This is me….well, how about my alter ego! The wild red ‘fro, the crazy jewelry….zebra print…bright colors….mixed patterns….very white…flat chested (almost as flat as a board…*wink*)…why can’t my butt shift to my chest?….It’s covered in crazy thoughts and sayings people close to me have heard me say on occasion..(don’t look too closely I might cause your jaw to drop)…and my name tag from my very first job when I was 16 which was just a few years ago (Ahem….What?! Don’t believe that I’m only 21?). The clock face and the watch represent all of the time I spend in my creative world….tick-tock….thinking and creating my next “crafterpiece” (you heard that word first here at OJS -yep, insert a wink and giggle here…) The whole piece reminds me of my “loudness” at times (sometimes it’s just me fighting with the voices in my head and other times it’s me being a smart alec in person or it’s from an obnoxious pattern I’m wearing). What can I say, I like to have fun….I like to laugh…I like to make people smile and I can’t help but smile when I pass my wooden Kim alter ego sitting on top of our piano with a zebra table runner under her feet! 
I can’t help but think about what a groovy chick she is and how I want to be just like her!
I often wonder what the real world thinks of the flesh and blood Kim who sometimes (okay, often) feels a bit lost in the shuffle going on around her because she’s typically lost in her own happy place in her little creative world free from violence….pain….sorrow and sadness…If only the whole world could see things the way a creative soul does I think the “real” world would be a happier place to be…to raise a family…and to be who you want to be…free. 
I think everyone needs to have an alter ego living in their home who is a funky chick or cool dude. What about you?
How’d I make it?
1.The body is a chipboard form I picked up at Michaels a year or so ago. I have several so don’t be surprised to see some of my other split personalities surface (LOL…some days I wonder! heh-heh-heh!)
2.I painted the body with a flesh tone acrylic paint and then inked it with Tim Holz Distress Inks – a mixture of Antique Linen, Old Paper and Tea Dye.
3. The skirt and dress was made by tracing the body on a piece of paper and then flairing the bottom out to make a skirt. I then just kind of free handed the top of the dress and added the green reptile skin paper for the waist.
4.5. Once the dress was glued down with Mod Podge to the chipboard form, I went through all of my stickers and picked out the funny sayings that reminded me of ME! It’s definitely a great way to use up stickers!
6. Next, I applied Mod Podge to the entire doll going right over the dress and stickers. Once dry, I lightly sanded the edges.
7. Once the Mod Podge was dry, I glued the pink beaded fringe to the bottom of the skirt.
8. The white bow is a long piece of tulle that I doubled up and wrapped around the waist and tied in a bow. The pin in the center of the bow is a metal flower I had in my stash – not sure where it came from!
9. I then used a strand of Christmas bead garland and twisted it together with small pieces of silver wire to form a necklace and slipped it over the head.
10. The watch is a piece I found at a garage sale – I have a lot of these things that I’m always collecting for the “just right” project.
11. The name tag was from my very first job working at Micky D’s – isn’t that fun?
12. The clock face is from Heidi Swapp and the clock hands are from the Tim Holtz collection.
13. The hair is some funky and fun yarn that I cut into strips and tied bunches together at one end and then glued around the head forming hair. It’s definitely as crazy as my hair can be when worn down!
You might recognize this alter ego from my previous blog. I didn’t realize until now that “she” didn’t make it to my new blog so I thought I’d quickly upload her so she has a new home. I hope you like it and are inspired to do something as crazy fun as this was to make….
Happy Crafting, my friends!
xKim
