DOLLS - BOUGHT 2 CHINA DOLLS TO MAKE-OVER - DOLL ON THE LEFT

Went to an antique store, saw these
2 cute china dolls.
Have seen these china dolls
around a lot throughout the
years.
Thought that $6.99 each was a good/fair
price for them.
So I bought them.

Perhaps both china dolls were very much
loved by a little girl.
I do not know the age of either one
of these dolls.
These china dolls are 7 inches high.
Clearly not a miniature.
Clearly both china dolls had different owners
with different sewing skills.

The doll on the left was not made

very well.
She did have some nice cotton cloth
for her body.
And it is so pristine white.
I took her bloomers off
cause they did not go

up to her waist.
She has a long torso.

The bonnet is not too bad,
do not know if it re-usable.

Her dress

was also cut crooked and the deep purple

ribbon had ran pink onto the dress.
Maybe it was washed in warm/hot
water.

Time to take the china doll on
the left and take her apart.
Her body must not be too old, it
is stuffed with polyester fiberfill.
I will attempt to re-use what
I can before throwing anything
away.

Her body came apart really easy.
Her legs are REALLY MESSY with glue!!
The arms are okay.

Look how bad the inside of the breast

plate is.
There is a huge mess in there!!!
It is possible that this doll has been fixed
many times over.
Perhaps they used hot glue cause there is
a little crack on the left side in the china.

OOOoo I do not know how I am going to
clean that mess out!!
All that glue on her leg is a mess too!!

I wonder if they sell glue remover
for porcelain!
Still I think even with the

work that I have to do to fix her that

the china dolls are still a good deal.
I do like to try and fix things if I can.

Thanks for stopping by!
Conny

APARTMENT WITCH PERMELIA - Damaged Furniture - Her Black Cabinet

Well, what do I call it!
'Kit bashing' or 'just plain damage'!
In this instance it was
'just plain damage'.

Abused, neglected - it was my fault
for not storing it away properly
in my attic.
I own 2 of these bookcases so it
was fortunate for me that
one did not break.
No biggy though - cause this
furniture was very cheap.

See the damage on top of the bookcase.


My intentions were to glue the bookcase
on top of the dresser.
Then attach these doors that I have
from another cabinet onto the
bookcase so some of the shelves
will hide and not collect so
much dust!

Sometimes not even the best intentions

always work.

Once I got to measuring, I found out

that the cabinet would be too high and

would not fit into the apartment.

I could have kept the dresser as it was

and just cut down the bookcase, but instead

I cut down the dresser.

Why?

Because if I kept the dresser as it was, am

sure it would look like a dresser

that had a bookcase sitting on top of it.



I cut away the 2 top drawer section of the

dresser.
Then I re-attached the dresser top.

I glued the bookcase on top of the

dresser.

I decided that the doors would not look good.

Then painted it all black!

I do not paint very well either, a skill

that I should learn to do better.

Problem is - is that I am always in a hurry.

Always something in my home life that

needs doing first.

Anyway, the damage on top of the bookcase

is hardly noticeable.



This piece just might get repainted

purple or red and go into my

witch cottage!

Thank you for stopping by!

Conny

APARTMENT WITCH PERMELIA - OMG PERMELIA GOT WITCH BOOTS

I feel very blessed!
My b'day

is 3 months away - but my youngest

daughter decided to give me my gift

early.
She bought me these beautiful

witches boots from eBay.
Aren't they lovely! 
They are so delicate - am afraid to touch them.

You cannot even see an ounce of glue

on them.
Too bad that Permelia's fat feet

can't get into them!

Thank you Pep!!

Many hugs and  kisses.

Look at these!

I am in love with these boots!!

Wished they fit me. They would

be a nice Halloween present

for a party!

Thank you for stopping by!

Conny

APARTMENT WITCH PERMELIA - Her Little Purse

I wanted to show you the little purse I

made for Permelia.
One night when

I was up late I happened upon this tutorial

by miniscrapper.
It was super-easy and

quick!
Done in like 2 minutes!
However after I

had made 2 of them - I changed the directions

for the strap.
Miniscrapper says lastly to

glue on the strap of your choice.
She gives good ideas to use for these straps.

