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Saving the world, one doll at a time

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.

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Kerrville Renaissance Festival

It’s that time of year again! You’ll find our booth at the Festival in the same gold and burgundy colors – the dragons, swords and unicorns up front! This year we’ll have more workshops! Fairy Doll (Barbie/upcycled – see our past posts), Mushroom charms, fairy bubbles, pirates cove, and dragon hatchlings(not pictured).

Can’t wait to see you there!!

The week that was

We will Be at Muertos Fest San Antonio

And here are a few sneak peeks

All kinds of Embroidery Files coming!!!

We’ll have patches and all kinds of upcycled jackets and pants coming, especially for Muertos Fest. CHeck out some of these on etsy.com/shop/2ndlifedolls

Aztec Water Goddess: Chalchiuhtlicue

Still working on this doll.

Here’s the Midjourney AI inspired artwork that I made to help me figure out what to include on the doll.

And here is the original I will also be using for inspiration.

Mission 2023

In the past, our motto has been “Saving the World One Doll at a Time.”

This year our goal was a little bigger than just saving dolls (and the planet). Our goal this year was saving people too. How? You might ask. By helping kids understand what REAL magic is.

We started at the Kerrville Ren Fest. Every Fairy workshop came with a BONUS FREE upcycled 18 inch doll for our Fairy Creators to give away. The challenge to each child who received the free gift along with their finished workshop item, was to find someone who needed a toy – whether the person in need was a child who was at risk (refugee), someone they personally knew who needed a pick me up, or someone in a bad situation, the gift giving helps the child to understand what giving FEELS like. It feels like fairy magic, or as we experienced at comicpalooza with our Superhero Workshop, it feels like being a hero.

Once children start to understand what charity and doing good feels like, we are certain they will want to experience it again and will look for opportunities on their own to do it.

Every doll in the workshop, and the free dolls in the giveaway, are rescued, recycled, cleaned, given new clothes (and sometimes new hair) that are handmade by the shop owner or another generous creator, so each is a one of a kind gift that can not be replicated.

We hope to continue this program throughout the rest of this year and next year. We still have a few events to do, and we’ll keep you all updated about our progress.