Design Team Project
by Amy Mayfield
I had so much fun making today’s project. Lisa offers an AMAZING array of doll bits in her
Artfire store and I had been dying to do something with my
Charlotte heads. Using
the small heads, I created a pretty pixie poppet. What is really
wonderful about these is you could easily create your own parade of
poppets and add a loop of ribbon to the back to create ornaments. For
colorful trees, the assortment above is fabulous. If you want metallics
or a more monochromatic look, the
Fleur de Lis Flapper heads are a pretty choice and would make marvelous snow fairies or queens and I may have just convinced myself I need them…The set of
basic Charlotte heads would be easy to customize for any color scheme–these pieces take paint and glitter extremely well.
For this project, you’ll need:
Your choice of
doll heads from
Lisa Kettell Designs
Doll bodies printed on cardstock (Mine came from
Altered Artifacts on etsy)
Butterfly or fairy wings printed on cardstock (you could also use silk ones)
Crown paper punch
Adhesive rhinestones
Stickles in Diamond
Various fabric trims and ribbon
Thin wood craft sticks
Fine glitter (I like Martha Stewart glitters)
Glue, scissors, hot glue gun, etc
Directions:
I started by cutting out the doll body and attaching her head. I did
sand the back of her head down just a touch to make it a little flatter.
She was attached to the body using a glue stick and then I positioned
the wings, legs and arms.
Next, I created her crown by using a crown paper punch and covering
it in Martha Stewart glitter in Sterling. Shake off the excess and set
aside to dry. I used a piece of trim for her skirt and held it in place
with hot glue and accented the waist with a fun, fluffy bit of pink
fiber. After this was attached, I outlined her wings and shoes in
Diamond Stickles and created her a necklace with tiny silver adhesive
rhinestones. Her crown is simply attached to the back of her head with a
dot of hot glue and then it got accented with pink adhesive
rhinestones. Once she was all together, I used hot glue to apply a craft
stick–just to make her a little more sturdy. If you wanted your pixie
poppet to be an ornament, just loop a bit of ribbon under the craft
stick as you glue it in place.
This is a project that could easily be done with little ones–just
help them with the hot glue gun and such. These would make great gifts
for them to give for Christmas to friends and family. Here’s the
finished project:
Doesn’t she look like she’s been sprinkled with a pinch of pixie dust?
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I love love love this project, so magical and enchanting I could see an army of these, a pixie army that is!, Love, off to make some of my own, thanks so much Amy! :-)
xoxo
Lisa
Caldwell College book signing
Now that the warm weather is here, the real magic begins at Piddlestixs, located in Historic Lafayette, NJ. Everyday I take a hike around the store visiting the sandy beach swimming lake, streams and scenery which engulfs Piddlestixs and neighboring stores, in the summer we even have workshops outside by the covered bridge and picnic area or on the porch, which is visited frequently from friends and loyal customers.
Here is a close up of the Sandy Lake near the store 
Walking around this area near my store is so peaceful, and feels like you are at the beach for a bit, yet you are in the country and right near my store! In addition there is a volleyball court and fields for sports, how fun is that? 
Come on by Piddlestixs for a visit soon, explore and leave with some magic!
xoxo Lisa
