There ain’t no party like a Marty party.
RTÉ sports stalwart Marty Morrissey is a national treasure, so you can imagine our envy when we learned that one Irish girl has a permanent fixture of the affable Clare man in her life.
Gemma Gibbons, aka Little Box of Gems, approached her Christmas gifting last year from a slightly different angle – creating homemade rag dolls as gifts for friends.
Speaking to Her.ie, Gemma explained: “Just for fun someone requested a look alike version of my brother and it took off from that.
“Then for the craic the Mayo boys were requested. And then more recently Marty.
“I work full time so I do them over a few evenings and it generally ends up taking the week but probably 10-12 hours collectively. The longest part to do is the face.”
When asked to choose between her crochet children, Gemma said: “I couldn’t pick one as my favourite but I don’t usually keep them for myself and I did keep the version of Animal I crocheted. I think it’s just because he is so bright and funky.
“I also was able to get Aidan O’Sheas one to him and he posted a beautiful picture on Instagram, I think he was impressed!”
“I am planning on doing a Ryan Tubridy Christmas jumper version for the Toy Show, but I am open to suggestions of what to do next!”
One of the entire Her.ie team, perhaps? And maybe a Robert Downey Jr/Tom Hardy/Idris Elba to keep us company. Just a suggestion mind.
If you want to see more of Gemma’s work, follow her on Twitter here.
Hat Tip: Huge thanks to Edel O’Malley for sending this one our way. If you’ve spotted something weird or wonderful you think should feature on Her.ie, get in touch! You’ll find us on Twitter here, on Facebook here or you can drop us a line to [email protected]!
