An Introduction

This is the new paper doll I have mentioned before. She has been ready for a while, but I had to do a final print to make sure the outfits still fit when everything was cut out. And that inexplicably took a while, but now it is satisfactorily taken care of and the new lady is ready to be seen.


She will be in my shop shortly. However, she will be available first at Craft Hope for Haiti, a shop of craft work sold to benefit Doctors Without Borders work in Haiti. The Craft Hope organizers have apparently had an fantastic response from artists and the public, which is so terrific.

There is some lag time in getting items posted, so I am not sure when this doll will be available. Do visit the CraftHope Shop though to see all the other wonderful things that have been created and donated to this cause.

One of those Days...

I had one yesterday. One of those days where you wake up knowing you shouldn't get out of bed, but some ulterior sense of duty forces the situation and you, or in this case, I, found myself at work, after nearly causing a multi-car collision at the post office. I proceeded to destroy our company website, then botch a mass mailing, and then left early before the computers started to actually explode. Gah.

Today, nearly everything was easily corrected, though I am still uncertain how many of the 2,000 mailing list recipients actually heard our important announcement. Norton Anti-Virus self-updating system, I shake my fist at you!

In local news, I have a new paperdoll in the works, something a little different. I'll introduce her here first, so stay tuned!

Introducing Irma

This is Irma, the newest addition to the AmandaMay paper doll collection:



She is just a little shy, but has a vast imagination and can actually be pretty silly.

I am having so much fun making these dolls, especially deciding on fun clothes for them. Irma has a raincoat and a red umbrella, a pink snowsuit (a la A Christmas Story), a fabulous dress up costume, and a couple more...

Next on the drawing board, some more historical style dolls - I'm thinking Renaissance would be really fun - and maybe some fairy tale characters.

Paper Dolls of My Own

Same dolls, new format! I am now offering the dolls found on my Paper Doll Postcards in full-sheet format, starting off with PDF downloads. Each doll has a few extra items of clothing added, and they are a bit bigger than the postcard version. Plus, if you buy a PDF you can print as many as you like!


I do have a new doll in the works, but there is someone living in my studio at the moment, so all new projects have been put on hold. Ever notice how when you are out of reach of supplies, the ideas just swarm like pigeons? Its frustrating. But hopefully, if I write everything down, the minute I get my space back a whirlwind of productivity will ensue. One can dream...

Presidential Paper Dolls

I love Dover. Maybe I have mentioned this before? They have such a terrific selection of paper dolls, and they publish the dolls of Tom Tierney, who is one of my early favorite artists. Yes, I have written about him before, I guess I'm really a fan!

This time, I bring it up because i just saw the Obama Family commemorative dolls. Very neat. The faces are a tad off, which disappoints me a little, but I think they are recognizable. I'm wondering if I should order a set and start a for-real paper doll collection?

Freebie Paper Doll!

I decided to make the Moody Girl paper doll a freebie. No special reason, I just love paper dolls and hope to pass along the many happy hours I had as a child cutting and snipping and making new clothes and houses for the dolls (3-dimensional houses for some reason, but the difference of dimension never bothered us).


There are two pages, the first is the doll and I recommend printing her out on a stiffer paper or cardstock. The second page has three outfits. I also read a lot of comments here about printing on magnets which I have never tried but think is an absolutely fabulous idea.

Here is the pdf:

Paper Doll and clothes

Have fun!!


edited: my technical abilities have improved and I now have the ability to save multi-paged PDFs - imagine! So the doll and clothing are now a single file instead of two. AW 5/09

One of Those Days

Do you ever have those days when everything you see inspires a new project? When your brain just doesn't turn off, ideas are bubbling and overflowing, and you are so tired you can't even figure out how to start?

That is what this evening has been for me, so much I want to do and yet I spent most of it curled up asleep in a chair. Drats.

I did get started on a new paper doll, a Moody Girl.


This is her before she gained color. I outlined her in dark black without thinking, and now I am not sure if I like it. The jury is still out on that one - what do you think?

Feelin' a little space-y here. Perhaps it is time to get some proper sleep.