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What is VidIQ? It is a new application that helps us rank our videos for better reach especially for us that work with the Youtube social media platform.
I couldn't wait to try it out after Bambi told me some of the advantages to it. Hopefully this will help our IADR Youtube channel as well as my own. Did you know the IADR had a Youtube channel?
I couldn't wait to try it out after Bambi told me some of the advantages to it. Hopefully this will help our IADR Youtube channel as well as my own. Did you know the IADR had a Youtube channel?
Yes, you can see past shows or events there and once a month Bambi and I do a podcast. Check out this podcast about What is VidIQ? Click the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIvh2pqD2Qw&list=PLrtdDHQkjjJuWLM17FetvOfXnI1lyP0yN
Reminder: Fall Online Sale - For those still wishing to participate, please email me an image of the doll you wish to showcase on the Sale Page gallery preferably by October 10th and no later than October 15th.
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The Shylock Doll Zoom Gathering is Tuesday, October 14th at 12:30 pm MST. Let me know if you are interested in attending if you aren't in the group chat to receive the zoom link for this fun time to hang out with other dollmakers around the world.
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The IADR Art Doll Planning Committee meeting is Wednesday, October 15th at 9 am MST (that's 5 pm in Italy). For those that want to be involved with shaping the 2026 IADR Art Doll Convention or attending the Shylock meeting - drop me a note at iadregistry@outlook.com.
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The Shylock Doll Zoom Gathering is Tuesday, October 14th at 12:30 pm MST. Let me know if you are interested in attending if you aren't in the group chat to receive the zoom link for this fun time to hang out with other dollmakers around the world.
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The IADR Art Doll Planning Committee meeting is Wednesday, October 15th at 9 am MST (that's 5 pm in Italy). For those that want to be involved with shaping the 2026 IADR Art Doll Convention or attending the Shylock meeting - drop me a note at iadregistry@outlook.com.
Welcome to our new IADR Members:
Azzurra Brogi from Italy who is a polymer clay artist.
Alessandra Mastropasqua from Italy and is a fiber art artist.
Carolina Moilanen from North Carolina, USA and is a fiber artist.
Stephanie Tiongco from New York, USA and is a fiber artist.
Welcome and we are looking forward to seeing everyone's artwork as they share with us their talents as well as getting to know them.
Alessandra Mastropasqua from Italy and is a fiber art artist.
Carolina Moilanen from North Carolina, USA and is a fiber artist.
Stephanie Tiongco from New York, USA and is a fiber artist.
Welcome and we are looking forward to seeing everyone's artwork as they share with us their talents as well as getting to know them.
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Spring is in the air! It is all about new growth and coming out of your shell to blossom!
What better way to celebrate Spring fun than to join in our Shylock Doll Gathering on Tuesday, March 12th at 1:30 pm MST.
This is a fun live Zoom event where we get together to talk and play dolls. We might bring up issues someone might be having with a particular problem that with a little group brainstorming helps us solve them. Or we throw out ideas of something new we would like to create together. There is always something different and new happening in our doll garden.
This month we are looking at fairy wings. I just finished my pair that I did by coloring on fabric with crayons (something we did in a past meeting) and I enjoyed trying out this new process.
Also make sure to double check your time with us as here in the USA as we just "Sprang Forward" an hour for Daylight Savings Time. I am hearing through the buzzing of the bees that the rest of the world will change later in the month. So, come play with us and if you haven't joined in before, simply instant messenger me in Facebook or send me an email at IADRegistry@outlook.com in order to get the Zoom link to join us.
We meet monthly on a Tuesday with March's meeting being on March 12th at 1:30 pm MST and you invited to join us!
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Come join me as Alena and I talk about our favorite passion, dollmaking. She is a delightful person and her wonderful insights made our time together a true adventure.
It is has been so exciting to talk with the various doll makers throughout the year, but Alena had me rolling off of my chair laughing when she shared her first experience about wanting to take an out-of-town class. Hint... don't mess around with a pregnant lady!
So pull up that chair and your favorite brew and join us while Alena and I talk about her creations and how thinking outside the box is a wonderful challenge - never knowing where it might take one.
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Travel to the top of the world with me as I sit down to have a conversation with Sandee Elvsaas from Alaska.
Alaska is truly an unique place just as unique as Sandee's delightful shell characters. There is quite a fishy tale to go with them too *smiling*.
But it isn't just the weather and even an earthquake or two that makes Alaska so interesting, it is seeing it through Sandee's eyes as she talks about the different cultures and tribes.
Alaska is truly an unique place just as unique as Sandee's delightful shell characters. There is quite a fishy tale to go with them too *smiling*.
But it isn't just the weather and even an earthquake or two that makes Alaska so interesting, it is seeing it through Sandee's eyes as she talks about the different cultures and tribes.
For those are the various flavors she brings to her dollmaking. From the Children around the World, to her fairies of her childhood, to the shell people she is currently exploring, there is never a dull moment at Sandee's part of the world. Why not join me as I discover this delightful lady and what inspires her to create?
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Come join me as I walk the path that Diana Noch's dollmaking journey took me on. Her creativity and joy in dollmaking was a delight to discover.
Her diamond in the rough tip also reveals how out of the box we doll makers think when we are looking for tools and techniques to make our dolls better.
So pull up that chair and your favorite brew and join us while Diana and I talk about the variety of mediums that can be used for making dolls enjoying our passion for doll making.
Her diamond in the rough tip also reveals how out of the box we doll makers think when we are looking for tools and techniques to make our dolls better.
