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October 29, 2015 By Rebecca Leave a Comment

Today I am working on a sweet set of quilted Christmas ornaments. In the next few days these little babies will be packaged up and shipped off to explore new territory. For the first time ever I will be including a new label on my product packaging. I don’t know that I’ve ever been so excited to receive a roll of stickers!

Kentucky Crafted is a program of the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, which is supported by state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. It is an adjudicated program that provides assistance to Kentucky artists through marketing and promotional opportunities and arts business training. I feel very fortunate to have been accepted into the program this year and to have my work acknowledged for ‘artistic excellence’. And I’m excited to see where this goes!

Filed Under: Announcements, Features, Kentucky Artists, My Appalachia Tagged With: kentucky arts council, ky crafted

Woodland Santa and his sweet Companions

October 13, 2015 By Rebecca Leave a Comment

This is my newest holiday Santa and I have to tell you I am smitten with him! I love the sweet company he keeps but my favorite thing about him is his color palette. Some special details about this guy: he’s big! Santa measures 19.5″ tall. His deer measure 10.5 inches tall (excluding antlers) and are 9.5 inches wide from nose to tail. I’ve used real deer antler buttons on his under robe! These were hand-crafted from a fellow artist her in Kentucky. I met him at the Minnie Adkins Day show I did back in July and as soon as I saw these buttons I knew I would use them on a Santa. This felt like the right Santa. It adds to the charm of this woodland fellow! Santa’s sweet annie garland that he holds in his hands also contains two small bird feathers. I think these add such a nice touch to the woodland theme. But it’s also a small detail that you might not even notice right away. The wool used for Santa’s beard and hair is my favorite type of wool! I think it’s just so soft and appealing. It adds such a nice, old world touch to this charming fellow.

Please enjoy the many photos I took of Woodland Santa #248!

Woodland Santa is currently available in my Etsy shop.

Filed Under: Animals, Christmas, Dolls, Features, Recent Work Tagged With: Christmas, cloth dolls, deer, numbered dolls, reindeer, woodland santa

Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen Fall Fair

October 9, 2015 By Rebecca Leave a Comment

It’s time, It’s time! For the annual Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen Fall Fair. Join over 100 artists and craftsmen in the beautiful fall forest of Indian Fort Theater in Berea, Kentucky. There will be something for everyone and I’ll be there with my smiling faces ready to greet you!

This woodsy gentleman is one of my newest completed works & will be with me this weekend ready to take in all that Berea has to offer!

Click the photo below for more info or driving directions!

Filed Under: Announcements, Christmas, Features, Kentucky Artists, My Appalachia, Sneak Peeks Tagged With: kentucky guild, kgac

Pretty Polly in Print

August 25, 2015 By Rebecca Leave a Comment

I just received my copy of the Autumn 2015 edition of Prims and couldn’t be happier to see one of my little ladies, Polly, in the gallery section.

Polly is a cloth and clay doll, much larger than my usual cloth and clay dollies. Read the basics about how to make a similar cloth and clay doll in the Autumn edition of Prims, on newsstands Sept. 1st.

Polly has some wonderful creations to keep her company, including this delightful skeleton santa created by Susan O’Connor from Hope Mills, North Carolina! You can purchase this issue of Prims here or look for it in your local Micheal’s or book store.

Filed Under: Announcements, Features, Kentucky Artists Tagged With: dolls in magazines, in print, prims, published, pumpkin doll