Private Order: Mad about Nina by Gudrun Legler

Ok so my private order for Nina by Gudrun Legler is well and truly under way and I am mad (in a good way) about her, she is so amazingly adorable and the details in her limbs almost make me drool! such a fantastic kit to work on, she is beautifully sculpted the vinyl takes the paint so very well and it has a lovely feel to it. Any who enough of my crazy ramblings of how I am in love with an uncompleted work of art and time to share some progress piccys so you can all understand lol

I still have some shading and detailing to do on her hands and feet but will be starting her hair on Sunday! how very exciting!! and then may make some alterations after her hair is done for more piccys of her pop on over to my face book page ordinary miracles reborn nursery

hugs Gayle

Re-do baby just in time for Christmas

While I am not usually one who likes to do "re-do" reborns after finding out a friend had purchased a baby back in 2007 and it had been living in her closet because she was so disappointed in it how could I not in the spirit of Christmas remake this baby!
He started out as the Ember sculpt by Tasha Edenholm from  Bountiful Baby.
Photos really do not do this little boy justice as the weather as has been terribly overcast which is not good for taking pictures but I wanted him home with his mummy before Christmas

hugs Gayle

Durability of real effect air dry reborn paints

I have had a lot of questions lately regarding the durability of the real effects air dry paints, so I decided to make a short little video to demonstrate just how durable they are.
I honestly have found real effect paint to be just as durable as the genesis heat set paint. Of course it does come down to the artist using them and their skill level, if they aren't used correctly then yes there may be some issues just as if the genesis paints are not used correctly you will have a lot of issues.
As with any artistic endeavour you need to learn how to use your mediums properly to get the best effects and durability from them.
Hope this video is helpful

hugs Gayle

Ordinary Miracles Reborn Gift Certificate on Ebay

I have listed on ebay for auction a gift certificate for a private order reborn baby so if you were wanting to get a reborn for your someone special as a Christmas gift but not sure what they'd like why not give a reborn gift certificate.  15% of the total will be donated to ovarian cancer research so you will be in fact giving 2 gifts :) click here to visit the auction
I do have other gift certificates available contact me for details.
hugs Gayle

AA Reborn Tutorial

Well I finally finished uploading my AA Reborn Tutorial on Youtube  you can check out all 24 parts on my channel by clicking here

I will be doing a video on the rooting of these two reborns as well once the hair arrives, it most likely will not be very in depth but will give you an idea.

wow November just flew by and next thing you know Santa will be coming down the chimney
I have finished one Christmas baby made from the Pippin sculpt by the talented Bonnie Brown, she will be on her way to her new mummy next week hopefully!

So I guess you could say the November was a productive month in the nursery have the twins Beau & Mira-Jo by Jannie De Lange painted their AA Skin Tone Reborn Tutorial uploaded, Pippin by Bonnie Brown completed, Kathy by Regina Swialkowski from Doll Dreams almost painted lets hope December is even more productive as I have started a redo baby today who is Ember by Tasha Edenholm from Bountiful Baby I will put up some sneak peak photos of him soon. I also got Jack by Tamie Yarie rooted but he still needs some more work on him before he will be ready for adoption

hugs Gayle

Colliii Awards 2011

Well I was very proud to receive 2 nominations for the Colliii Awards 2011 
1 in the Reborn Baby Category
Beautiful little Ravi was nominated in the Reborn Baby Category he was made from the absolutely stunning Nico sculpt by Gudrun Legler

1 in the Fantasy Reborn Category
And my beautiful Indian was nominated in the Fantasy Reborn Category, she was created from the amazing Gabriella reborn child sculpt created by the ever talented Reva Schick

It was a competition full of wonderful artistry so I feel very privileged to have been nominated amongst the cream of the crop (so to speak)

hugs Gayle

Reborn Custom Copies

Ok for those of you who don't know a custom copy is when you custom order a doll baised on a photograph of a doll reborned by a different artist.

Do I do custom copies? HELL NO

Why not? for two reasons

                1. I personally feel like it is plagiarism however I do not pass judgement on others who choose to do this

                2. Every artist has their own individual techniques/ styles and it is very hard for someone to reproduce another artists style.

Why am I writing about this topic? Because there are a number of collectors who order/buy custom copies. Some of these collectors are find the dolls they recive are NOTHING like the doll which they ordered and end up very disapointed (heartbroken).

So I guess the point of this entry to educate collectors if you are going to order a custom copy PLEASE look carefully closely and at length at the artists work whom you are considering to make this copy. You want the orginals artist and the one you have decided to go with to have a silimar style.

If you choose an artist with a different style think of it like asking Picasso to recreate a Michealangelo don't be suprised that you most likely will not get what you want, sometimes it will be horrible and sometimes you may be pleasantly surprised and like your new baby even more than the orginal.

Also don't forget quiet often you get what you pay for.

hugs Gayle

oh and PS if you do not get the baby you wanted and you end up going to yet another artist to haveyour baby re-reborned please make sure you are thankful and appreciative of the work this artist is putting in for you because it is ALOT of work to re do a reborn