Trick or Treat!

 One of my friends challenged me with a series of photo prompts.

This is the photo that I created for the prompt, "Trick or Treat!"

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

Summer Photos

 Summer is going by way too fast. I did manage to get some pictures of my dolls enjoying the sunshine while it lasts!

I was pleased to find these Madame Alexander mini dolls of Elphaba and Galinda at the thrift store. I knew that they should belong to Kavi!

I thought that the green blouse and the purple shoes were a nice nod to Wicked as well. 

I wish that AG would release a dress that Kavi would wear when her grandmother takes her to see Wicked.

Both Sylvie, my custom JLY 32, and Steffi, one of my CYO Jess molds, enjoyed some quality time with their dolls. (Here is a link to the post where I customized Sylvie.)

Mara, my custom Kaya, climbed a tree. (Here is a link to the post where I customized Mara.)

Angelica, my JLY 26, found some flowers that perfectly match her dress!

They are forget-me-nots, and I grew them from seed. Definitely growing some more next year.

Striped Sunset Dress

 This striped dress was made from a  girl's dress at the thrift store.

I really love the colors. They remind me of sunset on a beach. I wanted to use it to make a beach dress for Joss.

I used the 123 Mulberry Street Drop Waist Pocket Tee Dress 18" Doll Clothes Pattern yet again for this one. 

This is one of my favorite doll dresses right now. I think it's pretty, and also sophisticated.

I know, I probably need to use more variety in patterns. And I will!

Adding Wefts to Doll Wig

 This was inspired by someone on Facebook who posted about adding colored wefts to the existing wig of an American Girl doll to give a more interesting look.

I bought hair clip-ons on Amazon that were attached to barrettes. Most of the colors available were neon and hurt  my eyes. I bought the pink because it wasn't neon.

I had found this Just Like You 32 at the thrift store for $35. I decided to use her because I wasn't attached to her at all, and I thought this was a low-risk project. 

Honestly, there have been so many blonde haired, blue eyed dolls throughout my childhood, that they are not my favorite anyway. It was rare even to find a brunette doll, and that made me excited because I am brunette.

I took the hair clips and used an embroidery scissors to remove the clip part. This left me with just the wefts of hair.

I did not remove the wig from the doll's head. I just lifted up sections of her hair. There are wefts sewn in rows on the wig. I hand sewed the pink wefts in between the existing wefts of the wig, while it was still on the doll's head. I went all around the doll's head in a row. This took four wefts.

I tried adding wefts to her bangs as well so that they would have some pink, but that just did not go well. The added weft stood out stiffly at an angle and did not incorporate. I was able to remove it again.

The rest of the wig looks good, I think. It's a subtle look, which is what I was going for.

The wefts were longer than the rest of the wig, and I had to trim them. That was scary for me. I do not think of myself as skilled at cutting hair. But I did it, and I think it looks fine!

I think if I had a hair iron, it would help integrate the old and new hair a bit if I flat ironed it all together.

I am pleased with this project. I am trying to come up with a name for this doll. She has more personality now.