Thank you so much for you kind words! I must admit, I do enjoy adding in all kinds of special little details to my artwork. I always feel as though I have my Grandmother Wilma directing all the skills required to be neat, tidy, and professional while creating my artwork. While my Grandmother Elizabeth is the one who comes-up with the ideas, patterns, and material-sourcing (i.e., "what can I make with the materials I have right now?").

I'm sorry that the technique that I use to stuff my dolls isn't as easy as it should be! Is there a specific part of the technique that I can help you with?

Hi Katie, thank you. I haven't used stuffing in awhile but like your videos !! ❤ have a great day! ​@katiekinsman4917

@@PerfectlyImperfectJunkJournals Thank you! I credit my organizational prowess to my grandmother Wilma and my father Nils. Both were very tidy creators!

Thank you again. One of these bunnies ended-up being lost in the mail, which makes me so sad.

@@katiekinsman4917 ohh sorry 😞

Thank you so much for watching and commenting on my videos. It means the world to me that someone is seeing what I create and liking it enough to comment positively about it.

@katiekinsman4917 of course! The best part of the creative KZbinrs, we support each other's channels! 😄 Have a great day! Gina

They do! I was kind of drawing on that theme a bit with these two!

@@PerfectlyImperfectJunkJournals Thank you so much! I have this Jaananni Monster pattern, and other monster and doll patterns available through my website, and my Patreon shop! I would love to see pictures of any dolls you create too!

@@PerfectlyImperfectJunkJournals Thank you! Creating this piece was both extremely difficult (start to finish in a month), but equally creatively satisfying.

@@maryakh4000 Thank you! I love creating my own patterns!

@@andreawinterkorn-ziermann3659 Thank you! I named this little yellow monster after a Finnish friend, Jaana. Then smushed the Finnish word for banana onto it. Voila! Jaananni!

@@Havagood1 Thank you so much!

Thank you! Sometimes, being an artist who squirrels herself away in a little room to make things, there are times in which it's incredibly nice to know that I'm not the only one who thinks, feels, or creates the ways that I do!

Thank you! Since creating this piece for a small local art show in May, I have been creating more painted paper collage work. I put a few pieces on my website. And I agree, failures are nothing to get upset over. I learned a lot about how to create my own hinges while working on the ones that didn't work. So the next time I want to create hinges, I'll be in a much better place to do so.

I finally got my little Creeping Jenny cuttings into a proper pot with soil just yesterday. She seems quite happy too.

Thank you! I bit off a bit more than I intended when deciding to see if I could create such a complicated piece of art for an art show in one month.

Thank you so much! Posable arms and legs are something I absolutely love to create!

Thank you! I don't know what I was thinking using the word auditory!

Thank you so much! I loved creating these tiny doll pins!

Thank you! I'm glad I'm here too! I'm endlessly fascinated by how different artists create their work. There are many commonalities, but every single artist is different! I'm a solo creator, in a small home studio space. I love the photos that other artists take of their communally shared creative spaces, because it looks so cool, and I know I would never be able to work like that! I also love the idea of having a studio apart from my living space, but I don't think I could do that either. I need my art and the potential for art creation close at hand. I don't think that being around other artists working would allow me to get totally into the flow somehow. I've worked in studios (art school) that were shared with other people, and sometimes their presense just makes me self-conscious about feeling comfortable about going into a flow state -- much less entering a disasociative state!

I'm so glad that you've been able to get the help you need to be a happy and productive artist! I was worried that I began to chase my tail by the end of my audio! I hope you watch Shanspeare's video which inspired my blog post and audio recording too!

@@katiekinsman4917 I've already watched the Shanspeare video, I've been a fan of her videos for a long time! And now I have a whole lot of new videos to be a fan of, with your audio blog!

@@tweetcat That's wonderful! I always want to make sure that I give credit to those whose work has inspired me!

Thank you so much! I'm sorry that it took me so long to reply to your comment!

Thank you so much! I really enjoyed creating these Christmas docoations. I love the Portuguese name Luzia!

Thank you! Post pictures of the Dala Horse that you create! I'd love to see it! Happy creating!

Thank you so much! I have new pieces that I need to create some short videos for. But my other creating commitments keep sucking up all my time!

Thank you! The Gingerbread Kitties are some of my favourites! Hello from Delware!

Thank you! Halloween and Day of the Dead are two of my favourite celebrations. I just can't help myself sometimes. Adding all the little details just feels mandatory somehow!

I'm not speaking during the video, and only have an instrumental piece of music playing during the entire video. The titles that appear on the video are the names of the different pieces that I'm showing: Cube-Headed NO Rabbit, Purple NO Rabbit, and Cyan NO Rabbit. I've just watched the video to make sure that it uploaded correctly, and it has. I wonder what's happening on your end?

Thank you for the reply. It was my fault and I found the problem. By the way, I do love your little critters and would love to learn to make them. I have 31 grand kids and I know a good number of them would love the unique designs. Thank you for putting the video on.

@@ymanajohnson585 It's no problem! If you'ld like to try out one of my patterns for free, you can find a video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4W9ZXyhoreApLM&ab_channel=BenzieDesign There's a link below the video that will take you to a free, downloadable kitten pattern and instructions. All of the videos I've posted on my KZbin channel can be used to help to create your kitten too!

I could say that a lot of the applique and needle work could be eliminated from the project, except that there's still a great deal of tiny sewing involved actually putting the legs, head, torso and tail together! 😒

@@katiekinsman4917 I did a lot of embroidery years ago as well as making stuffed figures. I am well aware of what it takes, thus my support of your work and my appreciation of how well you do it. It is learnable, but has many challenges. I love to see the carefully designed approach you have to your work.

@@sjshapir I sometimes wonder what my hands will be like when I get older. At 51my hands do sometime have problems. Carpel tunnel can flair a bit, making my fingers go all tingly. So far, only a tiny bit of arthritis has manifested in my left index top finger joint. But that's mostly in the winter months. I think I fear losing my sight more than my hands right now.

@@katiekinsman4917 you probably have quit a few years left. Carpal tunnel surgery can help a lot. So can resting your hands at night. Make sure you don’t sleep with them bent at the wrists. I agree on the vision thing. It bothers me even now that it may not allow me to do things I want in the future. I just try to do what I can now. Will deal with things when I have to. ( Getting older is not for whimps !)😜

Thank you! My internet has been incredibly slow for the past 48 hours that getting this handful of videos up on my channel took almost 18 hours! It's so nice to hear that someone is liking what's taking me so long to get put together!

Thank you! I've enjoyed creating these little dogs a lot!

I used a vintage handkerchief for Sirkku's dress. The 20 cm doll pattern is sized so that a handkerchief can be used for a dress.

Thank you! These three dolls are some of my favourite pieces. I want to explore the concepts behind them more, but there just never seems to be enough time for me to create everything that I want to create.

Thank you so much! I've loved doll houses since I was a little kiddo!

Thank you! I'd like to revisit this concept, with studier legs!