Victorian Jointed Paper Dolls-Make Them!

Searching around the www, I found a really cute site that has a free pattern for 3 jointed paper doll cut outs. You can also buy some very awesome authentic vintage and antique ornaments from them. It's called Victorian Ornaments.com. I wish I'd had more time for Christmas, maybe if I start now I can have some made for next year! For now, I printed some out on photopaper and used tiny little brads from Michaels to assemble them. I dragged out quite a few boxes and bags searching for papers, sequins,glitter..all kinds of just the perfect doll making things :D I used to LOVE paper dolls. We made thousands of doll clothes when I was little. My Daddy brought home reams of old paper and we drew and colored all day with those paper dolls!
Today I made one in Mardi Gras colors..gold,purple and green. I thought it was going to be much harder to dress a doll in the crinkly tissue paper I chose,lol! I can't wait to go make the other 2 dolls. Go check out their site, and download the doll pattern and make your own, or help your child or grandchild make some.

My 50th Birthday Makeover

I woke up a brunette!...with straight hair! And I think I got into a fight with a leopard sometime during the night.....



That's what daughter gave me, a make-over.

Look at all those chins.
And what's my boobage doing way down there?
Where did my eye-lashes go?

*sigh*
Yep, I'm a brunette now. Again. And I'm about to go cold turkey with the hair dye. Maybe. How will I look with snow white hair? I mean, I've been coloring my hair for so long, I bet it's all white by now. With my luck,though, it's probably that pinkish orangeish kind of gray. Poop. I'd love it if it was the pretty white like my Grandma or my Daddy's.