My first post

In a bid to save myself from more grey hairs I have decided to keep a blog of my efforts to collect and reborn dolls.
This will be a form of therapy and could work out cheaper than the £50 an hour most shrinks charge. Let's hope it works!

I am new to this and have no experience at all of painting. I used to love doing intricate drawings with pencil and fine black pens when at school but since then haven't drawn at all. And that includes the curtains.

Sooo...in a bid to create something which will make me happy and also make others happy I am going to teach myself how to reborn baby dolls and also collect a few dolls for myself which I can look at and enjoy. Smile therapy is good for you!!

I have almost everything I need but Royal Snail seems to have delayed the body and hair I need. I am impatient so have started anyway today

I have had a few practice goes which havent gone that well - probably because I am a perfectionist and either do it 'properly' and take care or dont bother at all.

I almost got there last night with the head of a Anne Geddes doll which I had yanked off - OK the colours were a bit dark due to not having the right paint colours but it looked OK.

I proudly placed it on my desk before going to bed so I could admire my work when I got up but came downstairs too late and had found my 2 year old had been 'having a go' and had painted the head and herself in genesis heat set blue paint. It washed off the doll but I had to be careful not to heat my 2 year old or give her a hot bath in case the paint set for good on her and she ended up looking like Violet Beauregarde.

Once the doll's head had been de-blued I then realised that poor dolly had extra 'veins' in the form of pen marks. She was ruined!

But never mind - it's spurred me on to start on my first kit. It's Trista a very tiny preemie by Shawna Clymer and I am soooo excited!
I am not sure how she will turn out because I want to make her skin pale and have a tendancy to over mottle and over blush

Wish me luck!!