Apparently, Halloween is just around the corner, and by this time of the month, kids are now excited to wear their Halloween costumes. And perhaps some adults are also excited for their Halloween pranks.
But I'm not, since I don't have any Halloween costume to wear even though I would gladly wear one if given the chance. But even so, I made another toothpick doll for Halloween which is, in my own opinion, a really adorable one. There's a lot of Halloween figures every year, but the most popular ones are vampires, zombies, mummies, werewolves, ghosts, witches, and Frankenstein. I've already made a vampire toothpick doll before at the start of the month of October, so I decided to make my second choice if ever I would wear a Halloween costume: Frankenstein, only the female version.
I decided to make a toothpick doll version of Sally from the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. She may just be a rag doll, seemingly similar with Frankenstein in appearance, with stitches covering her body, face, and clothes. I chose her because of her character, not because of her physical features. She possesses a personality which is what I'm aspiring to be. Despite having a fragile and vulnerable body which has detachable stuffed limbs, she always gathers herself and patch things up again regardless of being covered with so many stitches.
I guess that's what I wish I was in life, having the courage to pick yourself up and put yourself back together even when you got torn to pieces and even when no one is there to help you. Because in reality, there is no one to help you carry yourself but you, so to speak. I admire how strong-willed Sally is and how she cared for other people like Jack Skellington.
I'm a very pessimist person, and most of the time I would drown myself in worries. In moments of problems, I would often succumb to my own pessimism, letting myself crumble to bits and would always need someone to push me first before I actually face the problems.
When I was making Sally, I was surprised by how fast I worked. I thought she would be difficult to make since her dress has a lot of different colors and patches. I was a little bummed that I finished her for only like an hour and I was actually expecting to finish her in a day and a half. I was excited to see the outcome but maybe it was just unusual for me to finish a doll this fast. And speaking of unusual, her skin color was also different so I had to rummage my aunt's old DMCs she left at home when she used to make cross-stitch projects and luckily found a thread that is closest to Sally's skin tone.
When I finished making her, I tried using a single strand of black DMC thread for the stitches and cuts but I thought it would be too troublesome to glue the actual stitches because of the tiny sizes so I have just opted to using a pen instead.
And since this is my second Halloween blog post, I gave them a little photoshoot using dried flowers and a vintage-style candle stand. I guess I had more fun doing the "mini" photoshoot (literally mini) than the actual toothpick doll making process. I just loved how timely that I had dried flowers preserved beforehand when the first flower plant I bought died weeks before and felt bad throwing them out. I also let my vampire toothpick doll join the picture to add more with the Halloween vibe.
Happy Halloween!
P.S. Which do you like more, Sally toothpick doll or the Vampire Lady toothpick doll? Comment below. ;)
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