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I like the ball jointed dolls and they are so expensive...but there is a cheaper alternative, but you have to put up with the ugly faces!  ugh.

 this is how she comes... bleeech!

 Now a prim and proper miss

See ya!!!!

SARA

Sara has come to me from Iowa. Her mommy wants her to be more realistic. Sara is made by Playmates toy co. in 1986. The same company today does the Disney Princess's and Hearts 4 Hearts.
Well she arrived today.

 she is the size of a 6 month old as far as clothes and very big feet.

 Her mommy wants her to have more hair that she can comb and to be dressed up pretty.

 so today she got her hair cut, then I cleaned the face of dirt and marks

 She got her lips colored and given the wet look, eye brows added and blush...BUT she has one eye not looking exactly right....

took about an hour of minute pressure to try and get the eye straight. It will have to do as this doll could be too easily broken in the eye sockets and they are agony to fix. Ask me how I know...lol

Now to wait on her wig and the armature that will go into her body.

 Clear coat to protect her color

earrings and wig

Her Armature arrived today. So Now Sarah is back together. did a little sculpting as her body is so soft so she has a tush and a belly button... tomorrow if the Lord wills, I will start her clothes.
I got a late start today and worked on her clothes
got her some socks at the store and made the bloomers

SARA  is ready to go home... ducky gets to go too!

Twilla ( pronounced TWILL A)

I got the blank off Evil Bay.  She is only 10" tall and ball jointed or multi jointed. My first excursion into something like this.  I may do some changes on her face. I haven't glued the wig down because I might change it..I think she would look cute as a red head...

she is currently wearing a dress I made for Anne Estelle and 10" by Robert Tonner.  She needs her own outfit.

The Real Anne Estelle

Before Robert Tonner bought the Anne Estelle character, she looked a bit different.  She was 14" tall and a hollow plastic with painted eyes...she fashioned by Mary Englebright after a book character she created.

 I brightened her paint and gave her real lashes.

She is all original with a few tweaks from me. 

This is the Robert Tonner version in the 10" size. 

Syndee doll

I gave this doll to my youngest daughter in 1998.  You bought them in bags and then stuffed and dressed them yourself.  I couldn't find a brunette back then to go with her blue eyes so had to settle for a blonde. After my daughter outgrew her, she gave the doll back to me...time for some updating.

 the blonde hair had to go... she was pale...

 Just not that cute to me...

 she got scalped and then some face paint.

Now dressed and ready to face her dolly friends.

Magic Attic Doll

 I have a great sister who looks out for dolls. She never knows what she has when she finds them. I really lucked out when she brought in two dolls one evening. She had gone to a thrift store and got me a Magic Attic and a Bitty Baby as part of a bag sale...WAY TO GO SIS!!!!
Tonight for a relaxer I tackled the Magic Attic. She had a loose arm but I was not very successful in making it tighter but I don't look for it to fall off any time soon...when it does I will do both arms.
When sis brought her to me she was nekked.

 On a doll list I belong to, one of the ladies there gave me an original outfit for this particular MA doll... So for months she sat like that...

 till tonight when I decided to play

 scrubbed her up and took off her wig. It was kind of dry and I thought of doing the boiling water dip and might try that yet, but decided to go whole hog and change her hair.  I used sharpie markers to outline the eyes and accent her lips...then some regular make up blush...I used a clear sealer where I used the Sharpie

 Played around with a couple wigs and really liked how that set her off...then glued it on and redressed her...I love her even more.

Dianna Effner Dolls

      The doll that I find to be the most adorable out there is made by Dianna Effner and her associates. It is called Little Darling and is only 13" tall. Not a fashion doll but a little girl.  I wanted one so bad. They have a long waiting list and a backlog as they are handpainted. I wrote to the company and asked about other options. I was offered a convention model for far less then the hand paint. I jumped at it and that is how I came to have "Mary Jo".

Well was I satisfied?  Nope.  Factory paints don't have the depth and character of the hand painted ones... so I painted mine.

Then I played dress up... and take pictures