and the roar will rise from the streets below

I did, thank you for asking!!! I like to think I’ve settled in nicely haha

Ohhh I hope this wasn’t waiting in my inbox for too long!! I never get notifications from this dang app when they’re important things, lol

Thank you VERY VERY much!!! You’re very sweet. Hope you (and everyone reading) has a great day

Thank you!!! It appears I received this message forever ago-my apologies for replying so late. I’ve had some college-related news and business to take care of recently, and haven’t had much time for tumblr posting.

In the crafting realm I’m learning more about beading and jewelry making-maybe I’ll have a doll accessories post in the future! But thank you for your interest in my experiments, haha!

Marley is somewhere around 4.5 years old. We adopted her through our area’s parrot rescue organization where she was living with a foster family. At the time of adoption, she was estimated to be about 2. We don’t have her hatch date, so we celebrate her ‘gotcha day’-the anniversary of her adoption!

She’s fully grown but her species has been recorded to live up to about 30 years! Sadly, conures in captivity often live to about 1/3 of that, due to owner neglect, which is why I highly recommend a TON of research to anyone who sees Marley and is interested in getting a bird. They’re essentially forever toddlers-they throw tantrums, require lots of supervision, and are attention seekers. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t a ton of fun and love in small packages!

Here’s Marley posing in front of our Christmas tree this year!

Here she is with her neck stretched out all the way (probably because she saw a bug). We call her HeiHei sometimes, after the chicken from Moana, because her eyes stick out the sides of her head!

This is her getting some well-deserves head pets and scritches.

This is another picture of her sleeping.

Aaaaand here she is three seconds prior to typing this sentence.

Marley hopes everyone has a wonderful weekend and a fun filled new year!

It is a bird! My bird, Marley, to be exact. I drew her as a newsie, because I got my start in visual arts through the fandom for Disney’s Newsies way back when.

She’s a yellow sided green cheek conure, which is a small species of parrot. She talks, enjoys a good bath, and has a lot of sass and tons of love to give. Marley literally owns my whole heart.

Here she is sunbathing by our front window.

And this is her, having fallen asleep watching TV with me. She’s my baby and I love her bunches 🥰

I haven’t been very crafty lately, apart from the usual sewing! I sewed a bunch of various Christmas gift projects this year which had taken up a bunch of my creative energy haha.

I’m working on learning different ways to make fake flowers-I want to make elegant doll flower crowns! My sister has a really old one from my childhood that she loves, and I’d like to add to that collection with something pretty and delicate. Hopefully something goes right and I’ll have pictures to share.

In the meantime, here’s a quick photo I snapped of my sister’s Addy in some of the mix and match pieces I made for her this year! (Featuring the aforementioned, pre-existing flower crown)

I’ve never made a doll sized crucifix as I have one already-if you have a Christian store near you, you’ll absolutely find a small cross or crucifix of sorts. I haven’t seen any tutorials, but I’m sure making one wouldn’t be too hard if you can acquire an already made cross and some form of modeling clay to form Christ out of.

Doll sized holy water... I mean, the water itself I’m not sure a doll would need a supply of aha but on the subject of making and repurposing things, finding a little bottle to decorate and label ‘holy water’ would be neat. Not sure how finding a tiny water font, however, for a dollhouse doorway and such would go-but if you use your creativity and imagination, everyday objects can absolutely be turned into beautiful, useful, doll sized things with a bit of effort. 💖 have a great week and God bless

Hey, I just wanted to let you know I haven’t forgetten about you, anon! I’ve been working on figuring out some crafty alternatives for each part of the wreath in my spare time and just haven’t gotten a chance to finish it all up yet! I’ll definitely have it up before the new liturgical year starts, of course haha

In short, the tiny one I made was just some fake mossy floral stuff glued into a donut shape with polymer clay candles (baked according to package directions). Since that was very simple (and I also don’t have any more of the moss stuff to show lol) I’m going to put up suggestions and instructions for making the doll advent wreath out of different materials! For example, I’ll be posting how to cut, fold, and string paper leaves for the wreath portion, and how I created ‘candles’ in doll scale.

Have a great day!

Alright, I’m absolutely going to have to start posting more tutorials on stuff like this! I’ve got a couple non-AG related projects going on so I’ll try to get something up in the near future.

When I was little, my mom had a tiny nativity set for her miniatures dollhouse, which is unfortunately no longer with us. I’ll have to dig around and see if I have any remnants of the set for reference. It was a little wood stable with tiny plastic figurines. I feel like it would be too small for an 18” doll, maybe more suited for the mini AG dolls if anyone can find those sets still in craft stores. (My mom definitely did not make it herself lol)

I know Pinterest is a messy and confusing site to be on these days but I still like using the app to search for crafty things. It’s hit or miss finding a good blog post link that works, but if you’re crafty enough I’m sure you can break down what’s needed in things (I tend to just reverse engineer things I see from the photos, so I’m not good help when it comes to linking my favorite tutorials... my browser bookmarks are all cookie recipes :P). Again, I’ll see about coming up with something fun to post instructions for!

