She is so cute. (And looking exactly like I did at about age 5 when we got our hot little hands on the scissors, I will never forget my mother's horrified face.)
Where can I get one of these, seriously. Do you make them for others? My daughter's name is Ruby and I am sure some hair-cutting is in our future. I would love to have one of these dolls.
Please post naughty Ruby from the back on flicker so I can *fave* it.
Now I know why it's been soooooooo quite around here.
I hope Ruby gets out of the doghouse soon--!
Oh so cute! Can I ask how you made her head? Three pieces? I have been wanting to make a doll with a big round head like that but didn't want the seam down the middle of the face and you have done it beautifully. Lovely lovely :)
Oh! You rascal! You've been making Ruby and didn't tell us? Can I have her? I love her. I know just how she feels since I did the same thing when I was three. I love her dress and her shoes and her hair and her face and her shape. *whispers* "Ruby, run away to America and live with me!"
Oh Ruby, my hair once looked like yours, but I spent a lot of money at a salon! =) I would say that it will grow back...but, um, I wouldn't count on it.
Beyond wonderful....I would gladly pay a lot for a pattern. Is this a possibility? It seems impossible not to have her near somehow. I can't imagine that you would ever part with her.
Have to come out of lurkerdom to say that Ruby is just about the cutest thing ever, it's been said before but bears repeating, you make the most beautiful things.
Lyn, you can't keep doing this to us! Listen to us! You're reducing us all (most of us grown women?) to blithering idiots. Ah, but at least we're happy.
Her shoes are to die for, so sweet. My little one cut her hair last spring and then looked in the mirror and got upset because "I don't look like me anymore."
Oh lyn, ruby is absolutely over the top adorable. What a genius you are - the poses have me laughing and 'awwwwing' out loud. I just trimmed my own hair and it looks very much like Ruby's. You go Ruby -
Oh my. Ruby is simply fabulous, Lyn. I find most dolls pretty creepy, but Ruby? I think I'm in love with Ruby. She is just charming. Partially because she reminds me so much of my four-year-old Alice, who is growing out the haircut she gave herself. Another faithful reader who would love a Ruby pattern...
I.am.jealous! How do you do that? So creative and so talented! I feel like I have two left hands... And I think her new haircut actually looks very stylish. Would also like to know how you did her hair. She's too beautiful for words!!
strange. my youngest just cut her beautiful & most precious locks two nights ago. i was upset. i had to cut it. now all i have is the last curl tied up w/ a rubberband & saved in a box. i bet ruby's mommy is sad, too. ruby is a wonderful creation :]
Ruby is so adorable and your teeny story about her is cute.
Posted by: June | October 27, 2006 at 01:36 PM
I love her!!!!
Posted by: Josette | October 27, 2006 at 01:38 PM
you are a very talented doll maker!, she must be the cutest doll ever!
Posted by: Elly | October 27, 2006 at 01:53 PM
ohhh I LOVE her! She's gorgeous! Every little bit of her! You are so clever!
Posted by: sooz | October 27, 2006 at 02:10 PM
ruby is so lovely!!! ♥v♥
she seems lonely in there, let's play together!!!
by the way, i'm from hong kong and see ur work in flickr,
love ur work so much!!!
and i love japanese zakka too~~~ *u*
Posted by: siulamlam | October 27, 2006 at 02:17 PM
Holy crap! Ruby is adorable, even with her hair whacked to heck.
Posted by: amy | October 27, 2006 at 02:19 PM
I agree with everything they have said, but will say it again she is beautiful and you are very talented doll, bear, cat, rabbit maker:)
Posted by: Melissa | October 27, 2006 at 02:21 PM
She is so cute. (And looking exactly like I did at about age 5 when we got our hot little hands on the scissors, I will never forget my mother's horrified face.)
Posted by: Sarah | October 27, 2006 at 02:42 PM
Hi.
Lovelly Ruby.
Only if you where near my countrie.
I would ask you to do one for my baby daugther.
Posted by: Susana Roxo | October 27, 2006 at 02:43 PM
Oh my god!!!!!!!!!! She is divine!!! When will she be mine???!!!!?????
Posted by: raspberryfairy | October 27, 2006 at 02:49 PM
Ruby may be the cutest doll I have ever seen. Truly.
Posted by: Jan | October 27, 2006 at 02:50 PM
ruby may be naughty, but she's awfully cute!
so is the story.
