Reese Arcello Work In Progress

Well its another cold and windy day in the mountains but the sun is shining so a perfect day to stay indoors and do a photo shoot!  So here are a few sneaky peak pics of my current work in progress. If you'd like to see more pics or Reese there are more on the nursery facebook page

To all OOAK Reborn baby sculptors

I don't know if you all have heard about this but thought I would give you a heads up.
The lovely Lydia from Perfectly Persnickety Reborn and Collector Doll Boutique is running a OOAK sculpting contest
a snippet of the information:

OOAK Sculpting Contest!

OOAK doll sculptors are invited to participate in our first sculpting contest!
Grand Prize Winner will receive:
$350 cash prize
Your original sculpt made into a vinyl doll kit
Your choice of 7% of selling price of each kit sold or 25 doll kits of your sculpt for you to sell
We are looking for an original sculpt between 19-20 inches in length, arms and legs with open or closed eyes. Submissions must be able to endure the mold making process and made of Polymer clay or resin. The sculpt must have a hard finish, and not painted. It must not have applied hair, sculpted hair or hair line. The finish must be smooth and free of marring or roughness.

The contest is open to all sculptors who are not currently under contract or licensing with other producers or manufacturers.**



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for more information vist their site

good luck and give it a go get your entries in! :)
hugs Gayle

Reborn Air dry Painting Tutorial :Fixing mistakes

hugs Gayle

Playing with the camera

Well I spent the afternoon playing with the manual settings on the camera and my model of choice ofcourse was vivien she is just so photogenic! even with her "bed hair".
She was also a good model because it gave me a chance to figure out which settings work best for her lovely skin tone. So I thought I'd give you a sneak peak at some of her best photos for the day. Hoping for good weather tomorrow so I can set up and do her real photo shoot.

hugs Gayle

Reborn Video Tutorials

Well again its been a long time since I have been in here! I guess there are no surprises there lol blogging is not my strong point
I have been busy making some short tutorials one is on rooting eyelashes on open eyed reborn babies and can be found on youtube

I am also in the process of making one on glazing eyes it should be finished and uploaded tomorrow night.

If you want to see mini tutorial on any particular subject relating to reborning let me know please note I said "mini" can't do a whole video on skintone and upload it the file would be too big. I will in the future be doing some skintone tutorials which will be combination of written with photos and short video clips but that is alittle ways off.

hugs Gayle

wow where has the time gone?

well the saying is true time flys when your having fun! ... or is it ... "when your rushed off your feet" lol
I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful easter break and you are all refreshed and raring to get back into life :)
well it has been such a long time since I have updated where to start! ..
Lorena Mae has been finished and living at her new home for quiet a while now. Her new mummy was thrilled at the new adition to her reborn family.

Devin (aka Nele) has also been sent on her way home all the way over to NZ I was informed this morning that she arrived safely and her mummy is so happy with her she doesn't want to put her down!

Its always soooo lovely to recive feedback, its a nice feeling to think you have made someone else happy.

As for nursery news well I am now on FaceBook! I know I said I would never join but I caved to peer presure so if you would like to be kept up to date with the most current info feel free to "like" the nursery page.

Vivien is still a work in progress I have most of her skin tones completed and am just waiting on her scrummy hair to arrive  I can not wait to get started on her hair I have big plans for this one i'm trying so hard not to let it slip what I am trying to do with her hair incase it doesn't work lol but knowing me I will slip up
Photos don't do this little one justice

Whilst I am waiting I am debating on wether I should start painting someone else.... having trouble deciding who will be next

oh and how could I forget!! Ravi took out 2nd place in the Baby Banter babies day out comp in march! how exciting

hugs Gayle

So close

I'm so close to having Lorena mae finished!!!! I am just waiting on glue to dry, body to arrive and I need to find her an outfit...... I can not wait! Hopefully I will have pics by the end of the week at the latest.