photographing ethnic babies

yikes why do I have so much trouble photographing ethnic babies??? its either way to light and they look white or its way to dark and they look way off colour...... makes me feel a bit like goldie locks must have felt lol

Finally my dad has taken pitty on me and has said he is going to show me what to do! ever since I started making ethnic babies I have been harrasing him and he keeps saying " play with the camera, learn for yourself" "If you don't teach yourself no one will" etc etc I guess it goes to show you can wear a stuborn man down if he is your dad and you take after him! it just takes time lol

Well this is one of my latests babies affectionately known as "Shim" (shim stands for She/Him) as shims' mum is going to get a surprise of the sex of the baby  and yes this is the baby I have had soooo much trouble photographing. (although most of the ethnic reborns in the past I have had trouble with as well)
So this may or may not be shims actual colouring lol! I will see if dad keeps his word tomorrow and then will compare photos!

I am so happy with how Shim is looking in person ... dare I say my best yet?? I think so I hope I haven't jinxed myself now lol.

As for the other baby well that is Lorena Mae..... I feel like I have been working on her forever! Has anyone else ever successfully made this kit? She is terrible! Not the sculpt I actually like the sculpt  its the vynil! Horrible horrible horrible I have had to strip her 3 times now and even before the stripping I was having paint stick issues and now I have done 20 layers and counting (super super thin its the only way I could get the paint to stick) and she is only just starting to change colour... and ofcourse she is going to be a milk chocolate baby so that means I may litterally be working on her forever! any advice is appreciated... but i'm guessing I just have to keep plugging away on her ... So I guess its a good thing that I am stuborn as I am not going to let this kit beat me! I will get her looking brown tomorrow... hopefully!

hugs Gayle

2nd place!

Well I am very proud of my little Brishan, he took 2nd place in the baby banter baby of the year comp!! woohoo, I never expected that!.

A huge thank you to all the members of baby banter who voted for my little man, and a big congratulations to Judy Gray of Kisses from Heaven who took out first place with her Welcome Back Taylor. It was a well deserved win Judy well done!.

new baby for the new year!

Well  baby Brishan has been finished in time to enter him in the "fussy" reborn compition being held by Samantha Gergory
I have enjoyed bringing this little one to life so very much! He is even better than I had imagined he could be.
Brishan will be available for adoption early in the new year

I will also be entering Brishan in the Baby Banter baby of the year comp will keep you up dated as to how he goes.
hugs Gayle

Native American Reborn Girl Doll Ordinary Miracles Reborn Nursery

Winona has also been finished. She was made from the beautiful Gabriella by Reva Schick. I am over the moon with how she turned out and love her so much that Ihave decided to keep her for myself I know thats alittle selfish but I just couldn't bare to part with her. plus she will go beautifully with the other keeper baby I am planning on making myself at some point soon!

A Message From Baby Banter

Missing Baby

This beautiful little baby was created by JUDY GRAY of Kisses from Heaven Nursery and was a keeper baby.

Judy went to great lengths to obtain this welcome back Taylor sculpt and spent many many hours reborning this highly collectible doll for herself.

We at baby Banter are part of her reborning online family and it appears we will be unable to get this stolen baby back , we are therefor searching or another welcome back Taylor sculpt and are prepared to pay for it.

If anyone has one of these sculpts or knows the where abouts of her already finished sculpt please contact me (Andama Dujon )or Judy54 of Kisses from Heaven Nursery or Gayle from Ordinary miracles reborn nursery.

Here are photos of our MISSING BABY and a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dph18OIyd5U


PLEASE LINK THIS TO AS MANY SITES AND FACE BOOKS AS POSSIBLE.

Have you seen STOLEN Welcome Back Taylor?

Have you seen WBT STOLEN on the 21st November from a doll show in the Uk

WBT was beautifully reborn by a dear friend Judy from Kisses From Heaven Nursery
If you have seen her or know her whereabouts please contact Judy or myself and I will pass the information on to her
Thank you

hugs Gayle

ps feel free to copy and pass around this blog entry.

Calling all reborn sculptors

Now I don't want to beg or anything but would it be possible for someone to sculpt a kit that is specifically a native american/ inuit baby ? pretty pretty pretty please!!!! at least just think about it?
Yes there are a few kits that can be used to create beautiful babies of these races but mostly the asian kits that people are using to create them still end up looking like an asian baby rather than an american indian or an inuit baby either that or they end up looking african american .. I so would love to beable to create a beautiful authentic native american reborn !!!! I realise every race shares characteristics as babies but I just really want a kit that looks native american!! ok I know I am starting to beg lol
If anyone knows of a kit that is specifically native american please get in touch with me! If anyone is sculpting a native american/ inuit baby that will eventually become a kit please let me know! 
I would be so overjoyed to know that it was happening as I love making these babies the most !
... If not I fear I am going to have to start sculpting myself and that is not something I wish to unleash on the world as my sculpting abilities are not that fabulous! lol
thanks
hugs Gayle