My Fashionista BoHo Fringe has been sitting around hoping for blog time!
Rhonda: Yes, Ms. Leo! What's up with that! And my name is Rhonda.
Well, Rhonda, I said, you did have that hair that has that sticky stuff in it! It took washing with adhesive remover several times to get that stuff out.
Rhonda: Yeah, maybe but I have this great hair color!
You also have a stiff body but I've got a new articulated body for you! I ordered more
bodies from China.
New body and old body.
Rhonda on the new body and Rhonda's old body.
It is similar to the old Fashionista articulated body. Contrary to popular belief, MTM bodies are the be-all and end-all of bodies. The old Fashionista body was more elegant to me. The bodies from China aren't made as well as the Mattel Fashionista body but the Mattel body is getting harder to find. I think stocking up on these cheap bodies might work for me.
Me: Rhonda is a difficult complexion match. She doesn't match the complexion of any other warm tones of Mattel dolls in the line. She has the gray-green undertone of an IT doll or an old Defa Lucy doll.
Rhonda: I'm shorter now! I guess I can deal with that now that I can move. I think it is time for an outfit!
Me: OK, I have this Fresh Dolls outfit!
Rhonda: Yeah, this is kinda nice! I don't need those shoes. I like these better.
Me: Now that you can move, tell us a little about yourself!
Rhonda: Well, I am a happily married mother of three girls. With three young teenage and preteenage girls, it can be a drama zone at home. I will be working in the Radiology Department at the hospital.
Me: Oh, so you will need scrubs! I have just the thing! I got these scrubs too from Fresh Dolls.
I saw a review on the Fresh Dolls fashion packs. One of the things that the reviewer said was that "at the price point Fresh Dolls outfits don't contain shoes like Mattel and or cheap Dollar Tree outfits.
So these dolls never really went to the project table. They were worked on
right away. I not sure of how I feel about them but here they are!
I don't believe that Mattel will to petite articulated bodies but until they do
I thought I might want my petite fashionista to have an articulated body.
Now she is a little shorter than Skipper but she has an articulated body now.
I used the body from the darkest Creatable World doll.
She doesn't have breast and as you can see her neck is a little shorten that the petite
doll so she stands shorter. Her feet are bigger/wider too! So I am not sure if she will
stay on this body but here she is for now!
I thought I would just sell the head and wig but then I got and idea!
You always need another boy! And his head is a little large for the body but
here he is too!
My second Team Stacie Boy is off the project table and out to play too. He
doesn't have a name. I am taking suggestions.
After
Before-
My Stacie boy rebodied
As you can see, I have changed the color and shape of his hair.
I have add hair the black paint to give it some texture!
His eyes are black removed the cat like point at the corners of the eyes.
The video I am featuring this month is from My Froggy Stuff! It isn't a
new video but it is one that has enticed me for a while. You might say
an oldie but a goodie! It is on doll contact lenses!
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You might remember me saying that I don't like dolls with sideways glancing eyes!
I have some dolls that have these eye but I didn't feel like repainting them. After
watching this video when it was first posted, I thought that might work. Then after
watching year a later, thought why paint anything, why not just take pictures of the
eyes I want and make the pictured eyes into coverings.
So first up is HSM Sharpay!
I wanted my Esmae (first version of HSM Sharpay-taller) to be the mom. She has
forward looking eyes.
She needed a daughter who is kind of a mini me that I am calling Chrystal (second
version of HSM doll with Skipper size body).Now does have the side glancing eyes.
BTW, in my area, this is doll is #2 of the doll always seen at the thrift store!
I have three. Only one I am keeping. One I use the body for another doll. I
might sell there other!
So I searched the web for pictures of Sharpay (yeah I now I could
have just taken a picture but I didn't). You want a close up picture of the doll facing forward. I crop the picture to get just the eyes. I did it in a labels sheet
which forces it to be kinda small. I use a free editing program to get a mirror
image and measure to get the right size. Then I cut them out.
Following the rest of what they did on My Froggy Stuff, I built up a layer of clear
glue, added the paper eyes and just a little more glue to seal. I put several pair
of eyes on the label sheet. Save it as a doc for later.
She is no longer looking to the side!
Aww! Mother Esmae and daughter Chrystal
Next up is Li Shang,
The other versions have forward facing eye (Two of the Tsai brothers)
but this last Disney store version has those eye again!
I used a photo of the first version's eyes since they are brown and detailed.
This is the reverse image of the eyes!
I did both and chose the ones I liked best.
I put a little too much glue on these! Especially on the top of the photo. It is
more of a shine than I wanted.
The next time I will put less and I might
even use Disney version #2's eyes.
Blaise and his best frien Zhang!
Lastly, SIS Chandra!
Yeah I know I painted her eyes and that was OK, but years later....
(I also lighten this photo and replace the one in the original post! I do try to up
and change my blog to make it better when I can.)
I think I can do something different!
So I can give here eyes more like here
sister Vanessa.
Vanessa!
The updated Chandra!
I like her!
Chandra and Vanessa!
This was so much fun! I can easily see my self doing more. One of the key
problems for me in off brand dolls are they eyes. So this could be a big help!
