The Seamstress Sisters

Here are my latest paper dolls -

five sisters called

Honey, Bluebell, Holly, Fuchsia & Marigold.

 They are Sewing Fairies.

I made one of these dolls a couple of years back

for a swap

 

 

 and once I'd worked out how I made her

(thank goodness I put a lot of detail in my original

blog post) thought I'd have a go at making some more.

The 'core' of each doll is an old clothing tag.

I had to peel the first (shiny) layer off in order for 

the Distress Stain to absorb into it.

I rubber stamped the dolls body onto card

and machined stitched it to the tag.

The stamp was from a set called

'Paperdoll Parts' from Character Constructions

by Catherine Moore.

 

There is some random rubber stamping on the back.

I replicated the form skirt with some wire.

This was a bit tricky but I like the finished result.

 

The 'feet' are two card bobbins stuck together,

covered with dressmaking tissue and Mod Podged

over - then machined stitched onto the body.

For the hair I used hand dyed (not by me)

 mohair fleece.  I love the natural waves in it.

As usual, the faces are moulded from air dried clay.

 The wings I cut from a piece of cotton fabric and

Mod Podged on some dressmaking pattern tissue.

I finished them off with some zigzag machine

stitching around the edge.

This green doll, Holly is my favourite

and she'll be adorning my wall above my sewing machine.

The other four I've put into my

Esty shop

 GemstonePaperDolls

Thanks for looking :) 

Hello Dolly!

I've made another ten dolls for my Etsy shop

GemstonePaperDolls 

This is the 'Genuine Gemstone Collection'

as each doll is wearing a tiny gem of some sort.

Rosie above for example, is wearing a

Rose Quartz around her neck.

Here's a couple of montages

showing a little snapshot of each doll.

 

 I made the outfits with their particular

gemstone in mind.

Hope you like them and

thanks for looking :) 

Hello & Etsy!

Hello Blog mates!

It's been that long since I last blogged, I'd 

almost forgotton how to do it!

Hope this finds you all well and happy.

I haven't been doing much craft-wise apart from the

obligatory family and friends' greeting cards.

I did buy some fabric a few months ago though

from the Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements range

 

I bought the 'charm pack' 5" x 5" little squares

and it's totally lush.

Then I couldn't decide what to do with it and it

sat on my desk for ages and ages.

I finally decided it'd make great little outfits

for paper dolls - what else would it be for me!!

So I busily got to work and made

 ten lovely mixed media dolls.

I'd often thought about opening an Etsy shop but never did -

these little dolls I made gave me the push to go ahead.

I'm useless at self promoting as it feels so un-natural to me.

However, the deed has been done so here's the link

 If the link doesn't work (when you click on the pic)

there's a link near the top of my side bar.

I've called the shop 'GemstonePaperDolls'

because as well as loving making paper dolls,

I've also been buying a lot of genuine gemstones recently to

be made up into jewellery - although I don't know how

long that's going to take me to get around to! 

Got to start somewhere though I suppose.

I'll leave you with one of the dolls - she is actually

wearing a tiny little coral gemstone around her neck.

Her boots are real leather -

an upcycled old purse of mine.

Thanks for looking - 

I'll try not to leave it so long next time xx