Showing posts with label 1940's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1940's. Show all posts

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Meet Molly!

     Well, my mom always checks on Craigslist for cheap American Girl dolls.  She loves to get old AG's and bring them back to their original beauty.  This week, she found a lady selling Molly.  She bought Molly as her birthday present.  Now I have a few images of her I can't wait to show you!
     On her neck she has Pleasant Company written.  We talked to the lady and did a little research and discovered that she, most likely, is a 1980's or 1990's Molly.  She would be worth so much more if it weren't for her hair.:(
      As you can see a bit of her bangs have been cut.:(  It's not that noticeable if you look at her from the front.
      We didn't see this until we already bought her, but she has the beginnings of Silver Eye, if I'm not mistaken.  There might be a new head for this doll in the near future.:)
      Her hair has been cut a good bit.:(  We also didn't see this until we had already bought her.:(  The hair is still manageable and will be fun to doctor up!:)
      Molly's side has been slit and sewn on terribly.  Fortunately, my mom can sew quite well, so this will be fixed easily.
      Her finger nails have been painted, and she has a pink stain on her wrist.  Those both will be fixable.
      Molly's joints are barely hanging on!:)  My mom might want to remove all her joints and re-do  them.
     Whoever owned this doll was able to paint finger nails and toe nails very well!!  But the polish will definately be removed.

     This doll will be quite fun to work with!  I will post pictures of the process of restoring her .


*Liddy*

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Victory Curls Picture Tutorial

    
      Since I couldn't do my video I had made, I have done the Victory Curls tutorial in pictures.  Let us begin 

What you will need:

1. A spritz bottle

2. Doll hair brush

3. Bobby pins(the smaller kind)

     This hairstyle also works the best on dolls with a curl or wave in their hair and the length close to Rebbecca's. 
     Step 1: Bring two small sections of your dolls hair to the front.
              Step 2:  Take one of the two sections and spritz and lightly brush the hair upwards.
               Like this.
            Step 3:  This is the hard part.  Take the ends of the section and roll it towards your doll's head.
Once at the head, turn the curl towards her part and hold.

           Step 4:  Take your small bobby pin and stick it into the curl where it is best hidden and secure.
 Do steps one thru four on the other side.
Wallah!  Your doll has a traditional 1940's hairstyle!  If you have any questions, please email them to me at americangirlcentral@gmail or comment me.  Thanks!:D


*Liddy*

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Victory Curls Video Error


               
      I have finished my victory curls tutorial, but I am having technical issues. I am struggling to send the video from my mom's iPad to our computer. It won't work!! So, again, I will have to delay the video. 
     I will have it up as soon as I can get it working.  So sorry!  Thanks for y'all's patience

*Liddy*