As a baby, I used to construct worlds for my Barbies. I’d spend countless hours with my sister, Religion, crafting intricate realms, stitching tiny clothes from vibrant materials, and fashioning furnishings from corks, toothpicks, and bottle caps! Early experiences like these launched me to the magic of design and impressed me to develop into a designer and artist. So you’ll be able to think about how excited I used to be when @BarbieStyle reached out about what seemed like a dream collab: Jungalow designing a room in Barbie’s dreamhouse !!!
Picture courtesy of the wonderful Mattel group
We had our first name with the Mattel group (the kindest, most artistic bunch!) on a Friday and the next Monday we have been at their places of work perusing their classic Barbie furnishings archives, looking for our dreamhouse! I even received to convey Ida! It was unimaginable. The artistry and a spotlight to element that goes into constructing (or in some circumstances sourcing) all issues Barbie is absolutely inspiring.
We received to pick totally different doll heads, physique sorts, and CLOTHES – oh the garments!
So very cool to see all of the Barbie doll heads! Their hair and make up is at all times on level!
How enjoyable is that this wardrobe choice?! We couldn’t cease oohing and awwing after we have been making our selects. Too enjoyable!
Aimee from group Jungalow (left) discovered some Barbie pants we want in our dimension! And Jungalow’s very personal Piper (proper) having enjoyable taking part in Barbie’s stylist for a day!
After that, we headed again to the Jungalow studio and I began concepting. I gathered inspiration photos and rendered a room that I may see Barbie and her associates having a celebration in. The wonderful Mattel group introduced my idea to life (the photograph on the very high of this weblog publish is NOT photoshopped! It was truly constructed to Barbie scale–the material and textiles have been truly made with our prints, they usually even created teeny tiny variations of my books! ahhh!) and now I simply need to chill with Barbie there all day lengthy!
My hope was to create an area the place Barbie may embrace her individuality and be surrounded by a kaleidoscope of textures, hues, and plants. We recovered the classic furnishings, and upcycled and reinvented them, simply as Religion and I did as youngsters. However, this dreamhouse isn’t only a play area; it’s an invite for Barbie, her associates, and for all of us to nurture our personal creativity, rejoice our personal uniqueness, and revel within the magic and the enjoyable of unbridled self-expression.
Come on in, let’s play, create, and rejoice our interior wild youngster on this jungalicious Barbie dreamhouse!
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