Nurse Natalia

Nurse Natalia...

I made this doll with all my love to someone I know and who I deeply admire. She is one of these who not only know how to dream big, she also fights for that dream.

When I met her, we were both very different of what we are now. We change for the best together and I own her so much for that encouragement she gave me back in 2007. She tought me to be brave enough, a dreamer and a fighter.

Now she is living her dream of becoming a nurse (in London no less!). She left her computer realated studies to a fresh start in a nursing career, And after hard work and complete commitement that included severe sleep sacrifice, now she is finally a nurse. So this doll was for her.

She used to have this nurse Nancy doll in her facebook profile pic so I made a similar one in crochet, but customized to her looks. Natalia has blue eyes and straight blond hair. She dyed her hair black just before the wedding, but she recognized herself right away! 

To customize the doll I simulated the shaved temple hairstyle and the rasta in the nape.

The cape is made out of felt and it is removable. I also embroidered  a red cross in it.

Here there are some more pics :

Thank you for everything, Natalia. I'm glad you liked the doll. Good luck in your new life and i wish you all the happiness in the world!

Rapunzel

  And I last I see the light....

Everyone who knows me a little may know how much I love Tangled.

 I've lost count of the times I've seen it, probably a zillion times more than what it is normal for an adult to have seen any movie that they had already seen. But... what can I say? I love the characters, the story, the music, the colors... everything. I laugh and cry every single time I see it and it reminds me whtn I was little and I love to watch the Little Mermaid or Beauty and the Beast over and over getting as much excited as if it were the first time you see it. You know, the Disney magic :)

I have somebody who shares the same love for the movie: my friend Lara (and of course, her niece, little Lara!) So I thought that I could crochet a Rapunzel as her doll as a gift .

First with her untamed hair:

Her skirt has different shades of purple and lilac and I tried to put as much detailed as I could. The pics are not very good, but I've tried to replicate the  details of her dres, like in the bodice or the soft color of the lace in the  sleeves.

Now when I see her face I regret not have given her huge eyelashes and eyebrows to give her eyes more expression, just like those of  Rapunzel in the movie.

Such a great hair, huh?

 If you have seen this movie, some village little girls help Rapunzel to braid her hair o she can move around the kingdom easily. And even though I liked her with her hair down, I ended up braiding her hair too:

As I said, pics are not very good, but the  braid has also mini braids and flowes in between the strands:

The poor thing tends to look up since the considerable hair weight.  Anyway, she could see the floating lights better this way! :P

And if you don't know what I'm talking about, you shoud see this film. The floating lights scene is my favorite in the whole film, I just love it.

Actually, we used this song as our wedding song.... . <3

I hope you like it!

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Let's start showing the dolls I made as wedding favors in my own wedding. I wanted to give away something meaningful for them so I wanted the favors to be customized to each guest's likes and fandoms. 

I want to start with my amigurumi version of  Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. If you remember, this was a character which was really famous in the 80s, with her own films,  TV show and videogames. My friend Raquel is a huge fan of her and her looks, so it was easy to decide which was going to be her gift. 

Here's a pic of the original Elvira, just in case you don't remember her by just her name:

  

I tried to reproduce the pale color of her skin in face hands and cleavage. The legs are darker as if she was wearing nylon tights. I'm not sure if you can see in these pics but she also has black garters in her legs. 

 Her cleavage and boobs ended up a little to close to her face.... but well, the original one was not very different, right? ;)

Of course, the heavy make up was really important to complete her looks. (Oh, the 80s!  no nude colors back then....) She needed a dark and out of the eye eyeliner and heavy coat of bright pink blush. I tried it by embroidering the eye contour and long eyelashes and applying real blush to the doll (pink MAC blush, to be precise)

The skirts of the dress was made of felt so she could shown her legs through the lateral cuts, She also has a belt decorated with a knife charm, imitating the one the real Elvira carried .

Unfortunally, the doll's hair has not the same volume as it was supposed (again, oh the 80s!), but I think it looked fine like that.

I'm really glad that Raquel liked her doll a lot.What do you think?

Amigurumi as wedding favors

Well , the reason behind the lack of blog updates during this year was that I was really busy crocheting things that couldn't be shown. Why? Beacause they were the wedding favors we were going to give our guests in our wedding, so they had to be a secret!

 Each amigurumi was customized according to the guest's preferences, fandoms, hobbies... And they were presented to each of them in a hand stamped and washi tape-decorated box (also hand assembled) with a picture of the character in which the amigurumi was based.

I'll be posting the dolls one by one (I have blog material for at least a year!)

It has been a hard work some times, but totally worth it. Wish I could post pictures of the guest's faces when each of them found out which character they received. It has been really rewarding and all the work has been paid off with all that joy. Since some people couldn't make it to the reception, these are not all of the dolls I made, but I can show you those we did give that day (we have to mantain the secrecy of the rest for a while!)

I can't remember the last time I crocheted something for me or a comission out of this wedding craziness!
Now I'm open for both again. Thanks for being patient and keep on following the blog even if it's not regularly updated!

love, 

    Laura

A new Little Red Riding Hood.

Today I have a new A new Little Red Riding Hood to show you. We organized a give away in the facebook page and the winner could choose whichever the amigurumi they wanted as a prize. The winner was Susana, who signed up for the giveaway in the last minute and that seemed to bring her luck. :)
She chose a  Little Red Riding Hood.

I had already crocheted a blond one for the swap with Cosinas de Petri. She looked like this:

This time I wanted to make her as a brunette and with no braids, as I had seen her in some illustrations I found in the internet while looking up for inspiration. 

I used the same colors for the dress and hood, but they were made differently. In both the hood is removable.

Here's a detail of the doll's body:

I used big blue eyes and now she looks at you with that sweet expression.... It's hard to let go of your amigurumi sometimes :(

Susana loved the doll and uses it as a brooch. Her 4 year daughter is also a great fan of this  Little Red Riding Hood and I'm really glad to hear that!!!

Do you like this new Little Red Riding Hood.?

Flower Power

This little doll is a commission that I have already delivered to the new owner. She wanted a mini version of herself, with green eyes, red hair, hippy attire and that could be worn as a brooch.

Let me introduce you to little Kassandra, or "Poca Yo" as her new owner calls her:

She wears a turquoise dress with purple flowers and a headband in the same color.

She has flowers in her headband and hoop earrings, as her owner often does:

I'm really happy that Kassandra loved her doll and she recognized herself on the spot.
Thanks for your commission and trust in my work!!