Milly - The Good Witch

OK - here I go - off on another creative adventure. I love, LOVE miniatures - as those of you who follow my blog well know. Well, when my BFF and I went to the miniatures show in May, it sparked some ideas in me I haven't been able to let go. Long story short, I found an AMAZING lady, Dana. She designs 1:12 scale dolls. She is incredible at 'wigging' (i.e., hair styles on these tiny things) - and I got hooked. If you want a treat, you MUST visit her website, Miniature Art. Dana gave me permission to blog about my adventures with Milly - so here we go!

OK - SO - I joined her "Wigging Club" and managed to get one of ten kits she put together for the July lesson - "Milly - The Good Witch".  I've never, EVER done anything like this before, so I have to say I was shaking and my hands were sweaty the entire time I was attempting to put her together. And I had a BLAST!!!!

Here is what Milly 'should' look like when she's all done -

Here is Milly in her underwear - (YIKES!). The shoes were made using FIMO clay and baked onto her feet. I used the heads of pins for the buttons on her shoes.

Here's Milly dressed - but no hair:

The hat - man, that was really something to make. I ended up with three:

All made from FIMO clay. The one on the far left was my first attempt. Actually, I had rolled out the brim and had it PERFECTLY styled on Milly's (bald) head. While in the process of peeling it off her head, Bella (85 pound GIANT Schnauzer) "lit up" as we say when someone pulled in the driveway. The hat went flying across the kitchen and - SPLAT. Tried again and came up with the first one. Didn't like it. The hat in the middle was OK - but it didn't come CLOSE to sitting on her head. The third one was "the charm".

Milly with her hair glued on and waiting for the glue to dry...

Wove the basket, stained it and added some 'good witch' goodies. Can you see the spider crawling out?

And now - here's Milly - 5.75 inches tall!!

I can hardly wait for the next doll adventure! This is DEFINITELY addicting!!!