Didnt't like the new site so I'm crawling back & bringing this one back up to date

Just so it didn't look like I was totally absent from the world I am putting the posts that I did get in back on this Blog. I just couldn't get the feel for the other site and just to darned hard to remember where it was! LOL And in truth, I truly fell off of the wagon. Everytime I thought that I could get back on, it just didn't work for me. So, I stopped fighting it and just let it go. Needless to say I have a long way to go to catch up, but I am working on it! Starting with the last two years!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HOPING FOR A BRIGHTER NEW YEAR.

DECEMBER 30, 2015

This year has gone by so fast for me, I honestly don’t know what happened. I just figured that I needed to take a sabbatical or something to refocus my energies! I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and got lots of pressies! The holidays and especially Christmas / New Years is not a good time for me. However, I must admit, this Christmas is the first time since my husband’s passing that I actually enjoyed cooking. Family came, we ate very well as I cooked too much, but we did have a great time playing games and doing a coloring contest (some doth protest, but ended up enjoying it)! So did the furry nephews and niece (with my two) 5 dogs and a puppy LOL Anyway, not making any more pledges, I will just try to keep updating my blog and hope that people still read it. 2016 has got to be better so I hope that you and your family have a very blessed and prosperous New Year! See You Next Year and much LOVE!

"SORRY, JUST SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED!

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

First I will bring you up-to-date.

Why I am so far behind blogging? After updating my work area, photography studio…I worked very hard on getting babies ready for a show in Denver this past July. Not an easy task, wanting to show them was just so hard not to do. It was my first real road trip in a long time! I was stressed, but excited at the same time. Then, we (my family) started losing cousins. Since January we have averaged a cousin lost every two months. Let’s just say that it didn’t help my stress level, not one bit. The last one was in August. They were all close cousins, all of them. Ranging in age 22 to 70 years of age. So my heart was heavy, especially with the 22 year old. She was going to graduate from nursing school this past May, dying suddenly and leaving behind her young son. I still don’t do well with losing family, it just reminds me of what I am trying so hard to move along from, it’s so very hard.

Denver was interesting, my sister, Lil D (my baby) and I drove straight through from Missouri and back. We were already warned that there wasn’t much to see…they were right, we got excited about seeing the windmill farms! LOL Lots of rolling grassy hills a few horses and cattle, even saw a tiny herd of buffalo. So, there you have it, grass, grass and more grass! The show setup was beautiful and huge, but being in it’s infancy stage there were a few hiccups that made it a little difficult to be at your best! I have to admit, I actually did get to shop this time and didn’t get everything that I wanted because I didn’t get to see every supplier(a good thing, because there was only so much room in my little SUV), but I did get a nice little haul besides my supplies! I purchased 7 kits (Bonnie Brown’s “twin A & B”, Marita Winters “Denver Rose”, Laura Tozio-Ross’s “Vincent”, Bountiful Baby’s fairy twins “Clover & Jasper” and an older kit Dimples by Melissa Palesse! They are all just ADORABLE!!

I have started on the little fairy baby twins, I just couldn’t resist. Jasper is wide eyed and curious and Clover is just snoozing as twins do! I have their little wings, outfits and everything ready. I will be painting them with a permanent air-dry paints that I am totally in love with…Miracle Blends. They are just awesome!! I will have babies on my “Available Babies” page that have been done with these wonderful paints.

There were tons and tons of beautiful babies and awesome talent! I just hope that one day I will be able to afford one of Laura Tozio’s silicone babies. The word gorgeous just doesn’t come close to her babies!!! I now have faces with names, I got to meet the lovely Debbie Henshaw (TNGUN) I use a lot of her beautiful mohair for my babies, pretty Julie Beck and her lovely babies and a lot more new faces and friends. I have lots of pictures! As well, all of the sculptors that I met were so gracious! Claire Taylor, Bonnie Brown, Donna RuBert (so funny!!!) and she personally autographed Taleya’s body after making a very lovely compliment, Marita Winters, and of course Laura Tozio-Ross and her very beautiful family!

Marita Winters:

Debbie Hensaw 

Julie Beck & my baby

Laura Tozio

Donna RuBert

Sorry this is so long and I know too well that it’s been a while and September is not a great month for me. No matter, I have made up my mind to get back in the saddle “and get out of my own way”. I will keep you more up-to-date with my babies."

"NEW HOME AND NEW BABY!

