Wooden Peg Dolls

Inspired by a discussion of "Painted Saints" over at the 4Real Forums I took the plunge.
These are the originals at Catholic Folk Toys. 
So, so georgous!  Amazing detail.
More than I can afford with my large family and many neices and nephews. . . . . .
Especially when my hubby, mother, and a couple nephews are all artists - so I can get help!

Edit - Please see what Tammy from Catholic Folk Toys commented below.



So I pop over the Casey's Wood purchase a box of people turnings, and I am ready to go.
Insiration from other families doing the Alphabet Path  -
Shower of Roses family did these saints (wow!)
Praying for Grace has St Patrick (handy, ey?)
Cherished Hearts - also brilliant
Blair's Blessings did saints and their family!  Impressive.

Then I started looking some more -
Grace Violet did little wooden people necklaces - see here
See the Christmas ones she did here

Unbelievable variety of sizes and types of wood dolls att silly Doe!
Whimsical blog dolls here and here (I know a whole bunch of people who will be getting Ninja's back in TX)

Instructions at ehow
Loads of links, examples and instructions right over here (from 2005, where have I been!)
Fairie instructions at Little Sister - when Mary sees these, I am pretty sure we'll do this once anyway
Coats & Clark pattern
Magic Mom - really might be, see Mickey Mouse and Curious George

And, finally - can't start a project without a visit to Crafty Crow

Okey dokey - I am now feeling properly inspired, have printed out my pages of examples, gathered my supplies and cleared the dining room table - I am ready to begin.
If I get lucky - pictures will be forthcoming.

The Fifth Day of Christmas

St. Thomas Becket

Bishop & Martyr

Sister Wendy Beckett of the Art books and video fame is his relative. !  I only knew this because of her video where she mentioned it.



Books:  Augustine Came to Kent,
Murder in the Cathedral, TS Eliot
Canterbury Tales
Website:  The Murder of Thomas Becket
Movie:  Becket - I don't have this one, we will settle for watching Sr. Wendy.

.-"Learn from St. Thomas," says Father Faber, "to fight the good fight even to the shedding of blood, or, to what men find harder, the shedding of their good name by pouring it out to waste on the earth."

Today, ask Saint Thomas to help us be courageous witnesses of the Catholic faith.

St. Catherine of Sienna - Faith

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful: and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.

We are reading St. Catherine of Siena; The Story of the Girl who saw Saints in the Sky
by Mary Fabyan Windeatt

Coloring a picture provided by Waltzing Matilda (http://tiredtwang.blogspot.com/search/label/Coloring%20Pages)

St. Catherine Laboure - Humility