machines worked on, had to get one fixed because it just wore out belonged to my mom and I cut my "sewing" teeth on it. The other brand new in comparison was a little out of timing. I am making a very big dog coat (that is very heavy) for a friend so I definitely want the older one working! That's when they made real sewing machines, now everything is disposable and plastic. LOL I broke my favorite guitar, my very firstest. Well I can't say that I broke it, broke it. It is over 40 years old and I think it just couldn't take anymore tuning! So I may just have her around me for sentimental reasons. My Ibanez has to be adjusted, got sick of that buzzing sound on the 6th string 1st fret. I just thank God that I have my Fender to practice on! LOL At first I thought that I was losing it getting another guitar, but I have never believed in coincidence.

I found the neatest brushes that are tiny and made for detailing, miniature as a matter of fact! Yes they have really tiny brush ends but the handles are regular length so don't panic! I love them!!! These works great on those tiny preemies that every loves to hate! LOL I love reborning preemies but doing detailing with toothpicks is a pain in the U no what. I found them at Wallyworld aka WalMart's! Just perfect for those hard to reach tiny spots and you get the set for about $6.00 and they are made by Daler-Rowney. I haven't seen them anywhere else as yet. You get an angle brush, spotter great for preemie nails and a curved tiny round brush, a tiny fan brush, a teenie tiny filbert great for blending out tight areas. I like them so well I had to get another set just in case this was a fluke and never to be seen again. They are just so cute and don't let me leave out FUNCTIONAL! Oh snap, I should have put a regular sized brush next to them for comparison.  I will do that, hey maybe even later today!

Okay here's the size comparison of my minature brushes to the regular size. I didn't put down the angle brush, because I think that you get the picture!

Update on the girls:
Abra and Pressli Dawn are getting rooted and it's looking good if I may say so myself. Chane'l is being slowly colored because I want a certain skin tone for her but just as a sneak peek I will show you how she's doing! A little funny looking right now, shes on her 4th layer, hasn't been heat set yet. I paint weird, I know. LOL I like to do about 5 -6 layers, if I can and no less than 4 before I heat set my paint, just seems to cut down on the shine. In order to accomplish this I let them set up for several days between layers for obvious reasons. I also like to paint my lips first and then bring the skin tones up to the lip shade that I want if I am going for darker skin color. It's just easier for me to know where I am going...so to speak! Yeah I know...weird, but I used to have to strip and strip my lips when I tried doing them along the way or doing them last. So there really is method to my madness for my AA babies.

 

 

I've gotten numerous emails for babies so I'm excited about that. It keeps me inspired. I just got a couple more kits (like I need more). Tamie Yarie's big one "Raven" she's going to be 21 -22 inches long (I have to take her kit picture) and a couple below by Shawna Clymer " Felicia" is supposed to be 18 inches

 

 and "Lacey" 19 -20. They are all just too adorable for words!

 

 

More updates to come!

 

From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie www.loveisforevernursery.com

Jack is now Teddy!

Nice way to start out the year!


I have made myself get back on track and finally finished little Jack now known as Teddy. It seems so funny, once I got started on him I didn't want to stop.  I will post his updated photo shoot on his "Jack" page. I am so excited, he turned out so well!
 
I have ordered "Cuddles" (of whom I did fall in love with) from BB because I am just dying to try out this AA human hair that I bought last fall. I didn't have a sculpt in my collection that I felt it would work for and this sounds like a Bigggg toddler. I am so looking forward to trying it! I have a feeling that she's going to look just adorable with a little curly Afro, even if it takes me 6 weeks to root her! I just hope that her head isn't too big for my convection oven! Now that would be ugly! LOL
I hope that they don't mind, but had to temporarily borrow BB's "un-reborn" photo until she comes! She's the first of  Donna RuBert's Fabulous Quad Series. Cookie, Ladybug and Kitten followed, but I liked her expression the bestest! She's 24 inches with her chubby knees bent but is supposed to work out to a whopping 26 inches with 3/4 limbs. Cuddles and her sisters are the equivalent of  9 or 12 month old toddlers.
 
 

Little Keanu enjoys his new home with his new mommy, they both attended the art show with me! Mentioning art, I have started a new session for my art class. This time I am doing portrait paintings of my husband. I just hope and pray that I can really do him justice and it doesn't turn out like a caricatures of him but an actual dimensional paintings.
From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie

Jack is back and going through the birthing process!

Yeahhhhh, I finally worked up the nerve to start reborning again after my husband's passing. I know that he wouldn't have wanted it any other way, but I just found it soooo hard to get started. He was my best critic and poor tormented "whadda ya think of this or whadda ya think of that" sounding board. I miss him very very much for so many reasons.

Now about Jack (I don't want to depress you), I love Tamie Yarie's preemie sculpts and I love doing preemies. I love little Jack especially, because he's a micro-preemie. He'll be about 14 inches completed, very detailed and just simply adorably precious features. I couldn't decide on his ethnicity and finally let my heart lead me. He is going to be Caucasian since I haven't done one in a while.
Then:


Now...
He's got his first 3 layers and I am letting the thinner flash off and bake these layers. I have his little outfits are just the cutest, so that was the extra incentive to get started. I can't wait to see him "born".
I will keep posting his progress on his special page, so keep checking back for his updates! I am excited!


From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie

Time to get poppin! Time to start cracky lackying!!

Did I say that right, love Madagascar!!!

