tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23905860554960859492024-03-13T07:39:47.102+00:00Best BelovedDoll Art by Lisa FordBest Belovedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13710891877045517068noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390586055496085949.post-34508529932932201472013-09-19T11:01:00.000+01:002013-09-19T11:01:21.174+01:00Ricky J Goes Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This little man was a custom order and the buyer had very specific ideas about what she wanted, which in a way was quite a good thing for me. With such a big kit and he really does have a mahoosive head I probably wouldn't have picked this kit to do myself. So having someone choose it and already know what they wanted a finished doll to look like is a head start.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After that it's about collaboration and working to reach a goal.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I do have to thank the buyer on this one though as it took me forever to root this head. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sweet little Virginia has found a new family and gone off home. Her new family love having her and that's got to be the best bit of my job, creating something that brings someone else happiness. </span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10324738893906657346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390586055496085949.post-82014950986060458662013-08-30T18:08:00.000+01:002013-08-30T18:08:00.707+01:00Sutton Coldfield - August 2013<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even though the weather was not the best as the recent Christines Doll and Teddy Fair in Sutton Coldfield, inside we had a lovely day, great chance to chat and meet up with other dollmakers and get our gossip on.</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10324738893906657346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390586055496085949.post-56618529288416717282013-08-29T17:55:00.000+01:002013-08-29T17:55:00.065+01:00WIP ~ Virginia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Currently as a Work In Progress is Virginia, still waiting for her hair though, I am thinking medium brown kid mohair from Slumberland... but even bald she is adorable!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Virginia is reborn from a Cassie Brace Hattie kit and I have to admit to being in love with this gorgeous little mite. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you fancy this little one and want to buy her but would prefer different hair, let me know <u>before </u>I start rooting. </span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10324738893906657346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390586055496085949.post-13240017099341853582013-08-28T11:48:00.002+01:002013-08-28T11:50:08.085+01:00Bruge Doll Show - August 2013<a href="http://s204.photobucket.com/user/gloriarty/media/Doll%20Shows/Bruge%20August%202013/9230ea39-fc6a-400d-b418-96ed6caf62d3_zps5e15684e.jpg.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 9230ea39-fc6a-400d-b418-96ed6caf62d3_zps5e15684e.jpg" border="0" height="200" src="http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb205/gloriarty/Doll%20Shows/Bruge%20August%202013/9230ea39-fc6a-400d-b418-96ed6caf62d3_zps5e15684e.jpg" width="152" /></a><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A year ago I booked to go to my first ever overseas doll show, seemed like a good idea at the time! And you know what, it was a fantastic idea. It was really hard work, kinda terrifying driving onto a ferry, another first for me and even more terrifying driving across two countries to get there... ok bit of an exaggeration there, two bits of two countries. But I did it and to be honest it was quite a liberating experience, made me realise actually I am much braver than I thought I was.</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10324738893906657346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390586055496085949.post-28432760495682390802013-08-28T10:44:00.003+01:002013-08-28T10:44:50.793+01:00Catch up!Been quite a while since I last blogged, it's been a difficult few months for me on a personal level, its funny how when your personal life falls apart the only thing that really keeps you going... well me at least, is doing things with my hands, even when my mind is shot to hell my hands need to be moving, creating, doing!<br />
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So the thing that has kept me going has been making my dolls and creating new clothing and accessories to go with them, I think I might have ended up in a nut house if not for that, well that and the support of my friends in the doll community.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10324738893906657346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390586055496085949.post-88943954566836856642012-10-25T17:28:00.002+01:002012-10-25T17:30:40.611+01:00Andrew Ready Just In Time!<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Got a big show this Sunday, Discover Dolls at the Holiday Inn in Peterborough and I have just managed to come in under the wire with Andrew, reborn from a Braydon by Nicole Russell sculpt. Meas<span style="font-size: small;">uring 17<span style="font-size: small;">inches And<span style="font-size: small;">re<span style="font-size: small;">w is a sweet little handful.<span style="font-size: small;"> I think he will be taking pride of place on my stand <span style="font-size: small;">this weekend</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10324738893906657346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390586055496085949.post-32377315604706605252012-09-26T17:02:00.001+01:002012-09-26T17:02:41.445+01:00Doll & Teddy Show ~ Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;">Had a lovely day at the Motorcycle Museum at the weekend even though the weather was atrocious there was a good turnout and everyone seemed quite chipper. </span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10324738893906657346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390586055496085949.post-1136730688103231742012-09-24T17:39:00.000+01:002012-09-24T17:39:03.446+01:00Sweet Little Valerie<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I know that Secrist kits are a little bit out of favour these days, all the hoohah over oily vinyl really put a bit of a damper on the kits, but the truth is they are actually nice kits, a bit of a muck up with the vinyl formula seems to have been sorted out and even the older kits are still usable... you just need to know how to handle them. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Valerie here has been reborned from a Secrist Erin kit, I particularly liked the shape of her head and the sweet pouty lips. Initially I reborned her to show you can get a really nice skintone on a Secrist kit if you just neutralise the colour properly to start with. A previous post dealt with using mint green paint to neutralise the pinky orange vinyl colour.