Baby girl loves buckles and buttons and snaps and zippers. So I decided to make a doll that had all of those things. As a kid we had a Dapper Dan doll that had lots of little fasteners and things on it. I also had a doll that was awake on one side and asleep on the other. I combined the ideas for this doll.
For the hair I used curly elastic shoe laces. I think that this might be her favorite part. She pulls them and they spring back. For some reason this is hilarious. The awake side has a little jacket that buttons closed. Underneath she has suspenders. One buckles and the other goes through a little ribbon loop and velcros closed.
The sleepy side is wearing footy pajamas with a zipper and BIG snap at the top. (Thanks for the snap Mom.)
This had been a lot of fun to plan and make, but I don't think I will be doing anything like this again any time soon. No Etsy shop for me. It took much longer than I had planned, but the end result was worth it.
4 comments:
Very cute! I love the springy hair too.
Michelle
Wow! that is a project. It did turn out really cute and I sure she loves it. I have often thought of making something like that but just couldn't ever bring myself to do it. Good for you!
That is so ingenious! Love it! And you are right - most really cute projects are way too time consuming to sell.
wow- such a neat present!
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