When I was young, I owned a set of Fashion Plates. Proof positive that my crafty behavior stretches way back. The plates are plastic and have different head, torso, and leg images that can be stenciled onto a paper using a black crayon. The link will take you to the modern version at Amazon for a show. On the back side of the plastic are texture plates that you can use to color in the fabric of the clothes. I was always envious of these ladies' hair, in particular.
Kenzie, being the youngest, was our fashion director- choosing all the combinations. Then, she directed each of us to color certain images. I was instructed to color Melanie. It took me almost three times longer than the girls to do my one image. Still, I'm loving the final product- beautiful!
Such are the times that memories are made of. The ages are very different (5, 15, and 43) but we all three had such fun.
Awesome girls time, I do love to sketch fashion dolls when I was young, I actually made and played with lots of paper dolls too, ahhh... those were the days!
ReplyDeleteI remember those fashion dolls! Its always good to have some shared time and what a great result! Memories are made from this! :-)
ReplyDeleteJust adorable fashion dolls with the pretty outfits.
ReplyDeleteHugs Diane
what a great way to spend some time with these girls. and the results are fun too~!
ReplyDeletei have a vague memory of coveting something like this when i was quite young . . .
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I had this growing up too! Those turned out so cute. Boy, I would love to have what Melanie is modeling ;)
ReplyDeleteI had those growing up, sometimes it is so nice to color.
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