{and the photos capture her sweetness so well!}
Posted by: hildy | October 27, 2006 at 02:51 PM
How sweet is this??? You continue to outdo yourself, Lyn..
Posted by: Dawn | October 27, 2006 at 02:55 PM
too cute for words! made my morning!
Posted by: heidi | October 27, 2006 at 02:57 PM
Little Ruby is super cute:-)
Marie-Louise
Posted by: Marie-Louise | October 27, 2006 at 02:59 PM
Aaack! Aaaack! Aaaack! Ruby is unbelievably cute!! SO cute. Did you design her yourself? And the DRESS? I just can't stand it, the cuteness!
Posted by: 3 to get ready | October 27, 2006 at 03:01 PM
Big, big smile here in Japan!
Posted by: Alex | October 27, 2006 at 03:15 PM
You are a very talented person, Molly Chicken, you have a great eye for the little detail which gives something such character.
Posted by: smokingdrum | October 27, 2006 at 03:29 PM
Wonderful!!! I'm so glad to see another one of your projects. Outstanding as usual.
Posted by: A.J. | October 27, 2006 at 03:37 PM
Awwww... how could anyone be mad at sweet mischevious Ruby? The photo of her from the back is the cutest thing ever!
Posted by: *jenny | October 27, 2006 at 03:38 PM
a delightful doll and a delightfull poem. Well done!
Posted by: jess | October 27, 2006 at 03:41 PM
time to hide them scissors!
:-D She's darling!
Posted by: LauraJ | October 27, 2006 at 03:44 PM
Oh, heavens! I'm going to be staring at these pictures all weekend long. She is amazing, Lyn, and so are you.
Posted by: Michelle | October 27, 2006 at 03:44 PM
Where can I get one of these, seriously. Do you make them for others? My daughter's name is Ruby and I am sure some hair-cutting is in our future. I would love to have one of these dolls.
Posted by: Amy at Fannfare | October 27, 2006 at 03:52 PM
too cute !!! I love her.
Posted by: Céline | October 27, 2006 at 03:59 PM
Linky Love for this post, EARNED. I love it. Kudos, upon kudos, upon kudos. Thank you!
Posted by: ToadyJoe | October 27, 2006 at 04:03 PM
I adore her!! She's just perfect.
Posted by: amy rue | October 27, 2006 at 04:10 PM
What a cuty one :)
You're a great artist : you just catch the essential of chilhood ...
Posted by: Christelle | October 27, 2006 at 04:17 PM
I think Ruby is my favorite thing yet, and that is saying something since I love it all! I think it is time you started making some patterns...
Posted by: poohza | October 27, 2006 at 04:18 PM
She may be in disgrace but she is also the cutest little girl in the world. I love her!
Posted by: kerrie | October 27, 2006 at 04:31 PM
ahhhhhheeeee! that is the most adorable, wonderful, delightful and gosh-darned cute thing ever. i just love it ms. chicken!
p.s. silly me posted this on the wrong blog entry. whoopsie!
Posted by: laurie | October 27, 2006 at 04:32 PM
Please post naughty Ruby from the back on flicker so I can *fave* it.
Now I know why it's been soooooooo quite around here.
I hope Ruby gets out of the doghouse soon--!
Posted by: Snowbear | October 27, 2006 at 04:36 PM
Oh so cute! Can I ask how you made her head? Three pieces? I have been wanting to make a doll with a big round head like that but didn't want the seam down the middle of the face and you have done it beautifully. Lovely lovely :)
Posted by: Sweet pea | October 27, 2006 at 04:37 PM
Oh she. is. too. cute! Unbelievable :-))
Posted by: Bellaconda | October 27, 2006 at 04:42 PM
she's great! so full of expression. i love the little story too. yey!
Posted by: michal | October 27, 2006 at 04:50 PM
She is completely gorgeous. I love her.
Posted by: Carrie | October 27, 2006 at 04:54 PM
oh my, she looks quite contrite:) This is terribly adorable!
Posted by: joy | October 27, 2006 at 05:18 PM
brillant,simply brillant
Posted by: Joy | October 27, 2006 at 05:25 PM
Oh! You rascal! You've been making Ruby and didn't tell us? Can I have her? I love her. I know just how she feels since I did the same thing when I was three. I love her dress and her shoes and her hair and her face and her shape. *whispers* "Ruby, run away to America and live with me!"
Posted by: Bettsi | October 27, 2006 at 05:45 PM
AWWWWWW...I love Ruby! What a beautiful doll!!
