One of my all time favorite “I Love Lucy” TV episodes is “Lucy Does a TV Commercial.” This is where she has to sell the audience a bottle of Vitameatavegamin. She goes on and on with her speech and ends up giving herself several spoonfuls of this elixir that is supposed to get you to good health.
I wanted to recreate Lucy’s Vitameatavegamin outfit. For inspiration I watched the episode on my computer. I used my snipping tool and clipped several paused frames of Lucy’s dress. Then I had to hunt down just the right fabric. I found the perfect sized houndstooth fabric on an Etsy search. It is a Michael Miller fabric in a very tiny houndstooth.
Once I had the fabric and pictures, I sent them to my friend, Carol, who owns Etsy shop, SewSewCarol: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SewSewCarol. Carol once again worked her magic and created an exact replica of this dress. You can contact Carol via message at her Etsy shop for a custom order.
Carol also created this incredible hat to match! The details are incredible. And of course Lucy had to have some high heels. These heeled doll shoes were purchased here: http://www.shopatoliviasdollcloset.com/Pairs-Heels-American-Dolls-White/dp/B005HLQ9NO.
This doll just had to have a Vitameatavegamin bottle of her own! I created an image in Microsoft Word, snipped it to create a .jpg and then edited it in picmonkey.com. I have included a .jpg for your use. DO NOT duplicate this label for sale. This is for your only personal use only.
I found the perfect doll and child/adult sized PLASTIC bottles at https://www.ebottles.com/showbottles-bottle-1470-kw-BOSTON_ROUND_AMBER___PET.htm. I purchased a 2 oz bottle for the doll and an 8 oz bottle for my daughter. This image was then cut and pasted onto a mailing label, sized to desired size, and printed. The label was then trimmed down and attached to the bottle.
I had initially purchased a small antique medicine bottle from a local antique store. However, this bottle was very old. When the resin hardens it swells a bit and the pressure cracked the glass. That was when I decided an amber plastic bottle was the way to go. No need to worry about filling it with resin. I did use resin to fill the spoon and glass.
My daughters were thrilled how everything turned out!
Oh poor Lucy! This commercial did not turn out like she hoped!
Here are a few pictures of the 18 inch doll with the Lucy Barbie.
I created a vintage photo of Lucy in her iconic pearls and mink!
Here is a picture of my daughter on Trick-or-Treat night. We filled her Vitameatavegamin bottle with root beer! I was a nervous wreck with her carrying around a glass bottle. So glad I found a plastic one.
Here is the link to my Lucy Sales Resistance post: http://dolldiaries.com/i-love-lucy-sales-resistance-doll-and-vacuum/.
Enjoy!
Very cute!
OMG, you did it again! So cute, and great for any Lucy fan.
Brandy, This is the most cutest, awesomest doll post ever!!! That specific episode on I Love Lucy is mine and my family’s favorite!!!
Great job!
Luv4dolls
oops spelled awesome wrong! most awesome*
lol 😀
So cute! I love Lucy’s high heels!
How fabulous is this!
Absolutely fun! If you are handy at sewing, you can make your own doll mannequin. I went to a thrift store one day and bought a really trashed Battat doll. I also got one of those wooden mug stands. Took it all home and removed the legs, arms and head off the doll body and opened up the back halfway down the body. I put patches over the leg holes and hand-sewed them…the fabric of the doll body was already turned, so that was easy. I then took off all the mug pegs of the mug tree (they unscrewed). I then worked the body down the pole, cut slits into the arm patches, put two of the wooden pegs back onto the tree through the arm holes slits, then stuffed the body to the right measurements. I left the neck open so I could add or remove stuffing. Voila! Doll mannequin!
I love your post!!!! I like vintage pictures!!!! I like the dress your daughter is wearing!!! How you made it!?
This is so cute! I recently saw this episode on TV so when I saw your post I began chuckling. You did a fantastic job.
Wow!
That outfit and the vitameatavegamin bottle is just PERFECT! I loved this post, especially since I love that episode and I Love Lucy in general!:D
-Emma-
This is amazing!!! 🙂
This is adorable. Brandy, your vision and skilled connections…great job at recreating a classic.
Can you do the chocolate conveyor belt episode too?