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lulu sweet souls
canton, new york
Posts: 340

I haven't seen as much of Dilu as usual.... do you think she is planning to surprise us with some new wonderful Golly designs?

Dear Dilu,  Are you okay? More Gollies please.  I miss you!
Hugs,

LuLu

Stellajella Wien
Posts: 1,399

Dilu? Dilu! You are badly missed here!  :hug:

Gaby bear_flower

Jodi Falk Bears by Jodi
Gahanna , Ohio USA
Posts: 3,463

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Dilu !! Where are you  bear_rolleyes

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Well i have been rather madly trying to get a couple completed....

Here's the deal.   I wanted to see if I could make a golly ballerina en pointe.

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so I did:

Jodi Falk Bears by Jodi
Gahanna , Ohio USA
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Your getting better and better, those are wonderful !!! Wow ie zowie !!!

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So then i realized i had to create a prince charming to hold her in place:

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His hat and collar or the most lucious Hembold mohair....I was toying with an idea of making me a hat too....red wool vest, velvet breeches, leather boots.....sigh....the only thing he's missing is a princly bank account....



I also had to research tutus.....and made here's as real to true life as possible, for me.....

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they both required new thinking in the body department, but i have been quite pleased with her esepcailly-wish I had her legs,

and i think of Our Kim Basta whenever I look at her.....she's still en pointe....can stay like that forever, I'm guessing

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Now to get them ready for e-bay.....heart in throat.....they took three weeks to make.....can I make a penny on them or just recoup my expenses?

sigh......

Hey....maybe not even recoup my expenses!

double sigh-sheesh

So now that I have hit a creative slump i am back...trying to get back into my old routine


bet not a one of you knows what I mean!!!

:crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:

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Anybody want to buy a ballerina?

:crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:


They were fun, and i thank you for giving me the perfect opportunity to explain my absence....
 

i get kinda carried away sometimes.....

gollyhugs

dilu

tuppies teddies Tuppies Teddies
Lindenow, Central Gippsland
Posts: 1,969

They are a delightful pair, good luck with your auction...

Jodi Falk Bears by Jodi
Gahanna , Ohio USA
Posts: 3,463

You putting them on as a set or only selling the girl ? I just looked at E Bay and they are not on yet . They are really nice Dilu,I am very excited for you and your art is hitting perfection.

Carolyn Green Draffin Bears
Auckland New Zealand
Posts: 5,354
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Dilu, your Ballerina couple are just so wonderful - her legs are gorgeous, as is the costuming.
Great job and I wish you much luck with them on ebay.

Hugs
Carolyn

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Dilu Posts: 8,574

Thanks ladies,

Jodi, I want to do better pictures...not having the digital camera is a real drag.   So i am hoping to get them on to start Sunday night....and yep they go as a couple...

He's got his hands all over her!!!  whats a Golly mom to do?  Get those two married off Tout Suite!!!!

Hey you're all invited and the wedding cake is chocolate for sure!  And The Food Network's Giada DeLaurentis has a Nutella icecream to go with the cake.

then hope they move to a new home.....

AndreaM Drea's Bears
Ontario
Posts: 576

AAAAHHHHHHHH, Nutella icecream, you're making me hungry! bear_original

Dilu, you did a fantastic job on her legs and feet. I am a classical Ballet teacher and that's the first thing I look for.  She's right over on her pointes and her legs look just like they would if she were a human on pointe!  WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!  This is a fantastic pair! bear_thumb

AndreaM

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And here's the flower girl

Daphne Back Road Bears
Laconia, NH USA
Posts: 6,568

Where's the flower girl????

Your prince and ballerina are just marvelous, Dilu! I'd been missing you here too and feared you might not be well. Quite the contrary from the looks! A lot of hard work and patience went into those two! WOW!!!!!

What sex legs she's got!!!

Nutella ice cream?????????????

I can't wait for Sunday to come!!! I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at what those two might go for on eBay! I'll be rooting for ya!

