Saige is decked out in her pioneer best to celebrate this state holiday. I embellished her bonnet with a lace doily and chose this lacy pinafore to dress up her plain pioneer frock. | Char at DollDiaries.com had some great pioneer activities during the first week of Camp Doll Diaries. You can learn how to make a covered wagon, a campfire, and a handkerchief doll. Sarah, Emmett, and Saige all dressed up for the occasion. The pink checkered dress came from a mechanical, musical doll I had as a child. Sarah's hat is a crocheted baby bonnet I inherited from somewhere. Emmet's wig, shirt and vest came from a thrift-store porcelain doll. His pants are from Kingstate and his boots from Walmart. The hat was a yard sale find that came in a big bag of hats for $1. Saige's outfit was made by my granny, a wonderful seamstress and doll collector. |
Living in Utah, I have always enjoyed celebrating Pioneer Day. This year, the dolls are celebrating too.
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My granny was an avid collector of porcelain dolls of all sizes before she passed away. My mother's sister recently sent my mom a box of some of the dolls, so she took some pictures for me. I hope to see the dolls in person and take more pictures soon. I remember admiring them from behind glass when I went to visit my grandmother. My aunt was a smoker, so many of these dolls have a bad cigarette odor in their hair and clothes. If anyone has any good ideas for removing the smell, we would sure appreciate it.
In keeping with the 50s theme from Camp Doll Diaries this week, I put together this quick and easy 50's look from a baby dress. I really like the square neckline decorated with tiny pink embroidered flowers to contrast with the lovely minty color. I put the dress on the doll and overlapped the sides in the back so the neckline was not so large. Then I tied a ribbon around the waist to hold it closed. I arranged the pleats in the front so the skirt poofed out more, and I also used a tulle underskirt (from a thrifted porcelain doll) to make the skirt look nice and full. I finished off the look with a high ponytail tied with a satin bow. The pearl necklace is made from a decorative eyeglass chain from the dollar store. The shoes are from Paradise Kids. Saige is ready for a sock hop!
The theme for this week over at Camp Doll Diaries is all about the 1950s, so I decided to post some pictures of the 50s inspired felt skirt I made for my "vintage" vinyl doll a few months ago. This was my favorite play doll when I was a little girl, and I loved it to death, literally. The hair just got un-salvageable, so I shaved it off, and I use a variety of different wigs for her. This one is what I call the Laura wig, because it reminds me of my sister Laura's hair when she was younger. I got it from an extremely ugly porcelain doll that I rescued from a thrift store and rewigged with a much more suitable style. This wig looks great on many different dolls, and I especially Iike the look of it with this Nifty Fifties style. I sewed on a strap of thin, clear, elastic cord, so it holds the wig on the doll's head without having to glue it down. I prefer to make the wigs non-permanent so I can change them up whenever I wish. Mini Caroline is practicing to perform the U.S. National Anthem at Camp Doll Diaries this week. The Star Spangled Banner has special meaning to her since it was written in her time period, during the War of 1812.She is holding a mini flag cupcake pick and posing next to an early-model flag, which came from a Betsy Ross dress-up set.The stage was really easy to make. I just used a wooden box from an old puzzle. I turned it upside down and stapled some fancy ribbon around the sides. Then I attached two thin dowels and ran a piece of ribbon across the top, tying the ribbon to the dowels and letting the ends hang down. For the final touch, I stuck on some foam star stickers, which I got on clearance at Rite Aid last year.
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