Little miss Betsy

 

Easter Paper doll

I'll admit, this year I am lazy.  above is a single page Easter doll designed by me.  I borrowed the outfits from a old Betsy McCall paper doll and edited them.  Colored with colored pencil on top and black and white lines on bottom.  Name?  What should she be named?  Hope everyone has a Happy Easter.

Vinyl Wall Decals

So while in the fabric store the other day, I came across an intresting product.  Wallies vinyl decal featuring two dress up dolls.  I am pretty sure these are from vintage McCalls magazine but does not say Betsy McCall anywhere on the product. 

http://www.wallies.com/dress-up-doll-vinyl-decals-products-47967.php?page_id=1069

The website also has a very cute doll house decal as well.

http://www.wallies.com/play-house-vinyl-decals-products-10693.php?page_id=1069

My first Dress Up Game

Betsy McCall paper dolls turned into a flash dress up game. Very basic Drag and Drop. Also available on Deviant art http://electricjesuscorpse.deviantart.com/art/Betsy-544494308?ga_submit_new=10%253A1436208126

My first Dress Up Game.  Learning Flash very long ago.  Will try to make more in the future.

Robert Tonner Betsy McCall

love the outfit where she is cutting out a paper doll

Here is a lovely version of Betsy McCall based on the Robert Tonner dolls.  This is by the artist Sue Shanaham.  These two pages were in magazine Doll Reader from May 1996.  There are three outfits and accessories for each outfit. This was from a binder of magazine paper dolls I purchased from Ebay.

Description:magazine paper doll
Name: Robert Tonner Betsy McCall
Date:1996
Artist:Sue Shanaham
Publisher: Doll Reader
2 page magazine spread.

Final Betsy McCalls

December 1966

June 1964

not from magazines

April 1959

March 1965

December 1994

January 1995

April 1976

This is the last of the Betsy McCall paper dolls in my collection.  I decided to go ahead and post the rest so I can move on to other things. There's a time line of Betsy through the years and even a Girl Scout. The 1990's ones I had from my childhood.  My mom would make copies so I would not cut the originals.

Betsy McCall Paper Dolls

October 1958

February 1959

September 1959

January 1960

September 1957

June 1960

Hello there! More Betsy? Indeed!  I still have quite a few pages of her, will do every other post until I've gone through all the ones I have.  The last one on this page is one of my favorites.  Her pink dresses are just too cute!

More Betsy

August 1953

June 1956

May 1956

August 1955

February 1957

October 1957

June 1958

Some more Betsy!  I forget how many of these I have.  I got them at an antique store for only .50 cents a page.  However, they are in a scrapbook, and the tape is showing through.  Also some of the edges have tears.  I really love the vegetable print dress in the June 1958 page.

More Betsy

May 1952

July 1955

March 1955

April 1954

Some more Betsy McCall pages.  Another Easter one as well!  I really need to watch my budget! So many things on Ebay catching my eye!  I am also doing research to see what I can do to sell some of my original art sets.  Would you buy a set I've drawn?  Please let me know.

A bit of Betsy

July 1951

 January 1952

March 1952

December 1954

Here's a few pages of Betsy McCall from McCall's magazine.  I have more which I will post.  There's even an Easter one here! Still scanning in paper dolls.  Yesterday I scanned in my Lana Turner set and forgot to scan one of the dolls! Lucky I noticed before I put the doll away and scanned her in this morning.  I also keep finding little hats around my printer, but I usually remember what set they go to. I am working on a set that I started for OPDAG's Baby and Children.  So far I have six pages, two colored, they include three dolls.  I plan on doing 2 more pages, and then coloring the rest of the set.

Betsy McCall winter

 I started up a google community for paper dolls, if anyone is interested in joining the link is below.

Google + community

Here's a few pages from McCalls featuring Besty in winter wear.

Description:3 magazine dolls
Name: Betsy MCCall  Date: 60s/70s Publisher: McCalls
Artist:forgot the name... urg
Format:3 magazine pages
Condition: uncut internet source

Ratings: Out of 10
Base: 8 cute doll, slightly cartoony
Clothing: 8.5 nice outfits
Accessories: 8 attached accessories
Cover: N/A
Color: 9 good range of color, retro tones
Shading/Texture: 8 good shading, nice details
Overall:8.3 of 10