Tooth Pick Dolls

After making the leaf dolls, I was inspired to make some dolls that are not perishable. I wanted to use fabric and yarn this time.

I stuck the dolls in a block of styrofoam and they stay nicely.

Leaf Dolls

These nice leaf dolls are the product of sticks and weeds. I chose a rather long and thin stick and took a leaf and wrapped it around the stick to make a dress. I tied it with a piece of grass that double as arms. I put a clover leaf on the end for a head. Some of them looked like they had faces and hair. I even cut some fringe into one of them.

I started with a toothpick and needed to find another stick to make some friends.

This is my Leatherman- a very handy tool for doll making!

A finished family!

I enjoyed making these because I like nature and I like to craft and they go together well in this project!

Birthday Treasures!

I got some really awesome things for my birthday. I received some sewn items, some items for me to sew, and some other crafty items.

This is a bustle skirt with plenty of ruffles. I like to wear it. A lot!

These are some very fun paper dolls that have very pretty fashions to wear. They even have hats and boots. I'll post more on these soon.

I love this embroidered sewing machine and it has my favorite colors in it!

This is a pattern for a cool apron. I think this apron would be fun to wear but not cook in- because who would want to get it dirty?

A hand made, water color card- I want to make some myself.

This pretty dress is being worn by Samantha. It has a scarf and a bag to go with it.

I had a great birthday this year. Thanks everyone!

Dress Designs

Me and my best friend designed dresses. My brother and my dad went to a civil war ball. We designed  
gowns. We will go next year.

I folded a large piece of fabric for this one.

This is my favorite dress.

 We stuffed a dress form with stuffing and we pinned fabric to it to make dresses. We had fun and next year I can't wait to design a real dress and go to the ball!

My Fashion Sewing Party

Yesterday was my birthday party. I'm going to be 11 on June 1st. I had a fashion party. We made doll things and I made a skirt.

These were the treat bags- for the girls to take home what they made

One of my friends brought her mom's machine so we had two machines to work with. Mine is the one in the back corner of the picture.

We all found work space in my room.

This is the skirt I made.

My friend made a doll pillow.

E is using my machine- just the arm to sew a seam at the top of her dress.

This is my skirt after I made a change. I actually added a button on the ribbon too.

It was awesome. My favorite part of all was sewing with my friends!

Elizabeth

I think Elizabeth looks lovely,  doesn't she?  

Elizabeth loves to read!

I collect American Girl dolls. Right now my collection is at 8 dolls. I'll share more with you about my dolls. I've also been doing an American Girl unit this year with my mom. You can read about it on her blog- Blog, She Wrote.

Guess What's Blooming!

Look what I found in our garden. I love flowers. I took these crocus pictures with my own camera!

I think I am going to enter these into the 4H Fair. What do you think?

(this is really R doing my own blogging)