So pull up that chair and your favorite brew and join us while Diana and I talk about the variety of mediums that can be used for making dolls enjoying our passion for doll making.
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Setting out on an adventure to follow a dream in my beautiful caravan is the type of experience I enjoyed when visiting with Jerry Knegtel.
I may have traveled (via Zoom) to the exciting place of Belgium, but that was only a small part of the journey.
She weaved a story full of fairies that made me feel I had entered her magical land. They surround her but Jerry was more than willing to share how they come alive through her and become a part of our world seen through her eyes.
Also a lovely tribute to Deb Wood shows how important IADR is to up and coming artists or even those that want to be challenged through our juried shows. Just like the vagabonds that travel in their caravan creating their family unit, so can the many members in IADR be a part of that artistic family of support and encouragement for each other.
To learn the impact of creating an art doll for someone thereby creating a very healing process for them, is a story that truly touches the heart. Pull up your chair, grab your favorite brew... don't forget the tissue and join myself and Jerry as we talk about a favorite pastime of ours... dolls.
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We are all so unique and different but the one thing we have in common is our love of dolls. This flight takes me to my own country of the USA with a stop in Alabama to visit Bambi Lynn. I haven't traveled there yet physically but I was able to enjoy learning more about it through Bambi's eyes. It is certainly now on my wish list of places to go.
Come... bring your favorite beverage and learn about the magical land that Bambi has created and now sharing with her dolls, the Turfs. Discover more about the goddess Arduinna of the Ardennes Forest and what influence this had on Bambi's creative adventure.
Bambi is so great about creating magical portals because I know the time we spent talking just magically flew by. Now I feel I made another new friend through my doll making adventures.
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I am having a blast traveling around the world visiting with our IADR (International Art Doll Registry) members. I have been to England, Italy, and now to the far reaches of Australia.
The artwork of Amanda Parkinson is exciting and I certainly love hearing and seeing it through her eyes.
Besides thinking outside the box in creativity, it is also amazing how, as dollmakers, we often are required to figure out other ways in order to create our dolls. We may not get the exact thing we wanted for our piece but we don't let that stop us. We simply move forward.
Besides thinking outside the box in creativity, it is also amazing how, as dollmakers, we often are required to figure out other ways in order to create our dolls. We may not get the exact thing we wanted for our piece but we don't let that stop us. We simply move forward.
So bring your favorite drink and join us. Mine will be tea (*smiling) as Amanda and I talk about our favorite thing... Dollmaking.
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What is pix-a-lated? There are many stories and legends of the unexpected traveler being pixy-led and arriving home disheveled often following the revels of a village fair. They would insist that the pixies were to blame for heading them from the path with their flickering lights resulting in them being lost or very late.
Well, that is what I feel like now that here in the USA we have Sprung forward an hour. We are suppose to be enjoying an extra hour of sunlight but I am still waiting for the sun to show up for that too. Here in the USA we are also out of step until others go through this stage.
So what does that mean? For those of us planning on attending the Shylock Doll Gathering this Wednesday the 15th, please check your time zone as to not miss out on this fun gathering of dollmakers. We are looking to explore the different ways (or the easy way) to make fingers for our characters.
The time is planned for 12:30 pm MST. For those in the USA, it will move forward as planned. For those in Italy or Australia (for example) you might need to confirm the time difference as we will be actually a hour earlier for you (or not...). Hope this blurp gets past the pixies so that we can all get together - and don't forget to check our chat line for the link post. See you there.
Also I'm glad this crazy time zone change happened after my Conversation with the Dollmaker for the month of March as I enjoyed my lovely time with Amanda Parkinson. I am in the process of updating and editing that video and it will be out shortly. Keep your eyes open as Amanda and I share our love of dollmaking through her art.
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Conversation with Dollmaker...
I have traveled to England (via ZOOM) to spend some time with Renata Jansen and her lovely dolls. Then the time flew by while I was in Italy (again via the magic of ZOOM) talking with Adelaide Santini. These conversations have been very interesting to me especially as polymer is a medium I haven't delved in. These ladies make it look easy but then that is the skill of a master - as one knows a lot of work goes into each creation.
Plus I am so excited as I have always wanted to visit Australia which I get to do as Amanda Parkinson is scheduled to talk to me in March.
Plus I am so excited as I have always wanted to visit Australia which I get to do as Amanda Parkinson is scheduled to talk to me in March.
If you have missed these conversations, join me and the IADR Dollmakers either here in the blog or on Youtube. Here on the website you will see Conversations on the right side of the screen where the past blogs are archived. To view on Youtube, click the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIMbFhVnZWKVDqnevEv3Mbg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIMbFhVnZWKVDqnevEv3Mbg
Don't have a Clue!!!
Our Zoom meeting will be this Thurs Feb 23rd at 12:30 (Mountain Standard Time) for members of IADR who want to be inspired, maybe learn something new, or just meet another fellow dollmaker who shares our passion.
Keep your eyes open for the link in the IADR Members Only group and don't be a SHY-lock. Come join us *smiling*.
Keep your eyes open for the link in the IADR Members Only group and don't be a SHY-lock. Come join us *smiling*.
Rainy Days...
Just a reminder to mark the date your entry is due for the IADR Jury Show. For rules on the show check out the Juried Show Requirements section on the website. This is also the place for you to enter your submission for the show (form entry is at the bottom of the Juried Show Requirements page). Remember all entries also must be registered before the show.