Arabella and her Baby Dolls

Arabella is my newest Ghastly Girl and as you can see, she absolutely adores her little baby dolls. She dug them up all by herself one night in the old graveyard and now she cares for them so tenderly. She loves to take them for moonlight strolls in their lovely carriage, feed them bottles of nightshade tea, and tuck them tenderly into their coffins every morning. 

 I love making these dolls but the baby carriage and the little baby dolls made this project especially fun!

Clara

I made another 8" doll but this time a bunny along the lines of my white rabbit. Meet Clara, who, like me, is SO ready for Spring! Here she gazes wistfully at the bleak winter landscape, imagining the blooms and green that will soon (we hope!) be here.

Clara has a wire armature that allows her to be very pose-able. She also has glass eyes...I love these!

And how about these underclothes and painted boots!

Don't worry Clara, Spring is coming...

 

Curiouser and Curiouser...

I've been having such fun making dolls lately. I have several still in process but I've finished two and put them in the shop. First up a sweet fairy girl, ready and waiting for the warmer Spring days.

 Next an unusual take on Alice...

 Isn't she fun!

These dolls are part of my ongoing work to create cloth dolls with the level of 3D detail found in clay and porcelain art dolls. I try to use only natural materials in my dolls so they are made from cotton fabrics and wool roving with wire armatures.