Jimmy's Haircut

This is Jimmy Joe,  you may have met him last week.

 

When Jimmy Joe first came into our doll family he looked like a heathen  (more or less like he had been raised by wolves) as you can see in the following picture.

So we sat Jimmy Joe into a hair salon chair and started to work on improving his appearance.

Soon his hair was shorn,  but he still needed a bit more grooming. 

I had noticed his eyelashes looked a bit long....

So I took my scissors (that I use to cut threads when I am sewing)

and shortened his lashes just a bit.

The next step was to tone down his lip color.

A light coat of  Anita's Latte acrylic craft paint toned down the lip color just enough.

Now Jimmy Joe Looks like a handsome young man.

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 We found another doll to join our doll family a couple of weeks ago.

I brought her home from The Volunteers of America and washed her hair and bathed her with a piece of  a magic eraser and some Dawn dish detergent. 

She had blue stains on her legs,  fingers,  arms,  and the side of face.

I think perhaps her clothing may have stained her legs or maybe those cute little tattoo transfers were applied to her vinyl skin.  I applied a liberal coating of benzoyl peroxide to all of the affected areas.  

 She has spent the last week or two out in the sun weather permitting.

I do hope to be able to dress her up to introduce her to the rest of the dolls as soon
as her stains have faded away.

 Make sure you stop over at JoAnn's Wednesday Wee Ones post .

JoAnn has created some lovely Easter outfits for a Easter Parade.

Have a wonderful Easter week!!!

Meet Jimmy Joe At Our Saint Patrick's Day Party.

I want you to meet the newest member of our doll family.  His new forever name is Jimmy Joe.  We have created this tablescape to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day and to celebrate Jimmy Joe's new birth date of March 17, 2016.  He is still a bit rough around the edges but I think overall he is quite handsome.  His hair has been cut,  his eyelashes are shortened, and his lip color has been adjusted (slightly) to give him his boyish appearance.

There is a hand crocheted tablecloth over the Battat table.  Wee little silverware and tea cups as well as leprechauns and crystal water glasses and shamrock plates adorn our party table.

 We even have green root beer mugs for the dolls to enjoy their St. Pat's Day beverages in.

 Little Jimmy Joe had the attention of all the dolls,  but especially young Callie's attention.   Ahhhh,  seems like Kismet has payed a call to our doll family.  You can feel the chemistry in the air.

 Young master Jimmy's eyes are riveted onto Callie's sweet face.

Can it be that they will be best friends forever?

Gradually as the party has wound down our two young friends have moved  closer.

How sweet they look together.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to All!!!!

Details on the furniture, flatware and Jimmy's new look will be in a later post.

I will be visiting at JoAnn's Wednesday Wee Ones to see what her dolls have been up to this week.

See you there!