Orli doll faceups and wigs

Been practing painting Ball jointed dolls and am going to offer faceups/body blushing and wigs for Orli dolls. Prices will be $30.00 for a faceup/body blushing. And $50.00 for a wig.
We've three styles of wigs for now (more to come in the future). Long brown double pony tail, Short blond sassy, and Black Cat I've also created one style of removable fairy wings. The fairy wings will be $15.00.

click buy now below for Orli Faceup, body blushing, and wig combo($80.00usd):

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click buy now below for Orli doll fairy wings ($15.00usd)

Orli preorder now OPEN

Orli has arrived at the manufacturers safe and sound. Yay!

Her  preorder begins now. :0)

It will take about 3 months for Orli's resin clones to be made. However this preorder will only be open for a little while. Orli will be produced only once.

Orli will come with 1 pair of glass eyes and your choice of eye color. Every doll is blank ready for you to costumize.
She will be cast in a light tan skin tone. She will be around 4 1/4 inches tall (10.6 cm).

Price: $200.00
Basic shipping: $15.00
EMS (Express shipping): $35.00

Your doll will ship from the USA, International orders welcome. :0)

Selling conditions.

Their are three options for payment. First option: Pay in full, Second: two Montly installments, Third, three monthly installments.
If you'd like more then one Orli please contact me for a discounted price: klayaleah@gmail.com

Layaway/Installment payments are automatically sent via paypal once a month till the total is paid.

If a payment is missed and is more then 2 weeks late the order will be canceled.

All orders are Final. Payments are non refundable.

No doll will ship before full balance is paid.

After purchase, please email me to confirm your shipping address, and specify which eye color you choose.

If you have questions feel free to contact me anytime: klayaleah@gmail.com
Eye color options:

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Installment plan 1 (two equal monthly payments) with $15.00 shipping, click first installment plan button.

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below pictures of Orli are of the original sculpted doll. Her resin clones will have a light tan skin tone

A wee little ball jointed doll named Orli

Big, Big, BIG announcement. I've been making dolls again.

It's been over three years since my last attempt at doll making I'd turned my focus to miniatures But when I saw my first ball jointed doll I fell in love. For about a year I'd been reading about how to make BJD's and writing down ideas for them. Well a few months ago it was time to start. I worked on her part time and the miniatures full time.

My friend and fellow Artist sister Nefer Kane has Inspired, supported and encouraged me in this new venture. If you've not seen Nefer's dolls take a look here: http://circuskane.com/circus-kane-online-store/ Be prepared to have your heart stolen. I've two of her dolls (Aleah and Miss Humpty Dumpty) I am head over heals for them.  

So now let me introduce Orli my first Micro BJD. She is a tiny 4 1/4 inches tall (10.6 cm). However her resin clones may end up slightly smaller.

She was sculpted from polymer clay and some areas gave me trouble so were carved and resculpted. This is why she has some discoloration. Her Resin clones will be a solid light tan skin tone.

She will be priced around $250.00. Her preorder will begin once I've confirmation she is safe in the manufacturer's hands.

I hope you all love little Orli. She is the beginning of many more characters to come.

♥•♥•♥ and Hugs,
Aleah

PS I'll announce the start of her preorder here, as well as on my Facebook page. More to come Very soon.

Yorkshire Terrier sculpting kit and a few other updates

Been Tweaking a few things here and there.

On Ebay. A new F.A.Q section is on my ME page. Questions include,
How do I add the Fur? What are the costumes made of? ect...

You can see the ME page here: http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=aleah_klay

The Auction pages look a bit different too. Under shipping we've added expected delivery times based on which Country you are in. This should help international collectors a lot since shipping time varies so much from Country to Country.

Over on Etsy. With the beginner in mind, We've created a supplies kit for Creating a Miniature Yorkshire Terrier. This Kit is meant to go with the Yorkshire Terrier Sculpting Tutorial.
It is the cheapest way to get all the materials needed. The beginner living in the USA who has none of the supplies would be spending $30.00-$40.00 to get everything.
With my kit you can now try sculpting and furring a miniature for just $12.99 http://www.etsy.com/shop/aleahklay


Still working on more tutorials, guides, and kits but it's all going very slowly. I can only work on them part time for now. When they are finished They'll be available on Etsy and will be announced on this blog as well as on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aleah-Klay-Miniatures/315174175161057

Until next time, Happy Sculpting!
Aleah

Goodbye to the past, Hello to the future.

