The Little Mermaid is sailing
Feb 10th, 2008 by iHanna
As soon as I got an invitation to Michelle Geller’s Mermaid swap I had the vision that I wanted to create a little mermaid doll. I kind of saw her in my head, and I think she turned out very well. Her painted face is difficult to photograph because it looks streaked, but in reality she is very cute. In my head I call her Andrea, because she is now sailing with a lot of fishes, a dolphin pen and a pack of ocean images to this girl who will have the ultimate say about The Little Mermaids name of course.
What I love about her is her hair and its wet look. Isn’t it cool? Want to know what it is made of? A trashed curtain tuft! Or a twined tuft string I think. I just cut of a piece and there she was, with curly wet looking locks and cute fringe!
Isn’t she a sweet heart?
She was packed up together with her toys and favorite shell in a mother of pearl-shimmery plastic before shipping;
I also sent a blue ink pen adorned with a metallic dolphin;
Yummy pen for journaling, I like it a lot!
The Little Mermaids is bringing her own toys;
Mostly her collecting cards, some Disney stickers, a few beads from the bottom of the ocean - and some idol images like La Sirena (get yours here)!
Magazine clippings featuring fish, ocean, dolphins for collage also included;
Swapping is fun, but difficult if you ask me.
Oh, almost forgot, here she is again, sailing on a ship that my dad build a few years ago:
- By, by little friend, be safe!
What I got…
I got the best package ever from Andrea, see her photos here. Couldn’t have been better, it was like a treasure trove for a crafter with beads, ribbons, shells, buttons, art tag with diamonds - and a little bit of this and that - everything very cute and special. And so was the box all things came in and the simple but stylish wrapping. Love it!
Thank you so much girl, you made my daY!
If you’ve never participated in a swap, I can recommend swap-bot as a first try. You can swap just about anything there or set up your own fun swap for things you’d like to recieve! Have fun!
AAAH!!!! You participated, too! Michelle told me she bought your book and asked me if I “knew” you and I told her OF COURSE! EVERYONE knows IHANNA!!! LOL! I also participated and managed to get a figurine of the Lila Sjögren from Köpenham! I SO hope that my recipient likes my stuff!
Love your mermaid. Love the squirrl photos, my daughter and I love squirrls. And your jeans bag is cool. I found an old jeans skirt the other day cleaning out the closet and was thinking of making it into a bag, now I know I will. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
She’s lovely!
that looks like so much fun! I think I would like to do that too, I never have before…
She’s lovely!! And that ship is awesome.
What a lovely mermade ;o)
I’ve named her Sirena! I just love my little new mermaid friend! She is on a shelf in my craft room and I can brag to my crafty friends that ihanna made me that doll - hee, hee! That was such a fun swap! Thanks for all the wonderful goodies you put together for me!! xoxo
What a GORGEOUS mermaid doll! All the goodies look fabulous! I’m so happy you were part of this swap!!!
Hugs,
Michelle
I just LOVE your mermaid! She reminds me of a plastic version I had as a child for the bathtub… one of my favorite toys ever. I think the swap idea is cool. I’m going to have to learn more! Tak!
She is adorable! Such a sweet face and I love the sequins on her lower finny half.
i know that i have commented on this blog but can’t seem to find my comment…
Just let you know this mermaid is cute!
Much cuter than the barbie doll
And I love fairies like tinkerbelle
well done, i LUV her!
This little mermaid is just too adorable.
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