voodoo doll-along? (you can't deny the revenge festering in your hearts!!!)

[palerasta]

cmon now, lets all make weird little voodoo dolls and be merry little needle pokers together.  lets be like that crazy voodoo lady in dead man's chest and speak creole and and and and........just make a stupid pokey-doll, okay?

[bombgirl]

i'd be down with this
i wonder what i should make it of...maybe a love voodoo kit...or a bad boss one...or a evil gossiping bitch one that could be used on a variety of people?

[SlytherinPrefect]

I'll try to come up with something.  I've got plenty of vengeful spite to get out of my system!    Plus some free time over break. 

Incidentally, this'll be my first thing ever on Craftster after lurking for MONTHS.

[have2craft]

My first worry doll ended up looking rather voodoo-ish.   

[BloodyDeaf]

I WANNA MAKE ONE!!! i should do something like : The Humanity or The Man loll...i dont know if its going to be nice but i'll try hihi

[mamacrikt]

I've been making vodou dolls for friends and family for a few years and am excited to show off a few I keep for my home. I try to make them in a the traditional way(which isn't really what we normally think of as "voodoo dolls", but as figures representing the loas for worship and idolatry) They typically have two sides, or faces, one for protection and one for disruption. I stuff them with a mixture of cloves, moss(I cheat and get the dried stuff from craft stores) and a dash of cornmeal or cornstarch. I paint the veves on them with a mixture of cornstarch and gesso because the powder alone doesn't stick. Lastly, I wrap them in red ribbon or twine to bind them to whatever it is I need and use white pins for good, black for evil. Usually,they live in an altar containing candy, rum, and whatever trinkets that particular loa is fond of. I'm obviously way deeper into this than is really necessary- but I think that the research and religion of it is as fun as the hoo-doo side we normally see. I'm kind of a dork that way, though.
This is the protective side. The black one is Linto- who is the child spirit of the Guede family. The photo is one of my son. The white doll represents Papa Legba, who is the guardian of the crossroads and messenger from spirit to human. All Loa must gain permission from him in order to manifest.

The flip side. You can see Lindo's veve really well in this photo. Don't these guys look pissed?

[bloody mary]

i love this!!!  i'm in! 

and i'll do my best not to make it "my husbands daughters mother" shaped.  no promises tho!

[bloody mary]

ok.  so when i get a crafty bug, i get a crafty bug.  here is voodoo v.1

the winter voodoo doll.

[jezebel7383]

oooo, I know somebody who needs to be made into a doll. Thanks for starting this!

[BloodyDeaf]

ok i'll do mine with felt but i don't know what to use to stuff it...i would like something i have home but i really don't know what....someone? help? 

EDIT : Actually...I find it so interresting they way mamacrikt did it...the traditionnal way...i'd like to know exactlly how you did it...(like a tute or somewhat) ...because i don't understand all you said...(i'm french hehe  )