Reborn Dolls

Someone asked me what a "Reborn Baby Doll" is.

So I decided to show you Sophie in more detail

& explain what they are.

On Wikipedia it says:

"A reborn doll is a manufactured vinyl doll that has been transformed to resemble a human baby with as much realism as possible. The process of creating a reborn doll is referred to as reborning and the doll artists are referred to as reborners.Reborn dolls are also known as living dolls or unliving dolls."

I've been buying some clothes for Sophie to wear.

Now a little bit more about Sophie:

Face

She has individual mohair eyelashes

Painter eyebrows

Her face is painted to show viens, skin colouring & creases.

Her hair is mohair that has been rooted and fixed to the head.

Her nostrils have been opened and painted.

Her lips have been coloured and there is a hole

in the mouth for her dummy.

You can get dolls with magnets for the dummy and hair clips.

Her feet have been painted so they look like real feet.

She also has nails that look and feel just like real nails.

 Her hands also have nails

You can get reborns with a full body.

You can also have full, 3/4 or 1/4 limbs.

The limbs can be fixed or jointed.

Sophies limbs are jointed so you can position them.

Sophie is weighted so she feels like a real baby when you are holding her.

It also means she can sit up on her own.

Due to the head being waited you also automatically 

hold her like a baby and support her head.

I bought Sophie on ebay

from the seller answerbrink

I highly recommend this seller.

She is a fantastic painter

& her dolls are fantastic.

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I've Made Friday Week 38

I hope you are all having a good week!

It's getting cold here and feeling a lot more

like winter.

The decorations are up and the Christmas feeling is here.

1st of all I want to show you the latest

dolls that Answerbrink on Ebay has

for sale.

The auctions finish today.

  

 I wish I had loads of money and could afford another :-)

Now we have a shelf on the elf called Hotsy.

He has been busy this week.

Now the things are elf do are fun but don't involve

scenarios of things that could be deamed naughty.

Ours is a good elf and Little Red's friend.

 He has absailed down the mirror in the living room

He brought Little Red's letter back from Santa

as he was really upset he forgot something.

The letter has gone back to Santa now

He has zipped lined from Little Red's bed 

 And he has been fishing.

I won a fanstic prize from Don't Drool on the Wool

 I am going to give this magazine to my Auntie Dolly.

She is a fantastic knitter but forgets to make things for herself.

I'm hoping she'll enjoy the patterns and make something for her.

 This Plymouth wool is fantastic and soft.

I'm going to make Little Red a Monster for Christmas.

These tags are beautiful.

I almost think they are too good to put on presents.

This Week I've been making:

 A Jaja Bink hat for a friend.

Little Red wanted to try it on.

It doesn't fit cause it's make for a large man

but he did love it.

I've also made a monkey for one of Little Red's friends.

There are six of them in the family.

So there is a lot for me to make.

I hope I finish them in time.

I haven't made as much as I would like.
I've been having to have a sleep during the day
as my fatigue is a bit worse this week.
Little Red has also been ill.
He was off school for a couple of days
as he wasn't at all well.
To cheer him up we made some snowmen in a jar.
Little Red made a full snowman:

And then we made a melted snowman

They are really easy to make.

We used cotton wool as the snow.

Cut out felt for the hat and buttons.

The nose was just a cut piece of paper.

Little Red's nose was made out of a bit of felted wool.

This week I read:

Midnight: Century of the Vampires (Vampire Dystopia)

by Ami Blackwelder

Wow I really enjoyed this story.

It's a Vampire story with a lot of twists

and not your normal run of the mill story.

The main characters Aura & Mark

are trying to survive in a world where Vampires

have taken over.

There aren't many humans left.

They survive and try and fight and kill

some of the Vampires when they can.

They live in a world where you are constantly

trying to keep yourself alive.

I give this book

4 out of 5.

Now it's your turn.

Show us what you've been making.

It doesn't have to crocheted.

Anything you have made is brilliant to see.

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What You Doing Wednesday Week 37

I hope everyone is having a good week.

Hope you are all getting ready for Christmas.

This last weekend we decorated

our house.

It's gone very wintery over here

so the fire is a defernate must :-)

I'm making Christmas presents at the moment so 

my designs are on hold.

Little Red has a group of friends. There are 6 kids in the family

ranging in age from 6 to 12 years old.

Over the year they have asked if I can make certain things.

So for Christmas I am treating them to the things they really wanted.

I've made one a monkey - you can see that on Friday as it's already finished.

I'm in the middle of making another one a cat

Sorry about the bad pictures.

Little Red has been off ill today.

He had a temperature this morning

so I kept him off school.

There isn't anything specific yet but he is really quiet, tired

and just not himself.

I hope he'll be either better or what ever he has appears.

At least that way we could deal with it.

I am also making a dress for Sophie.

it's easier to make the black cat in natural light.

So this is my relaxing repetitive peace I can pick up.

I've been buying her some nice clothes to wear.

She's all wrapped up for the cold weather.

I've also bought her a moses basket to keep her in.

I felt guilty putting her away in a box and I think it will keep her

cleaner and safer.

I know it's only a doll and I'm turning into a soft touch.

It's also cool having a girl doll to dress up in cute clothes.

I can't have anymore children with my illness

as there is a likelyhood I could get worse.

So this way I get to dress up and design cute things

without all the hassle.

Pain has been bad lately so crocheting is keeping my mind off it.

I don't want to keep uping my medication.

At least with crocheting it takes my mind off focusing on the pain

and I achieve something at the same time.

I've just started a new book but

I can't remeber what it's called.

I've tried a few over the last week that haven't

been my thing. 

I usually try and get to the end of the 1st chapter at least

but if it's still dragging and I'm still not enjoying it

then it's goodbye and then onto the next.

Now it's your turn to share what you are doing.

It doesn't have to be crochet, anything you are making

is perfect.

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Sophie

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope you've all had a wonderful

weekend and Thanksgiving.

My Christmas present arrived this week :-)

I know it isn't Christmas yet

but I can't wait and I've already started designing

things for her.

Meet Sophie:

She came with her beautiful dress & diaper cover.

Sooo cute little socks, a beautiful shawl, cloth diaper

& dummy.

She also came with:

 A cute little sleep suit

 Another beautiful outfit

& a brand new brush & comb set.

I've not had her long but already I've starting designing

my first ever newborn\reborn set

I've designed a matching set of:

Dress, Bolero, Beret & Mary Jane Booties

I hope you like her!

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