However, I found it easier to fix the

strap first before you remove the metal

clips.
All of my purse straps are made

from the same fabric.
All I do is - take a length of

fabric, glue it together by twisting it to form

a strap.
Then open up the clip - glue one side of the

fabric strap to the inside.
Decide how long you want the strap to be.

Cut off any excess

and glue the remainder on the inside.
Now

take off the binder clips.
Refer to her

tutorial for the rest of the directions.

Sorry about changing the strap miss

miniscrapper - but I couldnt help myself!

Thank you miniscrapper for this

wonderful FAST purse!

Here is the link to miniscrapper!

http://www.theminiscrapper.com/2010/06/altered-binder-clip.html

What is a witch purse suppose to look like?
Does a witch even own a purse??

Thank you for visiting me!
Conny

APARTMENT WITCH PERMELIA - Aptmt 4 RENT

Permelia had been
eagerly looking for an
apartment for weeks.
She came across this building
and looked at one apartment.

She told
me that the apartment didn't speak to her.
She didn't like the apartment.
So when she took

the keys back to the landlady Sherry.
Sherry gave

her another set of keys for her to go see about

the apartment on the end on the bottom floor.

So, back we went to the apartment building.

And sure enough when we walked around

the edge of the building there was the

4 Rent sign.
Just as Sherry had stated - you had

to enter into the apartment 
through one set of the French doors.
Oooo we were liking this!!

This place looked interesting to Permelia.

We both marveled at how nice
the courtyard could look once
her expert hands got out there.
Look at her she wore

her hat & her stockings today!
Me think, that sometimes, the
witch protests too much!

Permelia's hands were full so she

laid down her pocketbook so she could

open the door.

Once the door was unlocked, she

picked up her purse
and pushed open the door.

Ecstatic!! Permelia
 flew into the doorway!

And what she saw immediately

captivated her. She was in love with the

stove!

She didn't waste any time heading straight

for it.

She started opening up the ovens.

She even stuck her head in - just

checking it out, she said.

She fumbled with the stove a little

more before deciding to move on.

By this time I knew that she had

found the right apartment when she

didn't even comment about the awful

sink with the refrigerator below it!

When I asked her about it - she boldly

said that she didn't care what it looked

like. The most important thing to her was

the stove.

She went on to inspect the main room.

Hmmm.....there seems to be some

water damage on lower part of the wall.

She will tell Sherry about that.
Surely she

didn't want to get charged for it if she

decided to move later on.
Permelia loved the brick floor.
She loved the entire apartment
and how it was secluded.

Coming back into the kitchen area - that's

when she saw the stone fireplace.

Permelia was in love!

Permelia decided to look more

closely at the French doors.
At least

they open that was good enough for

her.
Sherry had explained earlier that

the door knobs didn't align up because

at one time the doors on the left were

replaced with different doors.
So the knobs never got moved.

And the last tenant

that lived there had taken off the knobs on

the inside of one of the doors because he

kept it bolted all the time.
At this point Permelia

didn't seem to mind at all.
She loved the

idea of having a courtyard outside of those

doors.
She was going to tell Sherry that she

wanted the doorknobs put back on.

Permelia locked everything back up and

said this is her apartment.
She picked

up the sign so know one would see it.

I asked her how she was going to pay for

it.
Permelia told me flat out that she had

money. She makes her pay check by

selling love spells.
I told her - 'hey come clean'.

See Permelia has 2 other twin sisters.

Yes - they were triplets!

All together their names were Permelia, Clotillya,

and Sophillya. All 3 of them were

guardians of their 2 niece's.

They would be receiving

the inheritance money to take care of them.
So they all were going to be just fine
living here!

Sophillya  and Clotillya would be bringing
the girls with them on the next
broom hop!
Permelia said,

'not to worry because they could make it

work'.
My goodness - this apartment is going
to be crowded.
Has she gone mad!! Where is everyone
going to sleep!

Thank you for visiting me!
Hopblogger