Posted by: marie | October 27, 2006 at 05:50 PM
Oh no you di-int. Tooo cute. I am speechless.
Posted by: janel | October 27, 2006 at 05:57 PM
I just gotta say, I love her too.
Posted by: Elaine | October 27, 2006 at 06:01 PM
she is gorgeous! I love her face.
Posted by: Vicky | October 27, 2006 at 06:05 PM
Oh Ruby, my hair once looked like yours, but I spent a lot of money at a salon! =) I would say that it will grow back...but, um, I wouldn't count on it.
Lovely doll, Lyn!
Posted by: sally | October 27, 2006 at 06:10 PM
Beyond wonderful....I would gladly pay a lot for a pattern. Is this a possibility? It seems impossible not to have her near somehow. I can't imagine that you would ever part with her.
Susan
Posted by: Susan Jonsson | October 27, 2006 at 06:17 PM
I just want to eat. her. up.
(and Ruby can cut my hair anytime, she has quite a way with bangs. (Fringe?))
Posted by: LLA | October 27, 2006 at 06:36 PM
You know, you are a woman of few posts. But when you do post, you have the best stuff! Ruby is simply fantastic!!
Posted by: Kelli | October 27, 2006 at 06:41 PM
She's superb. Her face, although so simple is so expressive - you are very talented - thanks for sharing her with us.
Posted by: Julie | October 27, 2006 at 06:55 PM
My gosh Lyn, she is freakin fantastic!
An all too familiar story too, my son just did the same thing last week! Just too hard to resist.
Posted by: myra | October 27, 2006 at 06:55 PM
Have to come out of lurkerdom to say that Ruby is just about the cutest thing ever, it's been said before but bears repeating, you make the most beautiful things.
Posted by: Looby | October 27, 2006 at 06:59 PM
so cute so lovely, i love her!
Posted by: adele | October 27, 2006 at 07:06 PM
that is adorable!!
Posted by: lera | October 27, 2006 at 07:17 PM
unbelievable! ruby is spectacular.
Posted by: jen j-m | October 27, 2006 at 07:20 PM
Ahhh I love her! I love the way you posed her against the wall and then with her hand on her mouth so mischievous. She looks just like her drawing.
How did you learn to make such beautiful things? From books or just trial and error?
Posted by: Kuky | October 27, 2006 at 07:26 PM
oh my goodness, now thats CUTE!
Posted by: rania | October 27, 2006 at 08:03 PM
Ooooh, Ruby, what have you done, you silly girl?! Not that we all haven't done it before.
So beautifully stitched, dressed, captioned, and photographed. I have such admiration for you, Lynn.
Posted by: Lisa K. | October 27, 2006 at 08:03 PM
Unbelievably cute.
Can not even get over how cute she is.
Posted by: Sue | October 27, 2006 at 08:40 PM
Lyn, you can't keep doing this to us! Listen to us! You're reducing us all (most of us grown women?) to blithering idiots. Ah, but at least we're happy.
Posted by: Peggy | October 27, 2006 at 08:54 PM
What a sweetie. Love the animation in that last photo. You always do that so well!
Posted by: kathy | October 27, 2006 at 09:37 PM
really cute :)
Posted by: Delphine | October 27, 2006 at 09:39 PM
Her shoes are to die for, so sweet. My little one cut her hair last spring and then looked in the mirror and got upset because "I don't look like me anymore."
Posted by: Mama Urchin | October 27, 2006 at 10:02 PM
She's the sweetest doll I've ever seen! I sure hope you're going to sell the pattern. I'd love to make one for my little girl.
Posted by: ivy | October 27, 2006 at 10:07 PM
She is ADORABLE!
Posted by: Mae | October 27, 2006 at 10:08 PM
Muy linda!
Posted by: banezka | October 27, 2006 at 10:10 PM
ah! she's so cute!! love her haircut :)
Posted by: hillary | October 27, 2006 at 10:11 PM
I can see it's been said many times already, but I must say it too - ADORABLE!
Posted by: Melissa | October 27, 2006 at 10:13 PM
How adorable! And you managed to make her so expressive with just two tiny dots and a little touch of a smile.
Posted by: Francesca | October 27, 2006 at 10:17 PM
pattern book.
pattern book.
pattern book.
PLEASE?
Posted by: greta | October 27, 2006 at 10:21 PM
Oh! ♥
She´s so beautiful! Love her expression, she´s too much!
Posted by: Débora Figueiredo | October 27, 2006 at 11:04 PM
she's a cutie!
