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Introducing Rebecca and Ana!

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Rebecca's showing off her, new to her, pink dress. Meanwhile Ana wears her favorite green dress. I made a fun little photo story to share of them later. Hint: it involves wobbly limbs and an unexpected wind gust.

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- Rebecca is a mostly unmodified Rebecca doll that my dear friend helped me get back in 2024. She's a pre-BeForever version doll with stunning eyes. Eventually I need to check her neck tag to figure out her production year. I adore her and am excited to finally change her out of her meet outfit!

- Ana started as a very TLC Julie doll. She got a new to her wig from eBay that was restyled to her current look (this is actually the more relaxed curl version). She was inspired by reading about concepts both for the Rebecca and proposed Ana dolls. She's very special to me too since we share a name.

We're all so glad you're here! 💕

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Kirsten finally is reunited with her best friend!

In this alternate universe, Marta still got sick but a healer was on the boat traveling with them. The healer was prepared for a possible cholera outbreak and was able to help nurse Marta back to health. The healer even taught Kirsten what to do so she could help too. It was stressful and uncertain for everyone. But Marta was able to recover with the timely intervention and support.

Now Marta is able to reunite with Kirsten and officially meet Lisbeth! Kirsten's family had to travel ahead while Marta stayed behind to regain her strength. The healer was able to stay with Marta's family to help with her recovery. Everyone was so greatful for the kind healer. Marta now wants to learn to be a healer and help other people too.

Kirsten and Marta hug for a long time before Lisbeth decides to step in. The two best friends are so happy to see each other again! Lisbeth joins in with a group hug to welcome Marta. She's basically part of the family now according to Lisbeth. Kirsten and Marta wholeheartedly agree. The girls are so excited for their adventures together in their new home!

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Kirsten is a TLC, mostly unmodified, 90s Kirsten doll that my partner got for me after I found her listing and fell in love with her. She still needs a fair amount of TLC and one of her eyes is starting to silver. But I love her wholeheartedly. She's one of the reasons I started learning how to repair American Girl dolls. Once I'm ready, I plan to give her a full repair.

Marta was a Chrissa doll that I thrifted online. I was able to find her wig on eBay and braided it myself. She also needs a bit more TLC. But I didn't want to wait to debut her since the weather was perfect for photos today.

Lisbeth was a TLC Molly doll who I found on eBay. She also still needs a fair amount of TLC, especially to be able to stand on her own. (She was falling over for the entire photoshoot lol.) However, I couldn't leave her out of the photos!

All of the girls' dresses were made by KempyCreations on Etsy.

Molly and Co are enjoying the mini clover field!

I feel like I've finally reached a point where I've found the dolls who resonate as Molly and her friends. It's taken a while. There have been lots of different iterations of the different characters.

But finally, after months of work (such as staring at photos, comparing doll faces, agonizing over too many yet not enough options, etc.), I feel like I can comfortably say these versions work for me and leave it at that.

And share a photo of them officially. Cause what's the point otherwise, right?! (That was sarcasm. You don't need social media validation to enjoy your passion. It's just nice sometimes.)

In the photo, Susan sits in the clover while Molly (left), Emily (center back), and Linda (right) stand next to her.

-Molly is a Pleasant Company doll from the 90s without any changes to her official design. (I am debating swapping her gray eyes to brown.)

-Emily is a "Frankensteined" doll made from a McKenna head, American Girl body, and a Global Doll wig. She's based on the original, often forgotten, 1986 artwork from the Happy Birthday Molly book with slightly less swoopy bangs.

-Susan is a Truly Me doll with a Rebecca wig. I think she's a TM 53 going by her slightly modified Josefina face sculpt from the early 2010s and her original wig. She was another thrift store adoptee. (She might get her wig changed pending some more mental agonizing. I'm in the process of making her prosthetic fingers to replace the ones she lost.)

-Linda is a mostly unmodified Truly Me 49. (She was a TLC doll who had a lot of cleaning and still sports some eyeshadow from her previous life.)

If this isn't allowed, I apologize. I wanted to share that I found some NIB dolls on the Goodwill site just in case anyone is looking for these dolls. Hopefully they all find loving homes. 💕

The last few days were focused on rest. Kai and her friends helped keep mom company while she rested from their adventures. Even their cat friend joined in with the snuggles.

