For Ben's moly, finished!

Hi everyone.

I finished my entree for Ben's moly. Yay! Here's the scan...



You may see it large, here.

I hope you like it Ben. Again, thanks for your generosity and patience.

Its been storming here in West Virginia. Were fortunately sheltered by mountains where we are. I hope this finds you dry and well.

Happiness!

WIP for Ben's MolyX43

Hey everyone. How is everyone?

I've been working on Ben's moly for the past 2 weeks. My apologies for not posting sooner. Blogger was down when I first tried it and I didn't try again until today.

My gratitude and apology to Ben for being so generous and patient in letting me keep and work on his moly all this time. Moving to a new country, getting married and then moving again to a new home isn't as easy as I thought. :)

Our first home was very cramp. After a year it just became chaotic and stifling. Then we moved to a new unit with more room. Took a couple of months before my creative space was in working order. Now things are better and I'm beginning to be able to catch up with stuff I want and need to work on.


My drawing/ sculpting table. Please click on the photo to see the whole thing.

After much delay, here's the WIPs...


Pencil study. Please click on the photo to see the whole thing.


Stage one of coloring. Please click on the photo to see the whole thing.


Stage two of coloring. Please click on the photo to see the whole thing.

I'll post the photo of the finished illustration soon.

Happiness!

Knock, knock!

Hello artists,

I thought I should introduce myself. Some of you may know me and others may not.

 I'm Zaza, a.k.a. szaza or Samantha— but not Sam! I'll be your friendly neighbourhood Exchange Moderator. What does this mean? From time to time I will be performing a pulse check to see how your progress is going.

It appears as though this exchange is as dead as a doornail—there hasn't been any activity since February. That's a really long time. So what say you— is it over? Shall we get organised and start sending Mollies home to their owners?

I'm here to help you in any way I can. If you can't continue the exchange for whatever reason, please speak up out of respect to the other artists— there is no shame in having a life! Keeping books without communication is not cool though. So let's find out what the next steps are.

Best wishes,
Z

FINALLY !!! :D my post for the final moly!!!

Hello All! I am so excited (and relieved to begin the process of getting Monica's moly back to her)!

Here is my add in Monica's moly. Honestly, I don't like the way it scanned - it looks nicer in person. But I sure did enjoy doing this. It's supposed to be a couple floating in "love space" united and then parting. I hope you like it, Monica!

Now, I need to know if the address in the moly is the best address, Monica. Is it still Rua Nestor..., etc as in the cover of the book?

Let me know and I'll send this out to you asap!

Much love to you all,

Jen

Being in limbo

Hi everyone.

As I've mentioned last year I've retired from teaching in March and was hoping to leave for West Virginia to be with my fiance within the year. Visa application requirements were not permitting of that. So John went ahead in September to file the visa app there. I stayed to wait it out here while he sets up house there. This also meant I didn't have any regular source of income anymore.

While i lived on my retirement, I slowly put together an online store where I sell the cloth dolls I make and the doll clothes and doll merchandise. December didn't bring in much revenues as the Christmas bulk of the incoming and outgoing mail was not very good for business. I got sick on and off in December and again in the early part of the year. 2 weeks ago I felt well enough to go into production again for the online store. Now Im busy with maintaining a steady supply of products and merchandise every weekend.





Although I was so looking forward to working on Ben's book I am going to have to admit to myself that I am not able to do that sooner than possible for me. If your all permitting I'd like to rejoin the group when I get settled in WV. I believe its going to be 2 months or less.

What do I do with Ben's book? Should I send it back to Ben or to the next one in line? Or would it be better to keep it and then I work on it when I'm able. I don't want to hold up the group.

I'm sorry for the delay. I should've done this last month but I thought I could work on it and then I got sick again. I shall wait for your reply.

Thank you for your understanding. I love being part of this group and would like to stay and be part of it.

I have my moly!

Ben, I received my moly today!

Oh my god...it's really incredible to see in person! I was so in awe of everyone's work - I really mean that.
Everyone's work is so different and so beautiful. I really feel I have something so valuable I will treasure for the
rest of my life.

THank you all so much.

Monica, I still have your moly. I"m sorry it's taking so long - here it is February already...I'm sorry!

With all the moving going on (it seems everyone is moving except Lynn), I will need to make sure I have your current address before I send it. And of course I'll post a picture up first before I do...

Love,
Jen

Hello Everyone!

Hi girls! i just send Jen's finished book to her new adress! i'll be busy the next monthand i will be living in another city for a while, so Winnie if you prefer to send Lynne's moly to Monica or Jen meanwhile i'm ok with that.;)
Winnie, my book is still with you?
Cheers to all! i promise i'll keep in touch! hugs!