Nigel

This is Nigel - I have made him from a Spencer head and the non jointed body from a Molly Marie kit.

I called him Nigel because he reminded me of a Cabbage Patch doll my daughter had when she was little - who came with a Birth Certificate of course- his name was Nigel. He was bald like this and rather round in the face - like this.

She loved him lots and after she was finished with him he took the part for many years of Baby Jesus in the school play - he only missed one year and that was when he got left in the classroom instead of being taken to the stage on the day of the play.

He now is home again and in the playroom for my granddaughter.

This Nigel number 2 will be going to ebay shortly. I hope someone will love him lots.

In love with this one

I am in love with this little one. Sometimes a doll just turns out somehow special and I love this little fully jointed Marley Marie to bits. She is so pretty in pink so I've dressed her in a special little tutu outfit from Next. She will make someone a wonderful Christmas present.

She is called Cherry.

More boys

Two painted haired boys just finished and going to ebay.

From the Frankie sculpt - now Freddie

 

 

 

And a fully jointed Sofia sculpt named Charlie

yes again

Another little Molly Marie , honestly I am making other things but I am bogged down rooting my Liu San - almost done now.

Anyhow here's little Callie I have tried blonder hair.

I also have just started putting together a Frankie sculpt with painted hair  ( by Adrie Stoete)
This one is a little boy - a lovely sculpt fully jointed full size baby.

Nya

Nya experimental from and Ethnic Molly Marie sculpt with painted afro hair. I won't repeat this experiment. I think it is easier to get from light to dark than dark to lighter, but is is a nice cuddly little bundle.

Currently on ebay at 99p no reserve. (Blankets from my own collection not included.



First softee baby

This sweet little softee baby is in the process of being adopted. She is very cute , delighted how she turned out.
 These babies have a soft body which goes into a babygrow with mittens and a vinyl painted head in the usual way. They are very cuddley and will pose nicely the way I fill them.

A couple of new ones

I had no keyboard when I posted these pictures - the touchscreen is all very well but who wants to use it - and I am struggling with blogging if I use the Ipad. So now at last normal service restored.

The first little one below is a non jointed Molly Marie body with an odd ( odd in the sense of spare - it is a sweet little head and has made the sweetest little baby -) head from a Barbara Stewart sculpt

 

Number 2 is the Kristan Sculpt by Phil Donnelly which I have made into a boy with painted hair. He has a little peeking through tongue and adorable blue glass eyes.

 

My very slow rooting.

Rooting a doll is something that takes me forever these days.
At the moment I'm rooting a Fei Yen baby with very dark mohair. I think this little one is a girl. This mining I've just taken time to stick the head and arms into an outfit for a photo. This is supposed to be a big baby , 22 or 23 inches.
As you can see the hair is coming on and another week should finish me, mind you I said that to myself last week and here I still am!



I have a bit of a rooting queue at the moment, not unusual given how much I love painting and am soon slow at rooting.

Just a little update

I didn't realise it had been a whole month since I posted. I've been busy doing lots of things
I completed painting my Chun Mei - but she's not quite ready yet. I have to put her wig on ( this has mysteriously vanished but inevitably will turn up) and put her together. I love these big girls, so much fun to dress and pose.


I also managed to get Megan, my second Tibby finished and she's just going home to France tomorrow.

 

Everything I was rooting has been abandoned as a friend has asked me to finish off a kit for her and I am busy rooting it at the moment.( slowly as usual)

 

In the meantime I am painting a couple of kits with nothing looking finished at the moment.

we have some marvellous weather so that isn't helping.

 

For the first time ever my Thandie kit has had an accident in the oven . I was totally distracted by the arrival of my granddaughter and completely forgot about it, total disaster, the head has a crack right round the back, and I was so pleased with the colour I had achieved , never mind onward!!!

 

 

One rooted, one not.

This is the head I finished rooting now attached and dressed. Its from the Fei Yen sculpt and does make a lovely big baby.

 

 

And another little painted hair baby from a Sofia non jointed sculpt again.

