Legs traveling in style

I made a pretty envelope for Raisa's legs to travel in. Hopefully she'll be off to MA in Canada on Monday.

Finished my first Art Doll Cool-Aberration 2010 doll

I'm the first in the round robin to work on Yvonne's doll, Raisa, who came to me from Texas thus:



Raisa's figure may be a bit "boxy" (hee hee), but now she's got some sexy legs! Four sets, to be precise. Each with a different pair of sexy, high-heeled shoes.


I also gave Raisa a fringed tulle miniskirt and a pink garter that she can wear over her hanging legs or tuck inside her box. I was thrilled when I found the tulle trim -it matches Raisa and her journal perfectly!


Her two-sided interchangable cardboard legs are painted and stitched, and hang on a tiny screw hook I attached to the bottom of the box lid. She can be displayed on the edge of a mantle or shelf with her legs hanging below.



My journal page depicts Raisa's shoe addiction and includes a little bound booklet of interchangable legs and shoes.




I'd love to have worked "inside the box", too, but I thought I better leave that for one of the other participants. I'm finishing up a pretty envelope for Raisa's legs to travel in, and then she's off to MA in Canada.

Raisa Arrived

I got my first Art Doll Cool-Aberration 2010 doll (other than my own) in the mail yesterday. Raisa flew in from Yvonne in Texas. I "borrowed" these pics of Raisa from Yvonne's blog.



Yvonne used a recycled doll head and a wee (2.5 x 3.5") petit point box for her doll start. And Raisa's travel journal is an altered book. Very cool. Check out our project blog to see it and all the other dolls and journals.

I've already started my contribution to Raisa. I found a perfect trim for Raisa at a local home decor fabric shop!