Posted by: erin | October 27, 2006 at 11:34 PM
Wonderful!
Posted by: Emma | October 27, 2006 at 11:47 PM
She's soooooooooo adorable!! I just want to hug her!!!
Posted by: Anita | October 27, 2006 at 11:50 PM
Holy crap she's absolutely wonderful! Seriousy Lyn, you are a friggin genious.
Posted by: manda | October 28, 2006 at 12:23 AM
Oh lyn, ruby is absolutely over the top adorable. What a genius you are - the poses have me laughing and 'awwwwing' out loud. I just trimmed my own hair and it looks very much like Ruby's. You go Ruby -
Posted by: debs | October 28, 2006 at 01:29 AM
Oh my. Ruby is simply fabulous, Lyn. I find most dolls pretty creepy, but Ruby? I think I'm in love with Ruby. She is just charming. Partially because she reminds me so much of my four-year-old Alice, who is growing out the haircut she gave herself. Another faithful reader who would love a Ruby pattern...
Posted by: betsy | October 28, 2006 at 01:42 AM
Ohhh! She's sweety (lovely, adorable, ...)!!!!!!
Posted by: rOuge bizoux | October 28, 2006 at 02:01 AM
GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS.
Posted by: circleabby | October 28, 2006 at 02:53 AM
P.S. - Please tell how you do the hair like that! And - the dress, and the shoes... actually, the whole thing.
Posted by: circleabby | October 28, 2006 at 02:56 AM
So wonderful!! Love it! My daughter's name is Ruby. She has yet to get her hands on scissors although I've been wanting to trim her hair for months.
Posted by: Ani | October 28, 2006 at 06:30 AM
I.am.jealous! How do you do that? So creative and so talented! I feel like I have two left hands... And I think her new haircut actually looks very stylish. Would also like to know how you did her hair. She's too beautiful for words!!
Posted by: Christine | October 28, 2006 at 07:53 AM
She's so cute !
I read your blog for a few months now and I just love it. Bravo Molly !
Posted by: zaza | October 28, 2006 at 10:12 AM
Omg that is just too cute!
I love her.
Posted by: koffiekitten | October 28, 2006 at 11:06 AM
Oh dear, I love her! What a cutie.
Posted by: Dee | October 28, 2006 at 06:06 PM
Ooohh! Adorable!
Posted by: Lina | October 28, 2006 at 06:18 PM
oh, quite, indeed, puss.
Posted by: eireann | October 28, 2006 at 06:31 PM
I am sitting here chuckling away like a mad woman!
How do you do it, how do you make a doll with such a cheeky little face? I love her to bits!!
Posted by: Nicki | October 28, 2006 at 06:31 PM
!!!!!!!
so flippin' wonderful and full of character!
Posted by: Stephanie | October 28, 2006 at 07:08 PM
Sweeeeeet!
Posted by: esther Veereschild | October 28, 2006 at 10:35 PM
I heart Ruby!
Posted by: nichola | October 28, 2006 at 11:30 PM
Too Cute! :-)
Posted by: Jackie | October 29, 2006 at 12:38 AM
strange. my youngest just cut her beautiful & most precious locks two nights ago. i was upset. i had to cut it. now all i have is the last curl tied up w/ a rubberband & saved in a box. i bet ruby's mommy is sad, too. ruby is a wonderful creation :]
Posted by: donielle | October 29, 2006 at 01:42 AM
What a cutie!
Posted by: Mia | October 29, 2006 at 06:19 AM
Ruby is soooooo sweet!
Posted by: claudine | October 29, 2006 at 06:32 AM
Love it!
Posted by: carolyn | October 29, 2006 at 08:13 AM
So cool!
Posted by: margaret | October 29, 2006 at 08:20 AM
WOW, you are so inspirational - she is beautiful - those lips!!! (My daughter has just cur her hair in a similar manner!)
Posted by: Jess | October 29, 2006 at 08:21 AM
OMG 90 something comments on this doll!!! well she is lovely I know, but I am fairly new to blogland and over 90 comments OMG!!!
Posted by: Kirsty | October 29, 2006 at 08:44 AM
Ruby is so precious, she brought such a smile to my face, well done you :)
Posted by: Linda | October 29, 2006 at 10:19 AM
Oh comme c'est joli!
Posted by: manue_emma | October 29, 2006 at 10:23 AM
J'adore, cette poupée est magnifique.
Posted by: anaxel | October 29, 2006 at 01:40 PM