Is It Really October Already?

Is it really October??? Where has the time flown? WOW… Crazy right? Guess that means we have been super busy right? Ok, well its true, its true… I’ve been creating dolls like a crazy woman. And as I am doing my thing, I get a very nice comment on my Instagram and next thing I know I was making this awesome doll for a special order. The dolls name is “Gypsy Soul” She is beautiful. I started making ornament type dolls for the upcoming event in December. So when I started posting some pictures of one of the dolls, I got some very nice feedback. These dolls can take about 2-3 hours to make since I do all kinds of fun stuff on them. Every little bit of the doll comes to life all on its own as I add a little of this and a little of that…Sometimes I have to hunt for the perfect fabric or lace. Those kinds of things I don’t always have on hand. Colors make a huge difference…what if I don’t have the perfect glitter? So hunting I will go! So when I put Gypsy Rose together, her scarf had to be perfect and I didn’t have any fabric on hand that fits her the way I wanted it to. My son just happened to be home and wanted to go with me…he is really helpful. SO we headed to Joann’s Fabrics and found the perfect fabric. I wasn’t quite sure of it at first because the colors weren’t quite what I had envisioned. But once I matched it up with the dolls hair, it was a match made in heaven.

So, I made the scarf…it looked great…and the tassel skirt looked blah..blah blah blah…so after having to make 2 scarf pieces to get the right size to fit the doll head, I had that extra piece…then the light came on! I started cutting out triangles. Then I stitched them up and added those to the blah tassel skirt…and wow! What a huge difference. The rest just fell into place…OH..and being a Gypsy, she needed those huge earrings right! So while we were out shopping for the fabric we also made a pit stop at Burlington Coat Factory…they have a great clearance section for jewelry. There buried behind another pair of earrings was the perfect treasure. Those little-hooped earrings were perfect in all ways…the size, the bling, the color…they were just waiting for me to take them home. I don’t go there often, but now that I know they have that clearance section…I’ve gone 3 times and found at least one piece I must have for my dolls…

So, here is a photo of Gypsy Soul. I also made a postcard out of her photos and gave them to her new owner. This is my plan to give to the new doll owners as a Thank You for purchasing our dolls.