Hues of Oz 2014.

This will all make sense in just a moment...

 This is my first year to 

Celebrate OZ.

Choose an Oz colour?

Well, that's not hard.

Red!

These?

Of course not.

Dorothy's slippers were silver.

See?

I was thinking of these.

Poppies

I remember being horrified by

the meadow full of poppies.

You can keep your melting witches

and winged monkeys.

What winged monkeys? Where?

The insidious, stealthy suffocating 

sleep of the poppies,

that's what's truly frightening.

And poor Cowardly Lion,

who almost makes it to the 

edge of the meadow

before succumbing.

Poor Cowardly Bessie Lion

So, on the theme of horrific drugged sleep
and  poppies, I made this!

Printed on unbleached calico,

stuffed and embellished with

a poppy and a button.

And it's a giveaway!

With other stuff.

I don't know what you'd do with it,

but I recommend holding it in your hand

and shouting 'OZ!"

I'll slip it in a packet

with some other things.

Nice things!

Usual rules for a giveaway.

Follow my blog

and comment below

and you're all done.

(Blogger's Follower gadget

 is having a moment,

 so I've extended the deadline

for the giveaway.

If you're a new follower with a blog, 

let me know and I will follow you)

I'll be drawing the winner

on 8th April

 Good luck!

Dorothy Doll added to Giveaway!

For the other

Hues of Oz

you need to fly

Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

Look what I got! Thank you, lovely people!

You know how exciting it is

to get parcels in the post?

Wrapped packages,

 full of goodies from nice people?

I got two!

Georgina, 

(otherwise known as Nevermore Dolls

or Atomic Girl)

sent me a wonderful surprise pack.

It was full of things to delight

a doll maker's heart.

I'd bought a pendant, 

and Georgina had filled the envelope with

all kinds of lovely things.

Earrings! Paper roses!

Tiny weeny cogs and charms!

Lace and ribbon!

And neat little squares of lovely fabric!

Big roses, little flowers,

soft cotton and dancing skeletons!

A scrap of  the cottage rose fabric

was just perfect for a Marie doll,

and got used straight away. 

Thank you so much, Georgina!

Check out Georgina's new shop,

Atomic Girl

The other parcel was from Summer,

of Dreamspirations Gallery.

See that, in the middle?

Yes, that is a chocolate rabbit.

And it's all mine...

The lovely dark purple dalia

found a place in 

Hubby's Steampunk Study.

With the nummy rabbit,

came festoons of lace

and ribbon 

in all sizes and colours.

Beads and ruffles

and sweet chiffon roses.

Perfect things for a dollmaker!

I love these gorgeous paper sunflowers.

Lovely things, just ready to be inspiration for a doll.

I already have plans for that  wonderful red lace.

Thank you so much, Summer!

Visit Summer's Etsy shop, here.

Thank you both, 

for sending me such wonderful

treasures and trinkets and for understanding

just how precious such pretty little things can be.

Update. Claudia WIP

Claudia, which I started for

Holly's Horrorlands

Vampire's Day Soiree

is just waiting for her dress.

(And, possibly, her coffin.)

She has pale, ivory skin,

to contrast with the peachy hair,

and grey shadows.

I wanted her to have bendable legs, 

so that she could be posed 

in a coffin or on a shelf.

Her drawers are just lightly stuffed,

with no leg inside.

Little red leather shoes!

I'm still considering adding rosettes.

She may have a skull companion.

A cheater skull, as I'm going to use a dollar store

plastic Halloween skull as an armature.

 Claudia in her underwear,

with her beloved doll.

Claudia's doll is dressed Marie Antoinette style

as a nod to Kirsten Dunst,

who played both characters.

Next week, the dress!

Alice, in white and blue

This is another photo spam,

because I really am happy with this doll.

Hubby said she has the nicest face,

and, as he's really not into dolls,

(despite the huge collection

 of Star Wars 'action figures')

I take his comment as a huge compliment.

Alice is wigged with suri alpaca hair,

a first for me,

and has a new design 

for her hands and feet.

I love making dolls that

teach me something new,

and help me feel I really am

 learning, and getting better.

I'd like to thank you all

(and Hubby!)

for your support and encouragement.

I don't think I would have 

made any progress at all

if it hadn't been for you wonderful people,

visiting and commenting.

Thank you!

Now shared with

Ivy and Elephants'

wonderful

What's it Wednesday

Alice on Etsy