Friday, July 26, 2013

Annie's Hair



This week has left me nearly empty handed as far as creative endeavours go.  I have been tinkering with code for the website shopping cart, writing an article, and stocking shelves in the studio after a rather large shipment of supplies arrived.  Oh, and of course the most loathly task of all, dusting shelves and cleaning.
  
As a reward for cleaning, I did finish making hair for my Annie style doll.  

This was fun.  First I crocheted a skull cap, then I added the individual strands of hair the way that one would make a knotted rug.  Then came the trimming.  This was scary.  That’s my mother’s fault.  I distinctly remember a good hiding I got after trimming my own fringe when I was about three years old.  I think I never held scissors for a long time after that.  Trimming Annie’s hair was fraught with anxiety.  I kept checking to see if someone was going to catch me at it.  But I was brave and I did it.

Tomorrow is my sister’s birthday.  She has such a busy social life that I had to phone her today already to wish her a blessed year.  To celebrate she is going hot air ballooning and dining with friends.  I got her a snazzy handbag in the shape of an owl, but don’t go blabbing, she hasn’t seen it yet!
 Also tomorrow, I’m getting together with a group of doll crafters to work on our projects.  I haven’t decided yet what I’m doing.  Fortunately I have no end of UFO’s lying around, I will just grab a likely candidate and give it a go.  If I feel like being different, I might even work on a bear!

Wishing you a creative weekend.

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    1. Missed a whole week of keeping up with the blog... We need more weekends!

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  2. HeHe, I think we all cut something with a pair of scissors that we shouldn't have cut when we were small, at least you hair grew again, my poor Barbie doll never recovered from the haircut I gave her.

    Annie looks beautiful, I love her hairdo!

    Have a fun and relaxing weekend

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    1. Thanks, Elga. And another weekend has flown past too! I'm looking with interest at all the lovely things you are doing.
      Megan

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  3. Annie's hair is gorgeous - makes me want to perm mine again!
    I once cut electrical wire without turning off the current - fortunately the scissors had plastic handles. Needless to say they were destroyed and I got (the shock) from my Mom! Aurora

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    1. Thanks for Annie's hair compliment. One thing I never did was stick my finger in a wall socket. In fact, my mother handed out such dire warnings about electricity that I always went around switching off wall plugs. I was frightened the electricity would leak out through the holes and follow me around the room. What a ninny I was!

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