A CUTE new edition to the family

Believe it or not, I haven't been totally immobilized and staring into space and wasting time. Not necessarily in this order, but I have attended a funeral, did some kit painting, rebuilt a ramp, having a tree cut down and stump removed, cleaning up the stump area and planting mums where the stump used to be (decided against another tree, but it looked so naked), cleaning gutters, mowing and fertilizing the lawn and finding out why it was raining inside my kitchen bay window as much as outside, taking the pup to the vet again and this time for xrays because he's still limping when he gets up from a nap or in the morning! Everything but the tree, stump and funeral I did by myself, oh and the xrays (hehehe). Whew and I'm not getting younger day by day! LMAO Now I hope things will settle down at least for a little while. I treated myself to a new camera lens 300mm and loving it! Enough jabbering!

I want to introduce you to another new edition. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOPEFULLY you remember that Kiwi (my chimp) has felt pretty lonely for his own kind for a while. Oh he has many friends there are gorillas, koala bears, Teddy-bears and Snoopy too! But...still he felt so alone.



Feeling so bad for him missing his cousins and all (Nema and Deka) I felt that I must do something! After searching around the world, my eyes fell upon a tiny little orphan girl with no name. Merely a few weeks old she had lost all of her family due to heartless poachers. They left this baby clinging tightly to her dead mother. Luckily a well-meaning passerby saw what had happened and went about checking for other possible life...sadly there was none, only this poor hungry tiny baby with barely a flicker of life. They quickly rushed her to the nearest primate compound that takes care of these special orphaned babies.

She was a pitiful little sight when I saw her. Just skin and bones but this baby had the biggest beautiful hazel green eyes that sparkled like the sea on a moon lit night. When she looked back at me and gripped my finger like there was no tomorrow with those tiny hands, stick a fork in me I’m done, I knew that I had to have her. It took a while getting paper work and getting her to eat in order to gain her strength and weight back. Soon she reached 2 lbs, we packed all of her little things, a ton of special formula and enough diapers and blankets for the long trip. We wanted her to feel as secure as possible. While I was there waiting, I got as much input as I could for a name for her, Lucky, PeeWee, Tinkerbell but nothing seemed to fit. Finally my friend Cindy came up with a perfect name, we called her LuLu and she grinned like she knew it was her name.



Then we arrived back home!!! What a happy day for all of us! Kiwi started in with a high pitched scream so loud that I thought that he would wake the neighbors. Little LuLu (I call her LuLubug because she's still so tiny) squealed with joy and they have been inseparable every since.



Kiwi just adores her and she, him. Maybe it's because they are a kindred spirit?



she just loves to be tickled by her big brother



He grooms her, feeds her and if they are out of one another's sight, there is hell to pay!



He leaves the bathing and dirty diapers to me, hummm. Seems like I'm getting the dirty end of the deal?



LuLubug is so much happier, thriving wonderfully, she seems to know that she is safe now.



She's even learning to play with new friends



He picked out her favorite monkey toy all by himself and she just loves it! Of all things "Curious George".



Sometimes I think that he thinks he'll regret that choice



Ohhhh, I find that she is also a little camera hog...



like her brother. I shoulda named her Ms. Piggy!



Only 2 lbs 7 ozs. she thinks that she can eat whatever her brother eats.



Not on that delicate little tummy yet LuLubug!




So tiny, so sweet, so innocent.



No more nightmares or being afraid of being all alone when she sleeps in her brother's strong arms.

You are home now LuLubug and I'm going to watch over you.

Love,
Your brother Kiwi

I really and totally had fun reborning her! I think it helped that she was preemie sized and I love baby chimps (with their family). I hand painted her using Genesis paints and custom made her doe suede body based upon very young chimp babies like this one. I used multiple baby (chimp) photos to achieve her life-look. I was going to root her but while showing her off, everyone said not to. Of course that was after I had made her a fur body. So it was back to the sewing machine. That I might add was going crazy! LOL

I just thought that LuLubug was so cute (and if she wasn't I caught her kit on sale.) Hope that you enjoyed LuLubug's story as much as I did creating it!

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

Late but not forgotten! PICTURES!!!

I finally got to upload some cute photos that I had promised! These little hat and diaper cover sets are just the cutest don't you agree! Pink / brown with white polka dots...cutest little ruffle on the back of the diaper cover.with an even cuter little bow set off to the side. The pink shoes I matched were right on but the brown ones were a little different shade, not quite as dark but I liked how the brought out the lace color and still looks really cute together.

 

 

 

Then we have our white lace diaper cover set and I coordinated the "clown colored" crib shoes for accent! The little lace hat LOL is just toooooo precious!

 

 

Love this little red and white combination ruffled diaper cover with matched tutu and coordinating lacy little shoes. I'm going to make up a red hair bow to add to this ensemble for just the right touch.

 

 

ahhh my nursery colors...this little tutu in peach has delicate little rose petals floating all around in the skirt (yes, I said in the skirt) with matching headband is so delicate looking it's just too precious for words.

 

 

 

and for that perfect little angel...

 

 

The little wings and halo are just too sweet I can't wait to start shooting baby portfolios with all of these quaint little outfits.  I told you I had been busy finding really cute baby goodies and I bet that you didn't believe,  I told the truth, these little things are just too adorable for words and now you can see for yourself!

 

So see, I didn't forget!

 

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

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

Outfit I'm working on...

I have one more dragonfly to add to the pinafore and I'll be done! Yeaaah! I think that it came out soooo adorable! Well back to work!

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

Happy 4th of July

Wow, can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post! I hope that everyone had a fabulous 4th. I stayed home with my little family to watch the house. It has been so hot here, with no rain until tonight (not even a good soaker, just enough to make it more miserable tomorrow), the humidity has been to say the least, painfully hot. I had hoped that my neighbors would have taken heed to the request of not using fireworks because it has been so dry. That was a wasted wish.

I have continued working feveriously but slowly on this memory baby. I just wish I could show YOU! I finished rooting her hair. I did skin texture as well, still has a roughness to it, but it's not too bad. I will post pics if it's okay with mom after she receives her. My exciting news is she (mom) had a special request and I found exactly what I needed to make her wish come true! So while the glue sets in her head, I will be working on that project! I am soooooo excited in how everything is coming together. Did I say I was excited? LOLROTF This baby I really think is going to shake up some hearts. I just hope in a positive way, because it is almost an on point ringer.

I got some really cute little things for the babies, as if I needed more baby things, but I just couldn't resist. I'll have to take piccies. They are just too adorable, lots of pokiedots! hahahaaha

Little Lelei got his first puppy cut. Man that took some getting used to, but he was happy so that's all that matters. He doesn't lie on the air registers now. He constantly torments Lil D, typical little boy. I wish I could take them for a ride in their stroller, as much as they love it, just too hot for them in that. Weird ain't it, he looks all grown up with this cut. I am going to have to see a teddybear cut so that I can work on how it's done.

The other good thing my friend gave me a carseat for Lelei now he can ride in his very own. LOL Have to connect it to the seat a little differently and then we'll pile in the car and go for a ride, Lil D, Little Lelei and me. Little monster boy...man we miss the quite...
From my heart to yours... Hugs, Judie www.loveisforevernursery.com