Amy project: Barbie plans

[supercheesegirl]

Okay, so Amy inadvertently gave me an awesome idea for a present for her. She was talking about how disturbed she was to see a Fairy-Tale Wedding Barbie at TJ Maxx or something, and I thought, Holy crap Amy needs that. And then I thought, how much better would it be if I carefully removed Barbie from the box, customized her like whoa, and then put her back in so that she would now be Dream Wedding Amy Barbie. And then I thought I could also do Dream Wedding Groom Tom, and how freakin' cute would this be.

The problem is that Dream Wedding Groom Tom would be significantly easier to do. Find a Barbie-sized white apron, draw some lederhosen on it, put it on him over his tux, and put him back in the box with a turkey and one of my old Jem doll's sparkly guitars, and there you go. But Dream Wedding Amy Barbie is a lot harder! I was thinking I could use that painting that they got for free and take the digital pic of it from Amy's lj, print it out, do a tiny little frame job on it, and put that in the box. I could also attempt to modify Barbie's engagement ring, but that thing is tiny so I don't know if I could manage. I could also add some color to Barbie's dress with a marker.

So if you were designing Dream Wedding Amy Barbie, what would you include??

::edit:: The more I think about this, the more complicated it gets. Like, I'll need to make a more appropriately Amyish bouquet for the doll, and find an appropriately fat and fuzzy Barbie-sized grey cat. I also thought I might include a small gauzy bag of white Barbie shoes, with a little sign on them that says "these came out of my butt!" or something. (Because Amy's always saying she doesn't have to poop dyeable shoes to be a bride--didn't want to scare all y'all out there who don't actually know her.) And modifying Barbie's dress, perhaps adding lacy sleeves or something, would have to be done after Amy buys her own dress, so that they match. I really do have a lot of ideas, I'm excited about this. But I think I will have to push it back to be a bridal shower gift, rather than a Christmas gift.

Comments

[piscosubito.livejournal.com]

well, if it was 'dream wedding amy', shouldn't she not be wearing a white dress? I'm sure she will end up with a white(ish) dress, but I also recall her saying she would have preferred to wear black or something else not white.

Maybe a tiny little Bride magazine ripped to shreds or with a big red X over its cover..... or a stick to beat all the overbearing wedding vendors away.

And a little plate of cheese.

[piscosubito.livejournal.com]

also- I LOVE the idea of the tiny painting! WAY cool!

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

She and I did some magazine flipping a few months ago, and she seemed rather taken by the white dresses that had trim in a bright color. There's one in particular I'm thinking of that had roses or something along the bodice, a swath of color in the skirt, and roses all along the train. And it was pictured in a red, but you could choose the color you wanted. I think she was considering black, so as to match the bridesmaids. Anyway, that's why I mentioned coloring on Barbie's dress with markers. But we'll have to see what Amy actually buys. :)

I like the magazine idea. I could put it in her little lime-green Barbie tote bag!

[birdmaddgirl.livejournal.com]

i know she's planning to have a shawl, which should be easier to do than lacy sleeves - just a strip of fabric. i think this is an adorable idea. maybe you could get barbie a lime green tote bag?

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Okay, cool, last time I looked at magazines with her she was thinking of something sleevy. Barbie, of course, wears strapless. I was thinking it wouldn't be too hard to make little sleeves with some lace and a few stitches, but a shawl would be way easier, of course. We'll have to see what she ends up buying. Because I still can't imagine her buying something strapless, even with a shawl. :)

AND I LOVE THE TOTE BAG. Awesome! Even if I don't find an Amy-green one, I'm familiar enough with her bag collection to find a close enough Barbie version. Like maybe even that brown 60s-looking one? Amy-green would be best, of course. And I could fill it with Amy-appropriate gear, like the magazine Suzie mentioned!

Oh, maybe I could find her a little Starbucks cup! Barbie Amy would love that!

[queende.livejournal.com]

love the idea of the tiny painting! and the cat is a must!

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Heck yeah he is! And I have already snagged the image Amy posted of the painting, cropped it and lightened it, and ordered a wallet-sized print from snapfish. The quality is pretty low, though, so I don't know how it'll look. I don't think the image quality is going to matter too too much, though, as long as Barbie Amy knows what it is. I may just take the little picture to a professional frame guy to get it mounted/matted rather than trying to make a little frame myself, too. If I was a professional frame guy, I'd be totally amused.