Last, but not least, to be finished were the Avery twins. They arrived in September three years ago. Dreamhigh Studio had a special offer, that the first Averys ordered would receive a free sleeping head, and my order qualified, but only the first Avery came with the sleeping head. I couldn't get any of them painted until I had the extra heads for both, and the second one didn't arrive until many months later along with Nolan. That was at the same time that the pandemic hit, so none of them were able to be painted until this June.
Anyways, at least their costumes went well - for a change. Even their wigs went well. This is what they looked like right after I'd glued on the mohair, but hadn't yet done the final styling....
Anyways, at least their costumes went well - for a change. Even their wigs went well. This is what they looked like right after I'd glued on the mohair, but hadn't yet done the final styling....
The tuft on the boy's head is his crown, which still needed to be pressed flat. And the girl's hair still needed to be wet and combed to reduce the bulk. I decided to keep Avery as the boy's name, and call the girl Emily. Here they are with Daisy....
They both have very tiny slits for eyes, and Charie actually managed to glue lashes in them. However, with their eyes being so small and narrow the lashes pretty much filled their eye holes. So I decided to remove them. I brushed water on the lashes to soften the glue, and removed them with tweezers. Then I had to carefully paint their upper eyelids and add a few more upper lashes. That was incredibly difficult. I can't paint a thin line to save my life, and didn't have a brush fine enough. So I took my finest brush and cut off 3/4 of the hairs so there would be just a few hairs left. Even so I had to wipe the lashes away many times before I was reasonably happy with the result. It certainly proved once again that doing face painting is not for me.
I wanted to take some photos of all the newly finished dolls and their family, so set up a little scene out on the patio table. First, Avery and Emily...
I wanted to take some photos of all the newly finished dolls and their family, so set up a little scene out on the patio table. First, Avery and Emily...
Jan had even made Avery a teensie, tiny, wooden sword...
The twins with their whole family. Gino and Daisy are their parents...
Phairby is Daisy's mother,
...so is the twins' Grandma...
One of these days I will make the twins little butterfly fairy costumes so they can go out flying with their Grandma...
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