This is the tiny advent wreath! It was for a bobble head of my grandpa (he thought it would be funny to send the grandkids a miniature version of himself. He sits on our TV stand and I dress him up for holidays, lol). The candles are just little sticks of polymer clay and wreath was that fake mossy stuff people use for miniatures and dioramas. I just got glued it into a wreath shape and stuck the ‘candles’ in.

My absolute favorite things to make are sewing dresses for dolls! I make them for my own dolls and my sister’s and family friends. But lately I’ve made lots of rosaries-and St Therese’s ‘good deed beads’, which, now that I think of it, I’ll try to make a post about very soon!! Maybe in doll size??

If anyone wants to ask more questions-or suggest things for me to post crafty things about-go right ahead!

I forgot about those entirely!! Looks like you can get those pocket sized bibles on amazon or in bulk from Oriental Trading co.

I haven’t made anything else yet. I love working with small things so I’m considering a nativity scene. Not AG, but I made a tiny Advent wreath out of some fake moss and polymer clay! It was for my grandpa’s lookalike bobble head, which is a weird and long and unrelated story haha. I’m sure things like that would be fun to make, especially since we’re coming up on the new liturgical year.

I’ve seen some companies (or perhaps sewing pattern designers?) that produce 18” doll sized sisters’ habits and such. I’m sure if you were interested in veiling (I personally don’t at mass, but I know it’s a bit of a debate these days), it would be pretty easy to make a doll sized veil. I’m sure there are lots of things in the sewing and textiles category!

I haven’t really seen any tutorials on anything related to this in doll size-but I’m certain if you look around you’ll find something crafty you can scale down! I’d do some searches in the VBS and Sunday School realms as well when you do your looking, as I find there’s a lot of resources for those two events that can be shrunken and polished up to look nice and professional.

For a chalice, I know that you can buy those shot glass sized baby wine glasses in party supply shops/disposable kitchenware aisles/dollar stores. You might even be able to use an egg cup if you’re looking for something nicer! Add some shiny paint and you’re done!

Bibles are easier if you can find a small book to re-cover! Although I’m certain it wouldn’t be too hard to add a decorated hard cover to a notepad or something similar.

And as for a host, I like working with polymer clay but baking it is smelly. Looking up baking soda modeling clay recipes are worth a shot as well. I wouldn’t use things like playdough as it’s prone to cracking as it dries.

Good luck crafting and God bless! Have fun and don’t hesitate to send me any further questions

For the project I posted, I used leftover beads from an old bracelet weaving loom. They’re small-but-not-quite-tiny-seed-beads, but if you search ‘large seed beads’ it’ll come up on Amazon. Your local craft store’s jewelry making department should have different types of beads for sale:

-Packaged beads, aka beads loose in bags, boxes, tins, etc

or

-Strung beads, the kind that look like a ready made bracelet with a tag on it.

Packaged beads are often miscellaneous colors or shapes, but if you look around you can usually find solid colors or one design per package. Strung beads are typically the fancier, more expensive ones-but don’t purposely avoid looking at them! Sometimes you’ll find a set of small, not-precious-stone, beads in the right size. It really depends on what brands your store is carrying. The Michael’s website has a tab of ‘shop by color’ in their beads section, and Joann lets you choose between packaged and strung when you shop online.

If you’re buying from a big name store, always always always look for coupons! Coordinate them with what sales are going on, and you won’t have to pay an arm and a leg for something small. Coupons sometimes come in the mail, but you can download their app or have their website open. I got about 1000 or so 8 and 10 mm plastic beads for full size rosary making at Joann for $1.06. (And Joann has a rewards program too, if you think you’ll shop there often!)

Don’t forget to check the children’s craft department! My beads came from a kid’s loom, so if something catches your eye and it looks about right-go for it!

I’ve attached a picture of the finished doll rosary next to a measuring tape; true ‘seed beads’ are the pink ones, and the bigger unknown name/large seed/bracelet weaving beads are the green and white. Remember to check the gauge of your string too!

I hope that answered your question; if I wasn’t clear enough just let me know! If anyone has more questions/comments on my crafts you’re very welcome to drop me an ask! Have a great weekend

The new one? None yet apart from the images on shopgoodwill. She’s supposed to be delivered any minute now, so I’ll post a before and after set of pics when I clean her up! I’m currently putting together her ‘meet’ outfit, or at least some clothes to wear for now, while I wait. This is exciting!!

I just saw!!!! I’m literally screaming into a pillow I’m so excited

I got her wig here

Amazon.com: Wigs Only! Brand New Cedar Brown Doll Wigs Simulation Scalp Heat Resistant Hair for 18'' American Girl Dolls

I’m not the expert on rewigging dolls, so there’s probably a better option out there somewhere better than amazon. However, this was prime eligible and inexpensive and has so far been no less than great. The brand also has other listings with different colors!

I will note: it’s SUPER long, which can be a bit intimidating. But it’s nice and thick and fits on Olivia’s head snug. It’s also a lot more golden than the picture on the amazon listing. Pictured here:

I was working on the idea of a dress for Nellie! I have some pieces of *nicer* materials that I thought I could spoil her with. So somewhere in that era could happen soon.

I’m totally in love with all of the historical/beforever time periods lol so don’t be surprised if I start making clothes for every decade

I thought so too! The color scheme was giving me MAJOR Barbie princess movie vibes as well. Barbie’s Rapunzel film, anyone? 😂