Irony.

My little girl turned 3 recently. Last week, we held her birthday party - and we had a lot of fun! 30 helium balloons, and a kiddie pool at capacity.
One of her gifts was a wooden doll high chair and a new vinyl doll to go with it. I was not convinced the vinyl doll was going to be played with. I mean, my daughter has a fair number of dolls already. Dolls she doesn't really play with. There are 2 Waldorf dolls I made her, a hand-knit 'Sally' who she loves beyond reason and plays with once in a while, a Barbie who hasn't seen the light of day since Sweet Pea bought her with her very own loonie at a yard sale . . . I'm sure there are more.
Imagine my surprise when Sweet Pea refused to go bed the night of her birthday party without her new baby. And she COULDN'T go to bed until her baby's teeth had been brushed. I chalked it up to newness, and bedtime stall tactics. But no, I think she really legitimately likes this doll. She's been playing with her all week. Yesterday she learned the baby drinks and wets . . . and now I need to make some doll diapers.

But oh, the irony! Spend countless hours making dolls with love . . . and she wants Baby Alive. Sigh.

Celeste - reverse rainbow

Given the popularity of our little rainbow friend, I decided to make another! Here is Celeste, a reverse rainbow, 10" jointed doll.

Celeste is wearing a cotton skirt and hand-knit cotton/soy blend shirt. Neither article of clothing has any fasteners - they just pull on and off.

Celeste has reverse rainbow hair - violet is near her face, red is at her crown.

She has purple eyes - it just seemed to fit with her complexion.

Celeste is currently being offered on my Facebook page exclusively. She'll be heading to Etsy in a few days if she's not spoken for.

And the winner is . . . .

#12!!

Anonymous said...

I love the rainbow girl and I'd call her Happy. You can't help but smile looking at her! Lilmamibella@gmail.com
26 June 2011 20:37

The winner has been notified via email and now has 48 hours (until Wednesday noon, EDT) to respond. If there is no response, I'll have to draw again.

And now we wait . . . .

So who's up for a giveaway?

I'm ready to kick this thing off, how about you?

THE MAKING FRIENDS 'ONE YEAR IN BUSINESS' CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY

First things first, let's talk rules.
1) You are NOT required to 'like' Making Friends on Facebook, favourite Making Friends on Etsy, or follow this blog. However, if you like what you see well enough to want to win it -- well the decent thing to do is to follow in some way, right? So while you don't have to - I would love it if you did.
2) One entry per household. You're on the honour system here. Don't break my heart.
3) There will be ONE DOLL given away. The point of making 3 dolls was to give you a choice and me a push. I think it worked.
4) To enter, please comment on this blog post. Include which doll you'd like to win (which one you like best), what you'd name her, and a way to contact you. The contact info cannot be facebook - I'm not flying in the face of their rules. Etsy would be fine. Email would be fine. Also, don't flake out. I need to know which doll you want in no uncertain terms. If you don't make a choice and your number is drawn, I will move on to the next entry. Ie you'll be winning it for the person under you.
Please keep in mind that you can comment anonymously, but you will need to leave a way to contact you.
5) The giveaway begins now and will close on July 4, 2011. The winner will be drawn at noon EDT, and will be notified immediately.
If it becomes apparent I've left anything out, I'll revisit this post to edit.

Let's have a look!



Our three ladies. Your input at work!



Here's our chocolate doll. She's a brand-new release for Making Friends! A 14" Waldorf doll and new to the line-up.



If you look real close at her hair, you'll see some sparkle. It's hard to capture on camera - but gets lots of notice in person!

Next up, the mocha girl.



Her hair is a layered wig, with lots of great blue highlights.



I absolutely love her outfit. The ruffles kill me!!

And finally the rainbow girl.



Look at those colours! This is something I probably wouldn't have made on my own - so, a big thanks to you! I'm so pleased with how it turned out!



She's just lovely!

If you'd like to see additional photos, there are lots on my Facebook page. Thanks so much for your support and encouragement in the last year.
Good luck everyone! I'm excited!

An update

I'm sure you're all wondering what the status of our 3 dolls might be ...
The mocha and chocolate dolls are fully completed, but need clothing. The peachy doll has a head, the body is sewn, but she is, as yet, unstuffed. I have a very good reason for this  - my poor little baby is sick. He's on antibiotics, and should be feeling better very, very soon - but it took a few days of whiny, clingy child and one climactic night before I realized he needed to see a doctor. Now he's sleeping peacefully. Thank goodness.

As a result of my baby's sickness I've opted to postpone the opening of our giveaway. Keep an eye on this blog - it will be sometime next week.

For your patience, may I offer you a sneak peak?

 

And just as a teaser there is something very different about the chocolate doll. More details next week!

Voting: Round 2. Eyes and hair for our peachy pal

Let's do this thing! One last vote: eye and hair colour for the peachy doll.
Once again, it will take some time to finish up the chocolate doll, so voting is open for an indefinite period. I'll let you know when voting closes.

Copy and paste for simplicity.

Boy or girl:
Hair colour:
Eye colour:

** VOTING IS CLOSED. Thanks again for the ideas!**

Voting: Round 2. Eyes and hair for our chocolate friend.

Since the mocha doll is stuffed and now simply awaiting assembly (which can sometimes take the longest) I thought I'd open voting for the chocolate doll's features. Once again, cut and paste for simplicity.

Boy or girl:
Hair colour:
Eye colour:

**VOTING HAS CLOSED! And it was a very close race. Stay tuned to see the final decision -- next week**