Please note;
The auction for Julie’s dress listed on Ebay, ends this evening… you can see it by clicking on the picture at the right side bar or you can click HERE.
As I think back on my doll “browsing” habits, I think maybe I was sort of looking at this doll from time to time… recently she popped up on my screen and I took a second look at her…I saw some poor messy haired doll and wondered if her hair was just tangled up from playing with her or was it dry and straw-like.
This was the picture of her on Ebay…makes you wonder, doesn’t it? I’m pretty good at zooming in on a picture and telling if the hair is damaged and dry or just tangled… and it looked to me like it was just a mess, but not damaged.
The seller offered returns, so I decided to take a chance…
If you couldn’t tell from the picture, it’s Maryellen, the 1950’s American Girl doll.
When I took her out of her box, she looked pretty much like what she did in her picture…like a hot mess!!!
When I first took her out of the box, she looked very pretty, BUT…she had a shiny spot on her cheek and on the end of her nose…Grrrr! It made me sick…such a pretty doll. But that flaw…what to do.
I read up on what to do about shiny marks and ordered some micro-mesh…(a very very fine grade sandpaper) that is supposed to work well. I also read on the American Girl Playthings doll forum that some shine marks can be removed with lightly sanding with a damp Magic Eraser. I decided I’d give the Magic Eraser a try and see if it worked before my Micro-mesh arrived…
I was a little bit nervous because of where the shine mark was…right in the blush area on her cheek. But I went ahead and carefully did it. It took a few times but miraculously it reduced the shine mark to almost nothing.
I think I’ll still use the Micro-Mesh when it arrives to see if it removes it all the way…
I thought maybe if I just wet her hair and used my wig brush, it might look okay. So I carefully wet it and got it smoothed out pretty well…and thought it was okay.
When I brushed my hand over it, it felt kind of dry so I decided to shampoo and condition it.
After it was washed and dried, it really did look and feel better. I also was able to move her bangs over just a bit where they looked more like a full set of bangs instead of the way you see them in most of her pictures. I like them much better this way…and I like that her bangs are a little bit longer than some I see in the pictures…
Here’s another sneak preview of her dress and her bea-uti-ful hair…
Well, you’ll have to come back tomorrow to see her dress… I got a lot done, but there was too much to show in this post and show her dress too…
See you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
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De: I Dream of Jeanne Marie - https://idreamofjeannemarie.com/2020/11/04/i-wasnt-really-looking-for-this-doll/
Fecha: November 04, 2020 at 03:00AM
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