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

I am so excited that I finally got my blog moved closer to my website (so to speak). I just wanted you to know that it’s a new location and I am working on getting the available babies on site! I have finally got shelves up, supplies have a home now, getting rid of my home gym that I know that I will never use again, for my photo studio, that will be independent of the nursery!! YEAHHHH!!

I also have a new one, a tiny one, a micro-preemie! I just love doing micro-preemies! Her name is Philana (“Zane” sculpt by Marita Winters), she’s just adorable! She has beautiful skin tones by using Jo Sonja’s permanent air dry paints. Just a teaser. She is 10.5″ long, weighs 14 ozs.,  has “milk mouth”, sporting a cutely styled clear cap strawberry blonde mohair wig (just for change), custom sewn outfits and more!

I have most of the available babies photos done, now I have to figure out the photo gallery! Never a dull moment…"

The really wonderful part about the doll show in Denver is that I got to take my baby "fur" with me. She was a hit in her own little stroller. I do have some babies to put on here and they are on my website which I was also sadly neglecting. I am getting excited because, I am trying out new air dry paints "Baby FX and Miracle Blend Paints" and the powders. I have so much more, but for today...

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

I have finally, finally got organized...I hope! Meet Taleya

This is the "Annie" kit from BB by Donna RuBert. She's a chubby baby weighing a whopping 8 lbs. even. She's 24"  (26" knees bent), Soft glass MP eyes in "smokey topaz", she's a breather, no magnet, tear ducts and I did some texturing on her elbows and knees (I still think it's a tad rough for my liking), neck and back armature. She has appropriate veining and a real cutie with her caramel color skin tones! I have to admit that she was a job, rooting all of that hair, but I had a certain look that I wanted for her and yes...I thought that I would never root again. LOL I think that I will stick to wispy micro-rooting and newborns...much easier...but I have to do one more toddler sized kit...Fei Yen's coming up soon but I will do my favs (preemies and micro-preemies). Need to get busy for the Rose International Doll show next year in Denver! I still have a few things that I think that I am going to adjust on her, but other than that I really love how she turned out!

  Taleya is the equilent of a 9 month old. Wears a size 2 shoe and in clothing, comfortably wears 6 - 9 months.

I hope that you enjoy her and I will be updating...hugs!

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

WOW!

I have made a big dent in getting the rest of my "stuff" put up, but I still have a few things that I am going to have to work out as far as it's new home. I don't have nearly as many hidey-holes as before! So it will take some ingenuity on my part. Mostly, I have a lot of kits that are begging for attention! LOL I think that I am OCD to a degree, I have to have everything where it belongs or I just can't paint! I AM plugging along so that there are no more excuses! Bear with me! As Arnold Schwarzenegger says...I'll be bock! Hahaha!

Well I don't know what to say...

I have been away for awhile, yes I know. In truth l really lost my momentum. I just stopped. I thought if I just took a break...I had hoped to get it together, but I got lost. I knew that I had to try and make my way back, because I truly love reborning! Why I even ordered a few kits (so all is not lost LOL) while on my sabbatical! I finally did something (over the last few months) that I hope gives me a new and fresh perspective. I remodeled (overdue) my nursery work area. I felt closed in and uninspired, a table for this and a table for that got to be too much. Then I would get something new and just toss it on a table, it just didn't seem to matter.  Even with the babies that were finished, I found myself just looking at them! I have felt it coming on for months.That is the bottom line. I hope that the new change brings about a change and I hope that you can forgive me!

This was my work station:

This is my new work station:





Yes, I know a stark contrast for sure! Now individual tables are gone! It's opened up and much more organized. I worked very hard to get it here and I hope that you like it as much as I do. I am resting up (not that long)! Lol  It was a lot of hard work that I did by myself, so I have truly earned it (I'm not that young anymore)!

I also have neglected my website and I am going to take care of that next. Promise! On the lighter side, if you read anything that looks weird. I was experimenting and tried this on my "smartphone". I don't think that was such a great idea, but I made it! :-)

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

Why MIA again? Really?

I know it's been a few months! Wow how time is flying, but once again a lot was going on, never the less I won't go into boring details! Yes, I got behind on my blog and website...again! LOL However, eventually I had a legit reason...I lost my passwords! :o( One of those "put them in a safe place moments" when we were having all of the really bad weather. The you don't know where you might end up kind? I finally found it! Whaaawhooo!!! It was soooo safe that I didn't remember where, but I knew it was in this house, right where I put it! Now, let's get somewhat caught up!

