Our House Is A Very, Very, Very Fine House

Friday, November 24, 2023

Our House Is A Very, Very, Very Fine House

 It seems I don't know when to stop. My clothespin girls could not just hang around my sewing/doll room, they needed a place to live. They needed a house! So...

I made a house for my clothespin girls! Ain't it purdy??? A nice three story yellow house and a little front stoop so the girls can sit out on their sort of porch.

Here you can see the side of the house. The house is made entirely of foam board that I hot glued and duck taped together. Duck tape makes great hinges! Can you see the little swing hung from the tree branch? The girls love to play.

 Here is the other side of the house. You can see there are pretty shade trees. I searched online and found the doors, windows, bricks and greenery I like and then printed them out on card stock and glued them down to the house.

Now let's go inside.

 

Here is a look at the entire inside. I don't have windows placed in yet or pictures. I'll get to that. You can see I added lights. Not the correct way, I know, but I found some cute round fairy lights and put them in.

 

Here is the living room. I made all of these furnishings years ago. I had a doll house that was smaller than a 1:12, so I had to make most of the furniture. Oh, the girls have a visitor. You can read about her HERE.

 

This is the foyer with parkay flooring. I also made the little chair and table. Here  you can see the light. We certainly do need a window in here.

 

Now we are in the dining room. This table and chairs are vintage, around the late 1940s, Strombecker furniture Just perfect for this house.

 

Here is the kitchen and I see another little visitor! More me-made kitchen furniture. I don't really like these and will probably make some more one day. Sure do need some windows in here. I will get to that one day.

 

The bedroom! More Strombecker furniture. I know it takes away the value of vintage pieces when you paint them, but I didn't like the wood finish on these pieces and painted them all a nice bright yellow. I added little flowers for prettiness. Need windows but man, you can sure see the lights!

 The bathroom also has the vintage Strombecker furniture. I painted these too. I thought a soft gray would look wonderful in a little bathroom. 

There you have the newly built house for the clothespin dolls! I think they are going to like it.

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Kitty, Kitty

Monday, November 20, 2023

Kitty, Kitty

Have I told you I love to crochet? Well, my sister-in-law love cats and I thought I would make her one.

Here she is! I crocheted her while we were on a trip. My husband drives and I crochet - so here is little Miss Kitty! Hmm, I think I've heard that name before. 😍

I seem to like pink and use it alot in my little girl doll clothes, even kitty cat clothes.

Hope you liked meeting Miss Kitty.

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Clothespin Dolls

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Clothespin Dolls

 Well, here I go making more clothespin dolls. I have made them in the past but just painted to head part of the clothespin. But this time I found big wooden beads with the perfect opening to slip the head of the clothespin in so the head could be bigger!

I have a hard time just making one clothespin doll - I kinda go overboard. I've told you that before. 

These little dolls are so fun to make:

 I hot glued the large wooden bead onto the clothespin head and then painted the                                   entire body and head a flesh color. 

I painted the shoes (stand) and then glued the little clothespin feet into it so the doll can stand up.

Now the fun part starts - I painted little bloomers onto the body and gave it some pink, of course, trim. I could have painted a bodice or a little bra but since these are just young little girls, we just painted bloomers.

Next I moved on to the head. I experienced with some puff paint for try to make the bottom of her hair look a little like a Hitty dolly, but as you can see, it didn't work very welI. It only punched out a little bit. After that dried I drew in pencil how I wanted her hair to look and then painted it. 

The eyes are painted on using the bottom of a small wooden dowel placed into paint and then I added some eye shine. Her little mouth is just two strokes of paint to resemble a heart. Her little check colors was added with a pink colored pencil. You can place the eyes closer together but I like them pretty far apart - love how this makes her look very childlike.

The final touch is to add her little arms. I just cut a pipe cleaner, or to be proper - a chenille stem, to the length I want. I hot glued the center of the pipe cleaner to the center back of the doll and let that dry. Then I take a little pointy nose plyer and curl the tip back where the hand would be. That way there is a little definition of a hand and plus you won't poke yourself with the sharp end of the wire.

Now you have a little clothespin doll!

But she's almost naked. Time for clothes!

 

Pull out the crochet hook and threads and go to town making dresses for my little girls!!

This little girl is my favorite, I think! I do love them all.

Here is another little girl in her crocheted dress and she how on red Mary Janes!

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Bunny Lovey

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Bunny Lovey

 I was invited to a baby shower. We knew the baby would be a little girl...so what was I to do?

Crochet a bunny lovey.

Isn't this little lovey sweet? Sleepy time eyes, little flower garland around her head and pink! Must have girly pink!

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The Meaning Of A Name

Friday, November 10, 2023

The Meaning Of A Name

I have a little story to tell you:

 I was reading the Bible in Genesis last night and wanted to share this with you. In Genesis 36:39 there is a lady named Mehetable! I found out the alternate spelling is Mehitable - our Hitty's name! Anyway, I dug a little deeper and found out the the meaning of Mehitable translates to “God rejoices” and will always remind your bundle of joy to find delight in the small things! Isn't that something! 

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 We all find tremendous delight in our tiny little Hitty dolls - I know I certainly do! I thought that was a sweet gift in this messed up world we're living in right now! Let's all rejoice that we can play with our Hitty dolls!

Let the joy continue!

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A Crocheted Tea Cozy

Sunday, November 5, 2023

A Crocheted Tea Cozy

 I thought I would take a break from my Hitty dolls today to show you a tea cozy I crocheted a while ago. I love to crochet and my little Hitty dolls get their share of crocheted clothes.

Isn't this sweet? We all love our cup of tea from time to time, I don't drink coffee, so I thought I would make a sweet little tea cozy to cover my Blue Willow tea pot!

 I do seem to go a bit overboard so I crocheted flowers for the topper. I crocheted and crocheted and crocheted flowers! They are a little overboard but I like it!

If you'll pop in, I'll have the tea waiting for you and it will still be hot!

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Meet Betsy

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Meet Betsy!

 I thought I would take a little break from playing with Hittys today and introduce you to another rag doll I've made.

Please meet Betsy! She is a very happy little doll and is all dressed up and ready to play!

I used this pattern to make her and she was quite simple but she's pretty large. I like the way she turned out.

Here you can see Betsy's sweet little embroidered face and her hair. Now the pom pom pigtails was a great idea but I had never used felt before as the base of a doll's hair. There's always a first time for learning something new. This made the hair on her head very neat. I just glued down the pigtails and put little bangs under felt before I hand sewed it down.

I was in Walmart and am always peeping in at the fabrics and found out The Pioneer Women now has fabric you can buy already bundled up in small amounts of yardage. I fell in love with this pretty red flowered print. I used a baby blue for her bodice that pulls in the tiny blue flowers in the print. I finished off her outfit with lace at the sleeves and collar and used a red ribbon and bow and added a little flower for some prettiness.

You can see she has on baby blue pantaloons trimmed in lace. But alas - no shoes. Betsy said she didn't want any shoes because she wasn't going outside!

 

She may not have any shoes but she wanted to show you she can stand up. Well, she has a little help from leaning up against the sofa back! Rag Dolls! What are we to do with them.

 

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