Glad you are back with us! Don't go away again with out checking in to say your are OK from time to time!
:hug:

makafelts Charlotte Des Roches Designs
Adkins, Texas
Posts: 1,543

Dilu,
Speaking as a former ballerina...they are jete' beautiful!!! bear_wub  bear_wub  bear_wub  bear_wub

Hugs &

Jare Hares & Bears Jare Hares & Bears
Polo, IL
Posts: 983

Dilu -
You could add a digital camera to your wish list...
Could I suggest photographing them on a plain white background or an off white background.
Posterboard (you can buy at Wal*Mart) will work fine.
Besides you can get some really nice digital cameras for not a lot of money.
We had a Fuji A44 (A43?) that had some nice accessories I think it was about $125~$150 bucks... great for eBay and internet pictures.

Now on to the gollies...
They are beautiful. I am not a huge golly fan, but these two take the cake. You have out done yourself.

shantell Apple Dumpling Designs
Willamette Valley Oregon
Posts: 3,128

Dilu....you little Golly stinker...you have outdone yourself.  These two are delightful.  Just in time for Christmas...are they dancing in the Nutcracker?  I LOVE THEM and I know absolutely zilch, notta, zip, nuthin about ballet.

bear_wub

doodlebears Doodlebears
UK
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Oh Dillykins these are the most wonderful gollies that I have ever seen.   bear_wub   You take top prize for imagination and design with these two. Make sure you start them off at a good price on ebay. You can't let them get away without being rewarded well for all your time and hard work.


FANTASTIC work Di

                       

'Hail to the Golly queen....Queen Dillykins'

Hugs Jane. bear_thumb  bear_thumb  bear_thumb  bear_thumb  bear_thumb  bear_thumb

gotobedbears Posts: 3,177

WOW - she's got fabulous legs Dilu............did you model them on your own?  :dance:

I love these two dancers Wonks, you just keep getting better me old fruit  :clap:

Penny  bear_tongue

Jellybelly Bears Jellybelly Bears
Australia
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Dilu they are wonderful!  I agree, her legs are gorgeous!  Great work bear_original

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Ya know how gollies can be....they had run off with the flower girl and it took all night to find them...


She's 8" tall and stands on her own and is just a little knock-kneed tyke.



Andrea and Charlotte

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Thanks ladies, you both know what it takes.  I could never do it-the teachers had a fit.  The taller I grew the more my left leg canted out making me look like a milking stool.....They finally told me it would probebly be best if I gave it up all together as eventually I would land wrong and there the leg would go phat.....And by this time I was STILL a beginner   :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:

Daphne

  I have the nutella Ice cream recipie if you want....

Jared:

Oh you are sweet, but I have a Sony digital in the shop.  You missed that post.  Apparently Sony made a bunch of defective CCD chips and sold them to other digital camera companies too-There was a class action law suit and they lost :dance:  which means they have to fix our cameras-like it or not. 

However they didn't have to tell anyone...we only found out by accident....and my hubby diligetnly searching forums looking for answers on what was wrong.  (Turns out he spent more on the camera than he had originally told me and was not about to let it go down the tubes lightly) bear_grin

And Gollies don't photo well against white or cream but do great against a light blue.or mottled medium  I usually use a Bali Batik and i found the one I like after the piccys....I am redoing the whole lot today.

...I don't know what I was thinking with that quilt....It was handy and I was getting desperate to see how the interim situation with piccys was going to work.  The local photo shop will print up a proof sheet and develop your piccys (35mm) to a cd for $5.00....makes me feel a lot better while waiting for the digital to come home.  Today I will be more relaxed and we will have a more appropriate background.....

hope i don't have to iron the sheet  AArrghh!

Now Jared, hearing someone say "I'm not a huge golly fan but...."  Well hon, that is music to my ears....it means that for you I was able to cross over that line....Thank you!

Shantell,

Yep, the Nutcracker  he is 20" and she is 18", actually probably only 16 but en pointe she is 18"

So the light tent was out

Jane and Penny

 

Thank you so much for your words, as golly makers yourselves I appreciate your kindness


And for all the rest, thank you again.....Now for something completely different.....a bear ornament!  Lets have us some fun!

gollyhugs
dilu

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