Alice in Wonderland ADO Blog Event

I tumbled down the rabbit hole with Alice...

She was more than a little confused when she came to the end...

or was it the beginning?

The White Rabbit with the stop watch seemed to know something,

but he was hard to catch up with.

Finally Alice caught his attention.

"Excuse me, sir, but could you tell me where I am?" she inquired.

"Well, wouldn't we all like to know the answer to that" he sputtered.

"Lean in closer, I'll tell you a secret..."

And just like that, he whispered something into Alice's ear, then he hopped away.

What was the secret?  

Well, I couldn't quite hear, but it might have been that this is ADO Team's

WONDERLAND Blog Event!

You can hop along to all of the participating doll artist's blogs and see what each artist has made.

See you in Wonderland!

Monkey Business Cake Topper Art Dolls

What would I get if I combined my love for art dolls, sock monkeys, and cake toppers?

 

SpiritMama Shop

There are some adorable new sock monkey party supplies available called "Monkey Business Sock Monkey".  They have napkins, plates, party invitations, and wrapping paper.  The color scheme is lime green, red, orange, and chocolate:

I have had some customer requests for matching cake toppers, so I started with this:

 

First Birthday

 Then I got more creative and made this 5" tall (seated) art doll/ cake topper:

 

Big Monkey

He was so much fun to make I decided to do a small 3" version too:

Mini Monkey

You can visit the listings or purchase the monkeys or the plates by clicking on the pictures.

Princess Ballerina Birthday Monkey Cake Topper

I love it when someone asks me "Can you make a cake topper that looks like this?"

And then they show me a picture of a cute little monkey wearing a pink tutu with a princess crown and pink shoes! I had such fun putting this one together, and I added it as a shop listing. I hope to be making many more Princess Monkey birthday cake toppers!

Wedding Cake Topper Contest...I Need Your Vote!

Guess what? I got a convo from Etsy admin today saying my sock monkey wedding cake topper has been featured in the "Vote for the best Wedding cake toppers! Get out the vote!" on Etsy Voter.

Etsy Voter is a special voting page of Etsy, and I'm so excited to be featured. I didn't even know I had been nominated, and apparently there are lots of nominees, so I feel very honored.



This is the cake topper that is nominated:



If you would like to vote, you have until Monday, June 8th place your vote here:
http://www.etsy.com/storque/etc/vote-which-wedding-cake-topper-takes-the-cake-4103/

click on "go vote"

I'm nowhere near the lead at this point, so I need all the help I can get!!!

Thank you!

Pikake Mermaid

I'm on a roll with the mermaids! Here's my latest:


"Pikake" which is a type of flower.



She is very curious, and lots of fun to photograph!

Frog Prince Dreams ACEO

Click on the picture for a close up : )




I have finally completed my Frog Prince ACEO!



I will be sending copies of it to the winners of the "complete my frog prince challenge" once they arrive, in about two weeks.



After some researching I decided to have them printed professionally instead of doing it myself. I think the cost will end up about the same and I know a professional service will do it right! And I don't have to shop for the paper, sealant, and plastic sleeves, AND I don't have to do the work!



I'll let you know how the quality is and I'll plug the service I used if they turn out great.