Posted 2 years ago
NaVi8274
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I received her yesterday, she’s dirty and crazed but that’s ok, I will clean her up and fill in those craze lines carefully. I have her little dress clean and ready for her to wear, I will need to find some socks for her… either way she’s very pretty, just needs a little TLC :-)
Saturday August 6 2022
Beautiful new Shirley to add to your awesome collection. All she needs is some TLC, you do such wonderful restoration & make each of your dolls lovelier
Can't wait to see her all fixed up! Have you ever tried a black sharpie to color in a pupil?
@Newfld thank you! Many Blessings :)
@Manikin I honestly haven’t tried it, I’ve seen other Shirley dolls with the pupils, but with all due respect I personally like their eyes like this. There’s something pretty about them. my younger brother once told me she has zombie eyes…lol (he’s scared to come in my room ^-^)
My Shirley has similar eyes, and I actually like them too. I see the white pupils as sparkles in her eyes. :)
@arctophilegirl yes! It reminds me of a sparkle or aurora/halo in her eyes! Very pretty other wise, thank you for the comment.
They look more alive in my opinion with that sparkle or aura... When I bought my Shirley, the seller mentioned a "common problem" with the eyes, but when I got her, I loved her eyes!
Yours is lovely too. Her smile is unique.
@arctophilegirl thank you! Stay tuned I will post a new post after I finish doing her hair :)
Great! I will actually add a new photo to my Shirley thread soon too, as I had to do her hair too. :) I don't know. these very early Shirley Temple dolls seemed to have shorter hair than later ones?
@arctophilegirl some of the early ones are the oldest ones so they probably went through and seen a lot during all these years. Some get their hair cut off or a child brushed the hair too much leading to thinning/balding. Some aren’t touched and their hair becomes flat or matted, some even retained their original factory curls!
Even time Disintegrates the hair naturally. who knows….
My doll definitely had her hair brushed when I bought her. It was sort of straight. Not sure if it was done by a child in the past, or maybe it was a bit messy, so the seller herself just brushed it. I tried to make it a bit wavy like in the first photos, but I was not very happy, so now she has curls, even if tiny ones.
She is going to get her own UGG boots today. :) They didn't exist back then, but I could not resist the temptation when I saw her size. :)