I started putting together the babies that got their bodies yesterday. I was so fascinated by this head because of all the trouble it gave me last week. Every preservative that I tried on the painted hair instantly turned sticky. Even several other heads done at the same time were okay but this head would not dry. In an order from Sandie's was this new wig. I put it on carefully because it too instantly stuck to the head. The face was still sticky and I was feeling glum thinking that it was all lost and now even the wig too. Then the idea came to me to dust the face with baby powder. Instantly it was absorbed, did not show up white, and gave the skin a lovely baby skin feeling. I was so encouraged I wanted to assemble Tommy first. I picked out this sleeper and had to fight to get it on him. His arms twisted, one fell off, and then he threw his head on the floor. Obviously he was not happy wearing my choice. What to put on him? Into my brain floated the image of the set of clothes I had ordered with the idea that if it was good I would put either Cookie or Ladybug in it for the show at GAC.

That was it. Now Tommy was a Tomboy, a girl in jeans! I think he/she can swing both ways and probably will do it in a big way. I tried to remove some runs of the clear coat that are on her face but it seems they are part of her now. Not even an acetone scrub would budge them, Everyone else was easy to dress so even before their final glue job they came in for photo shoots while we had the sun.

 This is Phyllis with her joke of let me 'fill us' with love. It looks as if she cannot stop laughing at her own brain-twister.

 Carrie  too has a wordplay name (it must be this weird foggy weather). As a therapy reborn she wants to carry away someone's worries or fears or unhappiness. I think her kit was called Kinsey so Carrie is very close and a lot more meaningful.

Benno said he would wear the pink sleeper because it had this picture of an elephant that is in love on it. He found this so ridiculous that even the pink did not sway his decision.
Getting these babies photographed today gave me the incentive to pick the next 3 kits to work on. I am getting low on kits since we need a trip to the post office. To my surprise the one head needed eyes on stems like the expensive German ones. If I had to order those that would put this crew back over a week while we waited on them to be shipped. The only other kit I had was Robin and his eyes are closed. Recently I had read online how to open closed eyes on the kits. The process was a lot more labor intensive (or I need better tools) than I anticipated it to be and the final results are still iffy. I decided to try to bend the eyelids instead of slicing the extra vinyl off. Poor Robin ended up like this tonight.

There is acetone on the swabs with the hope that will soften and stretch the eyelids overnight. No wonder his tongue is sticking out in a very gentle way. I have some 14 mm eyes that I am hoping I can glue into place so his eyes look as if he really wants to go to sleep because his eyelids are so heavy. He will need a nap after this surgery.