Make your own puppet!

From Santa, to Ellowyne: a make your own puppet set.

Ellowyne: This is what I made.

-- Kairi

Christmas Scenes

Our dolls are starting to get the Christmas spirit, so we took a few pictures of them enjoying the season!

-- Janet & Kairi

Libby opens the latest window on the Advent calendar

Annie and Bailey decorate the tree, Patsy tends to the Creche, and Mim wraps presents

Sewing fun: Ellowyne Trench

I cut out the fabric for a trench coat for Ellowyne several months ago, and finally had time over the holidays to finish!  The pattern is from a neat book I bought from Doll Reader that has just patterns for Ellowyne; you can find it online at http://shop.dollsmagazine.com/books/doll-reader-pattern-book-featuring-ellowyne-wilde.html.  The pattern was a little tricky, and some of the pieces were marked in confusing ways, but it is a very cute pattern and was worth the effort.  Below Ellowyne models her new trench, looking pretty smart!

-- Janet

Christmas Party #1

Kairi's Jr Doll Club had their Christmas Party (they do it in November, before the madness begins!) and their gift was a wonderful poodle skirt made by our friend Rhnee, a fur wrap made by Janet, rope and beads to make a bracelet and a cute heart pin to hold the wrap closed!  Christine is modeling her new outfit below!

-- Kairi

Halloween

I dressed some of my dolls for Halloween!  Mom made a witch dress for Bailey to match the hat she won at her doll club meeting, and I made a broom for her.  I also made a cat costume for Grace (the dog).  Ellowyne is dressed as a cowboy, Annie is dressed as a fairy, Patsy is dressed as a Disney princess, and Honey and Bee are dressed as princesses, too!

-- Kairi

Moo Moo

You can make clothes for your stuffed animals using socks.  I dressed my stuffed cows named MooMoo with baby socks from the dollar section at Target.

-- Kairi

Steampunk Hats

Janet bought Steampunk hat kits from a lady named Sissy who does great workshops for the Modern Doll Collector's Convention (see the boots she made at Sissy's workshop last year at http://janetkairidolls.blogspot.com/2012/03/ugg-boots.html).  These kits were easy and lots of fun, and Sissy put all kinds of fun trims in to decorate your hat with.  We're pretty pleased with our hats, and will probably make more in the future.

-- Janet & Kairi

Toni and Bailey model their steampunk styles