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Mme. Kit Bender - Psychic Reader and Advisor

Was Original - Doll was completely hand made from items in VikisKit

    

  

Dolls Name:  Mme. Kit Bender - Psychic Reader and Advisor

Doll repaint: No

Doll info: Original - Doll was completely hand made from items in VikisKit

LIST  of Items Used - per picture: All

LIST of all Total Items Used: All - except a few pieces of left over fabric plus **Extras:   (4) Pipe Cleaners, (6) Straight Pins, Tacky Glue, 12"Black Ribbon (1/4" Wide), Paper for Signs, 3 Cotton Balls, 12" Black Elastic Beading Cord

Kit Contents -- Used For:   (2) White Pipe Cleaners - Doll Arms and Upper Body, (1) Lg. Pc. Purple Fabric - Gipsy Skirt, (1) Pc Off White Felt - Doll Head and Body Skin,  (1) Pc. Scallop Dk. Purple Lace - Gipsy Skirt, (All But 2 Blue)  Beads - Gipsy Skirt, (2) Blue Beads - Eyes, (1) Pc. Wire w/Rainbow Stars - Gipsy Skirt and Hat, (5) White Plastic Rings - (3) Hat, (2) Devining Ring, (4) Gold Rings - (2) Bracelet, (1) Belt, (1) Necklace, (2) Lg. Silver Beads - Gipsy Skirt Belt, (1) Wood Heart - Palmist Sign, (1) Moon - Reader Advisor Sign, (3) Wood Sticks - Sign Posts, (1) Med. Pc. Paisley Sheen Fabric - Gipsy Hat and Vest, (1) Pc. Black Stretch Lace - Doll's Stockings, Hair, Eye Lashes, (1) Pc Sm Sheer Sparkle Fabric - Doll's Hat, (1) Ruby Jeweled Vinyl Vine - Doll's Lips, Hat, Gipsy Skirt Accents, (2) Med. Silver Beads - Bracelet and Necklace, (1) Sm Silver Bead - Ear Ring, (1) Off White Sm. Button - Nose, (1) Pink Sm Button - Moon Sign, (2) Sm Buttons - Hat

Doll(s): 1

Ensemble removable:  yes - except the stockings.

Your experiences: It's story time:  Six weeks ago, when I first got VikisKit in the mail, the first thing I thought of was 'theatre'.  So, I began construction well in advance of the deadline.  I built a 12" x 16"  'theatre' shell for my 12" doll to pose in.  I selected for the right dress pattern for the kit fabrics and rescued doll I chose for this venture, planned the back drop, front, props, etc. with the contents of the kit.  Then, 4 weeks ago, my hubby went in for his sixth surgery in less than 18 months.  Needless to say, for the past month, it has not been easy being creative, a nurse, a dog's mom, and contend with a dirty house and all that goes with it.

Thank heavens my hubby finally started to get around on his own pretty good this past week.   I finally told him I needed some serious time to get my contest entry done.  When I told him that I have only 48 hours to get my kit done for the contest, he looked at me - looked at the stuff - looked at all the work I began - then he asked, " what is the kit for if you are using all this other stuff?"  That one statement nearly knocked the wind out of my sails. 

Having never been in a kit contest before, I didn't realize the real potential of what I had.

So, late Thursday night I start all over from scratch.  I picked up my first kit pieces - the two white pipe cleaners - and there it began.  My hands went wild, and didn't stop until 2:30 Friday morning.  By that time, the two pipe cleaners became  the body's frame.  4 additional pipe cleaners were used to create a body with arms, leg, and neck.  The  off white felt was used to make the body skin.  By  2 a.m., I had a fully posable doll body.

Saturday morning - June24th at 8am, I am up and running trying to meet deadline.  The doll then received hair, face, clothes, etc.   My contest entry pictures pretty much show everything, and I used everything that came with the kit to make the doll from scratch.  My contest link photos were submitted at 11:28 pm last night, and it was only then that I realized that I didn't send a description of what I did.  When I got up this morning - I realized that I did not even send the right contest form with my entry.

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