I just spent the whole afternoon putting together a raggy flower tutorial, and then pressed the 'erase all' option on the camera.
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Damn you Friday the 13th.
I'll do it all again (because I love you) and will put it up on tues or weds of next week. Scouts honour.
I still have all of those other wips to finish, but I'm ignoring them and starting something else instead. I want to make some dollies like this
and this
a dolly like this has been on my mind after seeing this little girl . So cute. I too remember having a haircut that looked as though it had been chewed by the dog (sorry Jane). In fact all of us creative types probably created this kind of look by taking the scissors to our own hair when we were kids - resulting in a rather short, funky, fringe/bangs . Didn't we ?
Either that or the dolly got it
(yeah, yeah, I know she's ugly, but I got her when I was five years old and I love her with all my heart).
Thank you for all the lovely comments on the bag/ underwear post, seems like I'm not alone when it comes to messy men (no surprise there then). ; )
I'll leave you with some good YouTube karma to wipe out that nasty friday the 13th-ness.
: )
Have a GREAT weekend !
Yap... my hair looked just like that,..the "Oh My God who gave you the scissors" kind of cut...and my dolls also!!!
Now it makes me smile,...but back then made me really stupid!!! :)))
Posted by: Sofia Schiappa | October 13, 2006 at 05:52 PM
Friday the 13th came early for me when i fell down the stairs two days ago:0
Love the drawings! i bet the dolls will be fab, cant wait to see!
Posted by: Elly | October 13, 2006 at 05:59 PM
Aw, your drawings are sweet. I am trying to ignore the date today, even though my birthday party cupcake project is going horribly, and is likely proof that I am doomed! LOL
Posted by: Sarah | October 13, 2006 at 06:17 PM
The second picture, lower right corner... I'm in love with the polka dotted dress and her little rag animal! She should have her very own book about her adventures. Even the adventures with scissors.
I still take the scissors to my bangs almost weekly. They are crooked, super short and maybe a little mangled looking, but for some reason that makes me comfortable!
Can't wait to see the tutorial!
-amy rue
Posted by: amy rue | October 13, 2006 at 06:35 PM
ugly but well loved...those are the best dollies!
Posted by: jenny vorwaller | October 13, 2006 at 06:43 PM
your drawings looking great... can't wait to see the results ;)
Posted by: isa | October 13, 2006 at 06:44 PM
Oh yes, proud scissor bearer since the age of three! Bane of my mother's existence! I love the doll ideas. Do you know Mimi Kirchner's dolls? Check out this link: http://mimikirchner.com/blog/archives/2006/10/progress-report/
Also, your second lovely set of doll sketches reminds me a lot of Waldorf dolls. I think you can google a free pattern which might help you a bit in figuring the logistics. Great post, as always! Have a good weekend!
Posted by: Bettsi | October 13, 2006 at 06:46 PM
my sweet lord...no better way to erase a bad karma kinda day. in love with the dolls. can't wait to see them.
Posted by: heidi | October 13, 2006 at 07:11 PM
I cannot wait to see the dollies, so cute!
Sorry about the tutorial, I'm meant to be doing one on pincushion, but I can't get my bum into gear!!!!
Posted by: raspberryfairy | October 13, 2006 at 08:06 PM
Oh I love your dolly! She looks so cuddly...there is something so sweet about her.
Such gorgeous illos too, can't wait to see the creations.
Posted by: dani (pyglet) | October 13, 2006 at 09:48 PM
Your sketches remind me of the Joan Walsh Anglund (?) dolls that I used to collect...wish I still had them. THey had yarn hair, cut little pinafores, and little dot eyes, that were kinda far apart. SO cute!
Posted by: natalie | October 13, 2006 at 10:54 PM
great sketches - wish I had your talent with a pencil. I see it in my mind but what ends up on paper - well, let's just say it's not pretty.
Posted by: Julie | October 13, 2006 at 11:22 PM
your dollie drawings look great & your old dollie brings back memories, i still have a few of mine around.
sometimes it wasn't just kiddos that cut terrible bangs-i've been guilty of giving my babes terrible bangs cuts!{but they still looked cute as could be- it's hard to mess up what's already pretty good to begin with!}
and thanks for ending with the link to my sweet lord. i saw george & billy perform oh well almost 30 years ago now!
Posted by: hildy | October 14, 2006 at 03:07 AM
I too have a real ugly doll from childhood, she was always my favourite. Looking forward to seeing your dolly when finished. By the way love the bag.
Posted by: carolynelspeth | October 14, 2006 at 04:00 PM
Can not wait to see those dolls.
And yup, took the scissors to it when I was 7 - cut it off front and back. I went from hair down to the middle of my back to a very short back and sides. Oh how my mom laughed. Not.
Posted by: manda | October 14, 2006 at 10:03 PM
Two things:
1. I have a doll just like that! I received her as a baby or toddler, named her Peaches, and it looks as though she got a hair cut or maybe she is just suffering from bad hair decades. She has plastic arms and legs with a feather filled body that has lost many, many, many feathers. Poor child.
2. Thanks for sharing the My Sweet Lord video. The Beatles formed my music taste. One of my creative endeavors lately is to make a cd of songs that speak of the spirit, provide hope, joy, inspiration. This did just that.
Oh, my I've rambled. Gotta go.
Posted by: dana | October 14, 2006 at 10:49 PM
I love your sketches! Can't wait to see the dolls you make.
And that video is good karma indeed! Thanks for the link.
Posted by: Veronica TM | October 15, 2006 at 01:15 AM
You need to sell prints of your "little people" especially the first group. Adorable!
Posted by: Michelle A. | October 15, 2006 at 01:52 PM
just watched my sweet lord and then i just had to watch while my guitar gently weeps! always reminds me of withnail and i! now though we are going to be awfully late for school and its the first day back after 3 weeks off. ah, all worth it!
Posted by: prairie mouse | October 15, 2006 at 07:59 PM
love this doll drawings ^^...
like the haircut, so cute.
-Marjorie Ann
Posted by: Majeak Ann | October 16, 2006 at 04:12 AM
You are a sweetie to re-do the tutorial! I get so frustrated with things like that, and sometimes I get so over it that I can't make myself do the right thing! Am so looking forward to seeing it...
Love the drawings, so sweet!
Posted by: LLA | October 16, 2006 at 05:08 PM
Oh. Goodness. I can only imagine the amount of bad language and liquid consumption that must have occured after pushing that dreaded button... erase all. Hummmpf. Who the heck would want to do that? What a ridiculous thing to include in a camera. Sigh. So sorry, hope your weekend was much better than the Friday.
Posted by: Michelle | October 16, 2006 at 11:21 PM
Oh my goodness, I had a doll exactly the same as that one. Her hair got all sticky just like that when I blow dried it with too much vigour! Her name was Thumbelina. I wish I still had her. I loved her so. She was ugly!
Posted by: (a different!) Rebecca | October 16, 2006 at 11:24 PM
i love your drawings and i had a dolly that looked just like that!! and i loved her so, ratty hair and all.
Posted by: lisa | October 17, 2006 at 05:25 AM
hello, please don't give up on the tutorial. i love looking at the creations you make. i did make one floral brooch from your tutorial. my mom loves hers. i am very busy with work, but only until the end of the year, i think...
Posted by: lovejanet | October 17, 2006 at 01:55 PM