tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26983417422194227052024-03-13T08:18:16.128-07:00mamieleger.comMamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-57191872609615945872014-04-14T06:04:00.001-07:002014-04-14T06:04:07.619-07:00Flick the FairyI am so excited to present Flick the Fairy. Flick has been a very long project! Check out her auction!<br />
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I entered Flick in the Legends and Myth contest with the International Art Doll Registry and she won in the Novice category. I am super proud of her! <br />
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<br /><br />Mamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-52395904227259708152013-01-07T14:36:00.002-08:002013-01-07T14:36:48.846-08:0012 Rules To Live By<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">12 Rules
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I
recently read an article by Craig Ballantyne </span><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">that suggested having a strong
personal philosophy, guides you to guilt-free behavior that is supportive of
your goals. Since the only resolution I have this year is to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not have goals</i> and instead embrace each
day with conscious living, eating cleaner, and living happier, I thought this
article was very helpful.</span></b></h6>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">I have put
together my twelve rules to live by and decided to share them with you. </span></b></h6>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I will cosset the beautiful woman I am and accept
compliments when given.</span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I will share, teach and give freely.</span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I will take time for myself and not feel guilty for
doing so.</span></h6>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I will consume a diet of plant based foods, limiting
caffeine to the morning, alcohol for special occasions, and eat no animal
products except seafood, minimally.</span></h6>
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not listen to gossip either.</span></h6>
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daughter laugh, every day.</span></h6>
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help those in need when I can. I will help those in need even when I can’t.</span></h6>
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pray.</span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In Love and
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i>Dear Readers, Bloggers, and Stalkers, please follow my blog! This
blog is Uncopyrighted. I have released all
claims on copyright and have put all the content of this blog into the
public domain. This includes all photography taken by me, including
photography of my art dolls. That's right. Use it, share it, spread it.
Credit is appreciated but not required.</i>
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Mamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-63027231799122212912012-11-07T08:37:00.002-08:002012-11-07T08:37:41.078-08:00America the Beautiful<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}" style="text-align: left;">
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American has an opinion. Every American has a voice. We as citizens of
this nation should respect the differences in our brothers and sisters
in this country. Anger, Racism, Negativity, and Hatred, towards your
fellow human being for their desire to use their voice, just as you did,
is asinine. It reflects badly not only on you but also the nation. I
am proud to live in a nation where I am granted freedoms as a woman to
work, vote and choose my own religious path. I give thanks to all my
veterans and military for defending this freedom. I love my country. I
respect her. I am proud to be a Texan and an American. I will show her
this by not facilitating ill will towards my fellow Americans.
Regardless of religion, race, political standings or age, we are all
one. “I pledge allegiance to the Flag, of the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” These words resonate
deeply within my core and mean something to me. Do they to you?</span></span></span></span></h5>
Mamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-71772219311841349792012-09-10T09:11:00.003-07:002012-09-11T07:40:21.956-07:00In The Studio: Steampunk Art Doll Faerie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As many of you know, I am an artist. I use the word loosely, artist, because when I envision those who fall in this category, I see classic artists, names like Andrew Wyeth, John Waterhouse, or Adélaïde Labille-Guiard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love art. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My favorite art form for expressing myself at the moment is sculpting art dolls and have been doing so since 2004. An art doll is more of a sculpture because you can not play with her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love faeries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am greatly inspired by fantasy artist's Brian Froud, Selina Fenech, and Linda Ravenscroft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love to sculpt faeries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is my latest sculpture. She is made from Puppen Fimo polymer clay. I wanted to share a few pictures of the beginning so that you may see what her armature looks like. Steampunk seems to be highly favored at the moment in the art doll world, but I didn't originally set out to make her this. When I began shading and blushing her body, this is when the clothes design process is always focused on, the idea come to me to try my hand at Steampunk. I hope you enjoy her.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is an armature. It is heavy gauge wire wrapped with foil and masking tape.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I do what is called <i>series baking</i>. When you series bake, it insures that the inner layers of clay harden and make a solid foundation for the art doll. This is very important for survival because polymer clay can break. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She isn't very pretty at the moment huh? See the little faerie in the back ground watching?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I get so lost in the sculpting process I forget to take pictures. In this stage I am blushing her. I learned a great tip from Deb Wood, a fantastic art doll artist, about using matte make-up blushes you get from the local stores for blushing. It works amazingly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I was very happy with her collar bones and shoulders. At this point I already knew she would need to have a see through top to show them off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you like her. If you are interested in purchasing her here is her auction link via <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/200817930679?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649" target="_blank">eBay</a>. Happy bidding and thank you for spending time with me in the studio!</span><br />
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<i>Dear Readers, Bloggers, and Stalkers, please follow my blog! This
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claims on copyright and have put all the content of this blog into the
public domain. This includes all photography taken by me, including
photography of my art dolls. That's right. Use it, share it, spread it.
