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From: =?Windows-1252?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:32:07 -0400
Subject: [Puptcrit] Shopping with puppets


I just came back from the store, looking for clothes for my newest puppets, a boy and a girl (latex heads, fabric and foam for the rest).

It's usually quite fun to see people's reaction. a lot of smiles, furtive looks, and sometimes the odd clerk demanding to know what this joke is about, what kind of sycko brings "dolls" to the store...  but lately, it's even more fun, as I also get better service from the clerks and...the customers!

As soon as I took one puppet out of the bag, I had observers, and started a conversation with two ladies. They obviously knew a lot better than I about color matching, and they started suggesting some clothes. They helped me find two of 4 pieces, and helped me confirm that the whole set, for each puppet, was indeed matching.
Instead of hours, it just took about 30 minutes to find two shirts, two overalls, and a skirt.

Now I just need to adjust the clothes to better fit the puppets, although they already fit surprisingly well, considering these two puppets don't have normal human proportions.

Sorry, I can't post pics right now, but when the customers' website is on, I'll let you know.
3 puppets done, 5 to go...
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