Monday, April 30, 2012

Vintage 1942 Bette Davis paper doll













 Bette Davis paper doll set from 1942. Includes 2 dolls.  A few partially cut sheets with uncut outfits, a few accessories, and several dresses from her movies.

Description: 2 vintage celebrity dolls and cut/uncut clothing
Name: Bette Davis Date: 1942  Publisher: Merrill
Artist: unknown
Format:2 dolls and 12 sheets of clothes
Condition: Partial cut set

Sunday, April 29, 2012

barbie colorforms


Barbie fashion color forms from the late 80s early 90s with her sister Skipper.

Description: color form playset
Name: Barbie Fashion color Forms Date: 1989 Publisher: ColorForms?
Artist: unknown
Format: color form 'stickers' and backdrop
Condition: Unused, open package/film

Ratings: Out of 10
Base:8.5 looks like Barbie and her sister, good poses
Clothing:8 the clothing is very of the time
Accessories:7 a few shopping bags and hats and backdrop
Cover:  7.5 Not Shown, features a hand holding Barbie wearing a dress
Color:8.5 strong bright colors
Shading/Texture:7.5 cute prints and patterns, fair amount of shading
Overall: 7.8 of 10

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Patsy and Tony




I believe these go with Diane and Mary Carol as part of Queen Holden's Baby Shower set.  
Tony has three outfits and Patsy has four plus one duplicate dress.




Description: partial vintage cut set of Babies
Name: Baby Shower Cut-Out Doll Book  Date: 1942 Publisher: Whitman
Artist: Queen Holden
Format: 2 cut paper dolls and clothing items
Condition:Cut  incomplete set
This set has been reproduced by Shackman in 1985

Marianne and Betty Sue






These go with Babs and Shirley in the Boarding School Paper doll set from 1943.  Marianne has three dresses, three tops  a suit, a play suit with top skirt, and a skirt (that might not actually be hers but it fits well on her and came with the set).  Betty Sue has two dress, one coat, and three outfits. The green and white dress goes to Babs.

Babs and Shirley are here: http://missmissypaperdolls.blogspot.com/2012/03/babs-and-shirley.html

Description: 2 vintage cut dolls and outfits
Name: Marianne and Betty Sue from Boarding School  Date: 1943  Publisher:Merrill
Artist: Louise Rumley.
Format: Cut vintage dolls
Condition:Cut, partial set



Friday, April 27, 2012

Halloween Doll 7


The last outfits for Eve the Halloween Paper doll.  I might design a few more costumes before next Halloween.  The first page is the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion and The Good Witch of the North from the Wizard of Oz.  The second page are Dorthy inspired costumes.


Description: hand drawn doll and clothing
Name: Eve the Halloween doll   Date: 2011 Publisher: none
Artist: Me. Melissa Smith aka MissMissy
Format: 3 pages of clothing, one with the doll base
Condition: Uncut


Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Halloween Doll 6



Three more pages of costumes for Eve the Halloween paper doll.  The first page is Airline Stewardess/Hostess.  The second is Sailor outfits and the last is Belle from Beauty and the beast.


Description: hand drawn doll and clothing
Name: Eve the Halloween doll   Date: 2011 Publisher: none
Artist: Me. Melissa Smith aka MissMissy
Format: 3 pages of clothing, one with the doll base
Condition: Uncut

Monday, April 23, 2012

Halloween Doll 5


Costumes for Eve, the Halloween doll.  First page is Wonder Woman variation costumes.    Second page is baseball player, cheerleader, school teacher and school girl. The last page has Rainbow Bright, Strawberry Shortcake, Apple Fritter (strawberry's friend), and Raggedy Ann costumes.


Description: hand drawn doll and clothing
Name: Eve the Halloween doll   Date: 2011 Publisher: none
Artist: Me. Melissa Smith aka MissMissy
Format: 3 pages of clothing, one with the doll base
Condition: Uncut

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Halloween Doll 4



A few more costumes for Eve, the Halloween Doll.  First page has witch costumes.  The second shows pirate costumes.  The last page is mad hatter costumes

Description: hand drawn doll and clothing
Name: Eve the Halloween doll   Date: 2011 Publisher: none
Artist: Me. Melissa Smith aka MissMissy
Format: 3 pages of clothing, one with the doll base
Condition: Uncut

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Halloween Doll 3



Three more pages of costumes for Eve the Halloween doll.  Page one has the Queen of Hearts inspired by Alice in Wonderland.  Page two is Alice and the last page is Snow White.

Description: hand drawn doll and clothing
Name: Eve the Halloween doll   Date: 2011 Publisher: none
Artist: Me. Melissa Smith aka MissMissy
Format: 3 pages of clothing, one with the doll base
Condition: Uncut

Friday, April 20, 2012

Halloween Doll 2



Three more pages of costumes for Eve the Halloween doll.  Costumes include: cookie scout, maid, and genie/ Arabian princess.  Each page has four outfits, four hair styles, and four pairs of shoes/footwear.

Description: hand drawn doll and clothing
Name: Eve the Halloween doll   Date: 2011 Publisher: none
Artist: Me. Melissa Smith aka MissMissy
Format: 3 pages of clothing, one with the doll base
Condition: Uncut

Halloween Doll 1




A doll I designed for Halloween featuring costumes.  I call the doll Eve. The doll has short hair, flats, and bat print underwear.  Her costumes are: nurses, police office, and fire fighter.  More clothes will be posted.  Except for the first page, each page has four outfits, four hair styles, and four shoes.

Description: hand drawn doll and clothing
Name: Eve the Halloween doll   Date: 2011 Publisher: none
Artist: Me. Melissa Smith aka MissMissy
Format: 3 pages of clothing, one with the doll base
Condition: Uncut

I may redesign/revamp/reuse this doll and concept in the future.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Queen Holden doll

This is Keepsake Folio Mimi Doll by Queen Holden.  She has four dresses. Published by Lowe, 1964.

Description: single doll and clothing
Name: Keepsake Folio Mimi   Date: 1970s  Publisher:Unknown
Artist: Queen Holden
Format: Cut doll and four outfits on one page
Condition: Cut, incomplete set

Monday, April 16, 2012

reproduction doll

A reproduction of a vintage 1920s/1930's doll.  She has four outfits and three hats.  The orignal is a Dennison  Doll I believe, and usually jointed with crepe clothing.

Description: reproduction doll
Name:unknown Dennison Doll
Date: orignally 1920s or 30s 
Format: pre cut doll and clothing, reproduction

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Collection by design II : a paper doll history of costume, 1900-1949












A very long title for a book!  i have not seen Collection by Design One.  The Authors are Norma Lu Meehan and Jean L Druesedow.  It is published by Texas Tech University Press, ©2002. Not all pages are shown here.

Description: fashion history paper dolls
Name: Collection by design II : a paper doll history of costumes  Date: 2002 Publisher: Texas Tech University
Artist: Norma Lu Meehan and Jean L Druesedow
Format: staple book with 8 pages of clothing and 4 dolls
Condition:Uncut