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to the doll customization community: any suggestions on how to get into doll customization?

what hair do you recommend for reroots? what is the best paint to use? what kind of finishing spray is the best?

i’ve been told that watercolor pencils are good for sketching out faces. eventually i would also like to get some kind of glittery powders to add some sparkle to some of my dolls skin. anything will be helpful!! 🧡

DIY Barbie Doll House — Hartley Home

DIY Barbie Doll House — Hartley Home So this project started out as “I’m not going to do much… just spray paint some plastic furniture. It’s not going to be fancy or the cutest dollhouse you’ve ever seen…” And ended with me spending two weeks obsessing adding board and batten to walls and making tiny baskets and chandeliers. It was a s

Autumn’s Pantry

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Oc Info Questions: Barbara ''Barbie'' Millicent Roberts

FULL NAMES: Barbara Millicent Roberts.

NICKNAME(S): Barbie.

FACECLAIM: N/A

BIRTH: March 9, 1959.

DEATH: N/A

ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual.

GENDER: Female.

ORIGIN: The American International Toy Fair, 1959.

NATIONALITY: US American.

FAMILY: Kenneth "Ken" Carson (significant other), George Roberts (father), Margaret Rawlins Roberts (mother), Skipper Roberts, Stacie Roberts, Chelsea Roberts, Kelly Roberts, Krissy Roberts (sisters), Todd Roberts (brother), Grandmother Rawlins (grandmother), Millicent Rawlins, Adele Rawlins, Marlene Roberts, Lillian Fairchild (aunts), Claude Fairchild (uncle), Francie Fairchild, Jazzie Roberts, Max Roberts, Marie Roberts (cousins)

CHARACTERISTICS:

+ Cheerful, friendly, lively, elegant, fashionable, intelligent, imaginative, hyper-competent, fun-loving.

– Appearance-focused, materialistic.

WEAPON OF CHOICE: Her beauty.

OTHER PERSONAL INFO: She's been a friend, self-insert, role model, surrogate big sister, and even surrogate mother to countless girls, and probably to some boys too, for more than sixty years. Whether you love her (for her aesthetics, for her blend of femininity and power, for the way she lets girls use their imaginations and explore every possible aspect of adult womanhood, etc.), or find her annoying (for the unrealistic beauty standards she sets, her "promotion" of gender conformity and materialism, etc.), or a combination of both, she's impossible to ignore.

Finally finished working on the 1980s Barbie haul I got from Goodwill a couple of weeks ago (didn’t really have to do much work all but one were in really great shape). I had to use a flash for these pictures since the weather has been so gloomy lately so these pics aren’t optimal but the dolls still look beautiful I think.

First up, Beauty Secrets Barbie from 1979 ( I consider this an honorary 80s Barbie):

Then the fabulous Golden Dream Barbie from 1980. This doll has all her jewelry but the ring was missing its crystal so I replaced that - tried to get a good picture of that but only partially succeeded. I’m looking for the arm sleeve things right now but will probably end up making replacements for those:

1981 gave us gorgeous Pink & Pretty Barbie and Sunsational Barbie and Ken:

From 1982, which was a great Barbie year for me personally as I got all three of these dolls over the course of the year for Easter/birthday/Christmas - Twirly Curls Barbie, Dream Date Barbie, and Angel Face Barbie (poor Angel Face had a classic broken neck/knob stuck in head/head shoved down neck situation so I made a replacement neck section out of Sculpey and fished the knob out and stuck it back in the neck and glued the replacement part in place. It actually worked out great, and since the replacement piece is in the back of the neck I didn’t bother to paint it for now):

Everybody knows these two released in 1983, Crystal Barbie and Great Shape Barbie (who I personally think is so so pretty). Crystal Barbie was missing a jewel from her earrings so I replaced that, again not a great pick couldn’t get the focus on the earrings really well:

1984 gave us one of the most iconic of the 1980s Barbies, Peaches ‘N Cream. This doll had her beautiful gown and boa but was missing the belt/sash. I made a quick replacement from some chiffon I had on hand. It doesn’t look like the original belt but I think it works for now and has the same general spirit:

And finally, the other doll that really defines Barbie in the 1980s - Day to Night Barbie. The scarf was missing from this dolls outfit so I made a quick replacement from some ribbon I had on hand until I can get the real thing:

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