Sweet Caroline

Well my project is done!

(If you would like to see all parts of this project you can go here Part 1 here Part 2, and here Part 3. )

And I am very very happy! But first I need to back up and tell you about the arms!

I got the arms I ordered in the mail on Saturday and can I just say that even I think that sounds really weird. Yeah! I got arms in the mail!! Anyway the seller had them wrapped up really well and she even put this cute sticker on them:

I was pretty tickled! So Sunday we went and got all the hardware and I got to work. Anybody who has come here from Facebook as probably already seen me do it so I'm not going to explain again but this is why I needed to do it:

Both of Doll B's hands were chewed up pretty badly! It took about half an hour and....

Here is the aftermath for you:

After I got the arms all taken care of the girls were finished! YAY! And now I can introduce you to Doll A, or as I'm going to call her Caroline:

Last year (2012) American girl released their Caroline and while I love her clothing I was pretty much meh about her looks. I think she's pretty but I was disappointed that she was another blond, blue eyed, classic face doll. I was really hoping for black hair! So when I started this project I spent a lot of time trying to decide what to do with the extra doll I was going to end up with. I didn't want another modern doll because I already have three and frankly that's enough! Eventually I had a brilliant idea! I could make my own Caroline the way I wanted to see her! (okay I really wanted violet eyes like Liz Taylor but this is close enough!) And here she is!

 

I 'm in love with the black curls next to the blue eyes!

Here is the back of her hair!

And a few artsy fartsy pictures of Caroline at the window for you guys!

She is wearing Caroline's Holiday Gown and I took a few closeups for you:

Here is the fabric itself.

A close up of the ribbon belt and the buckle.

A close up of the collar and sleeves.

And finally my favorite part: the embroidered lavender slippers! I love them!

I have one more picture to show you and that is a before and after!

I hope everyone enjoyed seeing the end product! But wait! When do you get to see Doll B finished? Well I'm waiting on something for her to arrive and then I'll be shipping her out! She'll probably leave here in the next two weeks and then I'll do a full post on her after my friend gets to see her!

I do have one more VERY exciting piece of news to share tonight! Last week I sold a Samantha doll on ebay and it just so happens that a decent white bodied Molly showed up in my price range this week! She should arrive soon and I am thrilled! She's not perfect but then what 23 year old play doll is? I will do a full post on her when she gets here and then probably another detailing her restoration! I can't wait!!

Till next time!