Today I crocheted a short cocktail dress for the gray-eyed Marley. Now at least it won’t be standing bare on the shelf. Crocheted it using three shades of Alize yarn; I designed the model myself.
On this holiday I got two dolls from the Creatable World series by Mattel, a Character Starter Pack, under the Christmas tree. These are unisex dolls—boys who can transform into girls with the help of wigs. I ended up with a dark-skinned boy with brown eyes, a mohawk, wearing a grey t-shirt and black boxer shorts. And if you put a dreadlock wig on top, you’ll get a girl. And the second doll is a dark-skinned boy with blond curly hair and green eyes. He is wearing an orange t-shirt and black boxer shorts. He has a wig of thick, curly blonde locks to transform into a girl. Boys without shoes, but they have mobile bodies—they have elbow, knee, wrist, and ankle joints. And in the guise of boys, they are much more appealing to me than in the guise of girls.
A wonderful ending to this difficult 2020! My adult Marley has come to me. I got the doll nude, without shoes, jewelry, or a stand, but in the original box. She has molded Tyler, gray drawn-on eyes, a direct gaze, glued-on eyelashes, and a glued-on wig of thick, wavy black hair. The 2018 doll was released in an edition of 250. The original outfit is a bright pink evening chiffon dress with a matching satin belt and a vintage brooch with stones, large earrings in the style of the brooch, flesh-toned fishnet stockings, and pink leather sandals.
Today Anya finished the diamond mosaic postcards for our relatives in Lviv; we’ll send them in a package.
The diamond mosaic kit yielded 10 Christmas tree pendants, some of which will be given as gifts in Lviv.
From an old mirror frame and a garland, I made a stand for congratulatory New Year’s cards that we received this year from friends and neighbors.
This year, I made Christmas cards using 3D techniques with a Cricut.
Due to the lockdown, the school had to close three days early, so today we already took all the Christmas decorations back to the attic without the children. And instead, we left a winter forest and a bear playing on a white grand piano on the podium. Beautiful and unusually instructive.
I finished the gift for my colleague today; it’s a symbol of the next year—a bull, as described on the internet. It turned out to be cute and soft. And I hung a bell around his neck.
This year, the school decided to film a movie instead of putting on a Christmas play. I helped prepare the props for it and dressed the actors. I made this donkey for Maria out of a shoe box and a bicycle.