Credit is appreciated but not required.</i>
<i>Here’s <a href="http://mamieleger.blogspot.com/p/uncopyright.html" target="_blank">why.</a> </i>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The title says it all really. I embarked on a new life
mission to live a more simple and minimalistic lifestyle. The first step on
this path was going through each room and assessing my possessions. You know
what? I had a lot of shit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now don’t get me wrong, I am not a hoarder. Ask anyone who
has been in my house, I lived an uncluttered clean house lifestyle. After all, I
do suffer from <i>mild</i> OCD. All my possessions had a space to live, nice and
organized. This is not minimalistic living though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Organizing is a dirty word in simplistic living. Why? Most
of the time you do not need more than one or two of the same item with the
exception of dinnerware and underwear; so if you find yourself organizing twelve
plastic food storage containers with only seven lids, you are just organizing
your excess and this is not simple living. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I began in my kitchen which was the perfect place to start.
I mean, I am not a kitchen gadget addict so I was <i>for</i> sure this would be quick
and easy. It took me nine hours to go through my kitchen. Yes nine hours of my
life was spent on shifting through plastic containers, lids,
unused small appliances, stacking and un-cluttering my cabinets. I was shocked to find that I had six decorated
fruit bowls. Who knew I was addicted to buying fancy fruit bowls? I sure
didn’t. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a picture of the bags
I donated from my kitchen clean out and a shot of my new simplistic kitchen and dinning room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I made my first big blunder during this time period. I threw
away the coffee cup Michael used daily. I had already made the promise in the
beginning of this venture not to minimize anything he used or any of his possession. Let me tell you something. If your mate is not on board with minimalistic living, do not
touch their things, because they will complain. A lot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next I tackled the bath room. This was fairly easy because I
do not buy in bulk. The medicine cabinet was the worst and I spent about an
hour to get it cleaned out. I threw away all out dated over the counter medicines. My make up drawer was easy because much of the cosmetics was so old it and shades of hot pink and purple. I only kept the
make-up I use daily and one nice compact of eye shadows for evening wear. I
forgot to take a picture of the before but here is the after.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This make-up will have to be replaced soon because they are really old and it is good hygienic sense to replace your old makeup.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I also want to mention, that my second offense, happened in
this room. I threw out an almost empty (I still say it <i>was</i> empty)
aftershave bottle that I intended on replacing of Michael’s. Two days later I
quickly replaced it because I was near insanity from his <strike>nagging</strike> constant
reminders that I had promised not to minimize his belongings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I removed a few pieces of furniture from the living room and
moved our bedroom, into our spare room and left behind all the things that were
still important to Michael in the old room. By doing this I respected his
wishes and I was able to achieve a peaceful simple bedroom for my taste. The
downsize of my wardrobe is covered <a href="http://mamieleger.blogspot.com/2012/09/project-333-making-pigs-fly.html" target="_blank">here</a>, because it was a challenge in itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I still have my craft room and I know this will be the
hardest thing to simplify. I dread doing it, because a rule of simple living is you may keep the item if it is beautiful or brings you joy. And I am convinced my 20 shades of glitter are beautiful and I have 20 artist friends who are sure to agree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall I am happy with my first attempt and
feel I accomplished a lot. I have been 3 weeks without the items I donated and <strike>we</strike>
I haven’t stressed a moment without them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">xoxo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">M.</span></div>
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Mamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-33681570745771370302012-09-04T05:53:00.000-07:002012-09-04T05:58:53.534-07:00Project 333 Making Pigs Fly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I came across a challenge to show that living with less is
possible and easy. As I have mentioned before I am not the average <strike>hoarder</strike> consumer.
