I have created this piece in the shabby cottage fashion to give it that vintage style. Her body is sewn from muslin, stuffed tightly, with hands that are needle-sculpted, and stained with a coffee-vanilla aging solution. For her facial features, I have sculpted and prim stitched her nose and used both paints and pigma artist pencils for shading her eyes and mouth. For her hair, I have used lots of lengths of white eye-lash yarn tied and sewn in place. Her shoes have been paint-washed in pink, baked, and sanded. I have used vintage tinsel in pink to embellish the toes of her shoes.
She is dressed in a vintage style dress with puffed sleeves and a fully gathered skirt sewn from a sheer pink dotted swiss organdy lined with pink Neolona cotton batiste. The dotted swiss makes up the bodice and the pannier overskirt edged with white picot loop trim. The empire waist is wrapped with white lace edging topped with pink rose bud trim. The underskirt is sewn from sheer embroidered organdy with pink and white floral bouquets and pink and white scalloped bordered hem. Her bloomers are sewn from the soft pink Neolona batiste, trimmed with white picot loop braid and cinched with pink pearl cording.
Her wings are made with white ribbed chenille adhered to stiff cardboard and trimmed around the edges with the pink vintage tinsel. Her halo is made from pink vintage tinsel garland and sewn to her head. She carries a white chenille star trimmed in the matching pink vintage tinsel tied to her hand with pink pearl cording.
I have given her a Prim Tag that I have soaked in the coffee-vanilla aging solution, baked and topped with a nostalgic image of a vintage greeting card showing a bouquet of vintage pink roses. I have bordered the image with clear German Glass Glitter to give it a bit of sparkle.
This piece was lovingly made by me from a doll pattern designed by Cat and Fiddle Designs.
This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Vintage Keepsake Trunk" which states The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality.
SHIPPING NOTE: Amounts listed are only ESTIMATED for the furthest zip code from here on the west coast to the east coast... as Etsy does not offer calculated shipping for your zipcode.... So the DIFFERENCE will be refunded to you through PAYPAL at time of shipping. The Item will be shipped the least expensive way via First Class, Parcel Post or UPS Ground based fairly on the weight and size of box. I am happy to combine shipping on your multiple purchases and I do NOT charge for packaging supplies.
If you need the item sooner, contact me for an upgraded Priority Mail shipping cost and I will adjust your invoice. I need your zipcode and complete address to figure accurate cost. Insurance is optional at an additional $1.75 up to $50 value and $2.25 up to $100 value as I cannot be responsible for lost or damaged items in shipping. Any buyers can contact me for an exact quote prior to purchase.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: Small boxed items are calculated for First Class International via ground and very slow delivery. Let me know if you would like to upgrade to Priority Int'l shipping which is much faster. Larger boxes must ship via Priority Mail per USPS rules.
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