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Indian Summer!

6/4/2012

 
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An exchange over at RLC's blog about double-sided paper dolls reminded me suddenly that I hadn't updated my own blog since returning from a long visit to my sister's.

So I thought I should share a few double-sided dolls I came across (I know not where) during my internet travels.  This is an advertising set (though I don't know what the product was), and the figures are characters from the Pocahontes story.

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I would love love love to make full-on double-sided dolls in the style of the 19th century, but I am horrifically daunted by the complexity of it ~ I can barely seem to get single-sided dolls together, let alone tackle something like this. Still, I do get all moony-eyed and hope-sick when I think about how totally cool these are.

In other news, I've got Frank all re-tooled (after finding my lost files), and will try to post his final plates this week. I have been to busy to make either his hats or his final street clothes, so maybe this coming weekend I will try to make that a priority. Since I don't know yet what I am doing with this blog, it's been hard finding time to commit to it one way or the other. But I ain't giving it up yet!
RLC link
6/6/2012 12:57:35 am

These are beautiful. Thank you for posting them.


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