Some worries just keep circling, humming around in your head when you’re trying to rest. Etta knows those ones. She’s the Worry Hummer, here to hum those thoughts down softer until they’re easier to set aside. Her little crow keeps watch at her shoulder, and the Dream charm hangs close. Her apple head bears a protective magical symbol for a face
Etta began as a fresh apple, carved by hand and slowly dried. Her apple head spends about 30 hours or more in the dehydrator, where it shrinks and takes on its own weathered character. Then I build her broomcorn body, add her details, and sew a dress tailored just for her. Her moon-and-stars outfit is hand-sewn, with a teal celestial panel and sterling silver accents among her beads and charms.
Apple-head dolls are a humble North American folk craft, often traced to Indigenous makers of the Northeast and later carried on by Appalachian makers. Etta is one of my original Worry Women of Broom Hollow, made with that old handmade tradition in mind
Some worries just keep circling, humming around in your head when you’re trying to rest. Etta knows those ones. She’s the Worry Hummer, here to hum those thoughts down softer until they’re easier to set aside. Her little crow keeps watch at her shoulder, and the Dream charm hangs close. Her apple head bears a protective magical symbol for a face
Etta began as a fresh apple, carved by hand and slowly dried. Her apple head spends about 30 hours or more in the dehydrator, where it shrinks and takes on its own weathered character. Then I build her broomcorn body, add her details, and sew a dress tailored just for her. Her moon-and-stars outfit is hand-sewn, with a teal celestial panel and sterling silver accents among her beads and charms.
Apple-head dolls are a humble North American folk craft, often traced to Indigenous makers of the Northeast and later carried on by Appalachian makers. Etta is one of my original Worry Women of Broom Hollow, made with that old handmade tradition in mind
