Pretty Girl.....

HOORAY !....I finally finished what seemed like a never ending task, i havent a clue how Alison does this all the time and i think she quite enjoys doing it !, i think im quite pleased with the result as the hair colour really suits her and the tangling problem was only because the hair was so long, now its been cut its smooth and swishy, i may have to do a bit more trimming as it was quite difficult to cut right, you need the doll to stand up rigid and straight while hair cutting but this girl needs to be restrung and was too floppy to do that, so i did the best i could, today though i have tightened her original elastic that really now is more like cord with a tiny bit of give to it than stretchy elastic, so i need to buy more elastic for her and maybe soak her hair again to make it lay a bit flatter.......and then i just need to make some clothes for her to model, Esmes back at school next tuesday so ill be able to get back into a routine.......

Reroot...........

i thought id share with you the progress on the "new boy" reroot, i did plan to have him as a brunette to be a twin for my reroot with the centre part and bunches but changed my mind when i saw this rather odd colour hair that i think suits really well, its different shades of blonde with a hint of red to it....but im thinking i should have stuck with the brunette as this isnt the best quality hair and seems to tangle really easily, im hoping its just because the hairs lots longer than i usually use and when its cut to the right length fingers crossed it will be ok, or if it does still tangle i may leave it extra long so she can wear it in 2 plaits. i seem to be getting lots of it done considering ive not sat for great lengths of time actually doing it, the holes in the head are spaced quite well, apart from a strip at the back but sometimes when rerooting a girl the whole of the fringe area looks like that and its hard because theres so many holes to fill the hair can end up looking too thick......anyway im hoping i dont run out of hair as im not sure there looks enough left, i may have to add a few strands of blonde to the back if that happens........i let you know how i get on !...........
ps the streaks in the hair dont look as red in real life and ive plaited sections as i go to keep it from tangling but you can see in the last photo how frizzed the ends are........

Photography......

I have taken so many photos today of the outfits i have for sale and these are the best of a bad bunch ! it was far too sunny in the sunshine and too dark in the shade....so these were taken some where inbetween, i may have another go after dinner when the suns gone down a bit and i may get better results, im sure though in the mean time you can see what the outfits are like...its just that the photos arent as nice as they could be !

SOLD....Pink Smock Outfit.....

SOLD....Pinafore Outfit....

SOLD....Autumn Smock Outfit.......

SOLD.....Smock Dress +Shorts Outfit....

SOLD....Frill Dress Outfit.....

SOLD...Dungaree Outfit....

New Boy........

First of all i must thank sheila for this lovely boy who arrived today from america in just under a week. I wasnt looking for a new model but while just browsing ebay (with no intention of buying anything !) i saw his lovely face and couldnt resist....hes got badly falling hair with lots of missing plugs, so im sure esme will like the job of pulling the rest out and then ill reroot him as a brunette girl, i must be mad as i really dont like rerooting, it takes about 35 hrs and is so boring and it gives me really awfull back ache but i do like the feeling when its done, i never know how its going to look untill its finished so fingers crossed he will look lovely, i much prefer to use boys to reroot as they seem to have less hair plugs than girls and so it takes less time.....ill take photos of his reroot in progress but im not sure when that will be as there seems to be no time to do anything at the moment !

The Last of Steves Dolls............

These im afraid are the last set of photos of steves collection, i hope youve all enjoyed seeing them..........
I also took a photo of his antique doll collection.....
Im hoping to add 3 outfits for sale that ive made by the end of the week, 2 finished, 1 to complete, im not going to have much sewing time during august due to the school holidays so im not sure how many outfits there will be but ill be back on track in september.....

More of Steves Collection......

Some of my friends dolls.......

These are a selection of my friend steves blonde girls, i wish id taken more photos as some could have been taken better (not up to shellys standard !) but theyre all beautiful and hes a very lucky man !...ill be adding more pictures over the next few days of some more of his collection....