Traveling Dolls

Our traveling dolls have returned to their homes.  We traded doll making materials and out of those materials these five different dolls evolved.

Aren't they fun!

April Meeting

Dolls with Arty Attitudes will be meeting Thursday, April 18th at Crossroads Mall.  (3rd Thursday of the month)   6:30 p.m.

We will be revealing our finished challenge dolls from February - Everyone brought a bag of "stuff" to make a doll and we traded bags.   The rules were simple "Make a Doll" using the contents of the bags.  Or not.  Add to and/or otherwise embellish to make a finished doll. 

As always there will be Show & Tell. 

Come join us!

March Dolls

Lisa showed us how to make these adorable little Japanese girls from the yogurt bottle that was the subject of a previous challenge.  They were fun to make and with some practice relatively easy.  They are made with washi paper, wire and glue.  No sewing required! 

March Meeting

Dolls with Arty Attitudes will be meeting on Thursday March 28th due to scheduling issues rather than the regular 3rd Thursday. 

Same place - Crossroads Mall center court near the Library.

Same time - 6:30 p.m.

 

We will be learning to make Japanese dolls from yogurt bottles & ping pong balls.

 

 

This is Lisa's doll.   She will be teaching us how she makes her Japanese dolls.

We will see what our dolls how our dolls turn out.

 

As always bring Show & Tell
Remember - different meeting day this month.
See you there!

Happy Valentine's Day

Our February meeting features Valentine Wishes and a lot of creativeness.  From valentine shaped bodies to fairies and jesters along with recycled materials table and chairs and a forest of fabric & champagne cork trees!    All fun.  All creative. 

Several months ago Diane Magnuson had shared with us that she had signed up for an online class by Barbara Schoenoff.  She brought the finished doll as Show & Tell.  She turned out beautiful with many layers of detail and color. 

Excellent work Diane!

 

 

March & April challenge is an exchange.  We each gathered a bag full of materials to be assembled by someone else.  At the April meeting we will unveil our creations and return them to their original owner. 

 

At the March meeting we are going to make Japanese paper dolls with the guidance of Lisa.  She has made many of these dolls and they are so cute! 

 

So many things in the works for us - we also selected one of the Soft Dolls & Animals Magazine patterns to make and enter into their challenge.  We were all in agreement that Piper from the July 2010 would be fun to make.  She seems to be challenging but not too difficult.  Her photos are due to the magazine by early July so we will bring our finished dolls to the June meeting - ready to photograph. 

 

Whew!!!  We have a busy spring lined up.  Come join us for the fun.

February Meeting

Dolls with Arty Attitudes has re-scheduled the February 2013 meeting due to a conflict.  We will be meeting MONDAY 2/18/13 (just this one time) - same place Crossroads Mall - center court - look for a table with ladies showing off their dolls - just around the corner from the sushi place.  Same time - 6:30 p.m.

Last month the tables we usually sit at were moved in front of the entry doors.  Too Cold!  Every time someone came in the doors a blast of cold air wafted over the area.  So we discovered a round table just behind the sushi place in the same vicinity except not as visible to anyone who doesn't know where we are.   We found that the round table is easier to talk and share with the whole group.  And the more the merrier!

If you are in the area do come by and join us on Monday, 2/18, 6:30 p.m.  

Bring a valentine of some sort, preferably made by you (or selected by you) but doll related to share.

And bring a starter kit of doll makings for our 'sort of' round robin challenge.  We will each bring materials to make a doll.  We will trade the makings and each will make a doll (of your choice) from those materials for the person who brought the materials.  You can use all or some of the materials provided.   Do you have some fabric but no idea how to combine it? 

As always if you have questions be sure to contact Diane Magnuson at dianemagnuson@hotmail.com. 

January 2013

What to do with this?

Well.......................this!  As only doll makers can do.