What a Doll

I was hunting around trying to find more vintage Child Life magazines like the ones Lisa gave me a while back (she always gives me the coolest stuff, doesn't she?), and while I was looking I came across this cute paper doll page for sale on etsy. Right away it reminded me of Emily from the Black Apple and her cute fashion blog, Some Girls Wander. The little girl's hat, the way she's standing, her knee highs, the way her eyes are looking away, etc. As much as I love clothes and playing dress up, I feel like such a lazy slug, or a shlumpadinka as Oprah calls it, most days when I'm getting dressed to make my usual round of errands--get quarters for laundry (yes, we have to pay to use the machine in our building, which is really annoying), go to the post office, go to the grocery store, yadda, yadda (insert more boring stuff here), and sometimes pop into the thrift store (twinkle in my eye just thinking about it; it's the highlight of the errand running). So I often think of Emily when I'm getting dressed and feel inspired to reach for something besides the Levis I wear just about every day now. Rarely do I actually do it, but I still think about it. I guess when I don't want to play dress up for real I can still have fun playing dress up with Emily's own collection of paper dolls. I didn't even realize she created her own until after I saw the Child Life page. I think dress up is fun wether it's the real thing or on paper.