So much to post about, so little time

The things we have coming up:

Customizing a doll

Doll makeovers 

Halloween decorating 

Our latest thrift finds 

We still love our tardis 

How I made Amy Pond

Amy Pond started off completely different. I had a picture of her and I tried to make the outfit as close as possible to it. This was the original picture I was going off of.

And our original Amy Pond. A dear friend's daughter is also super into AG so she bought this outfit for her. It gave me a challenge. Two weeks before Christmas I needed to dress Amy.

This was during my process. I found her action figure and wanted to make it look like that. Ignore the shoes in this picture her cowboy boots had not yet arrived and I needed to see how she looked. I never did get her belt painted brown but my daughter does not seem to mind at all.

Amy Pond was originally Saige. We picked Saige because of her red hair and what we thought Amy Pond would have looked like at 9! 

Her jacket, tshirt,skirt, belt and boots were bought from a wholesale distributor. The skirt is denim, the jacket is a faux leather. We also had a friend knit her scarf because, well, scarfs are cool. (just like bow ties!)

While I loved the first outfit, I have to say this second outfit came out better than I expected for the time frame I was working in and the look I needed. My next outfit for her will be the police uniform.

Thanks for looking!

And so we built a tardis

It all started with an idea. Why not make our Dr Who obsessed girl some custom American Girl dolls and a doll tardis for Christmas? It snowballed from there and now we have our very own Dr Who, his companion Amy Pond and a tardis living in our living room., 

First let me say that while we thought this project would come out cheap, it came out far from it. In fact the tardis alone came in 100 more than we wanted BUT in our defense.. it is so awesome and was worth every cent.

We started with this:

Of course it had to be scaled down to be semi doll size.

The build took five weeks and was built by my husband and his boss. Both love workworking and both say this was the hardest build they have ever done.

It didnt look like a tardis for awhile and that freaked me out.

Pretty soon you could see things coming together.

About this time we were getting closer and closer to Christmas and I was freaking out.

Then I saw this and it started to look like a tardis. Between this picture and completion was a week. Then I saw this:

And all that time came together. The tardis was almost perfect. We still need to order prints for the inside.

The Doctor and Amy Pond will forever be riding in this tardis. And now we have the motivation to make custom dolls of all the Doctors.

Tardis Supplies.

1 - 4x8 sheet of plywood

4 - 8ft 2x2

1 - 8ft 1x10

4 - 1/2" hinges

8 - 12ft lattice trim wood 

4 pkgs 3/8" x 1/8" basswood

1 custom made door handle

1 quart of Sapphire Lace paint 

4 sheets 10" x 14" x1/8" Plexiglas 

4 pieces of approximately 2 1/2" x 18" white translucent Plexiglas

Decals were ordered from: http://stickershock23.com/

Arduino  for sound

I will do a blog post later about the clothing and dolls. I have to say I love the tardis. I think they did an amazing job and it is built to last. If you have any questions just ask!

This is just a teaser post until I get real pictures

We did it.

We finish our plans we started months ago. The Doctor and Amy Pond had their final adjustments late Christmas eve and the tardis, well, the tardis was done but our aurdino did not get here in time.

I only have quick Christmas pictures but I promise better ones soon.

As you notice Amy Pond's outfit changed some since the last time I posted. We have a friend who is another young whovian and that outfit went with her doll. :) We recreated the outfit Amy wears on her action figure. We never did find a pair of pants and while we liked his bowtie I found one yesterday we fell in love with (pictures below)

I am hoping to have the pictures up soon, with directions on how we made everything. Thanks for looking.