Hello everyone, how are you? I hope so, in today's post I want to show you one of the things I like to do as a hobby and that is customizing dolls.
Making dolls is something I really like, it's relaxing, fun and it's another way to enjoy my passion for collecting, for dolls, clothes and makeup.
This time I am going to make a doll of Jem, a character from the 80s series Jem and the holograms, to make Jem I will use a barbie chat divas doll as a base, I think this doll is from 2006 and the reason why I I will use it as a base because it is a barbie that can talk and sing, jem is a singer so this barbie works perfectly as a base.
First I will start with removing the paint from her face with nail polish remover, it was a little difficult since this barbie has a different plastic on her face that allows her mouth to move.
The next thing is to take off her clothes and I'm going to paint her hair pink as Jem has it, I'll paint the hair with crepe paper, heat water and put the paper in there so that the water paints, then I put the doll's hair for 1 hour in the water to absorb the color, then let the hair dry.
Now with the hair ready now if I start to paint her face, I made a simple sketch with a pencil to guide me and I painted her makeup with cold paints.
With your makeup ready, take the measurements of the doll's body to make her a dress that this character wears, which is this one in the image.
http://www.rockjem.com/jem.html
I had this little piece of pink fabric which is very pretty and I don't know where it came from, but it was perfect for the dress and the gloves, I traced the pattern on the fabric and started doing everything. Making doll gloves is a bit tricky so I opted to make them as wristbands and paint their hands to blend in with the fabric.
Para terminar, coloqué la cinta con plumas al vestido y le hice su pulsera.
To finish, I attached the feathered ribbon to the dress and made her bracelet.
And that's it, that's how my jem doll was, I liked the result, although to my sadness when I put the batteries in the player that makes it talk it didn't work, although what it has is easy to fix, I would have to find someone who knows how to work these things since not many are encouraged to repair toy things even if they can.
I hope you liked it and maybe know if there are more adult collectors around, I have more doll projects to show. Some images I took from my facebook stories since I lost part of the process.