One day they rested on the couch. Mom turned on a show for everyone to watch while she knit. Mel kept trying to practice her knitting, but she's not quite able to multitask yet. Finally she got frustrated and set down her project with a big sigh. Mom paused the show and gently asked Mel what happened.

"I'm not as good as you are," she said while starting to cry. "You don't have to be as good as mom is," Powder exclaimed while giving Mel a hug. "Yeah," said Kai, "You're still *learning*. I can't knit at all yet!" "I don't have the patience for it," giggled Powder. "You'll get it. Just keep practicing!"

Powder held up Mel's knitting for her as encouragement. Mel sniffled and wiped her eyes. "Ok," she said, "you're right. I'm still learning and can keep practicing." "Mmhmm!" chorused Powder and Kai as they both gave Mel a big hug. They all looked over to see mom beaming at them with a tear in her eye. "I'm so proud of you all," she said. "You both took the words right out of my mouth." Kai and Powder grinned huge grins. "We did learn from you after all," Powder remarked.

Mom suggested maybe watching something they'd seen a few times so Mel could focus more on practicing her stitches. "K-POP DEMON HUNTERS!!!" the trio shouted in unison. Everyone had a good laugh and Mom turned on the movie. It was a good evening. 💖

P.S. The trio asked Mom to get a photo of them while they all sat on the patio chair one evening too.

Today Kai wanted to play in the clover patch. They've been enjoying seeing Angel's stories and asked mom to get photos to share. "Maybe Angel can see the photos too!" they excitedly exclaimed.

Kai asked Mel and Powder if they both wanted to come play too. Mel quickly joined Kai outside while Powder was getting ready. She really wanted to try a new hair style to go with her new summer dress. Kai and Mel sat in the clover while waiting.

After a while, Powder ran outside to show off her new look to her friends. "So cute!" Kai and Mel exclaimed in unison. Powder plunked down beside her friends to show off her hair and the new arm art she drew.

"I did three 7s for the three of us," Powder explained. "Let's add hearts too!" said Mel. "Yeah!" yelled Kai and Powder together. Kai and Mel each drew a heart to add to Powder's arm art. "I *love* it!" sang Powder as she held hands with her BFFs, "It's like we're a magic trio." "BEST FRIENDS Forever!!!" they all cheered together.

Then Kai asked mom to take some photos of all of them together while they played in the clover. It was a great day. 🔆 💖✨

P.S. If Angel sees this, the trio wants her to know that they love her hair. Also, say hi to Cindy and Penelope! 👋

Presenting Hanna Isabel aka Hanabel and Talia Yael aka Tali Hoffman.

I'm so beyond excited that to have the twins now! They both are customized Joss dolls and NewLifeAGbyAJ on Etsy helped me with their eye swaps. They are perfect IMO, and I can't wait to dress them up more later.

After talking with my sister about how much the twins remind us of our younger selves, I decided to go ahead and keep both meet outfits. My sister really loved Hanna's outfit and wanted her look as a kid. Younger me totally wanted Tali's look and even tried to learn skateboarding. It's a little uncanny how much the twins mirror all that. 😅

Anyway, I wanted to share these quick photos now instead of waiting till I actually had the chance to do a photo shoot. Also, enjoy the adorable photobomb at the end. 😻

This has been a while in the making. But I finally can share the finished versions of my Cecile and Marie Grace dolls!! I'm so excited and adore them sooo much. NewLifeAGbyAJ helped me with getting the eyes swapped for Cecile as well as a couple other dolls I'll share later.

Cecile is a Makena skulpt doll with a Global Lauren Mohair wig in size 11-12. The wig is a tad big for her, but it works. I wanted to give her more of an auburn wig like her hair looks in some of her illustrations. Her eyes were swapped with a TLC TM 91's gray-green eyes. She's just stunning.

Marie Grace was an Elizabeth doll who I repurposed. I gave her the Monique Cynthia Bride doll wig in size 11. Her hair also has an auburn undertone though it doesn't always show well in photos. I really love this combo and am so glad that I was able to finally find a doll who clicked for me as Marie Grace.

I can't wait to try to do some photoshoots with them. I've also nearly set up my 18 inch doll display now that most of my historical customs are finished. It bring me so much joy to get to see these girls on display now. 🥰