WIP of Prim and Whimsy Heart and other news!

Happy Monday everyone!

Well, as I promised, I will be posting the entire process of creating the Queen of Hearts heart. Before I do so, I also wanted to add to yesterdays passel of news: I forgot to mention that my dolls are featured in this months "Small Town Living" online magazine! It's a great online magazine that features old fashioned, rural and simple living--I think it's just aces, so run over and check it out!

Also, I will be featuring even more dolls in MY online magazine Big Town Farmer! Our upcoming edition will be featuring the Spooky Time Jingles crew! Yes, I know what you're thinking: what the heck am I doing with a magazine? Don't I LIKE sleeping? And, how much dolli-ness can one surround themselves with?? Apparently, LOTS!

Ok, having said that, here is how I constructed Queen of Hearts:

Feel free to click to enlarge!

Measured the heart out. It needed to be 5 x 5"

I am not really good at drawing out sketches before I create the project, but I actually was worried about the strange placement of the crown and such. Since this was really the image that I wanted to add to the heart, I drew directly onto it, using a soft animation pencil (sorry for the poor quality, the camera was acting up this day...hmmm....)

Close up view of drawing

Painting big blocks of the cloth to get a sense of color scheme.

More color. Yes, I know she looks just a littttle biit creeeepy here....

But then....TADA! The finished project! All Hail the Queen!

BUT WAIT!

Let's not forget the BACK of the heart! Because I am always finding myself adding "bits and baubles" I couldn't resist...some sequined stars to go with the hearts!

I hope you like it, Sarah! As well as you, Good Readers!