Dress forms, covered

I bought two paper maiche dress forms at an estate sale store last year with the idea of altering them; lo and behold I was finally inspired to follow through with that project on a snow day last week!

As you can see, they are both tabletop sized; I wish I'd taken photos of the "before" but I was in too much of a hurry.  The one on the left began life with forest green wooden base and top, while the body was decoupaged in loud, Victorian-style colors.

I covered it with scraps of burlap that I then stamped with some fun motifs; here is the front (above),

and this is the back of the form.  I left it plain because it's a gift for my friend Rebecca, who is currently loving burlap-anything.  If she wants to, she can add trim or bling it up.  I was thinking she'd use it as a jewelry holder, so I didn't want to stick too much stuff on it.

This one started off all brown -- brown wood and brown paint over the paper maiche body.  So, I decoupaged it with layers and layers of vintage and antique paper scraps...including old sewing patterns.

This is the back side.  It's fun to play with the placement of words on projects like this (giggle!)

I'm keeping the paper covered one for myself; above, at the moment it's holding the angel wings I made with Suzanne a few months ago.

I may keep going with it -- blinging it up, adding a skirt, or what not.  It was so much fun to sit down and play with the forms on a snowy day!

Unfinished Projects: 0 -- Laurie: 1

Edit: linking up on March 11 with:

The Polka Dot Closet 2nd Annual Dress Form Ball