Too much time surfing

The net that is.  I find I've been spending too much time looking at others.  (Other people's dolls, other people's doll stuff, etc.)  I need to get off the web and spend some time with Agnes developing her wardrobe -- then I want to do some dioramas.  I think I'm going to make one large diorama with walls/floors that I can change out for other scenes.  Seems complex (to me) -- but I'll figure it out.  I don't have the room to build an entire house (I have my doll house from when I was a kid, that was then passed down to my kids -- I definitely don't have room for two!)

First things first.  I want to make some kind of closet/wardrobe big enough to fit all of Agnes' stuff.  To be able to hang gowns, fold sweaters, stack shoes.  Definitely a dream of mine.

I have a great "doll find".  (And it's cheap).  I was at the container store.  They have the greatest lucite "shoe boxes"  I can't fix the high heeled ones in there, but the flats fit fine.  $2 for a dozen!  Can't beat it.
They come in a package.  The brand is BoxBox.  Crystal Clear (must be the color).

Those of you with Barbie, Fashion Royalty or Joe Thai -- would find these perfect.

See how easily I get side tracked.  I started off talking about spending more time, "sticking to my knitting" if you will, I ended up digressing into my latest "find" for Agnes.  No more shopping -- more finishing of projects!  I have a ton of unfinished and yet begun projects.  I have the materials, maybe lacking the creative juices or drive.  I guess without a deadline, I have a hard time completing things!

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Happy Friday!! Evil Bay?? I think not.

I know that a lot of people refer to "that" site as Evil Bay.  I've bought and sold stuff on there from back in the old days.  My ID was so old that when I moved (because I also changed internet providers) -- they would not let me use my old ID -- because I had lost the password -- I was somewhat addicted to Ebay -- I'll admit it.  So when I moved to Florida.  I put it (and my password) out of my mind.  I was pretty upset when I contacted Ebay and they wouldn't allow me access although I thought my credit card hadn't changed -- but in their defense, that was really the Paypal portion of it.  I had about 200 transactions on my old ID all with positives, I was upset to start over.  But I did.

Where else can you make such a perfect market.  I've bought from and sold things to people all over the world literally.  I recently bought something from a guy in Florida who was selling the same item (cheaper) than a guy in Hong Kong.  How? When the item is from Hong Kong I'm not sure.

I buy mostly little items.  But I have bought large things.  I've even sold my car (to a guy who turned out to be local) for thousands more than the dealer or CarMax wanted to give me.  So, thank you Ebay!

So,  here's a sampling of the stuff I've gotten for Agnes for the Baysters!

Agnes "needed" a laptop.  I had seen some on the other boards and on DOA.  I was coveting them (I admit it).

Decisions, decisions.  Should I get an Ipad (so cool) or a Vaio laptop.  Both of course.  That's the thing about Ebay.  This may be my last chance to get item X.  Must have it!  Even my daughter thought it was cool.

It has the Apple logo on the back.  It says Ipad (I'm not sure if the real one does).

Then, the screen is just as impressive.

The Sony Vaio was super cheap.  I think it was like $3+ and came with a messenger bag case!  Couldn't beat that!

Rock on Ebay, I love you!

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Stand by

I had an urge to finish one of my many unfinished projects.  This is the wooden wig stand.  I'm no artist (as is evident) -- I'm a crafter.  I just muddle along.  I'm happy with it though.  And I can cross it off as completed.

I painted the base with some gold metallic paint I had lying around.  I used the blue I owned, I bought the black and the red.  I followed my pencilled drawings with paint.  I sealed the heads with shiny clear coat.  Each head is different.  I liked that. Now they are ready to be covered (by wigs!)

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Michael Kors inspired shoes

I wanted to make a pair of shoes out of patent red leather (found a scrap in my stash).  Then I thought, I have the platforms from the Volks shoes in red, good, good.  Then I wanted to make them like the espadrilles I made in Denim for Agnes.  I was in my daughter's closet (She asked me to mail her some stuff to NY as it's getting cold there).  Then I spied them, I'm sure I must have had them in my subconscious when I made the Denim espadrilles!  There were a pair of old red espadrilles.

Here are the denim espadrilles

Now that I see the red ones, I'm going to change the direction of the rope on the red pair.  I can't believe I have red patent leather.  (I'm pretty sure this was one of my old New York trip finds).

I removed the uppers from the soles yesterday by boiling.  Now I have red soles.

I then put on the leather:

I closed the toe and then I added the rope detail

sorry for the out of focus shot

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I'm Excited!

After last week, I decided to give the "fashionista" Barbie line a try.  It is an inexpensive playline.  The good thing is somehow there is enough room (in the rear) for Agnes.  I would love to find a line: Fashion Royalty, Poppy Parker, etc that might have clothes that could fit Agnes.  I would like to have her everyday clothes "off the shelf" and then I could sprinkle in a dress or two.  Some of the silkstone line has wonderfully worked fashions.  I could only wish that a line would fit my beloved Agnes.  But, now I have hope.  I'm going to start looking!

Here's Agnes in a $3+ number:

It is a little snug in the hips, but it fits.  I think the tailoring is better than I could do.

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Fuzzy Wuzzy!

I saw some on one of the boards, I thought "how much fun are those"!  Had to have some.  I'm referring to those scuffy slippers!

Here's Agnes in them:

Here's how I made them:

First, I wanted the traditional faux fur ones, but couldn't find faux fur with a thick enough pile.  Then I remembered a pair that my daughter has.  These hideous green slippers that look like terri cloth.  So, I found the material in JoAnns.

I made mine in pink.  First, I traced Agnes' foot and decided on a shape for the sole.  Then, I cut out the outer sole.  I then traced that onto cardboard for an inner sole.  I glued the pink material to the inner sole. I trimmed off the excess fabric once it was dried.

This is what I had:

This is the lined part, where Agnes' feet go.  The underside to that is just plain cardboard.  Once the upper is glued to this inner sole, an outer sole will be added (glued).

Here's a peek at the flip side:

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Back burner, but not forgotten

I resurrected the Marie Antoinette wig.  I'm adding the hair portion,  this will be done in several stages adding curls, etc. So bear with me.

As a reminder, here's the form:

Here's the first bit of hair measured and cut to fit around the form.

Now, this is the glued version -- with the hair attached, but not set in place

A look at where it is attached:

Stay tuned!

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