Personal Portraits: Paper Dolls

I love the idea of non-traditional portraits, and I have a fun collection of images of Derek and I.

Most recently I commissioned these personalized paper dolls by jordan grace owens:



And ... maybe I got a little carried away and commissioned one for everybody in my family for Christmas too. It is pretty uncanny how much each of the dolls looks like the real life people they were modeled after.

My parents (my dad really does love polo shirts with rocket emblems on them):


Dave, Tatum and the weiner dogs (including a very accurate 3-legged Owen):


Jake and Kathryn (who were pretty much wearing these exact outfits when they opened the dolls):


And of course, Derek and I, as perfectly little segmented selves.



I think these make great personalized gifts (Valentines Day, anyone?)

re: Creative wrapping

This weekend our friend Clay turned another year older. Derek found the perfect gift for him while thrifting in Ohio:


I told Derek that I would wrap the gift, and that he was in charge of the card. I got a little nervous when he immediately started rummaging around in the trash, but there was no need to be worried - he was just salvaging an old Bi-Rite ice cream bag to make a tank top card for our gift (our message was written inside the tank). I thought the tank top really worked well thematically with the 80s feel of the rest of gift.



Incidentally, this is also how I found out that Derek has spent his entire life thinking that "tank tops" were actually spelled "tang tops."