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2019 Holiday Schedule

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gift bags — Prepping for Holidays (already)

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Upgrading my Craft Booth

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linen doll face closeup — Experimenting

3 months ago

machine embroidered cat face — She’s a Keeper

3 months ago

Just Smile

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sizzix softie made with cat/bear/bunny bigz die — He’s a boo-boo bunny

3 months ago

cloth doll with glasses made with sizzix kid giddy die — Making the Sizzix Kid Giddy doll

3 months ago

planner clip felt faces — Feltie Faces

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ballyhoocreations

Doll maker, paper crafter, writer, blogger and video creator who never lost a love of toys or curiosity of the universe.

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Today is my first craft show of the season! The booth looks like a big play fort filled with dolls and gifts. At the old farmers market in #oklahomacity today from 11am to 6pm.
#craftboothdisplay #gypsyglamroadshow #handmade

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Um, I thought it would be cute to make an elf wearing black and white stripes. But now I think he looks like a prisoner. ⁠
#prisonelf #looksworried

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Another play doll I make using the #kidgiddy #sizzix doll die which makes it easy to cut perfect pattern pieces including the glasses which I can't resist putting on each play doll I make. ⁠
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I've made 8 dolls with the die so far, and hope to get another 8 made before the craft fairs start in November. ⁠
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Thank you to @achildsdreamcrafts for selling the most amazing cotton stretch fabric for dollmakers made in the USA. I'm a happy customer! This fabric comes in 5 skin tones and it's super soft - like hugging your favorite T-shirt. ⁠
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#clothdoll #machineembroidery

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Swipe for multiple views I'm Sharing a little project I made over the weekend - it's a holistic witches cauldren with a sage smudge stick, lavender oil, salt pendant, book of wishes and of course, some chocolate.
This was a gift I took to our crafty bunco group and my lovely friend @brendaenright got it. Yay! She made her own fantastic cauldron with paper doll witches. Check her out if you love paper dolls.
I used digital paper from #vectoriadesigns and digital ephemera from #artfulgeekgirl in this project, as well as my own version of a witch paper doll in my ballyhoo style for the tag.

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Play doll made with the #kidgiddy #sizzix doll die. This one is a boy, and rather than wearing an ugly Christmas sweater, he's wearing a shirt with ugly (or kinda cute?) sweaters on it. ⁠
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#clothdoll #machineembroidery

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Today I stumbled across a #tedtalk that was so profound, I had to watch it repeatedly. Check out the spoken word poem by #sarakay called "A bird made of birds" and tell me if you love it too.
I stamped an abbreviated version of that poems on the back of this fairy wand - swipe to see the doll on the front of the wand. Our Crafty bunco group is dressing as witches tonight so I threw together a last minute wand with the most magical thing that came to mind - #abirdmadeofbirds

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I've been so busy making dolls for the 2019 craft fair season that I haven't posted any pictures! ⁠
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I'm making 2 different styles of journals this year. These are the traveller size 8.5 x 4.25" with applique dolls on them. It's like having a little friend with you while you journal or plan or wish or whatever you do when you write stuff. ⁠
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#fabricjournal #freemotionembroidery #machineembroidery #timholtzfabrics

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Shhh! Don't tell her she's nakey and everything will be fine.⁠
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At some point I'll make her some clothes. #maybesomeday
#clothdollmaking #linendolls #machineembroidery

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