Marisole Monday: Tokyo Meets Georgia

Where to start about this paper doll set… Well, it all started with the blue dress which is the strange love child of a kimono, a peacoat and a 1850’s hoop skirt and then sort of evolved from there. Secretly I kinda love it, but publicly I’m a little more …

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Research Resources

The internet is full of historical and contemporary costume resources, but they are not all created equally. There is no intention that this list be extensive, perfect or otherwise complete, but it is a listing of sites I use regularly when doing research for paper dolls. I have only listed …

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A Patriotic Ballgown for July to Color and Cut Out

Black and White Paper Doll PDF Paper Doll Collaboration 2018For July, we chose a patriotic/colonial theme for the paper doll collaboration between Julie, Missy and I. I really love over the top roccoco inspired gowns as you may have already guessed from this paper doll and this paper doll and …

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A Sincere Prince: A Fairy Tale Prince Paper Doll

There’s a wonderful line in Into The Woods where Prince Charming says, “I was raised to be charming, not sincere.” Well, I prefer my fairy tale prince paper dolls to be sincere, thank you very much. Hence why I named today’s paper doll, A Sincere Prince. Over the years, I …

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Amaryllis, a Paper Doll in Evening Gowns

I don’t really do balance that well. I tend to work in the grip of obsession and then realize I’ve just spent five hours looking through images of medieval manuscripts in the hope that one of them might show a 10th century women’s neckline which, of course, none of them …

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! A Paper Doll to Cut Out!

Today, Margot is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day! St. Patrick’s Day is a festive holiday celebrating the life of St. Patrick and Irish hertiage and the excuse to drink a lot of beer, some of it dyed green. Despite being a Saint’s Day, there’s not usually a lot of religion in …

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The Artist

Hello. People sometimes say they want to know something about me, so I guess I should tell them something. My name is Rachel Cohen. I was born in Alaska. It was there that I hatched the plan for creating a paper doll blog. Alaska has a lot of cold dark …

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