I did have an excess of clothes, way more than I could ever need in one given
time period, but I didn’t have like 50 pairs of shoes or 3 closets full of
designer clothes. What I did have was along the lines of 16 pairs of shoes, 4
drawers and half a walk in closet of clothes from Torrid, Roaman’s, Lane Bryant
and Cato’s. I <strike>am</strike>, <strike>trying not to be</strike>, was a huge fan of online shopping. So the
majority of these clothes did not fit well or at all and since I always forget to return items they hung unworn in my closets. </div>
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The basics of this challenge is to live 3 months with 33
items. That’s right. Only 33 items in your wardrobe. Items like socks,
undies, your wedding ring, sleep wear, lounge wear, and workout clothing are the
exceptions. Since the rule with workout clothing involved only wearing it
to work out, I couldn’t keep items under this because, well, I do not exercise
on a daily basis. Luckily my “work-out clothing” and “lounge wear” are
basically the same thing, because lounging <i><b>is</b></i> an action and classifies as a
workout. <strike>in my head.</strike></div>
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This challenge isn’t meant to make you suffer, but to free
you from societies excessive consumerism by showing that you can live with
less. When choosing your 33 items, you are instructed to choose the clothing
that fits you or makes you feel at your best. Choose the items that when you
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This is my clothes pile before the purge. </div>
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As I was trying on what seemed like an endless amount of
clothes, I put together some outfits I liked and realized I hated the majority
of my clothes. I knew even if I boxed them up for wear once the three months
was over, they would still just hang there in my closet. So I decided to purge them. In the
end my <u>entire</u> wardrobe was reduced to the following:</div>
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9 pants</div>
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15 shirts</div>
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3 dresses</div>
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1 skirt</div>
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2 pair boots </div>
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(I am a Texan after all, y'all)</div>
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1 flip flop</div>
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2 dress shoes</div>
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2 tennis shoes</div>
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3 sweaters</div>
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1 coat</div>
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Now this adds up to 40 items; but 5 items are put away until
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I have less clothes to wash and spend less time standing
stupidly in front of the closet deciding what to wear and more time for <strike>exercising</strike> meditating. I have managed two weeks so far without replacing a
single item or shopping online. That right there my friends, could make pigs fly.</div>
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xoxo</div>
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M. <i></i></div>
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Mamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-43954994870694887022012-07-05T11:27:00.001-07:002012-09-07T13:04:33.505-07:00Kinky Shit I Learned From 50 Shades of Grey<div style="text-align: center;">
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is a man in need. His fear is naked and obvious, but he's lost. . . Somewhere
in his darkness.<br />
His eyes wide and bleak and tortured. I can soothe him. Join him briefly in the
darkness and bring him into the light.” E. L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey</span></i></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>If you want to impress a woman and make your psychotic issues less important, forget flowers
and candy, a ride in a helicopter, hang glider, or sailboat named after your
mother will do much better. Knowing how to sexually please her and wanting to
please her is equally important. A hot tryst in the elevator
is helpful when trying to reel her in.Who knew?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>I learned practical uses for a <a href="http://origin.kaboodle.com/hi/img/b/0/0/135/9/AAAAC6Ydfv0AAAAAATWdsA.jpg?v=1299473659000" target="_blank">crop</a>, <a href="http://hmbshop.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/2/022.jpg" target="_blank">flog</a>, and <a href="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/2/8/4/4/3/9/webimg/340129967_tp.jpg" target="_blank">hogtie</a>, and none of those uses have anything to do with animals on a farm. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>An <a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31YwrgPHT-L._AA300_.jpg" target="_blank">ultimate pacifier</a> is not a wonderful item to
