{"id":1791,"date":"2011-11-16T22:36:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T03:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2011-11-16T23:06:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T04:06:54","slug":"paper-dolls-pretty-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/paper-dolls-pretty-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"paper dolls &#038; pretty windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have to say part of the inspiration for our holiday windows this year came from an art exhibition Tessa was invited to model for this past September.\u00a0 The artist behind Paper Dolls is Matthew Richmond of Ferndale &amp; he transforms yesterday&#8217;s news into amazing dresses of all kinds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1792\" title=\"paper dolls exhibit\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"2162\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas111.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas111-83x300.jpg 83w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas111-284x1024.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I employed the whole fam to help me get all the goods ready to dress the windows ~<em>in case you ever wondered what we do for fun on a Thursday night \u00a0<\/em>(&#8230;too bad Gus doesn&#8217;t have opposable thumbs otherwise he&#8217;d also be making oodles of garlands)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1794\" title=\"christmas decorations\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1886\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas113.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas113-95x300.jpg 95w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that we had all our decorations made, I asked Tessa to create her own &#8216;paper doll&#8217; dress with our tissue &amp; wrapping paper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas114.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1795\" title=\"holiday windows\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas114.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"2176\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas114.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas114-282x1024.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made one too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1796\" title=\"christmas store windows\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas115.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas115-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And after we squeezed everybody in&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1793\" title=\"Christmas Display Window\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas112.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/xmas112-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ta-dah!\u00a0 Two gals that really know how to make Christmas merry &amp; 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