Showing posts with label dolls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dolls. Show all posts

Monday, November 8, 2010

A rainbow of Korean doll bookmarks.
Cut from the sides of movie-size Mike&Ike boxes. You can get 2 from each side, or 4 from each box,
Colored with permanent markers.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Still having computer printer trouble, but found these paper twist 'corn husk' dolls I made a while back.
The witch was based on a straw Halloween decoration, and the others are some variations I made.
Styrofoam heads, twisted paper, ribbons, silk from an old shedding Christmas ornament for the blond hair.
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June 2, 2010 - Darn, I just realized I have already posted this. Well I'll leave it, as it might get confusing if they're removed.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010


Russian Doll Bookmarks. Cut from an old VHS cover, colored with permanent pens, and 'aged' with a tea bag.
Found this idea on Craftster.

Monday, October 26, 2009

I came across this picture of some paper twist ladies I made a few years ago. I had found a little sisal (I think) witch at the store, and recreated her in paper twist. These three went around a cauldron for Halloween, then the two on the right went in my Thanksgiving display.
There were a bunch of them for a while, but most have been given away. These are the only ones left. The witches hair is a sheet of paper twist, the blond has hair from a fraying Christmas ornament, and the gray hair is from my hairbrush!

Friday, September 11, 2009

More in progress. I wound up with 5 sets of 7 rainbows, 35 total.
Sad... It turns out we only have 13 people in the ornament exchange... Do you think I could get away with giving them 3?
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These Korean clothes pin dolls were only the start. I wound up buying more clothespins.

120 more clothespins.

There are 35 Korean clothespin dolls, 40 dolls with 1920's hair and faces, a bunch of wild and crazy dolls from the 1960s, and there are still more pins! pant, pant
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I sort of got carried away.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Clothespin ornament dolls
Wooden non-spring clothes pins - I found them at the dollar store, 20/ $1
Permanent markers
Color shirt; add face; color in hair. Outline lapel, buttons, and placket; fill in pants.
I'm now in the process of adding gold clothing accents.
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I thought I'd made up these dolls, and then I found instructions on the web. It turns out they're called a traditional Japanese doll called Kokeshi dolls.