Happy Easter Card 2020

Hello all.  Above is my finished Easter paper doll card for 2020.  It includes 1 doll on the front.  It say "Happy Easter, An Easter Paper Doll for you", along with instructions on cutting along her thumb line so she can hold items (such as flowers, bunnies ect.  She has 13 outfits and 6 pairs of shoes along with some accessories. I used scrapbook paper and fabric to make the patterns on her outfits.  The inside of the card says "Help this doll pick out her prettiest dress and I hope that your Easter is the very best!"  I'm no card writer for sure.  Have a happy and safe Easter everyone.

I am also doing the #100DaysProject on Instagram so be sure to check it out (started yesterday 4/7) https://www.instagram.com/missmissypaperdolls/

Barbie and the Rockers Dress Up Set

I recently purchased a LOT of colorforms, mostly paper doll and dress up sets.  Colorforms come in boxes and contain clothing that 'stick' like magic to the doll (no tabs) They are usually somewhat shiny and slick and sometimes limited in color.  Above is Barbie and the Rockers Dress Up Set which comes with a doll and 1 sheet of clothing.  The clothing includes 3 outfits and 3 bottoms along with 2 pairs of shoes and accessories.  The doll is interesting because it uses a mix of photography and illustrated elements.  The doll also has a stand.  This is dated 1986

Spacey an Out of This World Paper Doll

I was bored this morning!  So I present the above alien paper doll named Spacey (it's real name perhaps cannot be pronounced by human tongues).  I used scans of scrapbook paper with a gemstone motif to create the textures and patterns of her outfits.  Spacey has three dresses, four tops and four bottoms that can be mixed and matched and five pairs of shoes.  She also has a helmet and a wig.  the font is from Dafont, called We are Alien https://www.dafont.com/we-are-alien.font

OPDAG Paper Doll Studio News Issue #60

These are some pages from OPDAG Paper Doll Studio News Issue #60 Folklore from Summer 1999.  Not all pages are shown here. Most pages are in black and white with the cover in green and some in color.

Movie Dressographs Lew Ayres

This handsome fellow has three outfits, two hats  and a microphone!  This is from the St. Louis-Post Dispatch and is dated March 5, 1933.  The text describing the costumes are as follows:

Pat Gilbert in "State Fair"; "Larre Wayne in "Okay America" and Micheal Rand in "Night World"

This newspaper paper doll is quite large.   The artist is Dan Rudolph.  This is from the Dramatic Section of the Cleveland News and Sunday News Leader. The papers has aged,and it uses a red and blue dual color. No exact date but copyright is 1924.  The doll has three outfits and four pairs of shoes along with four hats.  I like the square base for the shoes, very unique.  I wonder what the initials HDW stand for on her dress holding the sewing basket.  

Nora and Tilly

This paper doll sheet is from Woman and Home magazine, dated August 1956.  It features two girls who are twin sisters. Each girl has a dress.  One is blue with pink trim and the other pink with blue trim.  This one dates September 1956The Text reads:

Have you noticed our twins are growing their hair.  They wear little Alice bands now.  Tilly is the tomboy of the two- but with oh, such a warm heart!

Main:

Such a lovable pair.. A girl will delight in cutting them out and fitting on their dresses.

One day Nora and Tilly were in their playroom with their heads close together in deep conversation.  "They're quiet up there," thought Mummy (me imagines a mummy in wrapping here) "I wonder what mischief they're up to." She went up and put her head round the door.
"We were just wishing Daddy kept a shop" they said. "We could have fun serving behind the counter." "Well, how would you like to run the White Elephant stall at our Church Bazaar?" said Mummy.
"What's a 'White Elephant' stall?" asked Tilly. "It's where people send all the things they don't want, like an old lampshade or a teapot" said Mummy, "and why not make a few things yourselves out of some old bits of material?"  The next day they roped in several of their school-friends and in less then no time they had a splendid collection for their stall"
At last came the day of the bazaar.  A very grand lady was coming to open it and the children drew lots as to who was to present the Duchess with a bouquet.  "I hope Nora wins" said Tilly.  "She can curtsy so gracefully.  I always fall over backwards" Well, Nora won, and after the opening ceremony, she hurried off to their stall to start business.  "Where's Tilly?" She asked, but no one had seen her.
Suddenly, they spotted Tilly threading her way though the crowd.  "I had to run home to fetch a little parcel I had forgotten/" She said.  "What is it?" asked Nora. "Something for the stall?" "Well yes," said Tilly, "But I don't suppose anyone will buy it," and she tore off the paper and string and there was a funny little needle-case mad out of tiny pieces of flannel, all different colors and filled with needles of all sizes.
"Where did you get it?" asked Nora. "I made it myself," said Tilly. "But i'm afraid the stitches aren't very neat." "I think it is beautifully made" said a strange voice behind them. "I would like to buy it for my daughter's work-basket." They all turned to see who the customer was, and believe you me, it was the Duchess herself! After that, there was a rush of people round their stall, everything was sold.