The Halloween witches and zombies that I showed you previously started out with a bag of old dolls. I sorted them into categories-
- beyond repair became zombies
- sorta bad shape, witches (if the skin was messed up, I repainted them green like Elphaba)
- decent shape, but needed work, angels
It is not even Halloween yet, but I zipped through my ghoulish gals in time to take into Good Juju’s September and October sales am now sparkling up some angelic babies for the November First Friday.
This one is actually a tree topper from the 60s. Her base is a cone to fit on a Christmas tree. I reused her wings on the smaller girl and made new ones for her from curled feathers. Both had their hair replaced with wool roving.
My pal Tami invited us over for a craft day and offered styrofoam pumpkins to make over (mine is covered in lace) and tart tin dolls for the projects. I also whipped up my two angels and a few lil schroomies.
She went to a lot of trouble with her sleepy eyed doll. It required sawing it in half, and gluing in a cork that was also cut in half to the doll could be put back together with the tin in the center.
The tin makes a cute skirt top, doesn’t it? Thanks, Tami, for the fun day filled with lovely projects!