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PAPER DOLL STUDIO MAGAZINE

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Issue 101, 2012
Pink

It's time to think pink in this perfectly pleasing issue of Paper Doll Studio! This is another great big issue with 56 pages of pink inspired paper dolls and fun dress-a-doll outfits. Articles include Brenda's tips on painting pink, Evie Fullingim's look at fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, and David Wolfe celebrates the pink-themed film, "Funny Face." Our featured artists, Eileen Rudisill Miller, created a pretty paper doll for the covers and an extra page of clothes inside.

Cover art by Eileen Rudisill Miller

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Issue 100, 2011
Flora and Fauna

This is perhaps the most colorful, joyful issue ever with page after page of nature inspired paper dolls based on our theme, Flora and Fauna. Plus: featured artist Darlene Jones, 2011 Philadelphia convention report by Charlotte Whatley, artist tips by Marjorie Sarnat, and David Wolfe talks about nature and high fashion. A truly delightful issue with more than 45 paper dolls by 33 artists of today!

Cover art by Darlene Jones

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  Paper Doll Studio 1950s

Issue 99, 2011
Fads & Fashions of the '50s

From the roller skating carhop to the pearl wearing prepster, our artists have captured a multitude of fads and fashions of the ‘50s in one of our biggest issues ever with 56 pages in FULL COLOR! With more than 40 paper dolls by 31 artists, this issue is an amazing value at just $8! Also included are fun articles on the 1950s and a gorgeous dress-a-doll with nearly 60 outfits illustrated by OPDAG members. Also in this issue, David Wolfe puts the spotlight on sex symbols of the ‘50s, Evie Fullingim tells us about the successful collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and Edith Head, and Charlotte Whatley spins a tale about the hula hoop. The icing on the cake is our own fashion icon, Jim Howard, whose career in fashion illustration started in the 1950s, working for the prestigious department store, Neiman Marcus.

Cover art by Jim Howard

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Fall/Winter 2010 Issue 98
Ancient Civilizations

This could be our best issue ever! Our OPDAG members really stepped up to the plate for this issue, providing a multitude of well-researched paper dolls reflecting ancient civilizations as far back as 3300 BC. We are taken back through time and around the globe with costumes from Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, China, Chili, Peru, Ireland, through Biblical times and even caveman days. David Wolfe shows us Hollywood's take on Ancient Civilizations, and Evie Fullingim tells us about Dyes and Pigments of Ancient Lands. Also, top paper doll artist Marilyn Henry offers tips on working with colored pencil. Our featured artist, Janell Simoni Timmons, tells us about very early civilizations to go with her cover art.

Cover art by Jim Howard

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 Paper Doll Studio Westward Ho!

Summer 2010 Issue 97
Westward Ho!

The paper dolls go west in this fantastic issue of rugged frontiersmen, cowboys and cowgirls, rodeo clowns, saloon girls and a myriad of other colorful characters all in their western wear.

Our featured artists is Pat A. Hicks Ruiz who created our cowgirl cover, who is irresistible to a pair of onlooking cowboys. We also have reports of this summer's Kansas City convention and news about next year's event in Philadelphia; tab tips from Judy M Johnson; a review of an L.A. art gallery paper doll exhibit; David Wolfe's celebrity star shoot-out between Annie Oakley and Calamity Jane, plus more fabulous Artist Gallery paper dolls!

Cover art by Pat A. Hicks Ruiz

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 Paper Doll Studio All Art Issue

Spring/2010 Issue 96
All Color, All Paper Doll Issue!

Our super fabulous All Paper Doll, All Color issue is a true collector's item featuring 55 paper dolls by more than 40 artists of today! Paper doll subjects include comics, children, babies, fashion models, red carpet gowns, fairies and fantasy, historic fashions, cultural costumes, pin-up girls, pulp fiction, showgirls, historic figures, plus movie star paper dolls of Ann Miller, Bette Davis, Jane Wyman, Carol Lombard, and Audrey Hepburn.

Cover art by Charlotte Whatley.

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 Paper Doll Studio Classic Novels

Summer 2009 Issue 94
Classic Novels

A wonderful selection of paper dolls inspired by a variety of classic novels such as Pride and Prejudice, The Wizard of Oz, James Michener's Hawaii, Wuthering Heights and many more. Plus several famous authors are represented as paper dolls such as Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison and Agatha Christie.

Our featured artist, Carol Peters, created the cute cover art based on The Three Musketeers, but with a twist. Other article include Costuming the Classics by David Wolfe, The Bronte Sisters by Tom Tierney, and how-to by Brenda Sneathen Mattox on Draping the Figure.

Cover art by Carol Peters.

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 Paper Doll Studio India

Spring 2009 Issue 93
India

The patterns, designs and styles of both traditional and contemporary India are shown in a variety of paper dolls by members. For our cover, freatured artist, Marjorie Sarnat, created an adorable little girl who wears modern clothes inspired by traditional designs. David Wolfe tells us about Princess Karam of Kapurthala, the famous maharanee who in the 1930s inspired the Schiaparelli collection based on the sari. There's also a how-to on how to wear a sari, plus Johana Gast Anderton gives us some tips from the drawing board.

Cover art by Marjorie Sarnat.

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