Christmas Ornament Exchange~2011

Although it didn't go exactly according to plan I am so excited about the ornament exchange I did with a few friends this year.  Originally the plan was to exchange them at a little gathering at my place but alas, life gets in the way sometimes and plans have to change.  I love, love, love the ornaments I received and it was all I could do to wait until I got them all to share them.  I have such crafty, talented friends:)

My contribution to the exchange!  I have been obsessing over these little darlings for weeks :)

Here are some of the others I've made and am working on:

Some pretty girls waiting to be varnished and attached to their bodies.

Pretty much ready to go, except for the two poor arm-less darlings!

Nothing makes a Christmas tree like homemade ornaments.  I am so happy that mine is chock-full of them!

Sew Much to Do...

I am frantically trying to get ready for my debut at the market but wanted to share a few things that I have made in the past week or so.  Between teaching, my serving job and hockey I have no clue how I am going to get this all together by 5am-ish on Saturday morning but I am sure I will succeed.  I may not have everything perfect (which will kill me) but I am sure it will be just fine.

Snow Babies(should have photgraphed them against a coloured background).

My first boy doll!

I tried a new method to make the hair for this one.  I found it here.

Bibs made using some of the fabric sent to me by Alana in Japan.

I am off to job number two in a few...wish me luck...I'll need it to get everything done and organized in time:)

Demin Jenna

My Black Apple Doll (with a twist) Denim Jenna is complete. I think she turned out pretty good considering I winged the overalls and have never done yarn hair before. Word on the street is that the real Jenna was thrilled with her mini me doll :)

Denim Jenna posing on my sewing machine minutes after she was completed.

Dexy checking out Denim Jenna's bum.

Denim Jenna gettin' all zen at the Hamachi House, hangin' with her boy Buddha.

My Black Apple Dolls

I have known about these dolls for quite sometime now but until recently haven't gotten around to making them(you can find the pattern here on Martha). It's shocking really since I LOVE all of Emily Martin's work. I have a couple of her prints hanging on my walls and just generally love her blog(s). My first attempt was this little girl in pink...

and then this red head in blue...

I ended up giving the latter as a birthday gift to an adorable four year old. I showed a picture of my dolls to two guys at work (mind you these are creative type guys) and now I am making two custom dolls for them. One as a birthday gift for one guy's girlfriend (she is a work in progress that I am calling Denim Jenna) and the other will be a gift given to some goth guy known as Dream Pig (I kid you not!). This should be interesting...I'll be posting pictures!

Stay tuned for my Black Apple Dolls with a serious twist!

P.S.- I had some trouble getting the legs right side out so for the second doll I fattened them up. Also I used unbleached cotton for the skin and it frayed a lot so that was tricky to deal with!