Found Object Pin Dolls

Monday night my doll club had a found object pin doll workshop. The idea was to take 'junk' and make something out of it. We had kid's wooden blocks, lots of junk jewelry, driftwood, seashells, dominoes, just all sorts of stuff. I really haven't ever tried this kind of thing before so I was looking forward to it. This is what I came up with.

This first one started off with a wooden thread spool. I found a whole bunch of these at a garage sale when I went on my fishing trip last week. I covered the spool with some lumpy yarn (great description, eh?) and then I ran a doubled 20 gauge wire through the hole in the spool. The beads for the head and legs were added to that wire. I then added a wire at the back of the spool for the arms - glueing and tying it on with more of the yarn. Beads were added to that. When I got home I thought it needed something more so I added the hand and feet charms. I'll probably tie some yarn to the top of his hat too. This one's okay but I'm not in love with it.

Now this one I do love!

Michelle had brought a bunch of dominoes that she had drilled holes in using a drill press. This one has four holes - one in each corner. For the head I ran 20 gauge wire through the two upper holes and twisted it in the middle to form a neck. The head is a big teal bead, the hat is made from other beads from this big bag of beads my hubby bought me for my birthday. There is a flower bead on top of the big flat one and a white bead on top of that. Two feathers and a couple of wire curls top it off. I think I'll tilt the head a bit more to give her more attitude. Our hostess, Kris, had a box of clip on earrings that were just wonderful and she gave me one plus pieces of it's mate for the arms and skirt. The arms are wired on with 26 ga wire - that colored Wild Wire stuff. There is one metal bead added before the dangly piece to give her a bit of a shoulder. The earring skirt is glued on with E6000. Now I think I'll have to find some more dominoes to play with! All in all it was a fun evening.