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First of all,

meet Mr Butterbean!

Isn't he lovely?

It's been a while since we had a bunny,

and Hubby bought him for me

all of a sudden!

Yes, he's adorable!

So is the bunny!

Well, I've done a lot since I was last here.

Technically, Marie is finished.

I need to take some

 pin-up style shots of her.

Meanwhile,

 here is some more
work-in-progress.

Marie on my glass table.

This is early morning

(8.00am, is early, right?)

and she's waiting for her gloves and shoes.

These are the soles of the shoes

sculpted from paper clay

.

I looked at a lot of 18th century shoes

and darling little things they are!

Ribbons and roses and frills.

And the women's shoes were even fancier!

The best little 18th century shoes I know

are made by Anita Riviera, of

Castles Crowns and Cottages.

Aren't these divine?

A lot of the historical shoes

had decorated heels,

and  I thought that was a lovely idea.

Here are the soles, painted

with flowers and leaves.

Then they are sealed,

and left to dry,

before covering with the fabric uppers.

Marie has her panniers,

and that complete the sum of her clothing.

She has bright coral pink garters 

to hold up her white stockings.

There's a very good reason

she's wrapped in a plastic bag.

A very good reason indeed.

I'd piled up her bouffant coiffure

and it looked ok, 

and it stayed in place.

But Marie had some real problems

with flyaway hair.

She was going to need some serious lacquer.

So, it was into the plastic bag,

and out with the Krylon matte seal.

Once I'd sprayed her

and the hair was set,

and her face paint was sealed

I could finish embellishing her wig.

This is the back.

Pearls!

Feathers!

Paper roses!

Satin leaves!

I added some roses to her brow,

to hold down a stray curl.

I made Marie some ringlets.

I'd twisted some of the white hair

around a chopstick.

Poured boiling water over it.

Dunked the chopstick into iced water 

to cool and set.

Left to dry.

Once it was dry,

 I sprayed it with more lacquer,

let that set and then slid it off the chopstick.

The ringlets were attached to the back of her hair

and brought over her shoulders.

More roses and plumes,

and a big pink satin bow.

And she's all finished.

I just need to take some pretty pictures.

Marie's adventures

started here.