 

 

 

 

 

Hurrah I managed to finish rooting a head.

I tried posting on my ipad the other day but that doesn't seem to have worked, never mind , must be doing something wrong.

I have at last finished rooting a dolls head. I have been doing some dolls with painted heads as rooting takes me so long.
The doll I have finished I had originally intended to paint but now the rooting is done I am so glad I took the time to root. The sculpt is Fei Yen and she has turned into a lovely sort of mixed race baby. This one is supposed to be 22-23 inches so I've ordered the body accordingly and hope it works out that size. At the moment her head in in a cup waiting on the glue drying. She has wonderful dark brown glass eyes , can't wait to put her together.

In the meantime I have a little Molly Marie boy on ebay

Here Ben

I now have to chose the next head in the rooting queue. There is usually a queue of heads, some dolls I feel just have to be rooted.



I am also nearing completion of another Adrie sculpt, the newly released Thandie. I do have some lovely curly mohair so this ethnic baby is going to jump ahead in the rooting queue and get hair next. The mohair is the beautiful soft one by Susan Nagel, really looking forward to using it in dark brown black.

Luisa - Molly Marie girl

I am so enjoying making these little Molly Marie non jointed babies.
This is Lusia. I thought she looked Italian with her colouring so hence the name She looks delicious in pink.



A Big Lad arrives

This is  my huge baby boy from the Jade sculpt by Romie Stydrom.
I have rooted his hair which has taken a loooooong time. He wears 0-3 and bigger clothing.

 

 



Here's Billy

Here's Billy all done and on ebay tonight. Please take a look. See him here  Billy
My  desktop computer is being very odd at the moment and I have lost my HMTL editor so apologies for any typos.
He is a rather cute little boy. He is wearing Tiny Baby size clothing and fits him perfectly.

 

And just a preview of my next toddler girl. I have not had time to move her around much to get the photos yet. She is a Tibby sculpt and has lovely blue eyes and is wearing a Monique wig in brown. I have custom cut it to a bob which works well I think.

 

 

She looks as though the wind has been blowing in her hair in the car!!

 

 

A boy in the oven

I have just put the limbs of my first Molly Marie in the oven so I have 8 minutes to blog! This is the first of this kit I have ever tried out and I have been very nervous of the non jointed version as it comes with the body attach and you  must NOT EVER take it off or you are sunk. I'm sure some of you will have seen this sculpt on ebay  - some people buy it for children.

Well I put a tiny vest ( courtesy of granddaughter who is now about 10 times the size - where does time go?) on over the cloth body to try not to get paint on it. And having used the heat gun for the painting am now giving him the final whizz in the oven before putting him together - and yes it is a boy I am convinced of it  - particularly as I have shaded his painted hair to the boy side  not quite thinking when I started to paint it.

 

 

Here is his face lying on a pile of ironing in the kitchen - I didn't want to return him to the work trolley in case I removed some paint.

Ping - he's cooked.

Past babies - continued



Hello and welcome

Hi I hope you enjoy this new blog about my doll making. I have been making dolls since 2007 . I have a website but its so much easier to load up pictures to blogger I have decided to start this little blog about what I am doing.


My first lot of pictures gives an idea of a few of the dolls I have made and no longer are here with me. Some are all over the world. I've chosen my own particular favourites from the ones I've made.

This first post is going to be short. If you look at my other Blog about my miniature houses Little Boo Land you will find I've had a bit of a week and time had been short. But at least today I am making a start .

My aim is to let you know what I'm up to in dol making, explain some of my process and let you see the finished baby dolls.

Meanwhile I hope you enjoy this taster.

Maisie sculpt by Marita Winters



Tina Kewy's Pippen sculpt

 This is the first Chun Mai sculpt by Ping Lau that I completed.

This is a rare little preemie Ronnie by Bonnie Brown

Baby sculpt by Lilianne Bredfeld

Triplets by Marita Winters

Rosebud sculpt - turned into an ethnic little boy