My Grandfather passed away a few days ago and his memorial and burial was yesterday. He was one of my number one fans and watched all my fairies sell on ebay. He and my grandmother encouraged me to sculpt from the very beginning…
I feel numb and sad and keep crying when I think about him. He was one of those people who are ALWAYS there for you and never had a negative thing to say. He was super supportive, was a wonderful listener and made you feel as if you were the most important person in the room.
He lived a full happy life and was 82 when he passed. He loved his garden and grew raspberries, grapes and all kinds of roses and flowers. He used to save roses for me so that I could use them on my fairies. He was found by my Grandmother in his garden laying on the grass with his hands folded under his chin. His hat had tilted to one side and his cat, shadow was curled up next to him. He looked as if he had just become tired and laid down to take a short nap.
I can’t think of a better way for him to go. But at the same time I just wish I could have said goodbye…..I will miss him so much!! (sob)
I have no desire at all to create or sculpt. It is just gone. The last fairy that I sculpted (midnight dance) was my Grandfathers most favorite of all the fairies I had created. He was so proud of it.
I have another fairy that I completed a few days before he died (he never saw it) but I just don’t feel like putting it on ebay. I don’t feel like doing all the work that it takes to put it on. I don’t know what is wrong with me….I think my grandfather would be disappointed if I didn’t. I think he would have loved this one too. She is all in white and gold ~ like an angel. I am so sad right now……
I found out I am going to have a baby boy!! Another boy!! Oh my!! This makes three boys for me. =) Today I went to the store and purchased several yards of fabric to make into baby blankets. I use the soft flannel blankets for everything from swaddling blankets to burp clothes to towels. They are wonderful and I can never have too many! =) I have no idea what we are going to name the baby! We have Rowan who is our oldest and Titus who is our second. So far we have been thinking of the name Weston, or at least I have been thinking of the name. My Husband doesn’t really care for it that much. Hmmm…….. Weston Drake does sound nice though.
I am almost finished with her. I still have to take her hair out of the bun, wet it and let the curls come back, place a floral crown on her head, finish her wings, put green grass on her stone stand and finish her staff. A lot still to do! I’ll see how much I get done today. =)
I’ve been working on this fairy for the past several weeks. She has been really fun and is going to be a gentle faie. I don’t remember the last time I sculpted a gentle faie and it is wonderful to be working on one again! =)
This fairy took me a long, long time to create. I have placed my heart and soul into her and am so proud of how she turned out. Her hair is rooted and will last forever, no glue was used. Her dress was carefully made of clay and material. She will be placed on ebay tonight. I am going to place a reserve price on her ~ I spent hours and hours and hours creating her and need to make sure I have enough for food $$ for the month. Since it takes me so much longer to sculpt these fairies with the attention to detail and quality I needed to place the reserve price. Also, she is a larger fay and took more time to create due to her size. I am so thankful that I can sculpt fairies!! I enjoy it so much and because of my sculpting I am able to stay home and be with my two babies (another on the way due Oct 19!!) and still create a small income for food and clothes and medical bills.
Posted by: emilysfairies in News
What a long, long, long time it has been since I’ve done any kind of sculpting. My two boys have been severly sick for the past 10 days and I have been wiped out. I don’t know if you remember the sickness they had last December where they both ended up in the hospital for several nights….but they had almost the same thing again. My oldest had an extream hight temperature for several days which required around the clock watching. It was very very stressful and I am so glad that it is almost over. They have runny noses and a cough still. Meanwhile I came down with a mild version of what they had and currently I can talk no louder then a whisper due to a lost voice. My fairy has sat finished and completed for over a week and I just didn’t have the energy or time to place her on eBay. Here are several before pictures of her in the process of being created.
I have come pretty far on the fairy who was originally supposed to be a Dana o’Shee but since has changed to the Fairies of the Midnight Court Collection. She just was not fitting into the Dana o’Shee persona and I didn’t feel right about her belonging to that Collection. I have completed sculpting her body, painted her face and have started on the costume. The costume is taking a long time mostly due to the baking process. She is currently in another baking stage at this moment thus I am going to start rooting the hair on the Gentle Faie. My two little boys are still sleeping and I have an hour or so to work on the fairy. It is supposed to be 99 degrees today! HOT!!! I have not found the battery charger to my camera yet but I’ll have to find it by Saturday. I hope to place the Fairy on ebay in a few days and I need to take pictures of her first. Hmmmm I wonder where I put it?
I stayed up late last night and finished her torso and neck. It was hard to place the neck on her with all her hair. I am going to have to think of a different method. I think I’ll sculpt her neck first next time, then place the hair. Today my goal is to finish her arms and legs. I can’t post pictures because I lost my battery charger when I moved. I am going to have to dig around and find it!
I finished the hair on the Dana o’Shee fairy. I love how it turned out!! It is weird to look at the top of her head and see just the tiniest bit of scalp showing through. I can’t wait to see how it looks when I style it. =) I spent the rest of the day mixing clay ~ it took a long time because the clay was kind of hard.
