Baby It's You Poppy Parker set

My Baby It's You Poppy Parker gift set arrived today!  I had to do an immediate photoshoot.  I think this is one of the most beautiful Poppys ever!  If I were going to leave her displayed just like this, I wouldn't mess with her hair, but since I like to re-dress my girls, I'm afraid that hairstyle is going to have to come down.  Heh heh. 

I like Chip, but he's not staying.  I arranged to do a split with someone else to share the costs of the gift set, so I'm only keeping Poppy.  I have to say, though, Chip is pretty awesome. I've pre-ordered the new "My Generation" Chip with the '60s-style mod look, so there will be a Chip staying in this house eventually.  This Chip looks a bit like Elvis in a white tuxedo jacket.

Lovely Poppy.  She has Gwen Stefani coloring and the Bergdorf Poppy eye screening.  Perfection. I think more Poppy Parkers need to have big brown eyes.  *Loves*

Just wanted to show everyone the hairstyle.  It's a curly, cute flip.  The dress zippers down the back, as you can see.  These pics were taken in natural sunlight so you can more accurately see the color of her dress.

Poppy portraits

I managed to do a trade for one of the new FR:16 dolls by Integrity Toys ("Perfect Layout" Freja) and I'm so excited about getting to see one of the FR:16's in person!  I'll have to wait a few days until she gets here, though.  In the meantime, I thought I'd photograph a couple of my Poppy Parkers.

This is "Ask Any Girl" (brunette) and "Youthquake."  I'd kept AAG's hair in its original hairstyle as long as I could, but finally it had gotten so messy I had to take her hair down.  These are my first pics of her with her hair down.  She's one of my favorite Poppy Parkers of all time, with my absolute favorite eye screening.

Hope you enjoy the pictures.  You can click on them to make them bigger.

Pony re-hairing project

The pony used was called "Plumsweet."

I've re-rooted dolls before, but never any other kind of toy.  I thought it would be fun to re-root a My Little Pony toy to look albino.  I managed to finish the project in one evening, with the following results.  My 4-year-old daughter is enchanted by it, at least.  LOL.

I used "Snowflake" nylon doll hair from dollyhair.com for the re-root.  This was my first time using nylon hair for anything.  I always used saran for doll heads.  Nylon is slightly stiffer, but still responded well to a soak in just-boiling water to make it lay flat and behave nicely.

Removing the neck knob was the most difficult part of the project, because it was glued in there pretty well.  I had to use an exacto blade/utility knife to cut the neck knob out.  Once it was out, though, the tail came out all in one piece.  I had to use tweezers to pluck out the original mane, though.

Disassembled and ready for customizing.

The finished pony.

New dealers for Integrity Toys

"Day Tripper" Poppy Parker

Integrity Toys' new 2012 line just came out today.  If you aren't in their W Club you might not know they have several new dealers this year.  You may want to check them out to look for the new dolls.  They are (in no particular order):

Treasure Dolls 

Lone Star Dolls

Toni's Collectibles

Patt and Billy's Dolls and Bears

John Robert Collectibles

Cheryl's Dolls

To see a list of the rest of Integrity's dealers, visit their web site, here.