Dammit Doll

For Mother's Day this year, Jesika wanted to do some crafting for her gifts. I'm always up for this. Jesika found what she wanted to do and sent me the link. I went to the Craft Warehouse and found some great "country" looking fabric. Then on Friday night, we had Karin come over to watch Belle, Peyton and Bailey at my house while we did our work and watched the baby. We didn't follow the instructions because we did not want to hand sew this entire thing. So. We started out with cutting out our body and then the first one we sewed right sides in and then turned it inside out. This looked like it was going to be one skinny doll. So, the next one, we sewed it with the right sides out. This was going to be a much fatter doll. Jesika stuffed the skinny one and I stuffed the fat one. It was hilarious watching them puff up. As we stuffed, Jesika's started looking more like a voo-doo doll and mine was just plump. I liked the healthy look and she liked the voo-doo look, so I used the plump one for Annie. (I had wanted to make one for Annie all along, but I loved the fabric so it was working out nicely that Jesika didn't like the fatty.) Then we cut another body out for her mother-in-law.

Here is my fatty pants:

I put a little set of spicy red lips on her... they crack me up!

Jesika made a cute belt and button necklace for hers.

I didn't know what to do for mine. So, I came up with a cape/shall thing for her. We tried different colors of material on her and couldn't decide on one so I made her a few different options.

Then into the cans they go!!

And for some reason, I don't have a picture of my dear sweet in her can.

Lastly, the poem that goes along with these Dammit Dolls:

When you want to climb the wall,

And stand right up and shout.

There's a little Dammit doll

You cannot do without.

Just grasp it firmly by the legs,

And find a place to slam it.

And as you whack the stuffing out

Yell Dammit, Dammit, Dammit!

If Dammit's not a word you say

Then twist its little neck

And grumble out repeatedly

Oh Heck, Oh Heck, Oh Heck!

And once you're done abusing it

Just sit it on the shelf.

But hug it first, as I'd hug you

If I were there myself.

(Sorry Annie that you will find out about this before you get your red lipped beauty. You werent supposed to have a computer until June, again.)