I took some more photos of my dolls with the amaryllis flower today. The weather was so nice. I wanted to show a 23" doll that is a Sonja Hartmann art doll. She is an older doll. I don't know a lot about her because she was limited edition. I found an old advertisement online with a picture of a similar doll and her name was Renata. So this is the name I gave my doll Renata. Renata was one of the few dolls that didn't already have purple or pink eyes from the aging acrylic. I personally don't care for the eyes when they change colors even though I love Blythe dolls with color changing eyes. These art dolls are supposed to look more like real people. That is what I love about Renata. She has human hair, a lovely skin tone and realistic looking eyes. When I got her she had on what may have been the original dress and shoes. They are so nice I put them away and gave her some play clothes. She fits nicely in American Girl handmade dress for a top. It is not really long enough to be a dress. She has on My Twinn handmade leggings and super realistic sandals made for My Twinn dolls.   

Someone tried to perform surgery on the doll and cut a hole in the top of her head under her wig. I think that it was to change out her eyes to glass. I looked inside the doll's head, thinking I might do the same. I love handmade glass eyes and they don't change color over time. It looks like her eyes were placed with super glue. I love her all the same. Maybe some time I will get in there with my Dremel and tiny burrs and grind out the super glue. That might work without messing up her beautiful artistic face up.

 I keep Renata with her friends American Girl Julie, and Karito Kid Zoe. All of these dolls were second-hand. I just love the diversity of collecting dolls from different doll makers. They look more like real people in that they are all so different. American Girl is 18", and Zoe is 20". They all can share a few things to wear. Zoe has on shoes for American Girl but they are jelly shoes, and stretch a little. All three can share tops.