u/daisyelisabee

This diva is a 2005 Mary Poppins doll, It doesn’t say anywhere that it was released under the Barbie label, just Disney, but either way it looks incredibly Barbie and was made by Mattel so it’s a Barbie to me 🤣 I’ve had her for about 20 years now, and somehow she managed to be only one of the 3 played-with barbies I saved from my childhood. Not sure exactly why I held onto her over so many of my childhood barbies, I guess I always thought she was unique bc of her short curly brown hair ( that was originally in a bun but ofc 8 year old me was too curious for that) but I’m glad I held onto her bc when I found her buried in my closet recently I noticed how she has a semi uncanny resemblance to my current partner 😶 short curly dark hair, bright blue eyes, subtle pink eyeshadow, the smile is even like hers** 😵‍**💫
this poor doll had been sitting buried in closets, unwashed and neglected for many years, so as one of my gf’s anniversary presents I decided to give miss p a new life and fix her up as a little mini me of her!
I cleaned her up did a deep wash on her and her hair but didn’t boil wash so I could maintain the curls. To make bangs that looked like my gf’s, I took a brown pipe cleaner and rolled up her hair in the front enough to look passable and held it with some spray, I was NOT confident enough to cut the hair!! But thankfully the pipe cleaner trick worked out sooooo perfect💖
I also painted on her leg and hand tattoos, some nails, and took on the scary task of painting on a nose ring 😖 I was really scared to put any paint on her face, but luckily I got it right in one shot! And it actually looks like her nose ring 🙏
Then I found a whole bunch of clothes and accessories like the stuff my gf wears (left the original shoes miss p came with bc they looked like shoes she’d wear) and while searching I thought it’d be funny to throw in an extra western-type outfit that I found in my search bc my girlfriend is into southwestern/americana type stuff, which then lead me to sculpt some funny little accessories （cigarettes, estrogen, pew pew) for her usable little purse that I recycled from one of my bratz dolls💕 it’s actually quite crazy how much it ended up looking like her 🥹 and I’m so grateful to still have had this doll, it’s like I held onto her for this reason!! She enjoys old toys and knick knacks and stuff so I hope she likes this💐