Flashback Thursday

On Thursday’s on Facebook they have a thing where you post older pictures of yourself. I thought I would take that idea and post a couple of dolls that I made and posted on my very first post. The first one is a Victorian Father Christmas doll that I actually made for myself.

 

Pretty easy to see why I refer to it as a Victorian Father Christmas. The stick he’s holding is a piece of doweling that I painted and then wrapped the greenery and ribbon around it. The horn came from one of the discount craft stores and I added small roses to it as well. I loved making this doll.  I made one similar to this for one of my daughters but she wanted a Father Christmas that was a Woodland one, all done in brown tones so that’s what I made….. but I forgot to take a picture of it before I gave it to her.

Last month I won a prize from Tim Holtz and it was some of his fabric. I had no idea what I was going to do with it until I pulled out my Father Christmas doll last week and all of a sudden I had this idea to make another doll but this one is going to be a Peddler of sewing and quilting supplies. He will have a brown beard and brown hair and his clothes will be pieced from the Tim Holtz fabric I won. His wife must be a quilter, right! I can’t wait to get started on it but it will have to be in January as I’m still trying to get some quilts finished.

One of my other daughters wanted a doll but she wanted a wizard…..and her favourite colour has always been purple, so I made her one too.

 

I used the same pattern but with a totally different look. The face comes plain and you have to add your own beard and hair. I wanted his staff to have a fancy top so I glued on….are you ready for this….the plastic ball from a used roll-on deodorant (washed of course) and then added a heavy layer of Aileen’s tacky glue and then rolled it in small beads and glitter. My daughter laughed like crazy when I told her what the top was made from. She loves it.

There are a couple of other dolls I’ve made but I’ll post them another day.

That’s all for a Thursday.

 

Cheers

Violet

 

Getting you caught up-to-date

Here are some of the other things I make - just to give you an idea of how I spend my time!

An old milk can I painted for a guy. This is the old Blue Water Bridge from the 60's I think. He did a "body job" on my two old cans in exchange for painting his. I still have mine to do....this winter's project.

South African dolls. These are typically made by mothers for their daughters when they "become of age" (around 13)!!! A friend of mine is from South Africa and she gave me a piece of gift wrap paper with pictures on them and challenged me to make one...so I did. Actually made two as my daughter, Janette, requested one.

Father Christmas! Loved creating this one.

A wizard my daughter requested. Not the best shot but it was before digital!

These are weird I know but I like them. Hubby always sweeps the driveway after cutting the lawn and uses straw brooms. He wears them down on an angle so instead of sending them to a landfill I created broom people out of them.

I love to paint! This is just a Christmas sign I made a few years ago.

Last entry for the day. This is a hand appliqued lighthouse I made for hubby. My first attempt at hand appliqueing - might be last too.