Sunday, June 17, 2018

My Tonner Annora Doll Gets Ears Pierced

It is really hot here in North Carolina. I decided to chill out in the shade and work on some of my dolls yesterday.
I pierced Annora's ears. I usually do that before I paint my dolls. The earrings I use on my dolls fit well. I was a little wounded when one of the bits broke in the ear and I had to bypass it. That made one of the ear holes a little larger than the other, but it doesn't show.
Next I painted her with my Conte pastels. I used a Berol Verithin Sienna Brown pencil to make her brows and lashes. I don't even know if anyone can buy Berol pencils anymore. I have had these for years. I just liked how the pencil holds a very sharp point and is not soft like the watercolor pencils. I liked the sienna color as well. I think it will look good with hair and eyelashes in the blonde to auburn range.
I'm so excited. I already feel inspired to make her clothes and things that are just her own. I already bought her a camera before I even read her story on the Phyn and Aero website. I loved the story.
Her skin is so smooth it was scary to work on her. I finally just said "She's my doll and I will do as I please".  I chose pink for her make up. She just looks like the girl who needs her pink colors. I like pale makeup on my dolls. I am not real fond of the dark black eyeliner unless she is a model that looks good in dark black eyeliner and such. Annora is a young teen model  to me. I want her to look fresh and wholesome without too much drama.
I had to borrow the eyes out of a 1/12th scale doll and they still look a bit too big. That's just to show how small the eyes are for these dolls. I probably should have purchased the set of eyes that fit the dolls.
I still don't have her proper shoes. I will have to practice making doll shoes until I come up with something good.
I borrowed the Delilah Noir wig for her again, because I wanted to see her in blonde hair. I liked the blonde. Then I took the white doll eyelashes I have on hand and colored them with permanent markers to look more blonde than platinum. The permanent marker won't bleed and damage the doll. I just use Elmer's school glue to fix the lashes in place. I put brown marker on the edge of the lashes that go under the eye lids to make a faint stay line.
I colored her nails. I just love her tiny fingers. I won't to make her some rings to wear.
I put little magnets inside her head to hold her earrings. I found that it helps to keep up with the earrings and not have them falling out or dangling in some weird position out the side of her head.






I worked on some tiny dolls that I bought secondhand for dollhouses. I will make pictures of them when they are dried and dressed. So cute!

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