Custom baby makes it home!

I know that you have been waiting like forever to see this mystery baby! Life continues to dish out lemons so I keep trying to make lemonade. The new puppy had to have his baby fangs removed by the vet and I have seen a lot of puppy teeth but never with roots! I'm sure his gums are pretty darn sore because it was not easy getting them out. He's a baby so he's taking it in stride. A routine maintenance check on the the garage door went from $69.00 to $384.00 and it's been like this for one thing or another. Had to find a replacement latch for the patio door. There was no replacing the handle...grrrr and I wasn't about to replace the door to do it either! LOLROTF  Then the garage door keypad went out, got it working but went on and had a new one installed...yet...another story. Just little knat things that drives me nuts. Anyway, let me stop complaining and share the baby as promised!

I'm so pleased on how well she turned out! Her likeness was so incredibly on target that it was scary! I thought that I would never get all that hair rooted. Her mom even liked the color! I did textured skin, not that I like the feel of it but I do like the look of it. I hand rooted her eyelashes to make sure they were a perfect match.
I got her mom's permission and here she is:

and she loved her little dress, she loves dragonflies and thinks of her daughter when she sees them! Well enough, I will let her mom speak for herself!

 I got my baby girl this morning! I love her! You did an amazing job! God has blessed you with such a talent and I'm glad you are using it! I'm at a loss for words right now but the time and effort you put into your babies is undeniable!! Thanks for all the goodies! And the dress alone brought me to tea rs let alone her precious face! I will be ordering 2 more in the near future I would also like to have one of my oldest daughter and my son! You are just incredibly blessed and talented in your work! (: May God bless you for your kindness always! Love you so much for gifting me with such a blessing! Every
detail is breath taking!!

Yes, believe it or not that is BB's "Aubrey by Denise Pratt. How weird is that! I hope that you felt it was worth the wait! I have Cecilia all painted so I am going to finish her and root with TNGUN's gorgeous mohair and I'll be posting her a lot sooner! LOL



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

Update on "Anna" by Pat Moulton sculpt

With the holidays coming so soon again, I had to do something to keep my mind from running. So I have kept busy. "Anna" is coming along beautifully. I love her coloring and just adore her tinyness! Did I say I love doing preemies? She has had so many ultra thin layers (I actually lost count) of GHSP to achieve her very life-like coloring it's like she really is coming alive. Her little tummy plate is da bomb! I am so looking forward to getting her hair from TNGUN and getting her rooted! That is once I finish her beautiful baby skin tones. I don't think she'll have a Christmas birthday that's for sure.
I am leaning towards Leila  for her name, but I just want to let it simmer before I really decide. She has such delicate features like a little rose petal. She's still up for a few more layers and a very special name search! I almost want to keep her for myself! LOL So here's anothet peak.

Ohhhh and my "Lex" baby by Natali Blick (Doll Dreams) is coming along well too.

Here's what his sculpt looks like, of course, mine doesn't have eyes yet. LOL

His caucasian skin tones are finally evolving so I'll have pictures of him soon! He's just the cutest sculpt. Don't want him feeling slighted, because he really is! I love how you see just a little bit of his tongue, it gives him such personality. Since I finished my guitar lessons until February, I have no excuse! Look for more updates on Lex soon too!

From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie

Well it's been a year now

As you know it has been a very hard year for me trying to pick up the pieces and be me again without him, it's just still a struggling issue. I have tried different avenues to get me together and it's better some days than others but still leaves me thinking and veering off course. I keep busy but it's not really where I am trying to get back to but simply accomplishing things that we spoke of doing around the house and I am coming to the end of that road. I finally got some closure. My husband now has his marker (after a year, numerous phone calls, a lawyer and them putting it on someone else's loved one's grave. Just another chapter). Now, I am dealing with the fact that a very close family member has been very recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I truly pray that it's in very early stages and all is contained, better yet that they are totally wrong!
I have been working on updating my website. Started a memorial page dedicated to those of us that grieve for a loved one and I have several books that I ordered and working on reading to help me through this. The one I am in now "How to go on living when someone you love dies" by Therese A. Rando, Ph.D. I finished "When will I stop hurting" by June Cerza Kolf and I do know now that I am not going crazy with these torrents of emotions.
I can't remember if I said this but I have been taking guitar lessons, I think it will be a while before I really make sounds that I recognize. lolrothf I have a baby finished named Cameron, but I can't show any pictures until the contest is over in a couple of weeks! LOL I love how beautiful the skin tone coloring came out and the mohair from TNGUN is so wonderful and it stays baby soft, she may be my top mohair supplier next to Slumberland!

From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie

Cuddles WIP

  I just went through the 6th month anniversary of losing my love and that was so hard accepting that as being fact, it's like there's no definitive concept of time, a dream that you never seem to wake up from. I kinda stopped in my tracks when it hit me. So I drug myself through that and trying to get on track again, the hard part is staying there. Two steps up, four steps back, but I have faith that I will learn how to cope better each day. I just miss him so much and every time you look up it seems like it's another holiday of some sort.    So I had been working on other projects that I needed to get completed or felt I needed to complete, installing a walk in tub (for me,  I like to call my own private jacuzzi), a scrapbook of my husband and finishing my mom's. I did it and once again, I am finally feeling a resemblance of  norm. okay, okay...lol, back to the point at hand. CUDDLES.

 


Well Cuddles nka Paris is in the process of her rooting! I am using human hair that has a really nice curl and with her honey skin tones, blue eyes and chubby cheeks I think she's going to be another cutie! I need to do updates of her progress for sure. I want to get a little more hair in before I do but that won't be long.


From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie