"THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO MY MOM AND DAD"

Hello and Welcome! to introduce myself, my name is Veleta Stafney, but most of my friends call me "Sammy". Please fill free to be my friend!! I know live in Woodburn, Oregon with my hubby, Don. together we have 4 kids, which are out on their own, two dogs and two totally awesome granddaughters, Kaylie is 5 1/2 & Kirsten, 6 weeks old.. Love of my life, they are! Lord has trully blessed me!

As far back as I can remember, crafting was a important part of our lives... my entire family to this day are still crafters... Harlene does cake decorating, scrap booking, quilting, making clothes for her grandchilden, ceramic painting and tole painting, just to name a few.. Judy does needlework, ceramics and works on miniature doll houses... Dean is a awesome wood worker... Marge paints all of Deans' wood and just keeps him busy in projects.... Nancy sews designer wedding dresses, holiday crafts.... Velma loves to crochet beautiful afgans.... Mary makes wedding albums.. proceleon dolls... Phil makes great toys from wood and is unreal with the scroll saw Barbara knits... thats just to name a few of my sisters and brothers.....

As you can see.. we are a "crafting" family... and has carried on thru to our own children.. Me, I do a lot of different things.. not to many types of crafting that I haven't tried... My first project was crocheting granny squares with my mom..but I always seem to come back to my first love... Dolls!

My first introduction to making dolls was from my mom and my Aunt Lavon, when we lived in Twin Falls, Idaho.. They would get together for a day of crafting!!! They spent a lot of afternoons making flowers out of feathers and the dolls that were Dip and Drape over a bottle and a large styrofoam ball for the head. The hair was done in large ringlets made using the long fake fur.. My Dear Aunt LaVon gave me one of my moms dolls that she had done about 30 yers ago... this is one of my greatest treasures that I have... my Aunt LaVon passed away 6 months after she gave it to me and my mom has been gone to be with our lord, 24 years ago...

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