I have a custom request for Capri by Jorja Pigott as an AA baby. It's going to be a birthday sorta surprise for a young lady that has been saving for her very own reborn! I am thrilled to death that she is so serious about wanting and choosing the sculpt that she wants. So I am sure that she will take great care of her and also a great choice I might add! Capri has been all bathed and drying, soon she'll be on her way to the delivery room for reborning along with little Jack! LOL Ohh, she'll have to have her own progress page too.

From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie

It's Official Now!

My prize finally arrived! I got my official certificate and little tiara (it is so adorable!) and now I am pleased to announce my latest achievement July, 2010.  Winning the Miss Baby Doll World Contest with little Tiffanie Ciara (who lives in Hong Kong with her mommy)!

This was a wonderful achievement for me after having gone through the awful trauma of having my tooth pulled Thursday and realizing that this one tooth has been extremely expensive to fix and finally replace. To all that supported her, I thank you so much!

From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie

I got my "Jack" and Tamie's done it again!

Meet little soon-to-be-reborn Jack by Tamie Yarie!

He is definitely the most adorable micro-preemie done with Tamie's master touch!! I thought that I was in love with Samiah. He's her very first EXCLUSIVE edition limited to 250, world wide!

He is so tiny and so adorable, all 12 inches of him! He even has a few little fat folds on his legs and his little face has that very newborn puffy look. Can you see them? Even the shape of his tiny head is very realistic! I've done a lot of preemies and micro-preemies and I must admit that he has more detailing than some that I have done being this tiny.

Now in the real world, we know that preemies have very little if any fat reserve, so just the hint makes him all the more cuter and healthier looking! I gave him his bath and I just have a strong feeling that he will be the start-up of my babies! I will certainly enjoy doing his skin tones with Genesis paints (he will fit in my little oven very nicely). I just love the little ones, they are so determined to survive that they put their all into making it into this world, with every breath an effort. It's a small tribute to their huge effort, the fight that many more can win now and that is why I so love to reborn them! I thank God for modern medicine, which can give them that extra push to help them through all of it.

Oh, did I say that I am excited about my art class (hehe)? I must be VERY excited, because in my excitement...I forgot to tell you what really did it for me! My instructor will teach me / her students how to make, yes I said make, my/ our own shade ranges of brown. I never did like having to depend on the "factory" made browns because when you try to enhance them they become a very muddy dull color. So, I always felt at their mercy of too much red or too much yellow. There never seemed to be a happy medium for me, work with what you have or pay the price of "stripping"! When this class is over, I will probably have a lot of colors for sale. Lol She said that she uses a very limited palette of colors to make many colors. I CAN'T WAIT!!!! Her paints of choice are the Liquitex brand interesting enough, but she's going to work with the colors that I already have. I have their mediums but have never tried the paints. I thought that it was very nice of her...now all I have to do is make a list of all of the colors that I have. Hummm, I should have that list done by June don't you think? lolrotf

Check Jack's page for his progress!!!

From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010

First and foremost, I want to thank all of my clients for adopting from Love Is Forever Nursery! I look forward to meeting more adoptive parents in 2010! I sincerely hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and have a very blessed and HAPPY NEW YEAR!


I cooked dinner and had a wonderful Christmas with my family in spite of my falling in my driveway Christmas evening. I ended up getting my hand xrayed and placed in a splint to support it. It has slowed down my baby making considerably. Thank God it was in 2009, Thank God! Still brought in the New Year quite but nice with my hubby, pup and bird sons, so that was special!

I had previously painted "tiny one" by Kymberli Durden. She's a 10 inch sculpt, of which I was completely glad of, however she's taking me 3 days to root her tiny head and I'm only half way done, a painfully slow process (My husband says I just have to be doing something. lolrothf). I'll be posting pictures of her soon, I think that she is coming out absolutely adorable! Have to decide on her eye color. She has in temporary eyes right now

Now for the good news! Remember little Nani (Samiah by Tamie Yarie)? Well, she went on a lonnnnnnggggg trip and now this little sweetie has a new mommy in Switzerland! Her mommy just sent a very sweet email that I want to share!


Saturday, January 2, 2010 9:30 AM Baby Nani arrived !!


My
dearest Judie!
On the last day of the old year your cute package with sweet
little Nani arrived here at our home!!!
Wow, she is even cuter than on all
pics I saw!!!
She is adorable, so gorgeous,a little miracle,an angel.....
you did a very very good work on her!Thank you so much, and thank you also for
the cute little things you put in the package for her - You are very kind and
your package was made with such a love and kindness.....just wonderful!!!!!!
The whole family(and we are a big family with 7 children!!) enjoyed to open
the American package!!!!!!
Now little Nani is very tired and she just has a
little nap in a clothes basket, she lookes so nice in there!
She is really
fantastic, a sweetie-cutie-honey-darling,hihihi........
Oh, I am really
happy and proud that I could buy a baby from you, you are a very special and
popular artist, I always look on your ebay auctions, you make it
phantastic.............A GREAT ARTIST YOU ARE!!!!!
The promised chocolate
package is on its way to you,enjoy it!!!!
So my Dear, now I must close for
today, it is already evening here,I have to start cooking with our dinner, today
we make a speciality from Switzerland,called Fondue chinoîse, with very thin
filet meat leaves in a hot bouillon and with many different dips like garlic
cream,curry cream,spices,cocktail cream, and more,yummy.....
Thank you again
for all you did for me and little Nani, she is my little sunshine and will learn
the Swiss language very fast............
Love and hugs, kindly,
Monica


Wow, and I never had real Swiss chocolate, a sweet gesture! We will see!

Keep checking on me, I soon hope to have a new look on my website! I have lots of new babies planned for 2010.


From my heart to yours...