sooth your crying infant and <a href="http://ak.buy.com/PI/0/500/230024998.jpg" target="_blank">nipple clamps</a> are not an apparatus used for hanging drying
baby bottle nipples. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Addressing someone by Mr. or Miss. over and over
during flirtatious word play grows on you and you find yourself teasingly
calling your husband Mr. Grey, which he does not find in the least bit exciting
or funny. Ah hum. Michael. :-)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>A <a href="http://content1.adameve.com/adult-sex-toys/kinky-bondage/spreadembarcuffset/cms/200829-200943-350x350.jpg" target="_blank">spreader bar</a> does not spread around awesome free mixed
drinks. However, using so said bar really helps get you into shape for that
Yoga lesson you have been putting off. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When introduced to <a href="http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/.%2F2006%2F09%2F12%2Fpics%2F07a.jpg" target="_blank">2 silver balls on a ribbon</a>, the
classic song Jingle Bells from Christmas is farthest from your mind. You then
ask your husband if he knows what Ben-Wah balls are, and he says “Yes of
course, those are the <a href="https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTPIZfGrUv6sSIxmqd9_WA1PVVHUnPRRjyqO6BU8zz_JTMG657FQ" target="_blank">Chinese stress balls</a> right?” With a great sigh of relief
you smile and say, “Yes that’s right dear.” <i>–admission I did not know the
correct name of 2 silver balls on a ribbon, I feared if I googled that info it
would result in it being stored in my internet history and the FBI would knock
down my door for being a freak so instead I shyly asked my best friend who
immediately answered my inquiry. Who knew she was so informed? Kinky slut!</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>I will never look at a man with a walking <a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSoVe0mwokBr1wd6L7U34ayqM1IipCwoXikgA14P0XVm2IHy2CF" target="_blank">cane</a>
the same way. Ever. Again. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>No matter how fucked up you are, if you make one
hundred thousand dollars an hour, have copper colored wavy hair, wear your
pants hanging on your hips, <i>in that sexy way</i>, and buy a woman an Audi after
your second date, she will keep coming back for more of your "<i>kinky fuckery</i>".</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>The most romantic way to ask a woman for her
hand in marriage is after you admit to being a sadist. Can’t fail here guys!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Breaking up with your guy after he confesses his
deepest darkest sexual desires to beat you with toys (and you let him); then after
reconciling your relationship asking him to use those toys on you again sends
mixed messages people. Pick which side of the <a href="http://loveloungers.co.uk/uploads/2/8/8/1/2881217/_5087835.jpg" target="_blank">Tantric</a> chair you are going to be
tied up on and stick with it damn it! </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <i>“I thought I'd broken you."<br />
"Broken? Me? Oh no, Ana. Just the opposite."<br />
He reaches out and takes my hand. "You're my lifeline'" he whispers.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>E. L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Hey, everyone has issues right? When you fall in love
with someone and choose to stay, you accept these issues and make it your life mission to
<strike>change</strike> accept them. Or you don’t stay and you walk away. You may walk away with your
dignity still intact and possibly un-whipped, however most likely you will just
meet another fucked up person with even more issues and less wavy hair. I mean who’s really normal now-a-days? If you
do decide to stay, though, you must be committed to helping with those issues,
you must give unconditional love, and you must give 100% trust in the love you
have for this person. If you wake up one day and find yourself wanting to run
like Forest Gump, well just buy a <a href="http://thegurglingcod.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c387d53ef015392d42f8d970b-800wi" target="_blank">ball gag</a> and <a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjaKrGcJxoucP5UtjuqAOHA9ym3wAGTTyNEJ0a_YTS-y9qQ3DGiw" target="_blank">hand cuffs</a>, slap them on your
partner and lock’em in a closet. Make a
cup of <a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaOQoS_sOm9tl93EeGNvA5MRLTuWKSbQsIeOFgiJ1uEr54JC8_" target="_blank">Twinning’s English Breakfast Tea</a> and curl up to <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10818853-fifty-shades-of-grey" target="_blank">50 Shades of Grey</a>. By Chapter 5 you will eagerly release your partner after realizing they aren’t so fucked
up after all. If this plan fails to make
you take off those running shoes, then have lots and lots of orgasmic sex all
over the house because awesome sex always makes a stressful situation better.