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Valerie is available to purchase from my website <a href="http://www.bestbeloved.co.uk/AvailableBabies.html" target="_blank">Best Beloved ~ AvailableBabies</a> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The gorgeous outfit Valerie is wearing was handknitted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marie.edwards.779" target="_blank">Anne-Marie Edwards</a></span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10324738893906657346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2390586055496085949.post-22214339153369794432012-09-19T15:19:00.006+01:002012-09-19T15:21:09.093+01:00Tenten ~ Completed and Ready to Go Home<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;">Tenten was reborn from a Donna Rubert "Holly" sculpt. The customer and I have worked together really closely on this doll, Geraldine was very specific about what she wanted, which was both daunting and at the same time quite refreshing. There is a challenge in trying to create something that is already in someone else's head. Making that a reality isn't an easy thing to do. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;">I wasn't entirely convinced that this doll would look good, I wasn't sure about having such long, thick hair on a sculpt that looked like such a young baby, but the customer had given a brief so I had to go with it. The rooting took me weeks, as it had to be very closely rooted to get the right kind of thickness. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Argh! This has to be one of the nightmare moments of reborning, you buy kits, which, let's face it aren't cheap and you carefully store them only to go back to them and discover that the ink from the Certificate of Authenticity has transferred onto the kit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Obviously this is not the end of the world and can be fixed, but it's time consuming and ever so slightly irritating to have to do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So there is a major lesson to be learned here. DO NOT store the C.O.A's in the same bag as your kit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking through my stash of kits... it's a time for a bit of a clear out... there are loads LOL but I have found some beauties that are available for custom ordering, the kind of kits you sit on hoping someone will want one done to order. I have some really rare ones in amongst them so keep your eyes open for more blog posts, you might see one that you've really wanted done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">First up is the Maggie Sculpt by Tamie Yarie, this little cutie has been long sold out and hard to find, surprisingly I forgot I even had this kit, actually no that's not a surprise, my dolly friends will tell you I am a kit hoarder and never actually remember what I have.</span></div>
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Wow what a weekend it was a brilliant one, we were lucky the weather actually cleared and we had our first rain free days for a while. Someone liked us all very much. The show was busy, this one is the longest doll show of the calendar, two full days of dolly heaven. It was so good to see so many new faces and so many more familiar ones ( I was going to say older ones but I bit my tongue). </div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Picked these up whilst I was having my hair done the other day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Cora for intance has gone home to someone I didn't know but whom I believe I have developed a real friendship with and that makes me happy. Quite often when I send a doll home to a new owner, its to never hear from that person again or sometimes only to hear from them when they want another baby made, but as a person and an artist it's a great feeling to know you have a connection with your customer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Cora arrived home very quickly, well done City Link, less than 24 hours! That's pretty darn good going so definitely a recommendation for their services from me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And I have received a positive message from Cora's new mum, so all in all, a jolly super day... What What! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm not a morning person, I'm really not, my family will tell you that they often have to crowbar me out of bed, which gives you some idea of how bad I am. I often drive to dollshows in remote control, but this Sunday I was up and about, bright eyed and bushy tailed. Yes, hard to believe I know, but nevertheless... true!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It took me an hour and a half to drive to the venue and I really enjoyed the drive, most of the time when you are driving up a motorway you have to concentrate so hard and keep your eyes on what the other drivers are doing you miss out on what's going on around you. But it was so quiet on the roads I actually got to look about and enjoy it. Obviously taking pictures was out of the question... I'm not suicidal but I was passing such lush green fields and fields full of rape seed blossom, it was truly beautiful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My friend Christine held her first doll show in Bloxwich on the 6th May, I have to say I was blown away by the venue, it was this lovely modern building set in the back of a residential area, looking at it from outside you could tell it was going to be nice inside. There was plenty of free parking and easy access into the hall for stallholders, so getting set up was literally a breeze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Bloxwich venue has already been rebooked for next year, 12th May 2012, put the date in your calendars and come and enjoy this show. I've already booked my tables! Well done Christine on such a cracking show. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Oh wow, I can't believe I didn't get around to doing a write up about my day at the Brighton Doll Festival... I managed to get my lovely hubby to come with me to keep me company, I decided that it was worth a night at a Premier Inn so that we didn't have to do a really long drive early in the morning. I don't do 5am... not if I can help it, as someone else said very recently 'I didn't realise there were two 5 o'clocks in the day'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So after a very relaxing evening, a wonderful hot shower (love Premier Inn showers, I swear I stay in them just for the shower) and a good nights sleep in a very comfortable bed. Different room this year so we didn't have the annoying hum from the generator on the roof and a cracking breakfast in the hotel restaurant, we set off to set up at the show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This year was a new venue, a totally different area of Brighton to the Racecourse, I have to say that even though it was a bit chilly in the hall, not that we weren't warned about that and I was wearing a fairly toasty fleece, it was a nice venue, easy to find, a big airy open hall. Hopefully next year there will be more stallholders which will help the hall to feel a little smaller. But spacewise there was plenty of room and no one could complain about being cramped. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I fell in love with this kit before it was ever even created as a kit, when Nicole Russell shared her pictures of the OOAK of the Brayden sculpt, I knew at that point that I was seeing something special and I have to admit I have not been disappointed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I heard from Rosemary today that Rowena has arrived home safe and sound. I am so pleased, its always a tenterhooks moment until you hear from your customer that their baby has arrived and that they are happy.</span></div>
