Lil Dumplins Reborn Dolly Hospital baby

A local lady contacted me about trying to repair a BB reborn she had purchase from someone else. This doll belongs to her 10 yo daughter. She said the doll came to her reeking of smoke and she had literally soaked the ENTIRE DOLL in soapy baths trying to get the smell out. She had eye damage from where an eyelash came off and she tried to glue it on herself with super glue. So I was to fix the eye but once I saw the doll I knew it needed more than just that.

I took the entire doll apart because all the stuffing had to be tossed, the parts washed and the body and clothing washed to try to get more of that smoke smell out.

Let me say here that if you smoke, PLEASE don't do so in the house and around your reborning supplies. It just ruins them for those who are bothered by ciggy smells. You might not can smell it but everyone else can and it is horrible!

Anyways, here is what was inside the doll. Not the worst thing I have seen but not up to my standards. It is a good thing I took it apart too because there was wet poly fill and pea shingle where the owner had tried to wash the doll and it all had not dried out. Also the limbs were not sealed, just filled with this gravel and a bit of poly fill on top of that. Not quality work at all.

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UPDATE TO BABY SUDELLA

Here is the little girl's Sudella now after having been to Lil Dumplins Dolly Hospital!
She has been completely taken apart, washed inside and out as well as her body. She has new poly fill stuffing and glass micro beads. I also inserted some wonder wafers to help make her smell good. She had her blushing and lips enhanced, nails redone, new eyes inserted and lashes. She had already bought her own new eyes and brought them with her. The hair was deep conditioned and trimmed. It is not good quality mohair but it looks better than it did. This body is not made to my liking either as it is very fat in the chest area but it wasn't in the budget to do anything about it. They requested she be stuffed more firm so she looks a bit robust but with clothes on it isn't too bad.

With Fall comes changes

Thankfully with the changes of the season we are leaving the hot humid GA days behind us and moving into more breezy cool days filled with sunshine.  I know before winter is over we will be craving the hot sun again but for now I am basking in the gentle weather.

I have faced some struggles in both my health and personal life which has deterred me from focusing on reborning as much as I would like to.  However, I have not left it behind.

I recently acquired a new dream baby.  She is a silicone baby sculpted by Angela Harris called the Angel sculpt.  I have always wanted this baby and a dear friend made it possible for me to adopt her.  She is my first newborn silicone doll.  I just love the way she feels and rests in my arms!

Here she is:

 
I have also been working on reborning the Sophia Madelina kit by Bonnie Brown.  I am envisioning this baby as a Filipino baby and have conversed with a lady on Doll-Fan chat board about Filipino skin coloring in an effort to paint her accurately.  I have finished her coloring and need to go back and seal her with Genesis Matte Varnish and paint her nail tips and gloss them and her lips.  I am very happy with her progress so far.  This baby is indeed a chubba bubba!

What an ordeal but it ended in a sweet baby!

My most recent work in progress was a Tessa mix and match baby that I planned to reborn as a budget baby (hoping for a quick sale!)  After I painted the first layer on all the limbs and heat set them I got to looking at the feet and decided something was amiss. One leg is slightly larger in the thigh and knee than the other and has more open toes. Apparently some time along the way I got the legs mixed up! I bought several sale kits last year. The left leg appears to be a leg for Kim Van De Wettering sculpt and the rest of the limbs are Jacque Gwinn Alex. I bought 3 Wettering kits last year and this Alex kit that I am using the limbs from all at the same time. I reborn and sold all the Wettering babies now.  I talked to Linda at Dolldreams about a possible replacement leg but she said the Alex kit has now been discontinued so no legs to be had.  So I just decided to proceed with the baby with the mismatched limb and make the best of it.   Once I got him all finished and put together he looks quite adorable and is a sweet snuggly baby!   When he is wearing pants you can't even tell there is a difference because his feet are pretty much the same size. 

So here he is all finished up and his listing starts on Ebay tonight.