Wonderings on a Day of the Dead Doll

Hello everybody!

I've managed to get through all the wonderful Halloween party posts.  Vanessa was once again the perfect hostess and held a wonderful party over at A Fanciful Twist.

Halloween was rather busy for me last night, I went to my craft night and finished of my very first doll from clay for a challenge posted by Art Dolls Only.

I found the challenge through Tracey-Anne McCartney who not only has a wonderful blog Jasmoon Butterfly but she also has some of the best Pinterest boards around! I already had the basic doll shape made and had been wondering what to do next with it so I thought, why not give it a go.

So here she is, my lovely (so far nameless) lady.

Her body was an old jewellery doll.  I removed the jewellery "arms" leaving just the torso then sculptured the shoulders and head from air dry clay.

I made the dress from scraps of netting to make it look raggedy and needle felted fleece for her long messy hair.

I have to say that whether they are made out of cloth, felt or clay I am really enjoying doll making.  I have tons of ideas for more, I could just do with more time to work on them!