Sunday, February 10, 2008

She's Here.......

Yes...... she is here, Miss Ellowyne Wilde. She arrived at my house on Thursday. After I unpackaged her she jumped out of her box and began to reek havoc on my happy little doll community.

She first spotted Cinderella, in her prize wining pink dress, ripped it off of her and put it on. ...poor Cindy. She took over the leopard chase and started giving me orders for more out fits...! No one warned me she was so bossy. What a Prima-Donna....... I am going to call her "Bossy Boots" Miss Ell......

The rest of the evening was spent with her teasing poor Cindy, who really wanted her purse back.


Miss Ell teased and teased and when she got board of teasing she just pushed Cindy to the floor and put her foot on her.
I can see now that this girl is going to run this house .. so I had better get busy on some wardrobe before she starts striping my other 16” girls!

****WARNING *****
Buyers beware... bossy this girl is!!!
She will want all you can give her!!!
so think twice before you use your PayPal
She is the doll that keeps on taking......hehehehe!

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Challenge #10

The “Gabby” Challenge
Wow... I won! I am still in shock... but thrilled.
This was a fun challenge for me.
This challenge was about designing a “Collection” and creating one garment that would embody all of the elements the collection would contain. Those elements are color, pattern, and a theme. This was to be commercially viable and suite a wide range of 16” dolls. The garment would not be limited to any particular type or style so we were wide open to interpret it just as we wanted.







I was tired of working in drab colors and I knew going in to it I was going to use the brightest and prettiest colors I could imaging. I am a huge fan of Orange, yet I know from experience that not may people like Orange. I wanted to use it so I figured I could only use it as an accent and use Pink as my anchor color for this design. I wanted a fresh YOUNG look, something teens are likely to be wearing this spring.
I had in my fabric stash a wonderful pleated tiedye print (remember I love orange and buy it whenever I see it cause it is hard to find). It had all the fresh colors I wanted for the collection. I knew this print element could flow through the collection as scarves, blouses, and accents. On this garment I use it as an over skirt to the pink dress.
I wanted a juxtaposition of elements - bold and graphic yet soft and feminine. The graphic element is the purse, the waist band and the banding on the hem of the pencil dress and straps. This banding could easily adapt to any number of garments through out the collection. Because I had these strong color element going, (Orange, Pink, Hot pink and Cream) that gives me ample opportunities to accomplish this task.

My finial garment is very charming and I knew exactly which doll should be modeling it for me, Tonner’s Cinderella. She is adorable and sweet just like the dress which I have come to call, “Pink an Pretty”.






Your can see all the compitition here.......and Alexendra's critiques.
What she said about my design.....
DESIGN THREE - Beautiful colors and patterns. Strong silhouette. This is an excellent single key piece in a collection. What I really like is the purse which picks up the color scheme but also introduces a more tailored theme in the stripes. I can easily image the next outfit being tailored slacks with a soft blouse in the floral fabric. The purse is a perfect hint of what might come next.

http://alexandrasragtime.blogspot.com/2008/01/congratulations-durelle.html


"Bianca"

"Bianca"
First place Contest doll for IFDC 2007