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That Doll part 2

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That Doll part 2 Yes that Doll I decided wasn’t over keen on the lips I had repainted and the paint was still wet so removed it. The doll was still on my mind I listed it on Etsy still not sure where she had come from ? I was sure I had seen a doll like her when looking through vintage dolls. Trying to list her wasn’t easy kept saying error finally Listed I looked at the pictures it was late pictures looked fuzzy something was telling me It’s not right you know when you get a feeling about something and it won’t go away till you sort the problem that was this doll. Ok so I had to search it was late but wasn’t going to give up as By magic it took me straight to the doll in sold on eBay but it wasn’t a girl it was a boy doll that explained a lot. My pretty girl doll was a boy but not any boy he was made to commemorate the birth of HRH Prince William during the 1980s. This inspired the house of nisbet to produce a collection of dolls called royal babies.  The letters on back of nec

That Doll

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That Doll  Beautiful Dolls I was lucky enough to find  some vintage dolls on the car boot sale . They didn’t seem to want this one go for a low price said it came from an old lady who had passed away leaving a collection of vintage dolls. I bought a couple from them the week before then had gone back following week this doll was still on the stall looking at me saying buy me. Very dark eyes Pale skin and blonde hair. I had to have her even though she had a big pen mark at the side of her face near the eye. After a haggle they let me buy her the dress she was wearing was lovely cotton and lace with blue ribbon trim blue buttons. Renovating dolls is a new thing for me but had removed ink before so knew I could remove the ink from her face. So pleased when the ink came off I sat her on my shelf in the craft room she was different her hair was quite short mmm had it been cut? They did say she was from the 70s so a lot of dolls had shorter hair but I wasn’t sure. All clean and