Oh and don’t forget sex on the piano. Yay, you get laid and play music at the
same time. Who doesn’t like to multitask?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Forcing myself these last few days to read this series
will be seared in my mind filed under my important life lessons. I of course only did
this for you, my faithful followers, so <i><u><b>you</b></u></i> wouldn't have to deceive your spouse pretending to have the worse case of cramps on the fourth of July so that you could lay in bed under a heating pad all day while smiling deliciously at your Kindle Fire!</span></div>
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evening get away with Michael. I <strike>begged</strike> <strike>pleaded</strike> asked my sister to watch
Marcella so he and I could go to Galveston for the night. Now, anyone who knows
me knows I do not do spontaneous. I am a plan ahead, like far in advance, 6
months a head, kind of girl. Alas, I have been standing at the edge of the cliff
of despair lately and my relationship has taken a toll of it. I owed it to
myself, to my husband, and to our marriage to splurge a little. Let loose and fancy free? Foot loose and free fancy? Get the hell out of dodge or at least as much as $200 bucks could get you at last moment. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> See what happens when you don't plan ahead, no, I don't mean the traffic, I mean the lack of a good pedicure for a photo shot of you waiting for the damn ferry.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Our little stretch of the Gulf Coast isn’t the most beautiful coast in the United
States. The oil rigs and many hurricanes have left it destroyed. Experiencing it is still amazing though. To get to Galveston Island we go west on Highway
73 through Winnie Texas. We use to love going down Highway 87 via Sabine Pass
(Old Beach Road), but this road has been closed for many years, unrepaired since Hurricane Jerry in 1989. Rumor has it, it is now a nude beach and if you’re brave enough, you can
drive around the barriers and sun bathe there. I of course have
never attempted this because <strike>I always forget my sunscreen</strike> I am a lady and that would be wrong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I tried to take a professional photograph on the top level deck of the ferry, but the wind whipped our asses, so we had to go inside the viewing room for a nice enough shot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wasn't really feeding the birds, but pretending to feed the birds to
trick y'all, I ate the only damn crackers I could find (left over from
Marci's school snack) because I was fucking hungry! The birds did not
think this was funny and in revenge tried to shit on me. Michael however, did laugh
pretty hard at the site of it all. It was good to hear him laugh, even if it was at me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> When we finally got to the island we headed straight to Bubba Gump's Restaurant, I hadn't shared any of the crackers with Michael and now he was starving. We had to park about 2 miles down the road on the seawall and walk to the newly opened Pleasure Pier were Gump's is located. Once we got there 10 hours later, <i>fat ass people take a while to walk three miles y'all</i>, the <strike>matridee metreedee</strike> person who sits you, an eighteen year old girl with a smirked grin said it would be a two hour long wait, and I about fainted. Michael said sweetly, "We can go somewhere else baby", and I gave him the <i>I</i> <i>fucking just walked 4 miles</i> shithead look and so he sighed and put our name on the list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Instead of paying the $20's to walk down the pier and watch people puke after getting off the rides, I decided I wanted to buy Marci some gifts instead. We found her a cute little dolphin necklace with rhinestones and a pirate's telescope. After this, we headed to the hotel. I did not take pictures of what happened in the hotel room because I am not a <strike>porn star, I don't want you to get jealous of what my husband is packing in his suitcase</strike>, I am a lady, damn can't y'all remember that? I do however have a beautiful picture of the nightly pleasure you can receive at Galveston Texas.</span><br />
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<br />Mamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-29468275223360434452012-06-26T09:11:00.000-07:002012-06-26T10:36:26.503-07:00In Memory Of My Sister Marcella Stroder Domec Today's post is pulled from my files of poetry. I lost my beautiful sister, my daughter's namesake, in September of 2005. She was on the heavier side and fought continuously during her adult life to lose weight. She made the final decision to go to Germany and have a vertical gastrectomy with duodenal switch preformed. She made it through the surgery fine, but during recovery developed an infection, which escalated to severe septic shock. Within hours it spread throughout her body, and eventually her organs started shutting down, and then she had a heart attack. The facility she was at was to blame. My mother reported the infection and my sister's declining health, all they needed to do was give her a huge dose of antibiotics, which is standard here in the United States, but the physicians told my sister, to toughen up. <br />
