Something I have been working on for a couple of weeks. This is "Tootsie". She is about 8 inches tall and holding a hand sculpted bunny and balloon. I have also adorned her with some vintage rhinestones for that "Bling". Her sweet flag reads "Spring"
Spring is just around the corner. I cannot wait!!!! This is my 2011 spring spool doll. She is full of spring color. I decided to add some extra charm to her by including a fun chunky hand soldered charm. It's amazing what a little "bling" can do :). Her body is wound with a pale pink and cream vintage style twine. And of course she is signed and dated for authenticity.
This is my “Spring Lady”. She is the first in my “2011 Ladies Series”. The inspiration for her came from Easter memories as a child and watching the Classic movie “Easter Parade”. I can remember watching those lovely ladies walking down the street in their beautiful dresses and hats. I wanted to design her with a feeling reminiscent of that Era. Her face has been hand painted with that “typical china doll look”. She has a robin-egg blue color in her eyes and beautiful golden hair.. (did I mention it took me 5 steps to finally achieve that perfect color?? definitely worth it though ). She is wearing a vintage style sage dress that bears those timeless Easter colors.
This was my "Little Lady" for Christmas. I ended up finding fabric for her dress at an antique shop... they always seem to have the perfect color of fabric. She is adorned with some silver tinsel and a beautiful bright halo.
This is my full sized Lady. She was so much fun to create. I love, love the fun red and white and of course she needed a beautiful bright star. Her top is made from a vintage hand embroidered fabric. I love to upcycle vintage fabrics... bright vintage colors that are just perfect and add that vintage charm. I finished these just before Thanks giving and ended up with a total of 28 in all for the doll shop. (4 large, 12 spool, 12 small) Merry Merry!!!
Here is an image of the Utah artist display at Gardner Village Georgelle Doll Shop. They have featured my dolls as part of their exhibit.
My little "spool ladies". These were so much fun! Each one is holding a handmade jack o lantern.
The "little lady witches" I had a lot of fun creating the little treat buckets (jack o lantern/ cat) Each one is made with crepe paper and hand painted.
Here she is my Lady Liberty! Her skirt was made from an old retired 1940's American Flag. My husbands grandmother who lived back east gave me some of her old lace and that is what I used to embellish her blouse. I love July, the fireworks the patriotism, the warm weather, what a fun time to be with family and friends. One of my favorites!
I absolutely loved making these!! I found some old bobbin spools online and decided to turn them into these unique little creations. Each one has it's own vintage embellishments along with a fun vintage key. Made 100% by hand from start to finish. Each one is also signed and dated.
These are some of my latest "Little Ladies" They measure about 6"-8" tall and were so much fun to create. Each one is original in its own way. All of my "Little Ladies" are embellished with refurbished vintage items. From a retired 1940's American Flag to rhinestone earrings. And of course each one is signed and dated.
