Crafting Adventures :: Dolly faces the music

Last week I blogged about my new friend Dolly Kapow whom you may recall has no face.  Quite a few people commented that she should be left faceless as it kinda worked and I must say I did agree.  However, I just bash on with things mostly without really thinking them through so Dolly was given a face for a few reasons:

I have lots and lots of buttons and I never ever use them because I love them and if I used them then I wouldn't have them anymore.  In an attempt to break my habit of collecting and not using buttons I thought I could sew some to Dolly's face.

When I was making my Dolly at The Life Craft, my teacher and friend Vonnie talked about Waldorf Dolls which originally had no faces in order to encourage children to use their imagination.  This was a swell idea n'all but it reminded me of a terrible experience I had recently.... I was on holiday with Mr Kapow and the in-laws in Northumberland and MIL and I went into one of these nice little shops where there's not a lot of stuff for practical use but everything's so pretty where we had fun getting her to pose for a picture while unknowingly standing under a mobile that said "Grumpy Old Woman."  (he he, see?)

I turned around and saw in the corner about 20 enormous rag dolls about the size of a 6 year old, they were all standing facing into the corner Blair Witch Project style and they gave me a fright because they looked like real children to begin with.  I went over and turned one round to aleviate my initial fear and IT HAD NO FACE!  Oh God!  Cue horror movie soundtrack!

 

Lastly, because...well...it turns out that Dolly and Mr Kapow have been having an affair.  I'm obviously shocked and horrified by this relevation but Mr Kapow and I have talked it through and we're going to give things another go.  Dolly too is very sorry and I've decided that she can still live with us but I'm giving her a face so that Mr Kapow won't be attracted to her anymore.  (No jokes about his liking plain women please, I shant laugh as my pride is still hurt).

Disclaimer: Not all Dollies made at The Life Craft's Doll Making Classes are Slaggy Dolls, don't let this put you off.

So without further ado, I reveal Dolly's new face: