Belated Freebie Friday - The Eyes Have It

I've committed a sin!  I got to late Saturday evening and thought, "It's Saturday and I forgot to do a Freebie Friday, ahhhhhh!".  I've let you all down. Mea culpa, mea culpa.  But I do have a good excuse, it was my 8th anniversary of my first date with my hubby.  Last year we totally forgot, and ended up remembering in the queue at Tesco's.  It wasn't very romantic, so this year we decided to go out for dinner.  As we walked down some marble steps in the rain, approaching the restaurant, Himself lost his footing and almost lost it, but I grabbed hold of him and he regained his balance after sliding down a couple of steps.  A bloke sitting at the bottom of the staircase looked at me and said, "Lady, I don't know what's so special about you, but you've sure swept him off his feet."  I'm not quite sure what I did to deserve my fabulous Hubby, but I sure am lucky.

So here is a round up of tutorials on how to make your own eyes for cloth dolls or even for polymer clay dolls.  Glass eyes can be expensive so these are some great alternatives:

Here is one method using polymer clay or air-dry clay from Marika's dolls.

Noni Cely has a great tutorial on making polymer clay eyes here.

Here's another polymer clay version of making eyes for dolls.

Rivkah Rosenfeld shares some eye-making tips with some good ideas on painting here.

And for a change of pace and look, try this tutorial on making cloth eye balls, including a peak at how they are set in the head.

Better late than never, right?

Comments

[Kai]

Colleen, I always appreciate the work you go to putting together these Freebie Friday posts for us! THANK YOU! I get LOTS of great tips, learn a BUNCH, and don't have to do ANYTHING except click onto the links you provide. I'm GLAD you & your hubby celebrated! WELL DESERVED! And again, thank you for all the Freebies (Fridays or otherwise!)You're a DOLL!

[Kitty Babcock]

Wow! Isn't it amazing how creative all these people can be. Different views and styles for creating that ever so important, "window to the soul" for dolls. Very cool.