Gilbert

 

This single page paper doll is in my Doll Reader folder. Pat Stall is the artist. I am unsure if there is a second page missing. Black and white boy from 1879 with 5 costumes. 

Polly Parker

 

This paper doll features the doll Polly Parker. Each page has a different style/theme. Sea Breeze and Holiday in the Hamptons. Lisa Miller is the artist .These are from February  Haute Doll 2013. 

Advertisement Dolls

 

Here are a few double sided trading card type paper dolls the dolls can share clothing. These were unmarked from any particular brand. But the idea is that a vendor could put their own advertisement text on the inside of the dolls and an incentive to buy more product to get more dolls and outfits.They fold in half and the outfits usually fold over the head or wrap around 

Paper doll scrap outfits collage

 

If you have a box like I do of spare bits and pieces of cut paper doll outfits, you can use them for collage, altered art, making cards, decorating mail, mixed media or other. The above are four collage canvases I created using my scrap left over clothes; I sorted by color then played with the layouts I like to use these as computer desktop or cellphone digital wallpaper ad well.   The convention is a blast. I am exhausted but having tons of fun. Highly recommend. If you've never been to a paper doll convention, go! The people, collectors, and artist of the community are absolutely wonderful. 

Paper doll Convention 2024

 It's almost time for the Paper Doll Convention https://www.opdag.com/convention.html  This will make my fifth? convention. My first was 2016 Phoenix, AZ - Around the World, then 2018 Seattle, WA - Entertainment Extravaganza, and 2022 - Milwaukee, WI - Tell Me a Story and last years 2023 - Philly, PA - Dreaming the Future, the theme for this year is Anything Goes: The Roaring 20's in Indianapolis, IN. It's always a ball but I always get super excited and kinda stressed and anxious and ususually buy too much. I did a quick black and white single page paper doll for the convention but haven't done much paper doll art in the last year. I also did outfits for the dress a doll. Coloring always takes me forever, and I'm rarely motivated to color my art.

Queen Holden Paper Doll Dressmaker

 

This set is from the artist Queen Holden.  It is called  Paper Doll "Dressmaker" and is Whitman publishing company from 1935.  The set came with two dolls and patterns for each doll to make outfits along with paper and sleeves and collars. Because the clothes are hand made each version of this set is unique.  This is my second copy of the set. The first can be viewed https://missmissypaperdolls.blogspot.com/2020/05/paper-doll-dressmaker.html

Dolly

 

The artist is Dan Rudolph.  This newspaper paper doll features Dolly in dresses of several styles has hats and shoes aplenty. Yellow blue and red color. Four hats, three shoes and three gowns. 1920s era