I will be keeping my eyes on the steamer trunks when I visit and make sure those creepy dolls (especially the one with the blue eyes and crackle face) don't escape and get me!!!!
Julie; More than likely the stuff will be up around the apartment, so you better figure out where to sit so you don't have to look at her. More than likely, Dale will be sitting right beside her. He really likes the one in the cage, but he can't get access to her which pisses him off, so crackle face is his second favorite.
Cool and creepy stuff girl! I am actually in the market for old doll heads like your crackle-head doll. Don't particularly care if the rest of the doll is intact. So if ya happen upon any and they aren't so damn expensive, lemme know! They don't have to be perfect either.
Love the trunks! That one has an ambiguous round red stain on the inside...hmmm...if it wasn't so red looking I'd swear it was blood!
Tara; The mystery of that trailer park lives on forever. My son found a diary there. We went on a search to find out whose it was. Through clues, we narrowed it down and contacted a guy on MySpace who the teenager mentioned in the diary. This was 15 years ago. they're in their 30s now. He said, "yeah, I know her." He contacted her and she contacted my son. The weird thing is he could have tossed it, could have laughed at the teenaged angst inside, but he wanted to know who she was and how it go there (she lived 30 miles away). She said, "I cannot believe you found that! I'm a writer doing my memoirs and I have every diary but that one and I just got to that age in my writings." Talk about weirdness. The place is littered with kid stuff, construction stuff, airplane schematics, tools.... It's not too hard for find those dolls in thrift stores. They get some freaky ones. I'm hoping to make a few more creepy. I did that doll by painting on the crackle medium and painting it skin colored which makes it even creepier. I used a fan to dry it fast so it crackled a lot. Cut her hair up in choppy bits. I put a knife in her hand on Halloween night. I do a whole window display lit up with them lined up including Dale or Mr. Creepy MacCreeperson or whatever that awesome nickname is that you made up for him. I hope he doesn't get my doll baby pregnant while they're in the trunk together. It would be a real abomination!
For some reason, thrift stores around here basically SUCK! My ex-hubby has a really cool old doll head made by he Horseman Doll Company that was here in SC if I'm not mistaken many, many, many years ago. It use to creep me out, so we put it in our "mourning room" upstairs where we had many of our (now mine) Victorian Mourning items. We lived in a 100 year old Victoria home in downtown Columbia so that's how we got started with that kind of collection. He has decided he wants to give it all to me for the most part. I told him to keep some of the stuff if he wanted, but if he does, it won't be much. He said it's really more suited for me. LOL
I can't wait to actually get this stuff back into my hands. I have so many interesting things I want to share with you! This collection also started waaay before I even decided to go to mortuary school.
I have everything from coffin plates, to hair wreaths, hair jewelry, mourning fans, mourning handkerchiefs.....just a lot of really neat things!
At the funeral home where I was an apprentice, there is a GORGEOUS wood casket with a flat top and inlay design that would make a fabulous coffee table. Too bad it's over $20,000! DAMN!
I will be keeping my eyes on the steamer trunks when I visit and make sure those creepy dolls (especially the one with the blue eyes and crackle face) don't escape and get me!!!!
ReplyDeleteJulie; More than likely the stuff will be up around the apartment, so you better figure out where to sit so you don't have to look at her. More than likely, Dale will be sitting right beside her. He really likes the one in the cage, but he can't get access to her which pisses him off, so crackle face is his second favorite.
ReplyDeleteIt figures that Dale would like the one he can't have, but at least miss crackle face looks easy and spooky which I think Dale just might like.
ReplyDeleteWell, lucky for her, when she lies down, her eyes close, so she won't have to look at him. Hee hee
ReplyDeletei see the blue eyed crackled face doll in my dreams once in a while. I do not envy Dale.
ReplyDeleteEcho; In the dark trunk, he'll just think of her as a soft body...
ReplyDeleteCool and creepy stuff girl! I am actually in the market for old doll heads like your crackle-head doll. Don't particularly care if the rest of the doll is intact. So if ya happen upon any and they aren't so damn expensive, lemme know! They don't have to be perfect either.
ReplyDeleteLove the trunks! That one has an ambiguous round red stain on the inside...hmmm...if it wasn't so red looking I'd swear it was blood!
Tara;
ReplyDeleteThe mystery of that trailer park lives on forever. My son found a diary there. We went on a search to find out whose it was. Through clues, we narrowed it down and contacted a guy on MySpace who the teenager mentioned in the diary. This was 15 years ago. they're in their 30s now. He said, "yeah, I know her." He contacted her and she contacted my son. The weird thing is he could have tossed it, could have laughed at the teenaged angst inside, but he wanted to know who she was and how it go there (she lived 30 miles away). She said, "I cannot believe you found that! I'm a writer doing my memoirs and I have every diary but that one and I just got to that age in my writings." Talk about weirdness. The place is littered with kid stuff, construction stuff, airplane schematics, tools.... It's not too hard for find those dolls in thrift stores. They get some freaky ones. I'm hoping to make a few more creepy. I did that doll by painting on the crackle medium and painting it skin colored which makes it even creepier. I used a fan to dry it fast so it crackled a lot. Cut her hair up in choppy bits. I put a knife in her hand on Halloween night. I do a whole window display lit up with them lined up including Dale or Mr. Creepy MacCreeperson or whatever that awesome nickname is that you made up for him. I hope he doesn't get my doll baby pregnant while they're in the trunk together. It would be a real abomination!
Crackle Face doll creeps me out! lol. Too funny. :) You're so creative Autumn and so so interesting. :)
ReplyDeleteKim;
ReplyDeleteThanks! Creepy is what I was trying to achieve. These little nasty girls stare at me as I write horror and really help amp up the atmosphere.
For some reason, thrift stores around here basically SUCK! My ex-hubby has a really cool old doll head made by he Horseman Doll Company that was here in SC if I'm not mistaken many, many, many years ago. It use to creep me out, so we put it in our "mourning room" upstairs where we had many of our (now mine) Victorian Mourning items. We lived in a 100 year old Victoria home in downtown Columbia so that's how we got started with that kind of collection. He has decided he wants to give it all to me for the most part. I told him to keep some of the stuff if he wanted, but if he does, it won't be much. He said it's really more suited for me. LOL
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to actually get this stuff back into my hands. I have so many interesting things I want to share with you! This collection also started waaay before I even decided to go to mortuary school.
I have everything from coffin plates, to hair wreaths, hair jewelry, mourning fans, mourning handkerchiefs.....just a lot of really neat things!
Tara;
ReplyDeleteThat sounds soooo cool! My best buddy and I had dreams of getting an old fashioned morgue gurney and using it as a coffee table. hee hee
At the funeral home where I was an apprentice, there is a GORGEOUS wood casket with a flat top and inlay design that would make a fabulous coffee table. Too bad it's over $20,000! DAMN!
ReplyDeleteTara;
ReplyDeleteMaybe it could "accidentally" become scratch and dent.