7 Days of Thrift Shop Flips - Day Four - Kewpie Doll Makeover
16 August
Sometimes the little girl in me comes out and I just want to play. I think that's why I like working on my dollhouse and every now and then I just want to play with dolls!
For today's post, I did just that and a thrifted Kewpie doll got a girlie fun makeover!
You can read the interesting history of the Kewpie which began way back in 1909 HERE.
I decided that Kewpie needed a wig.
So, I created a beehive hairstyle for her with wool roving!
OMG, already I was squealing with joy! 😁
It reminded me of Marie Antoinette so I went with that theme for the rest of her makeover!!
She needed a fancy dress and this thrifted curtain tieback was the perfect size for creating a dress.
I gathered up the top edge and put it on her. Doesn't she look so happy?! It's like she is twirling with her little arms out! lol
I created some little dress straps with some vintage rick-rack trim.
And from that point on it was all a matter of adding blingy, sparkly details!
Her little pearl earrings are self-adhesive scrapbooking ephemera, and her pearl on the front of her dress is a button.
Her crown is made from a piece of an old necklace.
She got some millinery flowers in the back of her beehive.
I thought her tiny wings needed to show a little better so I painted them white and she got a blue velvet bow at the back of her dress.
The blue bow matches the blue trim that I added to the bottom of her dress.
And she got a rick-rack and tiny millinery flower wrist corsage.
You can see another idea I had for these lacy curtain tiebacks here: Trash-to-Treasure Lace Curtain Tie-Back Roses.
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If you're on the hunt for a Kewpie doll of your own there are quite a few on Etsy, and on eBay, and even on Amazon!
For today's post, I did just that and a thrifted Kewpie doll got a girlie fun makeover!
You can read the interesting history of the Kewpie which began way back in 1909 HERE.
I decided that Kewpie needed a wig.
So, I created a beehive hairstyle for her with wool roving!
OMG, already I was squealing with joy! 😁
It reminded me of Marie Antoinette so I went with that theme for the rest of her makeover!!
She needed a fancy dress and this thrifted curtain tieback was the perfect size for creating a dress.
I gathered up the top edge and put it on her. Doesn't she look so happy?! It's like she is twirling with her little arms out! lol
I created some little dress straps with some vintage rick-rack trim.
And from that point on it was all a matter of adding blingy, sparkly details!
Her little pearl earrings are self-adhesive scrapbooking ephemera, and her pearl on the front of her dress is a button.
Her crown is made from a piece of an old necklace.
She got some millinery flowers in the back of her beehive.
I thought her tiny wings needed to show a little better so I painted them white and she got a blue velvet bow at the back of her dress.
The blue bow matches the blue trim that I added to the bottom of her dress.
And she got a rick-rack and tiny millinery flower wrist corsage.
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This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience (which means if you make a purchase after clicking a link I will earn a small commission which helps keep my blog up and running but it won't cost you a penny more)! Click here to read my full disclosure policy.
If you're on the hunt for a Kewpie doll of your own there are quite a few on Etsy, and on eBay, and even on Amazon!
Posted by: Tania | Little Vintage Cottage
at 16 August
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