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Today’s theme for Bianca Boo’s Frightful Frocks is Pumpkins!
This paper doll outfit was another case where I designed the hair before I designed the outfit. (Just like I did with the Bat design) I feel like I must have seen this somewhere. I don’t imagine I came up with entirely on my own, but I have a sort of “no research” rule when I do Halloween things. So, I don’t know where it came from even though I imagine it came from somewhere.
For the outfit, I was inspired in part by a these pumpkin designs from (I think) Nyahallo. The designs aren’t signed, which is hard. I love pumpkins. Not only do I love to eat them (I do love that), but I love the shapes and colors of them. They’re so sculptural. I wanted to bring this love of the shape of pumpkins to the outfit.
I wish I had not used the word “rows” twice in the poem. I was writing fast, because I was behind. “Oh, well, perhaps something I’ll fix someday in revision.” (I say this knowing I will never do that.)
Bianca Boo with laughter sweet,
Steps through rows of pumpkins neat,
Orange globes in cheerful rows,
Her Halloween magic clearly shows!
While Julie Matthews from Paper Doll School and I are doing a fun joint paper doll project between our two sites: Paper Thin Personas (mine) and Paper Doll School (hers), we didn’t consult about what out ideas were for the themes. So, I have no idea what she’s done. It looks amazing though. You should go check it out.
I think this one really captures what I love about Halloween paper doll design. Those little intersections of whimsy, nostalgia, and seasonal color. Pumpkins have such a joyful presence, and translating that into a costume was just plain fun.
As always, I hope you enjoy dressing up your dolls in these frightful frocks and maybe feel a little pumpkin magic of your own this spooky season.