July Craft Along With Me 2014- Tie Dye Your Summer! Doll Items!

For This Month's Craft Along With Me I hope you will join me in taking Tie-Dye To the Next level with your doll clothes!

 

I had so much fun dying dolly items and items for myself, from tea towels, napkins and shirts to dolly shirts, night gown's and more!

 

Using this wonderful kit from www.ilovetocreate.com  and doll items I had on hand like Springfield Dolly Nightie and Great 100% Cotton Doll Shirts from Sophia's & My Dolls Life I made some really fun outfits for my dolls. 

 If you have done Tie Dye before and found it too messy, I can tell you that tulip makes it so easy with this all in one kit! Add water and go! This is the easiest and most fun kit I have every used to dye clothing! You can do it all at once and the project guide inside makes even the most novice of crafter's into crafting super stars!

Don't forget to send me your completed photo of your projects! Also there is a fun way to share your photos and tie dye crafts this summer on instagram simply add #tdys to your photos when you upload them and see all the wonderful tie die items that are being created world wide!

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Make 5 Great Dolly And Me Matching Pendants With This Great Kit From Buttons Galore & More!

Many of you know I have my niece Thea on Thursdays and she and I get a girly tea party and craft day! Well this past Thursday we made these amazingly easy and fun pendants from a great kit I got from Buttons Galore & More.

To make your own pendants for yourself and your dolls you will need:
- A Kids Pendant Kit From Buttons Galore & More (click here for website and product listing)
-Aleenes Pendant Glue From ilovetocreate.com (click here for website and product listing)
-tweezers

 

Open the kit and choose from the great selection of buttons and gem stones to create just the right look for your pendant. Then using your Aleenes's Pendant Glue layer your button on top of the pendant bails, press your button into place and add a bit more glue, use your tweezers and select one of the gemstones and place it in the center or where ever you would like the gems. 

Let it dry and then place on your faux leather cords. 

For the dolls and the Bitty's I doubled the faux leather cords to make them dolly length. 

This was a quick and easy craft for Thea and I to do and she was so proud with the results and we can not wait to try making more for gifts for her sister and cousins.

Click here to see more of the wonderful crafts kits on Buttons Galore and More! 

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Craft Along With Me Sleeping Bag From All Things With Purpose

With all the wonderful camp inspired crafts and summer around the corner I thought it would be fun to share this free sleeping bag craft from All Things With Purpose.com

Click here for All Things With Purpse American Girl Doll Sleeping Bag Pattern
I can not wait to see what you make with this pattern so please email me a photo of your finished product at karenmowen@gmail.com
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A Quick Home Spa Visit! An Our Generation Doll Rescue and Repair

The other night one of my son's young friends called to ask if I could give her doll a make over. I was delighted! Her doll is an older Our Generation doll who has been very loved. I knew this hair make over needed the Heads Up Detangler from TwinPinesofMaine I use this product now daily on my dolls and love the results.

 I used the detangler straight letting it soak into the dolls very dry split hair and I also used it in a spray bottle. I used the wire wig brush from American Girl, and started by combing the ends and working my way to the top. *When you have an OG doll or a Springfield Doll a wire wig brush is not the best idea, if you can get a plastic brush your dolls hair will be less likely to split. But this head needed the strength of the wire brush.
After her hair, I used the Formula 911 also from Twin Pines Of Maine, on her face, ears, arms and legs.

That helped remove the ink and surface dirt from her vinyl and it worked like a charm!
This doll originally had her hair up so I decided to style her hair and make a bow.

 

This is where a well stocked craft box comes in handy! I grabbed my ribbon, buttons from Buttons Galore and More, as well as a gem stone and my Aleene's Glue from ilovetocreate.com and in less then two minutes I made this fun and easy hair bow to match the dolls eyes and summer dress!

I then repeated the button pattern on the summer dress as embellishment. I was even able to deliver the doll back to her owner in time for a quick play before bed time. I was thrilled with how this make over turned out and honored to be asked to help with it.

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My $5 My Twin Doll Rescue! My Yard Sale Gem!

This past Saturday, I stopped at a yard sale for charity and found this very loved and old My Twin Doll. The seller wanted $5 for her and I quickly agreed! Even in the shape she was in I knew she was worth more then that $5 to a child who will love her.

Some people rescue dolls for money, some rescue to collect,  I rescue to find the doll no one wants and turn her into a doll a child will love. I think my nieces will fight over this one.

 

Here she is before, her nose and forehead had dark scuff marks and her arms were grimy but her legs, protected by the tights she was wearing were in perfect condition.

 

To clean up a rescue doll you really need a few good tips and some great products. I use Heads Up Detangler from Twin Pines Of Maine,
I put it in a spray bottle and use it on all my dolls hair and it was a "God Send" on this poor dolly's wig. 
For her body I used Formula 911 also from Twin Pines of Maine    
The 911 can be diluted which I do for surface cleaning but on stubborn stains  I used it straight on the cloth and on the dolls vinyl. I was thrilled with how easily the marks came off with a cloth and straight Formula 911.

 

Her wig was a challenge for sure but with the detangler and starting from the bottom and working my way to the top of her wig I am thrilled with how her hair and wig turned out. 

Her hair brushed out was amazing and so long!

 Once her wig was combed out I had to find away to re attach her wig and I asked Char what she thought about which of my adhesives I should try and I am so glad she recommended Aleen's Fabric Fusion Peel and Stick Tape. This was so easy to use and it was the perfect size to run along the old glue line and hold the wig in place! You can find Aleen's Fabric Fusion Peel and Stick Tape from ilovetocreate.com
I think all dolls are worth a second chance don't you?

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