In the reborn world, I finally got "Bridgette" (Amy kit by Sandy Faber) back, LOLROTF she went to New York twice in one week. The photographer and I were both sweating bullets! Shissh, what a nightmare! Don't ask...like I said a lot was going on, some good some not so good! She did an AWESOME portrait of her, so it will go with her when she's adopted! I can't wait to see her and all of the beautiful "Amy's" in the professional photographer Jamie Diamond's  "Amy Reborn Project"!

 

 No, this is my photography work...you saw it before! LOL isn't she just adorable in her little nautical outfit!

 

Several babies were adopted from the nursery, Toddlers: Felicia Renae', Pressli Dawn, Preemie Ayashe nka Kimi the Indian baby just to name a few!
Back in February, to cheer myself up, I purchased (for my personal collection) and to use as a photo prop, a mommy doll to hold some of my reborns, while Bridgette was having fun running back and forth to New York. She's "Kathryn" by sculptor Monika Peter-Leicht 46" tall (almost as tall as me, almost!) and her first bride doll (beautiful gown, flowers, shoes and veil that I put away). I didn't think that she would look nice holding a baby while in a bridal gown, now would she! Kathy is initially a Ltd. Ed. sculpted for Masterpiece Dolls 2011. I love her mature looking face! Kathy's wonderful to pose with her 11 ball joints, has a stand if needed and I mean heavy. I swapped out her original wig, just didn't grab me, found her some adult looking clothing and here she is holding little Bridgette!

Original wig was cute, just looked dull and...wiggie foofoo? in real life LMBO

 

Her she is with Bridgette, new hair Light Brown with Ginger highlights and glasses! She can even wear pigtails if I want

 

I've ordered "lots" of micro-preemie kits okay, a few more than usual, too many to name (Kendall by Stephanie Sullivan, Landon by Tamie Yarie, Lewis by Tina Kewy, Chance by Sabine Hansen  Rosebud, by Cindy Musgrove, Caleb, by Heather Boneham), sorry couldn't help it! They are just so tiny and cute!! You know how I love doing them! Not to mention newborn sized kits! I've got to get more babies done because I want to attend the Rose International Doll Show in July, 2015 and fill up my website again!!! I've never been to Denver and I know it's a long drive. I just hope that I have my cousin coming with me, like she said and "Lil D" my girl is going along too!! LeLei will have to visit with his auntie while we're gone! Why? Dolls and 2 pups...nahhhh 

Next, I have decided to start using my air-dry permanent paints again for 2014! I just love the fact that I won't have to do all of that "baby baking". LOL I will be applying a Genesis matte sealer as my final touch so that I can do the textured skin technique! I don't think that it will work with the air dry paints at all. I just love the colorings that I can achieve, especially for my darker skin tones much better, than with Genesis and I don't want to forget how to use them. The technique is quite different. No! I will not stop using GHSP, but I will be more flexible with my painting once again!

 Last and most important, I finished my "Memory Baby"of "Leah Marie" and I needed to have permission to show her off. Her mom was thrilled non-the-less and gave me permission! So here she is:
I drafted a post back in February but never posted it oooops:

I think that this one speaks for itself

she has a "heart" birthmark on her tummy, so if through time, the red heart eventually comes off one way or another...

 

 I personalized her baby blankie with an teddy bear angel motif  :o)

posing pretty...

 

 Just so adorable
 

Beautiful Baby "Leah Marie" and her likeness...which ironically looks a lot like the baby photo of Leah's mom. WOW!

 

 

This was her mommy's initial message that I am sharing via many email correspondences. Over the past few months, we have developed a compassionate understanding of one another’s loss...

 

 

Ok I finally opened it. And I thank you for everything. I just LOVE the dress especially the crosses. I love the little poems. Even though I did cry a little. She looks and feels so real. pictures doesn't do her justice. I love the little clothes and everything. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! maybe this first will be a little easier because now I have her to hold and cuddle. Mama said she looks like her except for the eyes being opened. I thank you again. and I want you to know I am completely satisfied. and grateful. I also recorded opening the doll. I figured you just wanted the doll if not I'm sorry. I knew it was going to take forever to get through all the little packages because of the babies. As soon as I can figure out how to send you the video from my phone I will send it to you.

 She wrote a very touching one just for my website!

I am just thrilled that this "baby" which can never replace her Leah Marie, gives her comfort, even if it's just a little...

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