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She was a beautiful soul. A wonderful sister and friend to many. And in honor of her birthday this month, I will share with you the poem I wrote to her after her death.<br />
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Your laughter <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">these memories <br />
rip through my heart and soul <br />
bringing forth to the day <br />
Anger </span></span><br />
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Sorrow </span></span><br />
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So quickly you were taken <br />
One day here the next gone <br />
Even the knowledge that you have transcended <br />
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You were taken from this place <br />
Ripped from our embrace <br />
Leaving us lost in a sea of despair </span></span><br />
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We love and miss you Marcy. You will always be in our hearts and we think of you everyday.<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mamie Ann </span></i>Mamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-80162727981339089912012-05-31T09:24:00.002-07:002012-05-31T09:24:45.519-07:00Magical ElixirI am a member of the <a href="http://www.international-art-doll-registry.com/" target="_blank">International Art Doll Registry</a> and they have a re-occurring contest with different themes. For the month of May, the theme was ancient magic. Well the first thing that came to mind was "witch". And which witch would I do. Well Elphaba of course. She is the most famous witch of all.<br />
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I got really excited. I mean the chance to sculpt Elphie. WhooHoo! So I immediately began mixing the right clay for the job. After hours of adding green and more green and a little more green I came up with the right mixture. I now have in my supply enough green clay to make 3 Elphabas.<br />
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Knowing it would take me a long time I began sculpting her in April. No, it doesn't take me that long to sculpt, except that I have to work, be a mom, be a wife and have time for my nervous break downs.<br />
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I finished my lovely Elphaba Tuesday night and was so excited by her I ran into our bedroom and jumped on the bed ( I don't jump) and exclaimed to my husband "I just finished the best damn Elphaba sculpture ever made. Well at least by me!" He smiled gently and said "Let me go check her out." He of course praised me for my artistic talent, but then again, I think he was buttering me up for a fishing trip.<br />
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So what do you guys think? Is she good enough? Actually, I don't care, I love her. ;)<br />
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<br />Mamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-57531892541711447162011-12-22T13:58:00.001-08:002011-12-22T13:58:49.806-08:00New faceI worked about 3 hours on this face. I have been trying to improve on my adult fairy faces. I think she came out lovely! I think I will make her into a mermaid on a moon! Lots to do over the holiday season! <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TxeQrEDaeMs/TvOn7U1VM_I/AAAAAAAAAGE/E42iKFs0IiQ/s640/blogger-image--1131439025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TxeQrEDaeMs/TvOn7U1VM_I/AAAAAAAAAGE/E42iKFs0IiQ/s640/blogger-image--1131439025.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TVGU0OA_JTw/TvOoAMo3q-I/AAAAAAAAAGM/NRoqE8qkBwQ/s640/blogger-image--18057322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TVGU0OA_JTw/TvOoAMo3q-I/AAAAAAAAAGM/NRoqE8qkBwQ/s640/blogger-image--18057322.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rN9JWBI9Yxc/TvOoGI0UP3I/AAAAAAAAAGU/XzdyLy2nAXU/s640/blogger-image-1580094517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rN9JWBI9Yxc/TvOoGI0UP3I/AAAAAAAAAGU/XzdyLy2nAXU/s640/blogger-image-1580094517.jpg" /></a></div>Mamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-19639197762455342462011-12-07T13:01:00.001-08:002011-12-07T13:02:05.050-08:00Whisp of WinterlandWhisp is the first of hopefully four wee faeries I will be displaying for sell at the IADR table at the fabulous IDEX 2012!!!<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y702REJH-Sg/Tt_URL2vxsI/AAAAAAAAAFU/05p937hZai4/s640/blogger-image--517059930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y702REJH-Sg/Tt_URL2vxsI/AAAAAAAAAFU/05p937hZai4/s640/blogger-image--517059930.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WOOEC0tIrJ8/Tt_URzY7OUI/AAAAAAAAAFc/juLJbV_0DAY/s640/blogger-image-858664741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WOOEC0tIrJ8/Tt_URzY7OUI/AAAAAAAAAFc/juLJbV_0DAY/s640/blogger-image-858664741.