Two Goodwill Our Generation Doll Makeovers!!

Doll Friends!

I can't help myself... 

Seriously...

When I see dolls in forlorn shape at the Goodwill, I can't seem to leave them there...

Case in point? These two well-loved Our Generation Dolls.

(I also got the cradle on same day so I put it in the photo)

They were a mess! Very much in need of a bath!

Then this poor thing was all hunched over and her legs were uneven... 

Trying to show you what I mean about her being in rough shape.

They were both $3.99 which isn't as cheap as I've found other dolls second hand but I am sure it's because they both had clothes on...? Whichever, I had the cash so I went with it. 

Here they are after my cleaning up their bodies with some good old soap and water... 

That hair! Oy!

I didn't even try to save it. 

Instead they got new wigs.

I think they look fabulous!

Here is some stuff I left behind:

This is same Santa type that I bought the other day! How funny! He's missing his hands?!

I better run!

XXOO
Heather

Recent Customized My Life As Doll; Meet Miss Evelyn!!

Greetings And Salutations Doll Friends!!

As you may recall I recently went a bit bonkers buying wigs wigs wigs when I found what I think are authentic American Girl Doll wigs on eBay. One of those wigs was labeled "American Girl Dark Brown Natural Wig"... And it was the sweet curly wig you see here on a My Life As Doll doll I have decided to name Evelyn. I didn't really buy the wig with any particular doll in mind, I just thought it was a cute fun style and knew the right doll would come along. I can't really recall the origins of this MLA Doll? Isn't that pathetic?! I used to be so on top of all the details? But in any case upon slipping this wig on this doll I knew it'd be the one that will get glued on.

                 What do you think? Isn't she adorable? She makes me think of that nursery rhyme: 

There was a little girl with a little curl

right in the middle of her forhead

and when she was good she was very very good

and when she was bad she was horrid!

At least I think that's how it goes...  

*googles*

Well, I was spot on but little did I know it is actually a poem. The part I knew was just the first stanza! The poem, written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is a bit dark: 

THERE was a little girl,
And she had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good
She was very, very good,	5
And when she was bad she was horrid.
One day she went upstairs,
When her parents, unawares,
In the kitchen were occupied with meals,
And she stood upon her head	10
In her little trundle-bed,
And then began hooraying with her heels.
Her mother heard the noise,
And she thought it was the boys
A-playing at a combat in the attic;	15
But when she climbed the stair,
And found Jemima there,
She took and she did spank her most emphatic.

Hmmm... Who knew? 

I think she's fabulous! Customizing dolls, even with just a change of the wig, is so much fun!

Gotta run!

XXOO
Heather

Hematite New Hairstyle and a New Name At Vonda's Beauty Salon!

Hi Doll Friends!!

I've had a customized doll whom I named Hematite to be a cousin to Prism and Pastel... Well, I was never really happy with two things about her. The first thing was her wig... It was exceptionally long, so much so that the doll could barely stand up without falling over from her hair! It was gorgeous colors but just too long. I know "So cut it Heather! Duh!" but I was always too afraid I'd totally mess it up. 

So, a couple of months ago I put her in a box in the basement of dolls I am trying to decide if I want to keep or not. (I know, so mean! Hahaha) My thinking is that if they stay in the box for a few months and I really don't miss them then it's probably time for them to find a home with some person who'd enjoy them more. You know what I mean? Currently my Famosa Nancy's are all in the box, for instance, because while I think they are beautiful, they are a bit more like 'teenager' dolls in body type but shorter than my 18inch dolls who are supposed to be younger girls. I am thinking they will be re-homed soon enough because they've been down there months! I digress...

The second thing I didn't like about her was her name... I was trying to come up with a sort of synonym name for 'rainbow or color related' like I had with Prism and then Pastel. Hematite is a rock that, when you look at it in the light, has rainbow hues. So I kind of liked it and went with it but... Blah...  

So, I recently opened the box looking for another doll outfit (I keep them all clothed, I'm not a total barbarian) and low and behold there was Hematite, as was... I thought to myself "Well, it's time to decide what to do with this doll..." 

I have, for quite some time wanted to do a little 'movie' or 'sequence-photo-video' or whatever you'd call my little creations on YouTube of a hair salon so I could showcase my little My Life As Doll backdrop for it and use my little salon chair etc. I'd decided that Vonda, my MeiMei Doll from Amazon would be the owner of the shop. My real friend Vonda was a hairstylist when she was  younger. She went on to be an administrator of all manner of different offices, one of which I met her in when I worked there. So I decided it'd be fun to have her be 'early 20's Vonda' and be a stylist in my doll salon. Hahaha. I am such a dork. But that's why Vonda got the shop! She may be a co-owner/operator with Susannah Doll... We shall see... I bought a second Salon Chair a while ago in thoughts of making that happen. LOL So many blog posts in my mind, so little time!

So anyway... As I pull Hematite-as-was out of the box I think "Well, why not have her be part of the little show? I could have Vonda Doll cut her hair! What do I have to lose? I don't like her hair the way it is and worse to worse, I mess it up and... teehee... donate her in hopes someone else who actually cuts hair knows how to fix it." 

So... That is what I did. 

I've had my hair cut many many times, obviously, so I kind of know the 'mechanics' of how they go about cutting the hair and I tried to duplicate it the best I could. 

Even with the little clips! Hahaha!

Here is the first few cuts!

I just tried to keep it somewhat strait across the bottom... 

And it was pretty funny cos, here I was, at this point, thinking "Hmmm... It actually could be a lot worse!!" as she was sitting in the chair.

Yeah... It looked pretty good!

Until I turned her around after taking her out of the chair! Hahaha! You'll see that in a few photos... 

But I was able to finish my scene by not showing the back of her hair really... 

*giggles*

The show must go on!

She does look rather smart, I thought. From the front... 

So if you want to see the little movie you can find it here:

Vonda's Beauty Shop

But... the back... Um.... Well... I guess she wasn't sitting all that strait in the chair!

Bwahahahaha. What to do at this point but laugh. However, in the error I kind of saw a rather neat looking bob-look if I could pull off cutting the right hair off from the mess that it was? So...

Here is the end result... Not too horrid... In fact, I rather like it. I don't think I could've pulled the layered bobbed look off if I'd have gone about it intentionally if you paid me cash money but... It was an ok working accident, eh? Be kind! I am not a hair stylist by any means and this is really my first haircut that I can recall... Haha!

So, I plan to keep her because I think she's lovely now! And I asked my husband if he could think of a rainbow-color related name and he came up with a perfect one, I think...

Meet Iridescent!