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I've been doing some virtual housecleaning and rearranging at GenkiGirl. I decided to set up another wordpress blog which is going to combine my crafts and bjd stuff. I will eventually start selling crafts again through the blog, and eventually the crafts link on the index page will lead to the new blog. This means that the crafts page as it is now will be taken down, and I have also decided that when that happens I will also no longer offer my old plush styles for commission, though I may bring back the sleepy bunny pattern.

About etsy....I was selling my crafts through etsy, but it seems that place has become so huge lately that your items can easily get lost. With that said I think I am just going to try to sell some of my crafts on my own and see where that gets me. Wordpress is a pretty powerful little tool for getting you listed on major search engines like google with the tags you use in your posts, so I'm hoping with enough time I will get some decent exposure, but we'll see.

OK a big EDIT....I decided I would give etsy one more go since it is convenient and all, so I will be posting all of my sale items in my blog and then you can purchase them through etsy. Etsy will also allow you to order more than one item too. Aloha bunny has now been relisted on etsy and I will change her DA listing to reflect that here shortly.

Anyway here is the link to my new site:

Paper Stars - My Dolls n' Crafts Blog

There is nothing much here yet, but there will be with time!

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Alright, so the lesson I am planning to do with my middle schoolers after spring break is one on making papier mache kokeshi dolls. Right now I have two forms done, and a layer of papier mache on each. Now it has been a looooong time since I did papier mache, so I am looking for tips or help. Basically my problem is this....I need them to be a little smoother than they are. Is the nature of papier mache just lumpy though? Should I just deal? Or is there a way to get smoother papier mache without using the paper pulp stuff? The supplies we have is newspaper, school paper towels, tissue and the Elmers papier mache paste. Also I only have max, two weeks for this project, which inlcuding planning and painting.

My papier mache is drying really slowly too, so at this rate I can forsee problems when we try to come back and paint the forms the next day after our final papier mache layer. Anyone have any tips on drying? Any other random papier mache tips would also be helpful at this point too.


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Us Art Ed seniors at Herron are gearing up for our senior show. We are setting up in Herron's Marsh Gallery this week and the doors will be open this Friday I believe. The official opening for the show with food and music and all that will be on March 6th from 7pm - 9pm. I have one of my drawings projects from my drawing class last semester in the show, so if you live in Indy, stop on by, see my work, see my classmates work and if you go on the night of the opening, have some food too.

Also, sorry for lack of updates recently. Student teaching is draining....much more so than I would have anticipated, and my dog is ill, so you can see where this is going.....


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I decided to go ahead and sign myself up on Twitter. I'll probably be posting a lot of art and patches related stuff among other things. So if anyone wants to follow me on there, they are more than welcome to. Here is my profile link: [link]

Anyway, if anyone else has twitter let me know!

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Well, I managed to get the site redesign done much sooner than I expected, especially considering that my visit to the eye doctor to get new glasses turned into a full blown eye exam, so my pupils were dilated for half the day. On the plus side, I'm getting new glasses.

Getting back on track though, the new site design is up, and I created a new illustration of Etoile for the header image, that I hope people will like....I know I do, lol. The full illustration is also posted in the illustration gallery, and I also plan on adding it to my deviation gallery after I finish this journal entry.

If anyone notices any bugs, or anything amiss while surfing the site, please let me know....I usually always miss something....
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