Hi Doll Friends!
I went to a concert last weekend and since I was in the large city it was located in, I naturally went to check out a local thrift store! I was kind of looking for a doll to use to do a
doll body transplant. So... I found several dolls at that store. On the other hand, I wanted to limit myself to not buying more than two cos I'm
trying to keep my doll collection from
getting me on the Hoarders show being too much for my
doll space.
This is one of the two I bought. I honestly have decided I don't think I'll be able to make myself use her for a body transplant afterall... I picked her because her body was in perfect shape because she'd literally never had her 'meet outfit' removed. I can tell because it was still stitched on to her body.
Not to mention she was $2.99!
See, there is the stitch that was holding on her original meet outfit...
She had a mark on her nose and a mark on the top of her lip and her hair was a total mess... So at the store I was thinking I'd be ok with using her as a body transplant doll.
However, after getting her home and looking her over... I'm thinking I won't be able to make myself use her as a body donor. She's just so pretty. I cleaned up her hair... However, I have a
doll that's nearly identical in my collection (
*warning*, that post is
pretty dark cos it was from one of the darkest times in my life but that's when I got that doll so I posted the link) so I'm thinking that, instead of her being a body donor, she will instead be getting a wig in a different color to make her a 'custom' doll. I haven't made any custom dolls with this face sculpt yet and since she was so inexpensive and I'd bought her to be a body donor, I figure a good compromise would be to make her into a customized doll. I haven't gotten the mark off her nose and lip yet but I only tried with a baby wipe (thinking her head was coming off at first I didn't put a whole lot of effort in). So I think I'll work on her with a magic-eraser and see if I can get the marks off.
Isn't she so pretty? I love her freckles.
At the same thrift store I saw this 18inch doll I'd never seen before. She had 'mold spots' on her face (or I think that is what they are!) and so I didn't pick her up because I haven't found a satisfactory way to remove spots like that. I don't want to bring a doll that has 'mold' on her into my doll room... Don't want that to spread for sure.
EDIT: Found her! She's a Ameritus Girl Doll apparently. Or as best as I can tell that is the brand.
It's a shame really because she is pretty cute.
Here is the mark on the back of her neck... I plan to try and research her when I get some spare time... Wait, I'll be back with that in 2034 or something if that is the case...
How about when I create some spare time? You know what I mean?
She had a soft body like American Girl and Our Generation Dolls.
At the same thrift I saw these two cute home made dolls... I used to get
fabric panel ready to sew dolls or stuffed animals like this when I was little bitty and make them with my Granny every summer. It is what taught me how to sew really, those projects. So it was fun to see them. I was even able to find one of these
very same ones, unsewn, on eBay. I don't know if they even make them anymore? So few people sew anymore. I digress...
These were the other 18inch dolls I had to choose from for my body transplant donor. In hindsight I regret not buying one of two the Our Generation Dolls on the left. However, they both had the 'older' Our Generation sculpt and ever since OG introduced the newer sculpt they stopped making the older sculpt and so I just didn't have the heart to take one of them apart. I should've just done it. *sigh* Oh well... Hopefully they both went home with a little girl who'll love them just as they are. Did I mention that I was going to limit myself to two dolls? Well that Journey Girl doll on the right hand side also went into my cart and came home with me. She was $4.99. I haven't cleaned her up yet because I haven't had the time. I actually have a few
Kelsey's in my collection already... One of them has a deeper auburn hair and one has a brighter red hair, the third was made over into Gasper who you can see in this
old post about my Journey Girl Collection once upon a time. (It's grown and changed since then... Teehee) This one seems to have never had her hair removed from the original bands she came in. So I'm not sure what her future will be? Will I re-wig her since I already have a couple of her look-alikes in my collection? Keep her hair as is and re-wig one I already owned? Not sure. I'll come back and let you know as soon as I decide.
I better run!
XXOO
Heather
