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Well, here she is . . . . everyone has a different opinion of this sweetie. She's a little (okay a lot to me) on the grungy side, but she still has a cuteness to her. I am going to list her on ebay soon, but I have to get some better pictures, and finding the time to do that . . . well, is difficult.

I hope you like her!

BACK TO SCHOOL AND $2 E-PATTERNS

How did a month pass without a single post? Well, I like to overwhelm myself like most people. I wanted to get a quick post on here to let you know I am still chugging along, but slowly. This is my busiest week of the year because my daycare group (5 toddlers and 1 infant plus a kindergartener) start coming back, and my kids are still here because the teachers have to report, but school doesn't start until Thursday. So I have my full group plus my own kids, and then a few who are now school-age but have nowhere to go for the few days before school starts. Anyway, I'm already exhausted, and the house is a pit, but my group is absolutely adorable and sweet, and they are going to be so much fun this year. I just started my first week of my major courses to get my Bachelor's in Elementary Education. The general education is finally completely done, and I am well on my way to having my degree after all of these years! Woo hoo! But what about the sale you say?

What's going on with the primitive business side of Frogs to Fairy Dust? Well, I have a Candy Corn Princess that I am going to list on ebay, and I am going to turn that into a pattern. On my website, I have two $2 patterns listed that will be changed out every two weeks. Right now, Prim Pirates and Frankie are available - this is a great deal! Get them while you can!

Magnet Board Mania!

So . . . . I go through these phases where I need to create new wall decor, and this time I decided I needed a magnet board. Well, I couldn't just go with one, so I made three! Originally, I was going to do one for each of the kids and myself so we could hang our creations on them, but it turns out that I needed all three of them for me! LOL.

I put one above my desk in the craft room, one on the wall down low in the daycare (for magnetic letters and other toys), and then I put one in my bedroom and added a little bit of paper piecing to match my decor in there.

And the one in the bedroom . . . . my favorite -

To make these fun magnet boards, go to Home Depot or Lowe's and get a piece of sheet metal in whatever size you want (I used 2x3). Also get some trim to go around it. You can play with options, but my husband was with me and didn't give me much of a choice so mine is all the same. You can paint it if you want. I painted the one in my bedroom black and distressed it. To add paper embellishments, just cut them out and use spray adhesive to stick them on. I haven't made magnets for this one, but to do so, you just buy some of those clear stones in the floral department. Take some cute paper or magazines and trace around the stone, cut out, glue to back of rock with glass glue, and you have an adorable magnet. Use your imagination. I am thinking about making some flower magnets for this board from buttons . . . maybe I'll blog about that soon. Take care. - Amy

Website Grand Opening!

I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it . . . . (ok, I can't sing, and I really should stick with my day job!)

Frogs to Fairy Dust has re-opened, and I have stocked the store with all of the dollies I had stored for my craft show in October. Please take a look and see if there's anything ya like!

www.FrogstoFairyDust.com

Amy

Gorgeous New Blog Template

Look! Look! I found this awesome designer with a pretty cool name - Amy - at AmyBug's Primitive Attic (http://amybug.com/). I love frogs and vintage stuff, so I had to have this for my summer template. I can't wait to shop for Fall and Winter templates from her. She was really speedy and super nice. Go check out her stuff. She does all kinds of templates.

Thanks again, Amy!

Meet Sparkle - the Americana gal

In a hurry today but wanted to post this since I am running like a week behind! I am having a BUY ONE GET ONE FREE SALE on the website for e-patterns at http://www.frogstofairydust.com/. Also, this is my newest pattern and doll available on there. Her name is Sparkle, and she was named by a great customer and now friend, Jeanne! Jeanne received the Sparkle pattern free for naming my dolly. Thanks so much Jeanne! She's actually named another pattern that will be out soon, but it's a secret as it's a swap gift for another friend, Kerri, in Canada! The only hint I'm giving is that it's a critter dressed up as a bug! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh . . . . mailing tomorrow, but you never know how long it could take to travel from Oklahoma to Canada!

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend! Take care!

Liberty Doll listed on Ebay

Here's my newest grungy creation - Liberty. She's listed on ebay

I had this idea to take dowel rods and create fireworks from them. I had my husband cut the dowel rods down and drill a hole so I could put glue down in the hole and stuff some jute/twine in it. With most of my dolls, I start out with an outline template and then I add the face without having any real plan and just see how it turns out. I thought she turned out to have a very sweet, old looking face.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Primitive-Liberty-Independence-Day-doll-raggedy-prim_W0QQitemZ160344357323QQihZ006QQcategoryZ83905QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26ps%3D5.

I seem to feel more inspired to create the grungy gals at the moment, but I have a whimsical dolly in the works as well.