The Sketching Phase

All creations start with an idea, and most of my ideas come in the form of child-like doodles. Often-times I just draw whatever comes to mind out on paper with pen without coloring it, adding in notes here and there on the colors that I am thinking about. If I become devoted enough to one of my ideas though, I'll usually outline my original doodles and add a little color so that I can compare the idea with the actual product and also just to make it look fancier and legit. I've thought of many different looks for the dolls that I make, some of which I've sketched as such and posted below. One thing that is of course missing in my previous selection of dolls is glasses! I especially love the cat-eyed glasses of the 50s and 60s so my girls gotta be wearin' those! And of course the hair colors and lengths can be experimented with. I plan on sewing in play hair extensions in my dolls' heads so that some of the future ones I make will have longer hair that can be styled into updos and pony tails. It might sound a bit silly and frivolous but when you come up with an idea that you really like it's so much fun brainstorming the different possibilities! Below are sketches/doodles that I've filled up a scrapbook with over the past months with ideas of things that I have created or have yet to create. Recognize some of the flower girls? :-)