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Dear Lisa, I was going to write this in a pm but I want other people to
know this also. Rowena arrived this morning and when I finally opened
the box and saw her I was overcome with joy. her photos DO NOT do her
justice, she is so beautiful and so well 'reborned' she truly is a work
of art.<br /> To hold her in my arms was just like holding my Olivia
Rose, I could have cried. You have been very kind sending me updated
photos but NOTHING prepared me for just how absolutely perfect she was, I
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<span style="font-size: small;">I love what I do, although I write the magazine and sell supplies my favourite bit of my job is making dolls. It's the part of my life that brings me the most contentment and the most calm and sometimes my job is frustrating and slow work and hard but then every now and again it's downright dreadful, frustrating and depressing. But the best bit is providing a bit of happiness for someone else. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday I sent off Rowena, a very special baby who has been a slow job for me... I have been lucky that the lady that ordered her was so patient with me and allowed me the time I needed to get Rowena looking the way I wanted her to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I actually felt a pang of sadness seeing Rowena packed up in her box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think I will miss this little lady, she has been a real labour of love for me, I wanted to make a doll that this very special lady would love and treasure. It makes a massive difference knowing a baby is going off to someone you consider a friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes when you buy a batch of mohair it looks wonderful in the pictures but when you get it in your hands its a bit dry and frizzy, at that point you can be a bit disappointed and worried that the mohair might not be any good to use. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But just like our own hair adding a bit of moisture to frizzy mohair can make an enormous difference to its quality and at the same time make it much easier to use when you come to root it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When I mohair that turns out to be a bit dry the first thing I do is separate it into managable locks which I hold together with silicone bands, making sure the bands are twisted on really tight, you lose a lot less hair during the process using silicone bands as opposed to ribbon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I give the hair a good comb through with a small toothed comb, a pet comb with metal teeth or even a nit comb works well for this. Once it's combed I use a leave in conditioner to moisturise the hair, the products I use are designed for Affro Caribbean hair so they really do moisturise the hair and improve it's condition enormously. Once you have throughly soaked the mohair in moisturiser, comb it through again and then lay on tissue paper to dry out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As you can see the mohair goes from being dry and frizzy to sleek, shiny and soft. What looked like completely unpromising mohair becomes something special.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You do lose mohair during this process, specially in the combing out but it worthwhile to be left with such a soft usable product.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I get asked a lot how I manage to take such good photos and my main answer is "good light". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Good lighting is essential but it needs to be the right kind of light, direct sunlight may sound like a good idea but really it's not, its harsh on vinyl, bounces off causing shadows and shine where you don't really want it. Bright but dull days are my favourite days for taking photos. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I take mine mostly in our conservatory, it has lots of windows, although I do close the shades on a lot of those depending on where the shadows are coming from. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So starting with one bog standard 2 seater sofa, notice the shades are closed behind the sofa as I don't want light and shadows bouncing in from that direction. Obviously if I didn't have lots of other windows bringing in light I would be forced to leave open these shades as the light would be essential.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Saturday 7th April was <a href="http://www.dollandteddyfair.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pudsey's Doll and Teddy Fair</a>, it was a bit of an adventure for me as I hadn't done this show before, after a long 2.5 hour drive and a very pleasant night in a comfy <a href="http://www.premierinn.com/en/" target="_blank">Premier Inn</a> including a lovely meal and hot shower the show itself was a very busy day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Hall was pretty massive with a big stage at one end of it, I got a great shot of the entire hall from up on the stage. as you can see there was an impressive layout of tables.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Once I got my tables set up I was able to have a wander around and take some photos and talk to other table holders. It was nice seeing so many familiar faces and being able to coo over some of the wonderful dolls, bears and crafts on display. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I loved these wonderful felt and cloth dolls, they were just amazing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The next Pudsey Fair will be on Saturday 6th October 2012, more details of this show are <a href="http://www.dollandteddyfair.co.uk/" target="_blank">available on their website</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Completed and ready to meet a new family is little William, created from a Laura Tuzio Ross "Walter Sculpt" Little William will be accompanying me to the Pudsey Doll and Teddy Fair at the weekend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">William measures about 19inches from head to toe and has been painted with many many layers of Genesis Heatset Paints. William is rooted with two tones of Slumberland mohair. </span><br />
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