Tonight I am writing a note of gratitude, to each of you who make my life Happier, and who keep me in clay.

Thank you To everyone who collects my miniatures., The rent is paid, the fridge is full, cats well fed, bills paid, all thanks to you. I wish I could give everyone big, HUGE hugs!

Thank you to all who've written compliments, and/or encouraging words. You are a constant reminder of why a job such as mine, a job which brings joy to others is the best type of work. I can not put into words how I feel when I read each message, and comment but it is one of the greatest feelings I've ever felt.

Many do not know but I am very shy and not confident with words Never the less, this note should have been written years ago, so I am writing it now.

Throughout my life I've heard an over whelming amount of negative phrases about me and my art.  I've heard. " You can not make a living this way"...  "why would anyone buy that"... "Get a real job"

I've also regularly had to endure some very lovely nicknames from my family such as, Lankey, Ape Arms, (I am tall) and my favorite (NOT) Aloooosa, (Meaning a loser spoken in a way to rhym with my first name) I won't go into any more of the past home life details but if I've gotten the reputation of being a bit of a mystery, regarding my family and personal life.It is only because until recently there has been a lot of misery, and not much joy. I do not like to talk about negative things so I usually only write about my art.

I'm happy to say 3 years ago I left Utah, I came out to Florida with my cat, One suitcase full of clothes, a smaller suitcase full of art supplies, no employment, no car, and $400.00 to my name. 
I lived with Miniaturist Pat Carlson and her Husband for a couple of months, until I was able to get an apartment.

After getting that apartment, I had no furniture but Pat and Marlene Buffington (Marlene of CDHM.org) along with strangers gave, yes GAVE me furniture, and so many things to fill up my little apartment. I could write a book about everything my non biological family has done for me. But instead I'll simply say through their examples I've learned how to live a good, and happy life.

It is no secret my art has improved much over the last three years. It is directly linked to being able to find Happiness and Joy. As it seems the better my life has gotten, the better my art has gotten.

Pat, Pat's Family, Marlene, and her Husband John, have all changed my life for the better. Having them as non biological family has been a real blessing. I could not say Thank you enough.

Each of you keep me going.

I love you all.

xoxo
Aleah

How to Apply fur to polymer clay animal sculptures

You'll need Aileen's Clear Gel Tacky Glue, and fur.

I use Viscose doll hair but only because it is the thinnest I can find and I need thin for micro mini's. You can use anything though.

Add the fur in very thin layers, and just a few strands at a time. Start from the back of the animal, (leg or tail)  then work your way up to the snout. For areas with thin fur  (snout, paws ect..)I create flocking by cutting the fiber into a nearly powder like consistency.

To add color Start by dyeing/finding fur which matches the lightest shade of the real animal, The rest of the color (highlights, shadow, markings) is added with inks or Acrylic paints.

A couple of years ago I created a tutorial for sculpting and furring a Yorkshire Terrier. It is complete instructions from lump of clay to finished, furred, painted Yorkie. It is available here: http://store.payloadz.com/detail_html.asp?i=944907

xoxo
Aleah

Dyeing viscose doll hair: Streaking three colors

I've noticed sometimes doll's hair doesn't look realistic because artists use just one shade of color. In reality hair has multiple shades of a specific color.

I've experimented and come up with one method (I'm sure there are many others) for streaking viscose doll hair. I say streaking but really it is combining three or more shades and not actual streaking.

In my last article I wrote about how to dye Viscose doll hair. For this technique you will need three or more shades of previously dyed doll hair.

Take your three colors of viscose doll hair.If needed brush out with a tooth brush.

Cut equal lengths of all three colors. split each color into smaller pieces.

Lay them side by side in an alternating pattern. Split them into a few smaller clusters.

Then begin blending by pulling pieces of the cluster out then adding it back and pull another section of the cluster and put back repeat until the hair is blended as much or as little as you'd like.You may need to repeat this part 30 times or so.

The cluster on the left shows what it looks like blended.


xoxo
Aleah