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iu7mah3m02o/Tt_USHneYoI/AAAAAAAAAFk/gYQ3g8pEP8s/s640/blogger-image-243735623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iu7mah3m02o/Tt_USHneYoI/AAAAAAAAAFk/gYQ3g8pEP8s/s640/blogger-image-243735623.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p4rgWL0kk4Q/Tt_USv_8wpI/AAAAAAAAAFs/7l9ZOx3Tzow/s640/blogger-image--1739035020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p4rgWL0kk4Q/Tt_USv_8wpI/AAAAAAAAAFs/7l9ZOx3Tzow/s640/blogger-image--1739035020.jpg" /></a></div>Mamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-3785957798734728262011-11-27T16:33:00.001-08:002011-11-27T16:56:35.658-08:00Faerie wingsDecided to create a different style faerie wing for my IDEX faeries! It is old school style made from tissue, tons of glitter and sealed in 3 d laquer. Yay!<br />
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This slipper was made using a drawn paper shoe I cut out, then used paper mache to form it. I then used a later of paper raffetta (sp?) and then a layer of fusible fibers and a layer of dryer sheet ( yep ) then covered in glittet gloss. I added a few butterfly stencils, some flower decor and a cute little faerie dust bottle! Lastly I added soft white trim around the slipper! Did I mention glitter? Loads and loads of sparkling glitter!!!<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BEalDf9U9UE/TpoN7LQ_dlI/AAAAAAAAAEU/suuICQ7ugzg/s640/blogger-image--1087133967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BEalDf9U9UE/TpoN7LQ_dlI/AAAAAAAAAEU/suuICQ7ugzg/s640/blogger-image--1087133967.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wiVRgw-EZAo/TpoN79I7slI/AAAAAAAAAEc/R_4KWU71dRU/s640/blogger-image--395368944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wiVRgw-EZAo/TpoN79I7slI/AAAAAAAAAEc/R_4KWU71dRU/s640/blogger-image--395368944.jpg" /></a></div>Mamie Butler Legerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225051362715536093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698341742219422705.post-3343837353562177692011-08-31T07:51:00.000-07:002011-08-31T07:51:06.154-07:00Pinup Contest!The International Art Doll Registry is having a contest for September.<br />
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Pinups is the theme. Everyone who knows me knows I LOVE pinup art!!! So I thought it would be fun to include everyone in deciding which pinup I will use to inspire me to create a sculpture for this contest. The photo below is 3 of my most favorite demure pinups. Please help me choose!<br />
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The lady with the most votes will be my inspiration. I will post work in progress photos along the way of sculpting her. I have only 3 weeks to get her done. And with my time schedule, that is not long! Come on friends! Play along! :)<br />
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But I continue to sculpt on hoping that eventually a Little Person will be smiling up at me.<br />
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Here is one face I completed a last week. It sits upon my worktable, bodiless.<br />
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It isn't as if I don't have inspiration, but with inspiration comes interuption. :)<br />
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So last night while watching "Fly Me to the Moon" with Princess Marcella and my Lord Michael, I got to work on an armature for a little 5 1/2 inch pixie. I am bound and determined to complete her, because frankly my muse is throwing so many images through my head that my heart and hands can't sculpt fast enough to keep up. Wish me luck with this new little one.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the base head armature. I took a hint from Mark Dennis and sculpted a "skull" like armature with the eyes already baked in place to have a starting point. I am not the type of artist that uses measuring instruments, I go basically on whatever comes from my fingers. That is the joy in sculpting freehand and fantasy based figures, they can be whatever you wish them to be and not follow any guideline but your own creativity.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More clay added to the face area so I can build up the nose and lips. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First stage of lips and nose...she looks like a baby monkey! :) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have fine tuned her lips and nose some more and added more clay around the eyes. I use a tiny paint brush for smoothing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is Mira's final head after baking. I can see now her left eye is a little higher then the right eye, but I am very happy with her results. She is going to be a cutie pie!</td></tr>
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So I listened. I sat down and began a piece. As the armature shaped from my hands...I could see her in my head. And my muse...smiling smugly...hands on hips...leading the way. Here is the beginning of my current project.<br />
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